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Canvas returns after ShinyHunters ransomware attack on Instructure

By Gabriel Kopp | May 8

Canvas, Mercer's digital classroom and course manager, worked on Friday morning just a day after it displayed a "currently undergoing scheduled maintenance" message after its parent company, Instructure, suffered a ransomware attack by ShinyHunters, a cybercrime group. Newsweek reported it found only school districts in Georgia were impacted by the outage and that no universities in the state had been hacked.

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On-campus casting call for Glen Powell movie seeks students

By Kristen Duncan | April 28

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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Model Arab League returns from Nationals with five awards

By Isabel Froula | April 20

Model Arab League walked away from their National competition in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Md. on March 26-29 with five delegates winning awards after competing against over 20 other colleges and universities from around the country.

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Starting anew: Lucas Meinberg's journey as a flautist

By Kristen Duncan | April 20

After being told to switch instruments in middle school, Lucas Meinberg ‘26, playing the tuba at the time, attempted the sousaphone, which can weigh around 30 pounds and must be carried on the player's shoulder.  But at the start of his high school career, Meinberg discovered his love for an instrument outside of the brass family.  Meinberg, a little less laboriously than the sousaphone, picked up the flute as a freshman.

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Trustees approve CSC demolition, to build new student center in 2027

By Gabriel Kopp | April 17

The new building will be part of a years-long, “Building for BEARS” project that will effectively replace the existing building with a newer facility. The acronym, a favorite rhetorical device of President Penny Elkins, stands for belong, engage, aspire, relax and savor.

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Death row exoneree Cousin urges Mercer students to fight for justice

By Kaylee Buchanan | April 15

Shareef Cousin stood in front of a crowded Presidents Dining Room on Tuesday, April 14, and told the crowd that the legal field is not merely a career path, but a heavy responsibility that places “people’s lives in your hands.”

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Campus ministries collaborate to share gospel with students

By Kristen Duncan | April 15

Baptist 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 15

The 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 12

A 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 9

The 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 8

Etienne 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 8

Audience 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 2

The 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 2

A 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 31

Ten 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 30

Filipino-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 29

Mercer'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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'Finding My Front Porch': Whitworth discusses being queer in South

By Hannah Mock | March 25

Colin 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 24

Georgia 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.

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'Legacy fulfilled': Sigma Gamma Rho returns to campus after 25 years

By Kristen Duncan | March 19

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.