Catrett Locke Casting is coming to Mercer University, as well as Macon and Savannah, Ga. looking for students, athletes and faculty as paid background extras in early May.
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Campus ministries collaborate to share gospel with students
By Kristen Duncan | April 15Baptist Collegiate Ministry hosted “Good to Be Loved,” a campus-wide worship night in Willingham Hall along with other organizations like AGAPE and Delight Ministries on Saturday, April 11.
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African Student Association hosts Miss ASA pageant
By Kaylee Buchanan | April 15The African Student Association hosted its inaugural Miss ASA pageant at 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening in Newton Chapel, launching what organizers hope will become an annual campus tradition.
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Students share stories in record-breaking suicide prevention walk
By Nathaniel Jordan | April 12A week before his first Out of the Darkness Campus Walk, Will Spurlock ‘26 lost his brother to suicide. Three years later, he stood in front of a record-breaking crowd on Cruz Plaza helping to raise more than $13,000 for suicide prevention.
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'Casting of Christ' movie trio explores depictions of Christ in media
By Brooke Longhurst | April 9The Theta Alpha Kappa Religion honor society and Mercer University religion department hosted a "Casting of Christ" movie series that depicts different representations of Jesus Christ in media leading up to Good Friday.
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MindLeaps and Imwe host remembrance for Rwandan genocide
By Hannah Mock | April 8Etienne Musonera, a professor of marketing at the Stetson-Hatcher School of Business at the Atlanta campus, addressed students and faculty alike at Kwibuka 32, the ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the 1994 Genocide of the Tutsi, on April 1.
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MU Runway travels through time at annual fashion show
By Brooke Longhurst | April 8Audience members time traveled through the decades of fashion at the third annual MU Runway fashion show on Thursday, April 2 in Penfield Hall.
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'Whence cometh that bear': Which species is Toby and Tot?
By Nathaniel Jordan | April 2The history of the Mercer Bear is a long, confusing, rocky path of identity. From black bears to brown bears to white-black bears and black-brown bears, Mercer has yet to determine its own species.
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Second set of teach-in lectures discuss rule of law and empathy
By Geetanjali Angara | April 2A second set of the "Understanding Now" teach-in lectures took place in Willet Auditorium on Friday, March 27. Unlike the previous set of lectures, this Friday only had two sessions.
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10 finalists compete for $6,000 in Next Big Idea competition
By Hannah Mock | March 31Ten finalists are waiting for the results of the Mercer Innovation Center's annual Next Big Idea competition. The announcement will take place Wednesday, April 1 in the Mercer Innovation Center from 5-8 p.m.
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A year after ICE arrest, Alma Bowman shares her story
By Nathaniel Jordan | March 30Filipino-American activist Alma Bowman paused to take a breath 10 minutes into her speech about her 40-month stay in the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Ga., less than two hours south of Mercer's campus.
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Model Arab League competes nationally after earning regional awards
By Isabel Froula | March 29Mercer's Model Arab League delegation competed at the National University Model Arab League conference in Maryland, March 26-29, after winning several awards at the Southeast Regional Model Arab League conference at Converse University in South Carolina March 13-15.
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A match maid in heaven: Mercer Fencing Club brings costumes to combat
By Kristen Duncan and Jacob Hossler | March 25Mercer 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.
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'Finding My Front Porch': Whitworth discusses being queer in South
By Hannah Mock | March 25Colin Whitworth presented research they did on the intersection of queer and Southern identities through performance and narrative on March 18 in Godsey Science Center. Whitworth specifically discussed their own regional identity as a member of the LBGTQ community born, raised and currently living in the South.
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As primaries approach, Hoyt and Mercer Votes host panel on upcoming elections
By Precious Clark | March 24Georgia voters have until April 20 to register for the general primary elections, with early voting set to run from April 27 to May 15, leading up to primary election day on May 19.
