{"493591":{"#nid":"493591","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Groundhog to Greet Tech Campus","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech will get a visit from Georgia\u2019s most notorious four-legged weatherman on Tuesday, Feb. 2.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis Groundhog Day, General Beauregard Lee, Georgia\u2019s groundhog, will be on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Commons following his morning weather reporting duty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeau, as he is more affectionately known, resides year-round at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.yellowrivergameranch.com\/\u0022\u003EYellow River Game Ranch\u003C\/a\u003E in Lilburn, where he emerges from his home on Groundhog Day to predict whether winter will continue or we will see an early spring.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I thought it could be a cool learning opportunity for those students, international or otherwise, who are unfamiliar with Groundhog Day and its origin,\u0022 said Jeremiah Robertson, an aerospace engineering major and director of programming for the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/rha.gtorg.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EResidence Hall Association\u003C\/a\u003E, who helped bring Beau to campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the Yellow River Game Ranch, Beau has been commended for his prediction accuracy by the National Weather Service. He has also been on \u003Cem\u003EThe TODAY Show\u003C\/em\u003E and holds two honorary doctorates: a \u0022Doctor of Weather Prognostication\u0022 from the University of Georgia, and a \u0022Doctor of Southern Groundology\u0022 from Georgia State University.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast year, Beau did not see his shadow, predicting an early spring. Beau will report his prediction Tuesday morning \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/gameranch\u0022\u003Evia Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBeau\u2019s appearance is part of the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/451071\u0022\u003ECampus Services Loves Students Carnivale\u003C\/a\u003E event. In addition to giving students the opportunity to meet Beau, Campus Services will give out prizes and other items as part of the student appreciation event. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I hope it will help bring our campus together by allowing everyone to enjoy the Carnivale and our special guest,\u0022 Robertson said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.yellowrivergameranch.com\/about-general-beau-lee\/\u0022\u003ELearn more about Beau.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E[Update:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameRanch\/status\/694502702177452032\u0022\u003EAt 7:48 a.m.\u003C\/a\u003E, Beau did not see his shadow and reported an early spring.]\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Groundhog Day, General Beauregard Lee, Georgia\u2019s groundhog, will be on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Commons following his morning weather reporting duty.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This Groundhog Day, General Beauregard Lee, Georgia\u2019s groundhog, will be on campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Center Commons following his morning weather reporting duty."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-01 15:01:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:31","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"493631":{"id":"493631","type":"image","title":"General Beauregard Lee, groundhog","body":null,"created":"1454436000","gmt_created":"2016-02-02 18:00:00","changed":"1475895251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:11","alt":"General Beauregard Lee, groundhog","file":{"fid":"204524","name":"fp-lee2_1278666a.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fp-lee2_1278666a_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fp-lee2_1278666a_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":284768,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fp-lee2_1278666a_0.jpg?itok=RjUXn_oC"}},"493611":{"id":"493611","type":"image","title":"General Beauregard Lee, groundhog","body":null,"created":"1454436000","gmt_created":"2016-02-02 18:00:00","changed":"1475895251","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:11","alt":"General Beauregard Lee, groundhog","file":{"fid":"204522","name":"beau150.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beau150_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/beau150_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8918,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/beau150_0.jpg?itok=8_yTFoD0"}}},"media_ids":["493631","493611"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gameranch","title":"Beau on Twitter"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.yellowrivergameranch.com\/about-general-beau-lee\/","title":"About General Beau"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.yellowrivergameranch.com\/groundhog-day-february-2\/","title":"Groundhog Day 2016: Yellow River Game Ranch"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"106021","name":"Animals"},{"id":"3397","name":"fun"},{"id":"342","name":"Georgia"},{"id":"171616","name":"groundhog"},{"id":"3432","name":"weather"}],"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":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}