{"387891":{"#nid":"387891","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Try Their Hands at International Sports","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThough Tech is known for its strength in popular American sports such as football and baseball, students are taking the time to learn about sports that are popular the world over.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the first-ever Global Sports Showcase at Georgia Tech on Friday, March 6. The event highlighted the diversity of Tech\u2019s student body by having sports groups teach and demonstrate their sport to participating students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Global Sports Showcase gave Tech students the opportunity to experience eight international sports: soccer, rugby, field hockey, cricket, capoeira, fencing, kali, and disc golf.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event was sponsored by SGA and the Office of International Education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETech\u0027s first Global Sports Showcase highlighted the diversity of Tech\u2019s student body by having sports groups teach and demonstrate their sport to participating students.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech\u0027s first Global Sports Showcase highlighted the diversity of Tech\u2019s student body by having sports groups teach and demonstrate their sport to participating students."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-03-16 14:01:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:54","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-03-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"380391":{"id":"380391","type":"image","title":"SGA Global Sports Showcase","body":null,"created":"1449246214","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:23:34","changed":"1475894390","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:39:50","alt":"SGA Global Sports Showcase","file":{"fid":"75257","name":"global_sports.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/global_sports.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/global_sports.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":92934,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/global_sports.jpg?itok=M39EtmYi"}}},"media_ids":["380391"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/","title":"Student Government Association"},{"url":"http:\/\/oie.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of International Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"9055","name":"office of international education"},{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"167058","name":"Student"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"}],"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:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERachel Isaac\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}