This year, Mercer’s Student Government Association will be led by President Olivia Buckner and Vice President Oge Onuh. The duo won with 63.6 percent (636) votes in the run-off against opponents Michael Smith and Catie Byrd. [related title="Related Stories" stories="21344" align="right" background="on" ...
Students interested in joining one of Mercer’s Greek organizations will have more time to prepare to run up the hill this year. Mercer University will be holding delayed recruitment this year. According to the Delayed Recruitment Guidelines and Policies, the purpose of delayed recruitment is to ...
This fall, QuadWorks is hosting a carnival for students to kick-off the first weekend on campus. “We are doing free food-funnel cakes, french fries, snow cones, pizza and popcorn, while it lasts,” said Carrie Ingoldsby, Director of Campus Life and Student Involvement. “[We will also have] inflatables ...
There are some new entrepreneurs in town, and they’re working on everything from wallet tracking cards to a substitute for coffee. Stephanie Howard, deputy director of The Mercer Innovation Center, announced their second class of fellows on August 16. There are nine new businesses that will receive ...
Just last year, Mercer Greek Life welcomed two new additions, Delta Epsilon Psi and Sigma Sigma Rho. Mercer may be welcoming another greek organization this semester, but this one is a little different. Sophomore Bella Rama has spent her summer working to reactivate Phi Alpha Delta, a Pre-Law fraternity. “Mercer ...
Macon has changed since students left campus in May. A few local restaurants have closed their doors while others have now made Macon their home. Openings: A restaurant known for its burgers has opened a location in Macon. The new Cookout is located on Eisenhower Parkway. Cookout offers meals for ...
The newest class of Mercerians has over 900 students, according to statistics provided by Academic and Advising Services. “The Class of 2021 is our largest class ever at Mercer University,” said Amanda Carls, who serves as Mercer’s Assistant Director of New Student Programs. Fifty-four percent ...
Most of Mercer’s students left campus for the summer, so here’s all you need to know about what went down before the fall semester. CSC CLOSING The Connell Student Center was closed from July 21-28 in order to remove traces of asbestos from the exterior windows’ glazing compound. Asbestos is ...
Bicycles hang from the walls of a tiny room at Strong Tower Church and a group of young boys moves to their work stations. They pick up wrenches and wait for instruction. These kids are part of Macon’s Learn and Earn bike program, where students are given a used bike and taught how to fix it up. ...
An email from Residence Life was sent to second and third year students during the summer. The contents of the email posed the possible option of releasing students from their 2017-2018 housing contract. The email, from Diana Long, the Office of Residence Life housing coordinator, started off by ...
For students facing poverty today, summer break can be one devastating vacation. With no access to educational resources at home, these students risk losing valuable reading skills they’ve gained during the school year. Freedom Schools across the nation are trying to change that by making sure kids ...
Walking into the then-dilapidated buildings on Cherry Street, Jean Bragg knew that a challenging task lie ahead. Returning to her hometown, she wanted to take on a project that would allow her to bring a little New Orleans back to Macon. Bragg was born and raised in Middle Georgia. After living in ...
Ellen Gilchrist was awarded Mercer’s Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Writing on April 22. The prize is awarded in recognition of a “significant career contribution to southern writing,” according to the Mercer Southern Studies website. Past recipients include Ernest Gaines and Spencer B. King ...
Mercer University’s Student Government Association and Minority Affairs hosted a diversity panel on April 12. The panel consisted of a group of students from African, African American, European, Caucasian, Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic, Native American and Caribbean descent. Senior Anthony ...
Kappa Sigma has joined the list of Mercer’s functioning Greek organizations once again. After being previously suspended along with Alpha Tau Omega due to “violations of the Student Code of Conduct related to alcohol,” according to an August 2016 article by The Cluster, the fraternity was reviewed ...
The Commission Chamber of the Macon-Bibb County Government Center was standing room only at the April 18 meeting of the Board of Commission. The majority of the attendees were there to witness the vote to amend sections 31 and 32 of the Macon-Bibb County Charter. The proposed amendments to the sections ...
Housing might be changing for the 2018-2019 year. Mercer’s LGBTQ-straight alliance organization Common Ground has proposed a housing plan that will give a wing or floor of a building to the LGBTQ community and their allies. “I think it’s much needed. It gives LGBTQ people a safe environment ...
Mercer Innovation Center is launching an initiative in the fall where students will meet once a month and share entrepreneurship ideas and plans to carry them out. The program is called “The Grind” because free coffee will be served at the monthly meetings. This program will be a part of different ...
Artists will compete against each other by creating chalk murals along the sidewalks in Tattnall Square Park, April 29th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event was originally scheduled for March 18, but was cancelled because it started to rain on the artwork. “Ironically, the remainder of the day was beautiful” ...
If you flipped through the Mercer University catalog looking for classes to register for and noticed that the Christianity major wasn’t there anymore, don’t worry. The Christianity major, complete with new courses, is still there, but under the name “religion.” The major changed its name ...
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