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The NAACP chapter for Houston county took six high school students to the Georgia Capitol building to work as pages for the day on Wednesday, March 18.
Softball (13-13, 1-0 Southern Conference) began play this weekend with a series-opening, 6-4 win against Samford University (9-21, 0-1 SoCon) at Sikes Field on Saturday, March 21. The series will continue today with the second part of the double header and the final game against the Bulldogs at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Macon’s 44th annual International Cherry Blossom Festival begins Friday and will run through March 29, with many events and new activities to make it a unique experience for Mercer students and Maconites.
Mercer University’s Fencing Club held a fundraiser involving some of its members who fenced in maid outfits. The fundraiser featured a maid cafe with treats for sale in order to purchase equipment and boost recognition of the team on campus.
Buddhist monk Bhante Dam Phommasan took his first steps in four months on Mercer’s campus after receiving a prosthetic leg through Mercer on Mission on Wednesday, March 18. He told the story of how he received the prosthesis, created in part by Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ha Van Vo, in the Presidents Dining Hall.
Mercer baseball (18-3) will begin Southern Conference play with a three-game series against The Citadel (8-10) at OrthoGeorgia Park in Macon on Friday, March 20.
Ceazia Wright ‘27 and Micah Scott ‘27 won the runoff election for the 2026-27 Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential seats on Tuesday evening. The announcement, made in the Connell Student Center at 5:00 p.m., elicited cheers as SGA President Alisha Mitchell '26 unveiled the banner.
Sigma Gamma Rho announced that they have been officially reinstated as an on-campus sorority after 25 years at a neophyte presentation in Toney Auditorium at 6:22 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Nine students were inducted at the ceremony as official members of the Xi Psi chapter of the sorority.
Mercer University celebrated BearFest, an annual event that showcases global culture, in Penfield Hall and Cruz Plaza on Friday, March 13. The event had food trucks, student organization booths and live performances, among other activities.
According to PlaceEconomics’ 2022 report for the Historic Macon Foundation, Macon was categorized as one of the United States’ most redlined cities during the 1930s, according to a 2022 report from Place Economics. Nationwide, the practice of discriminatory “redlining” was put into place to deny mortgage loans or municipal services to some citizens based on race or income.
Associate physics professor Chamaree de Silva completed the 2026 Run Jekyll marathon in January, finishing her first marathon after months of personal and physical challenges.
Students filled Cruz Plaza with blankets and chairs as Bearstock started around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 14 and came to an end at 7:30 p.m. The annual concert, put on by QuadWorks, featured three separate student acts and professional band Hot Chelle Rae and Decatur-born and Grammy-nominated artist B.o.B.
Update: A tornado warning for Macon-Bibb and Jones county was lifted in Macon-Bibb at 8:15 a.m. Monday morning.
Bearstock 2026 featured a variety of artists and genres on Mercer's biggest stage on Cruz Plaza Saturday, March 14, bringing with it energy and crowd interactions.
After the early success of the Student Government Association’s partnership with Mercer Police to forgive parking tickets with canned goods, MerPo has announced a second strategy to absolve parking fines: students can elect to wrestle Toby in the MerPo building’s holding cell.
In a bid to secure just the second Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification on campus, Mercer announced Tuesday that it would start rewilding the main corridor of the University Center.
Under Armour, Mercer’s official apparel provider for the university’s athletics programs, filed a lawsuit against Toby and Tot on Monday morning, claiming the two mascots breached an agreement by wearing Adidas clothing while parading across campus during gamedays and at other events.
Bearstock returns to Cruz Plaza Saturday at 1 p.m., and QuadWorks advisor Adrienne Latham says this year’s six-and-a-half-hour event—headlined by B.o.B— will feel “different.”
The Student Government Association presidential election will head to a runoff election after none of the four tickets were able to secure more than 50% of the vote when polls closed at 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon.
Solutions by The State News