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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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Heritage High School valedictorian Saulye Nichols was born in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Central Asia, but she hasn't given it much thought. Perhaps because she's been too focused on being the head of her class. Adopted at 9 months old, Saulye said she has no memory of her native country, nor her birth family....Saulye spent much of her early life in Ooltewah with her parents, Kim and Gary Nichols, but the family moved to Ringgold, Georgia, about 10 years ago....Saulye plans to attend Georgia Institute of Technology, where she will major in biology.