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Drop-add can make or break your semester. Here’s what you need to know
By Micah Johnston | August 23One of the most important days of the academic year is the drop-add deadline, but it can be easy to miss for new students at Mercer.This year it’s Aug. 27, the Friday of the first week of classes. Here’s everything you need to know about drop-add and how it can change your schedule and college experience.What ...
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OPINION: Mercer is taking the coward’s approach to COVID-19 guidelines
By Micah Johnston | August 18This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster.COVID-19 has drawn divisive lines between friends, families, coworkers and everyone in between. It’s not an easy topic to avoid, and it’s a controversial one once it gets brought ...
Opinion
OPINION: Women’s History Month centers cisgender, heterosexual women. That’s a problem
By Rose Thorne | March 13This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. From Susan B. Anthony to Hillary Clinton, most so-called heroes of Women’s History Month made great leaps for women in America. But they have something else in common, too: they’re ...
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OPINION: The ‘Save Girls’ Sports Act' is an attack on women’s rights disguised as empowerment
By Rose Thorne | March 12This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. On March 3, as Women’s History Month began, the Higher Education Committee of the Georgia State Senate passed a bill — SB 266 — that would bar transgender girls and women at ...
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OPINION: Our post-COVID world needs to see more women in positions of power
By McKenna Kaufman | March 8This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. The 2020 election was a historic progression of women’s rights and a victory for American feminists with the election of vice president Kamala Harris. As Harris became the first ...
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OPINION: People of color are not your teachers
By Ashley Pemberton | March 6This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. The Black Lives Matter movement raises the question of whether Black people should bear the weight of being the world’s educators on racial discrimination and microaggressions. The ...
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OPINION: New Year's resolutions are more important than ever after 2020
By Mandi DeLong | February 8This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. Most people can agree that 2020 was not the best year. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the turbulent political climate and devastating daily news, New Year’s Eve was more relieving ...
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OPINION: Studying genocide during the Trump administration
By Serena Golden | November 5This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. This semester, I’ve been reading about genocide. In Comparative Genocide with David Gushee, we study how genocide occurs and how the international community responds to it. Perhaps ...
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OPINION: Social media arguments are not social justice
By Mariyka O. Sich | October 12This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. Mercer University students pride themselves in the motto, “at Mercer, everyone majors in changing the world.” But since March of this year, it has been incredibly difficult for ...
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OPINION: Homecoming during a pandemic isn’t worth it
By Sydney Roe | October 10This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. Homecoming is intended to be a positive experience. As a Mercer community, we are supposed to come together to celebrate the impact that our school has had on us and our world since ...
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OPINION: Labor Day should not be for labor
By Macee Palmer | September 6This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. We are a few weeks into the semester, and Mercer’s undergraduate students are settled into their new living spaces on campus — or at least, I hope they are. With the changes to ...
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OPINION: Mercer is making a big mistake re-opening in the fall
By Caitlyn Patton | July 22This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. What happens when a university opens in a pandemic? Apparently, Mercer University plans to find out. In-person classes at Mercer University during the spring semester ended March ...
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Opinion: Young female dance teams are unnecessarily sexualized
By Mandi DeLong | February 12This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. I was at a basketball game a while back when a dance team of a bunch of adorable little girls performed at half-time. The oldest couldn’t have been more than seven, but the majority ...
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Opinion: Creative careers are slept on
By Chance Allen | January 30This is an opinion article. Any views expressed belong solely to the author and are not representative of The Cluster. From writers and painters to actors and dancers, there is a wide variety of careers on the creative side to choose from. The problem, however, is that they are incredibly slept on. Recently ...
