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Seven black women competed in the Miss Old Gold and Black pageant from the Iota Eta Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. on Saturday in Toney Auditorium. Taliyah Battle '27 took home the first-place award on a night that judged contestants based on their presentation, their charitable platform and their overall message.
World Mental Health Day, observed annually on Oct. 10, highlights the importance of mental health awareness and access to support. At Mercer, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is using the month of October to promote mental well-being through campus partnerships and educational initiatives.
Mercer Village’s newest restaurant will be a neighborhood tavern concept called 1833 Tavern. The new space will replace the footprint of Mercer Village Pizza, which closed down over the summer.
Mercer Votes, a student-led bipartisan organization, has worked for years to improve civic engagement at Mercer by educating and encouraging students to exercise their voting rights. This year, a crucial midterm cycle, the group has been working overtime, diversifying their outreach and wading into uncharted territory in hopes of making this year their most succesful yet.
Mercer football (5-2, 2-1 Southern Conference) rallied from a halftime deficit to defeat Western Carolina University (3-4, 1-2) 17-14 on a last-second field goal at Five Star Stadium in Macon on Saturday, Oct. 10. The Bears overcame a sluggish offensive start with two touchdown drives in the second half before kicker Simon Zeidan ‘29 sealed the win with a 42-yard field goal as time expired.
Sharon Holland, professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill, delivered the Lamar Lectures on Monday and Tuesday in the President's Dining Room. The Lamar Lectures are hosted annually by the Spencer B. King Center for Southern Studies at Mercer with a goal of promoting "the permanent preservation of Southern culture, history, and literature," per the series' website.Holland, who attained her Ph.D. in English and African American Studies at the University of Michigan, has written multiple award-winning books and primarily researches topics at the intersection of queer theory, black history and feminism.
No. 20 Mercer (4-2, 1-1 Southern Conference) will return home to face Western Carolina University (3-3, 1-1 SoCon) at Five Star Stadium on Saturday. The matchup is a key game for the Bears, who at this point in the season need a victory to have a chance at three-peating a stacked SoCon this year.
Mercer released the Annual Security Report and Annual Fire Safety Report this morning in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act.
The Wesleyan College Wolves made history when they tipped off as the first women’s hockey team in Middle Georgia Sept. 27. Up against Georgia Southern University’s Ice Eagles in their first match, the Wolves managed a 12-0 shutout, up 8-0 by the end of the first period.
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Republicans once saw Georgia and North Carolina as promising pieces of their strategy to keep control of the Senate. But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.
Two groups of people shot at each other during a birthday party at a Georgia city park, resulting in gunshot wounds to 12 teens, a Macon sheriff said Sunday.
Mercer football (3-2, 0-1 Southern Conference) came from behind against Abilene Christian University (1-4) in Abilene, Texas on Saturday, scoring 27 unanswered points to make the final score 34-17.
The Mercer Faculty Jazz Quintet presented “In Your Own Sweet Way” in Fickling Hall on Friday, Sept. 25. The quintet featured Townsend School of Music faculty members Monty Cole on saxophone, Andy Eulau on bass and Marcus Reddick on percussion, alongside Mercer alumnus Jeremy Roberts on guitar and guest artist Kevin Bales on piano.
Be a Good NeighBear, Mercer’s biggest service event of the year, will take place Saturday, Sept. 26. Service opportunities will be spread throughout the day, with shifts beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Mercer volleyball looks to get past the .500 mark in their first matches of Southern Conference play on Friday and Saturday in Hawkins Arena against The Citadel. The Bears have been up and down early in the season, sitting at 6-6 in head coach Steve Benson’s second season after going 10-20 last year. They are 2-2 at home and 2-2 on the road, and recently finished a homestand at the Mercer Invitational last week, going 1-2.
The Mercer Student Government Association announced five new senators in Wednesday's Special Election results presentation in Stetson Hall. The special election acted as a continuation of the original Senate election that took place in August, filling spots that had become open or had not been filled originally.
Mercer Players debut "Silent Sky" on Thursday this week, the undergraduate theatre group's first production this year. A cast of five people will document the real-life story of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, a Harvard graduate who was called a “human computer" by her colleagues. Leavitt swam against the tides of discrimination during a time when women were not accepted in science fields.
Votes & Vibez brought candidates and community members together at Carolyn Crayton Park to address Macon-Bibb’s voter turnout problem Sept. 19. Rather than speeches or a formal debate, the League of Women Voters hosted this nonpartisan, family-friendly event so attendees could speak to candidates in a relaxed one-on-one conversation.
The Interfraternity Council’s annual Bid Day on Sept. 18 marked the end of fall fraternity recruitment and welcomed a new class of members to Mercer University’s IFC fraternities. New members gathered in front of Stetson before running down Greek Row toward the house where they received a bid.
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