Hayden Blessing is a shoe fanatic. For years, the former college basketball player has been collecting $300 Jordans in his closet. But one day three years ago, that all changed. Blessing, a PE teacher and basketball coach, was instructing his first grade PE class one day when a little boy came up ...
In September of 2000, Kevin Hines began hearing voices. Those voices tormented him day and night, telling him that he had to take his own life in order to end the torment and depression that accompanied living. So Hines heeded their call. He caught a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge, crying the entire ...
This year, Mercer University’s School of Medicine (MUSM) is celebrating their tenth annual “Women in Medicine” Celebration. Despite the exclusive name, the Women in Medicine Celebration is open to all Mercer faculty, staff, and students. MUSM encourages the Macon community to participate in ...
After graduating in 1986 from Mercer’s School of Medicine, Dr. Jean Sumner chose to stay in her home state and live out Mercer Medicine’s mission: to educate physicians to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. In keeping with this mission, ...
The Muslim Student Association of Mercer University (MSA) hosted a “World Hijab Day” event Feb. 1 where all women — Muslim and non-Muslim — could participate in the wearing of a religious headscarf. The organization distributed new hijabs and taught Mercer students how to put them on. The ...
Jackson Katz Lecture SGA senators spent time Monday night discussing the behavior of students at the Jackson Katz lecture last week. Sen. Buckner suggested a more discussion-based approach in the future, rather than a lecture. Dean Pearson explained that while he was not happy with the behavior of ...
A vigil will be held at 9 p.m. in Hawkins arena in honor of Jibri Bryan, a Mercer basketball player who was killed Tuesday. President Underwood recently offered Hawkins Arena for students to hold the vigil. University Minister and Dean of Chapel Craig McMahan will say a few words and a short prayer. ...
Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones announced one person dead after being shot in a parking lot of the Flash Foods convenience store near College and Forsyth streets. The police call came at 4:16 p.m. this afternoon. Another person is in the hospital with gun shot wounds, according to local news outlet ...
Earlier this month, Mercer added itself to the list of Georgia universities that have banned hoverboards on campus due to fire safety concerns. Christian Wells, one of Mercer’s Housing and Residence Life assistant directors, warned students in an email over winter break that the two-wheeled self-balancing ...
In the Student Government Association (SGA) special elections, that began Jan. 20, two senate seats were up for grabs. “We had two senators step down from their position for various reasons. This usually happens because of a class conflict with senate time, a personal reason, etc,” Elizabeth ...
After graduating in 1986 from Mercer’s School of Medicine, Dr. Jean Sumner chose to stay in her home state and live out Mercer Medicine’s mission: to educate physicians to meet the primary care and health care needs of rural and medically underserved areas of Georgia. In keeping with this mission, ...
Lofts Phase V Criminals continue to target Mercer University construction sites. From Oct. 2 to Dec. 6, these areas were either burgled or vandalized a total of seven times, and all but two incidents involve the new Lofts Phase V on Mercer University Drive. According to estimates made in Mercer police ...
The SHAPE Q&A session on gender violence in Willingham Hall sparked a controversial debate Tuesday night. Over 800 students attended anti-sexist activist Jackson Katz’s lecture, “Taking it Personally: Why Gender Violence is an Issue for Men.” The event was mandatory for student athletes, ...
World Hijab Day The Muslim Student Association came before SGA to request special funding for Mercer’s first World Hijab Day. The funding will supply MSA with 60 scarves to distribute in the CSC on February 1 to any students that might want to participate. Students will have the opportunity to ...
[video credit="" align="center"][/video] Tonight, the Mercer student body rallied to cheer for a team that is often overlooked — women’s basketball. And they managed to keep it a secret. Fans filled the usually vacant student section during the Bears’ game against Chattanooga. Football player ...
Donn Rodenroth, The Telegraph Flooding in Macon Takes Over Ocmulgee River Flash floods popped up in Georgia over the winter break with the Ocmulgee River cresting at nearly 28 feet in early December and lowering less than a foot by January. According to Liz Fabian at the Telegraph, cleanup crews gathered ...
Fresh out of her own college experience, it might be hard to believe that young Ann Kathrin Kuder is a professor of German and a visiting Fulbright Scholar here at Mercer University. You may have seen her riding her bike around campus or speaking solely in German with a few of her students. The scholar ...
As the holiday season approaches, thefts are on the rise. From Oct. 12 to Nov. 23, thirteen criminal offenses occurred on the Macon campus. Nine of these cases were thefts by taking. CRIMES OF NOTE: Oct. 30: A person stole $200 worth of copper refrigeration tubing from the roof of Mercer Lofts Phase ...
The end of a semester, the ushering in of a new year, contagious holiday cheer—all are completely valid reasons to celebrate the season, and Mercer has always made a point of celebrating the holidays in style. This year, Quadworks is set to sponsor a Winter Wonderland for all of Mercer’s ...
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