{"72211":{"#nid":"72211","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Observes Moment of Silence for VT Victims","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis Friday, April 20th, the Georgia Tech community is invited to join Virginia Tech family members across the country as they unite to observe \u0022Orange and Maroon Effect\u0022 day to honor those killed in the tragic events on the Virginia Tech campus earlier this week. \u0022Orange and Maroon Effect\u0022 was initiated several years ago as an invitation for Virginia Tech fans to wear orange and maroon to athletic events. As part of \u0022Hokie Hope\u0022, the Georgia Tech Student Government Association is urging Georgia Tech students, faculty and staff to wear orange and maroon in support of our sister institution and to acknowledge the losses of the Virginia Tech families.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, Friday, at 11:59 a.m., the Georgia Tech campus is invited to join in a moment of silence to honor the victims.  At noon, the Tech whistle will blow 33 times - 32 times for each victim and one time for the Virginia Tech community, the families of the victims and the many first responders associated with the incident.  At 11:55 a.m., at the Earth Day venue (Tech Green), SGA president-elect Anu Parvatiyar, will make brief remarks on behalf of the Georgia Tech student body.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Join the Georgia Tech community in supporting Orange \u0026 Maroon Effect"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"Join the Georgia Tech community in honoring those killed at Virginia Tech by supporting \u0022Orange \u0026amp; Maroon Effect\u0022 this Friday, April 20th.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech supports Virginia Tech"}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2007-04-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:00:50","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72212":{"id":"72212","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech students at VT remembrance","body":null,"created":"1449177446","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:26","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11"}},"media_ids":["72212"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2411","name":"hokie hope"},{"id":"167949","name":"support"},{"id":"2409","name":"vt"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}