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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Cary Bearn, a current MCRP graduate student, believes that MARTA could benefit greatly from adopting a mascot. “MARTA has the opportunity to further enthuse the Atlanta region by crowdsourcing this silliness. Getting folks involved in designing a mascot and simultaneously gets people involved in MARTA,” she writes. She compares MARTA’s continued clash of supporters and naysayers to conflicting feelings different groups have for major sports teams, and notes that a MARTA mascot could serve as the basis for a graphic campaign that would garner support for the Atlanta transit system. “We all know MARTA needs its fans,” Bearn writes. “It is high time that the mascot extend beyond the world of schools and sports and into the realm of transit. Transit has long needed a mascot and MARTA, given the frustration so many users and non-users feel with the service, is the perfect institution to usher in such a being. Bring on the silliness.”
