Made famous for her song “Born to Die” and then for “Summertime Sadness,” Lana del Rey has been a household name for almost eight years. Whether you love her music or hate it, Del Rey has carved out a name for herself in the music industry, making her voice distinctly recognizable. Del Rey ...
I am an exchange student at Mercer University, and my home is approximately 3696 miles across the pond in England. So why am I here? What is it like being that far from home? Or, as many like to ask: of all places, why are you in Macon? If I had a dollar for every time I was asked why I was in Macon, ...
Mercer sophomore Faith Reagin said her love for art began when she was three years old. “I loved coloring books. I loved anything that had to do with that,” Reagin said. “I’ve always been a creative person, and I’ve always liked doodling things.” Now, as a college student, Reagin is ...
I started taking birth control after my first ever trip to the gynecologist. I went in looking for answers to the typical questions: Why does penetration hurt? Why does my period feel like the scene in “Prometheus” when Noomi Rapace births an alien? It felt like I only received one question back: ...
Senior Brianna Levin has always had a passion for travel. Even in high school, she heavily considered living abroad. When she came to Mercer, she realized she had a rare opportunity to visit places she had never been before. Levin studied abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, her freshman year, but afterwards ...
We all want to look our best, but being decked out in the hottest fashion trends can be expensive. You can look like a star without breaking your budget if you follow these five simple tips. Thrift shop One man's discarded yellow sweater is another man’s whole new look. Thrift stores are a good ...
A prequel to the puppet-animated 1982 film “The Dark Crystal,” “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” focuses on the beginning of a rebellion on the planet Thra. The series was created with the use of puppets instead of CGI through a collaboration between Netflix and The Jim Henson Company. Featuring ...
Music Midtown is the time of year when thousands of music lovers swarm Piedmont Park in Atlanta for a weekend full of music from today’s most popular artists. This year, the festival showcased artists from all the likes — Lizzo, Panic! At the Disco, you name it, they were probably there. Here’s ...
Since the beginning of this year, there have been a plethora of new musical artists sharing their remarkable talents with the world. From Lil Nas X to Raveena, each artist has their own unique style and cater to fans from all walks of life. Whether your musical taste varies from alternative and country, ...
Get ready for a weekend filled with wine, great art and pastries because the Macon Wine and Arts Festival will be making its sophomore debut. It will run Sept. 26-28, and will be hosted by the Mill Hill Community Arts Center and organized by the Macon Arts Alliance. Events will include three days of ...
Taylor Swift has been making music since she was 16 years old. Considering that she’ll be 30 in December, she’s been making music for longer than it takes someone to go through elementary school, middle school and high school combined. Throughout the years, she has crafted seven studio albums that ...
If you’ve ever drained your phone battery listening to hours of Beyoncé or playing endless games of Candy Crush, you may need to put your phone down. But before you take a break from your phone, hear me out, and listen to a podcast. Podcasts are becoming very popular in the entertainment industry, ...
Musicians and groups evolve. Bob Dylan controversially transitioned from a guitar-plucking folk artist to a rock-and-roller, Elton John from gritty piano-bluesman to bubble-gum pop singer and Beyonce from R&B princess to flaming Hip-Hop diva. The 1975, a British pop-rock group, are embracing the ...
Mercer junior Alexis Quarcoo, the owner of an Instagram shop known as JeweledbyAQ, has been making jewelry since the summer before her sophomore year. She started after her aunt took a jewelry-making class and offered to show her what she had learned. “I just kind of fell in love with it. I ...
The iconic blue American Idol bus drove into town on Aug. 23 and parked outside of the Macon City Auditorium. Macon has a rich musical history — with people like Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers Band coming out of Macon — so it is no surprise to locals that the popular show chose this Middle ...
There seems to be a strange dichotomy between science and the arts, but Mercer sophomore Avery Lario straddles these two worlds with both grace and poise. Lario has always loved art. From a young age, her mother encouraged her artwork by putting her in lessons, supporting her decision to create art ...
In the presence of a stressful academic life and thriving social life, it can be hard to make sure we’re doing everything we can to stay healthy. Here are five ways to avoid the freshman 15. Keep it cool Oftentimes when we begin to fall into unhealthy habits, it's because we are stressed about ...
This summer was one of the best of my entire life. I was interning full-time at a radio station, taking classes, living in Macon with all my closest friends and truly “adulting” for the first time. But in June, something changed: I found myself completely out of energy, my anxiety spiraled out of ...
This summer offered up a lot of new trends. As the school year gets started, it’s the perfect time to switch up your style. Here are five summer fashion trends that you should try this school year. Tie-Dye This summer there were tons of runways and celebrities, such as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift, ...
“Shirt just got real.” No, really. That’s the slogan for Mercer’s newest apparel distributor, Mercer Fresh Prints. Step aside Custom Ink, move along Clip Art, there’s a new apparel company in town. Fresh Prints is a custom apparel company that was founded in 2009 by two sophomores in ...
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