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Mercer celebrates Family Weekend 2017 [GALLERY]

Business Spotlight: Mary Pinson Designs

Mary Pinson has had her business, Mary Pinson Designs, for 15 years. Now she’s finally got a studio to call her own. Pinson is a floral designer, event planner and event designer. Her studio in downtown Macon opened on Sept. 7 and serves as the new workplace for her creativity. Before, she was working ...

Macon Change: The Fuller Center for Housing works to improve Macon

For the past six years, the Fuller Center for Housing of Macon has worked to promote positive change in low income areas near Mercer University. Dianne Fuller, the center’s executive director, hopes to improve the Napier Heights community, which includes parts of Pio Nono Avenue and homes near I-75. ...

Situation Room Transforms into Scare Room

Macon’s Situation Room will be transforming their entertainment experience this October. The Situation Room in Macon has decided they are going to do a twist on the classic spiel during this Halloween season. Instead of being simply a traditional escape room, for 13 days only they will turn into ...

Mercer senior to serve in Ethiopia Peace Corps

Instead of going back to classes this January, senior Kaitlyn Koontz will travel to Ethiopia as part of the Peace Corps. Koontz is a global health major with a minor in international affairs. She’s long been interested in nutrition and started researching Macon food deserts last year, in addition ...

Mercer student proposes to Drum Major girlfriend at halftime

It was the first home game of the year. Football fans sat in the stands, suffering through the 80 degree weather in order to watch Mercer face off against Wofford. During halftime, the band was getting ready to play “Georgia on My Mind” when the announcer interrupted to list the accomplishments ...

Business Insight: Comics Plus

The Avengers, Wonder Woman and Thor. All of these movies were first comics. You can find these and many more comic books at a comic book store in downtown Macon. Comic Plus, owned by Will Peavy, moved to downtown Macon this summer. The store, which was previously on Northside Drive, isn’t a typical ...

Ocmulgee Indian Celebration highlights Native cultures [GALLERY]

Ampersand Guild is on the move

Ampersand, the local Macon artist guild and art gallery, is transitioning into a new location due to expansion. The new guild hall and art gallery will be located at 382 Cherry Street in Downtown Macon. The guild will be moving into the old Children’s Museum, which closed in 2014. On Aug. 30, ...

Student Government Association conducts first senate of semester

After their initially scheduled meeting was cancelled due to Hurricane Irma, Mercer’s Student Government Association met for the first time this semester on Sept. 18. Newly elected senators and student correspondents were sworn in by this year’s president, Olivia Buckner. After the Dean of Students, ...

New options for meal exchanges at on-campus dining locations

If you’ve been using your meal exchanges at Einstein's or Which Wich, you may have noticed some changes. Thanks to the communication between SGA and the on-campus dining locations, the options for meal exchanges have expanded. Adam Penland, sophomore class president, said the communication for ...

Trump Administration’s plan to terminate DACA impacts Mercer students

Mercer students are among those impacted by President Donald Trump administration’s announcement about the plan to terminate the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) order. Former President Barack Obama passed the executive order approving DACA in 2012. DACA gave 800,000 immigrants ...

Ocmulgee Indian Festival Preview

Macon is once again going back in time with the Ocmulgee Indian Celebration on Sept.16-17. The celebration will take place at the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, showcasing Native American heritage, arts and culture as it has for 26 consecutive years. According to Superintendent Jim David, over ...

CAPS office to host inaugural Suicide Awareness Week at Mercer

The Counseling and Psychological Services office is hosting a Suicide Awareness Week that will be dedicated to promoting education about suicide prevention, how to get help and how to help others who may be in distress. Mercer’s Suicide Awareness Week will take place Oct. 9-13. The national Suicide ...

Have you noticed the Mercer buttons around campus?

Beginning in August 2016, sophomores through seniors have received a button each fall with a saying on it that represents their year in school. The initiative is called Bear Your Button and is gaining popularity throughout campus this fall. Bear Your Buttons is a campaign that was started by the Office ...

Mercer Public Art Coalition seeks to connect Macon and Mercer through art

One of Mercer’s newest campus organizations brings together students from various artistic disciplines for the purpose of bringing more art into the Macon community. The Mercer Public Art Coalition was founded during the spring of 2017, and this fall, founding member Anna Stallings now serves as ...

Growing Pains

Growing Pains is a series that explores the changing campus of Mercer University. Over the years, Mercer has significantly increased in student population, and with that increase came concerns about parking, housing and crime on campus, along with other topics of interest. This series examines these ...

Mercer students spent their summer in labs instead of on the beach

Several Mercer students spent their summer breaks at prestigious labs across the world, completing research relevant to their undergraduate majors. Here’s what a few of them worked on.   ADAM CORN Adam Corn completed research at North Carolina State University. He worked in Melissa Pasquinelli's ...

Residence Life seeks student volunteers

Students have been asked to open up their dorm rooms to help international students from Florida. Jacksonville University has announced that their doors will be closed Sept. 8 through Sept. 12 due to Category 5 Hurricane Irma, according to the school’s website. [sidebar title="UPDATE" align="left" ...

Carnival comes to campus [GALLERY]

The lines were long and the sun was hot, but the QuadWorks Carnival still attracted hundreds of Mercerians to the lot behind the baseball fields. QuadWorks was fully equipped with carnival staples like funnel cakes, bumper cars, rock climbing walls and even a rollercoaster. The QuadWorks Carnival ...