If you’re anything like me, you’re sitting in a dark room, wondering how a No. 14 seed toppled at No. 3 seed. You find it perplexing that your alma mater didn’t make it past the first round. Everybody in the office is laughing at you, and there’s only one reason why. Yes your bracket is more ...
Students congregated at the Connell Student Center on Tuesday evening awaiting to hear the results for the Student Government Association elections — but soon discovered that SGA would call for a revote. "We have not looked at the results, we do not know who won — or who has how many votes," SGA ...
SGA senate was packed Monday night as students came out to be part of the conversation about the lack of housing available for juniors and seniors. Representatives from the university came to try to respond to their concerns. The general consensus of Jeff Takac, the Director of Residence Life, and ...
Student Government Association elections The polls are finally open for the SGA presidential elections. The two tickets, Austin Harrison and Taylor Jolly, and Tony Perella and David Boggs, will go head-to-head to earn the titles president and vice president. This year will prove to be an exciting ...
The email came the Thursday before Spring Break, notifying every organization leader of the Fiscal Affairs committee’s recent reversal of fortune. “At this point of the year the SGA Fiscal Affairs Committee has allocated $69,988 of it's $70,000 available, leaving us with a total of $12.00 in our ...
It’s not often that you get to experience really great jazz in downtown Macon. While we have a wealth of talented musicians in our community, expertly executed jazz music tends to be somewhat of a rarity. Thanks to Corner Concerts, the Macon Pops Jazz Quartet, the Keith Fitzgerald Quintet and philanthropic ...
Bagels, Bagels, Bagels The stomachs of hungry Bears rejoice. Einstein Brothers Bagels is coming to the bottom floor of Tarver Library. Einstein Bros. is the nation’s largest operator of bagel bakeries in a quick, yet casual environment. Construction on the restaurant will begin in May following graduation, ...
Mercer students and their eager stomachs will soon rejoice. Auxiliary Services and Aramark Higher Education also known as Mercer University’s Dining Services announced the future construction of Einstein Bros. Bagel Bakery, to be located in the Tarver Library, according to a news release. “We ...
http://gty.im/98529895 (Editor's note: This article was published before the State Senate passed a bill from the Health and Human Services Committee that would legalize medical marijuana for eight medical conditions. ) For Mercer University junior Katie Callaway, the Georgia Senate’s version of ...
March Madness has officially begun. On Sunday, the men's college basketball bracket was released. This year, a team from a power conference in Kentucky is looking to finish off the perfect season at 40-0, which hasn't been done since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers did it. Here is a forecast for each region ...
“Every number has a name. Every name has a story.” So says the straightforward home page of Decoding Freedom’s website. Those numbers are statistics about sex trafficking, and those names are real people who can tell heart-rending stories of their experiences right here in Middle Georgia. Decoding ...
When the Mercer Maniacs won the SoCon tournament’s “Most Valuable Fan” competition two weeks ago, they were given one free ticket to the SoCon tournament as a reward -- and they knew exactly who they wanted to give it to. Robert Swanagan is a chef in the Fresh Food Company who, after he clocks ...
Dinner and a show will be provided by the new stir-fry restaurant opening in Macon where the healthy food will be cooked in an open kitchen for an audience to watch. Genghis Grill is opening on March 23 on Bowman Road to add to the Macon environment, said William Conner, an owner of the restaurant ...
Two Mercer students from Kappa Alpha fraternity confessed on Wednesday to vandalizing two bear sculptures. Mercer University's Police Department found the missing bear statues on the corner of Coleman Avenue and Adams Street at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Chief Garry Collins. The two fiberglass ...
Jim Cavacias and Spyros Dermatas stood watching 99 years burn. Aside from shedding tears, it was all the owners could do as Macon-Bibb firefighters worked to extinguish the flames engulfing Nu-Way Wieners early Friday morning. The broken storefront windows deceive those who pass by 430 Cotton Avenue, ...
The list is out! Check out the list of headliners and daybands for Bear stock 2015. Headliners Relient K For most millennials, Relient K’s songs will immediately have them reminiscing about rock music, skinny jeans and teen angst. You’ve probably heard their oldie-but-goodie song “Sadie ...
Two Mercer sophomores have created an app that’s poised to challenge some of the biggest titans in social media, such as Facebook. After spending months cooped up in their dorm rooms creating app prototypes and forming a concrete business plan, John Christiansen and Chirag Datta have created what ...
The motion to make the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) a recognized Mercer student organization passed unanimously March 3. The group, headed by sophomore Matthew Long, is part of a national organization that has over 50 student chapters across the nation. They focus on “maintaining ...
Who’s playing at Bearstock? For the past month, guess what was our website’s “most-searched engine term”? Yes, that’s right — Bearstock 2015. The announcement you’ve all been waiting to hear will be made on March 4. Mercer’s Quadworks plans to release the list of headliners over ...
In deciding to pursue pharmacy, I had to address many of my friend’s misconceptions of this field, such as “Why do pharmacists need that much schooling to just bag pills?” and “Couldn’t a machine just do that job?” Likewise, I initially had perceived that pharmacists had minimal patient ...
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