{"319931":{"#nid":"319931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Labor Day Weekend Brings Football Kickoff","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECampus will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day, giving students, faculty and staff an extra day to enjoy weekend activities both on campus and around the Atlanta area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA few things taking place this weekend:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets kick off their football season against Wofford on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in Bobby Dodd Stadium. Georgia Tech Athletics shares \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ramblinwreck.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/082514aae.html\u0022\u003E20 new things about gameday\u003C\/a\u003E on campus.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESeveral Georgia Tech faculty members will participate in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.decaturbookfestival.com\/\u0022\u003EDecatur Book Festival\u003C\/a\u003E, either as speakers or introducers. The festival takes place in and around the downtown Decatur square through Sunday and is free and open to the public.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.dragoncon.org\/\u0022\u003EDragon Con\u003C\/a\u003E, one of the largest sci-fi, comic, and gaming conventions in the world, takes places in downtown Atlanta through Monday. The Saturday parade down Peachtree Street is free and begins at 10 a.m.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atlanta.braves.mlb.com\/index.jsp?c_id=atl\u0022\u003EAtlanta Braves\u003C\/a\u003E take on the Philadelphia Phillies at Turner Field on Monday at 1:10 p.m. Tickets are available for as little as $8.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECampus will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day, giving students, faculty and staff an extra day to enjoy weekend activities both on campus and around the Atlanta area.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Campus will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day, giving students, faculty and staff an extra day to enjoy weekend activities both on campus and around the Atlanta area."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-08-29 08:06:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:59","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"319941":{"id":"319941","type":"image","title":"Football Helmet","body":null,"created":"1449244997","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:03:17","changed":"1475895029","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:29","alt":"Football Helmet","file":{"fid":"200075","name":"0439102-p10-135.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0439102-p10-135_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0439102-p10-135_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1452737,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0439102-p10-135_0.jpg?itok=gZXQJiWZ"}}},"media_ids":["319941"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/atlantaplanit.com\/","title":"Atlanta Plan It"},{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.com\/","title":"Georgia Tech Athletics"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"1843","name":"football"},{"id":"4104","name":"holiday"},{"id":"14716","name":"things to do"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}