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.
The new building will be part of a years-long, “Building for BEARS” project that will effectively replace the existing building with a newer facility. The acronym, a favorite rhetorical device of President Penny Elkins, stands for belong, engage, aspire, relax and savor.
Macon-Bibb county and Mercer's Macon campus were placed under a tornado warning at 7:53 a.m. Monday morning, the second such weather alert in less than five days. Shelter-in-place orders were given via text to the Mercer Law School at 8:02 a.m.
Mercer's campus was placed under a tornado warning on Thursday morning at 6:46 a.m. Sirens could be heard on campus – and across Middle Georgia – as they warned residents to seek shelter immediately.
A consortium of experts in political science and authoritarian states spoke Friday in Toney Auditorium during a “teach-in” event organized by Mercer Associate Professor of English Elizabeth Harper.
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.
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