Gabriel Kopp '26 is double majoring in Journalism and Law and Public Policy at Mercer University. He has written for The Cluster since he started at Mercer, and currently works as editor-in-chief. When he isn't completing a Washington Post crossword, he enjoys going for runs around Macon and reading The New York Times or the AJC while sipping coffee.
A bomb threat called into Willet Science Center on Friday morning has been cleared by Mercer Police, according to University spokesperson Jennifer Fairfield-Williams.
About 500 protestors marched from Rosa Parks Square to the William Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Mulberry Street on Wednesday evening, bringing Middle Georgia into the fray of a national movement against the Trump administration’s use of Border Patrol agents in cities.
Women’s basketball (12-6, 2-1 Southern Conference) defeated Samford University (8-12, 1-2 SoCon) in Hawkins Arena on Saturday, 76-67.
President Penny Elkins outlined Mercer’s next steps and gathered comments from a large contingent of faculty, staff and students during a Future Forward Forum on Thursday afternoon in the Presidents Dining Room.
Men’s basketball (10-7, 2-2 Southern Conference) held off Wofford College (11-6, 3-1 SoCon) on Saturday, winning 109-97 at home.
Lisa M. Lundquist was named provost and University executive vice president on Monday, Jan. 5 by President Penny Elkins after serving as the senior vice provost since February 2025.
Men’s basketball (8-5) has defied expectations early this season as it has racked up eight wins through its first 13 games, its most since 2021-22. Ahead of Head Coach Ryan Ridder’s second season at the helm, the team was selected to finish eighth in the preseason coaches’ poll, but it currently sits tied for fourth place going into Southern Conference play.
Joel Taylor will take over Mercer's football program, Mercer Athletics announced on Thursday, after former head coach Mike Jacobs left Macon for the University of Toledo.
Mercer football’s season ended in the second round of the FCS Playoffs on Saturday as the Bears were shut out 47-0 at home by the University of South Dakota. The loss capped a Southern Conference-winning season in which Mercer went 9-4 overall and advanced to the second round of the playoffs as the No. 6-ranked team in the FCS.
Mercer University crowned Nathan Weldon ‘26 and Callie Lowery ‘26 as Homecoming king and queen at halftime of Mercer’s final home game of the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Mercer alumni, students and fans from all over came to celebrate Homecoming and cheer on the Bears as they faced the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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