As Cruz Plaza filled with the sounds old and new school music, volleyball, football games and strolling as well as the smell of barbeque, the Back to School Block Party had begun. Representatives from some of Mercer’s many multicultural organizations were ready to welcome new and old students. The ...
Mercer's Student Government Association (SGA) recently released their annual presidential report. It was provided to The Cluster by SGA Vice President Aaron Scherf. In an email sent to SGA representatives, President Elizabeth McKay touched on a couple of updates coming to campus this year. New ...
A Mercer student reported being the victim of simple battery this summer when an unknown suspect entered his dorm room and placed a pair of men’s underwear over his face before striking him. The seemingly unusual crime occurred on June 24 at Sherwood Hall, according to reports provided by Mercer ...
Both Alpha Tau Omega and Kappa Sigma were under investigation last spring for violations of the Student Code of Conduct related to alcohol. They are suspended for the 2016-2017 academic year, Dean of Students Douglas Pearson said in an email. “They will not be permitted to use or be in their houses ...
At the kickoff of this fall semester, Mercer will have a plethora of new food options for students to try. In the University Center, where there used to be a Subway, Burger Studio, Chick-Fil-A Express and various grab-and-go items, there is now a full service Chick-Fil-A, a Panda Express, and a P.O.D. ...
Mercer University has a new Title IX coordinator. Brittany Raygoza took over the position Aug. 8, said Kyle Sears, director of media relations, in an e-mail. Raygoza replaces Melissa Nunn, the university’s former Title IX coordinator, who left the job July 15 to accept the Title IX coordinator position ...
Twenty students at Mercer University are in the process of establishing an official crew organization for Love Your Melon (LYM), a student-run apparel brand dedicated to fighting pediatric cancer. Haleigh Svede, a senior crew member, is one student who is a part of that initiative. She knows what it’s ...
Macon’s newest bar may also be its nerdiest. The Reboot Retrocade & Bar will be located on Cherry Street. Offering a full bar, snacks and games of every kind, the new business hopes to be an inclusive atmosphere for people of all types. “We’re hoping to make downtown an encapsulating experience. ...
Mercer’s campus received a face-lift for the upcoming semester with the completion of Legacy Hall, the pedestrian bridge and the Lofts at Mercer Landing. Work on Legacy Hall continued throughout the 2015-2016 school year and was completed this summer. The new dorms are expected to house several hundred ...
One of Georgia’s newest laws may change the downtown bar scene this year. People under 21 will not be allowed to enter a bar, an establishment that receives 75 percent or more total annual gross revenue from alcohol sales, unless they are accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse who is 21 years ...
Every institution has that one person who has worked there forever. For Mercer University, that person started her career the same year Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech and John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Easter Glover has worked for Mercer since 1963 and doesn’t plan ...
The Cluster and Mercer lost one of its own with the death of alumnus, Robert L. Steed. Steed graduated from Mercer in 1958 and was a lifelong icon and trustee of the school. He died in his home in Buckhead on June 4. “Bob Steed was one of Mercer’s most loyal sons,” Mercer University President ...
Local hot dog favorite Nu-Way Weiners opened its Mercer Village location May 16. The Montpelier Avenue store has been in the works since last year. Nu-Way took over the space formerly occupied by Fountain of Juice, which closed its doors over Thanksgiving break. Nu-Way has been in Macon since 1916 ...
A Mercer student reported that she was sexually assaulted April 9 at one of the Mercer loft buildings. According to the Mercer police report filed April 11, they were dispatched to the Medical Center emergency room on April 11 regarding the assault. The victim said she reported the incident to Mercer’s ...
Work has begun on Mercer University’s next big project: a 142,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art science building. Costing an estimated $44 million, the Spearman C. Godsey Science Center will stand as the single most expensive construction project in the history of Mercer, according to a University ...
Following recent bulletin board fires and outbreak of racially charged vandalism in Sherwood Hall, Dean of Students Douglas Pearson met with students for an open forum Thursday evening. “This is very serious. We are looking at criminal activity here, and we are treating it as such,” Pearson said. A ...
Immediately after graduating from college, it seems to be the common trend to go directly to graduate school or settle down and get an “adult job.” This is not the case for everyone, including soon-to-be Mercer University graduate Rebecca Dickinson. Dickinson is putting her law school dreams on ...
Simeon Cullens is a rising junior at Mercer University. He’s black. He’s a member of a fraternity. He will be a Senator at Large in the fall, and if freshmen don’t elect more diverse class officers next semester, he will be the only black senator in the Student Government Association. In a recent ...
Mercer University’s Student Government Association and members of the student body selected professor of mathematics David Nelson as the 2016 Professor of the Year. Nelson, who has been teaching for 25 years, said he was surprised to receive the award. “It feels good,” he said. Though ...
Nearing the end of the semester, students are furiously planning out how long they’re going to be studying for their o-chem final or calculating what grade they need to get on their Spanish projects to finally bring that semester-long F to at least a D. No, what many Mercer Bears are looking forward ...
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