Gabriel Kopp

Editor-in-Chief

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 working on a Washington Post crossword, he enjoys going for runs around Macon and reading The New York Times or the AJC while sipping coffee.

Campus News

Weldon and Lowery crowned 2025 Homecoming royalty on Saturday

By Gabriel Kopp and Joslyn Hicks | November 15

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.

Campus News

Runners race through campus for Y2K Homecoming 5k

By Gabriel Kopp | November 15

Students, professors, alumni and Macon runners gathered Saturday morning for the annual Mercer University Homecoming 5k that circumnavigates campus.

Campus News

Elkins elected to be next Mercer president

By Gabriel Kopp | November 14

Penny L. Elkins was announced as Mercer University’s 19th president on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 in the University Center’s Heritage Hall.

Campus News

UPDATE: Shelter-in-place lifted after bomb threat emailed into Mercer

By Gabriel Kopp | November 11

An active threat was reported on Mercer's Macon campus at 12:58 p.m. Tuesday, according to an email sent by Mercer Police. In the email, MerPo told students and faculty to shelter in place.

Sports

With SoCon title on line, No. 12 Mercer travels to No. 24 WCU

By Gabriel Kopp | November 7

Mercer football (7-1, 6-0 Southern Conference) takes on Western Carolina University (6-3, 5-0 SoCon) on Saturday in a battle for the sole lead of the conference. The matchup is also a contest between the only two teams left undefeated in SoCon play, with the No. 12 Bears traveling up to Cullowhee, N.C. to take on the No. 24 Catamounts.

Campus News

Princess Peach and a posse of kids hit pre-Halloween Harvest Fest

By Gabriel Kopp | October 29

A sea of superheroes, villains and everything in between flowed into Heritage Hall on Wednesday evening for the annual Harvest Fest, where costumed kids decorated paper plates, fished for candy and played a supersized version of “Operation,” among other activities.

Local News

'This is what I believe in': 'No Kings' protest draws hundreds in Macon

By Gabriel Kopp | October 18

Tattnall Square Park was host to a “No Kings” protest on Saturday morning, drawing more than 300 people to the intersection of Oglethorpe and College Street, less than a quarter-mile from campus.

Campus News

Pi Kapp, Pilfering and Princeton: The story of the missing 'Pi'

By Gabriel Kopp | October 10

For much of the fall 2024 semester, Pi Kappa Phi could exhibit only the letters by which they are best known around campus: Pi Kappa. “The first letter, the ‘Phi,’ was stolen by the Princeton marching band,” Morgan Kesler ‘25, the former president of the fraternity, said at the time.

Campus News

Mercer publishes Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act data from 2024

By Gabriel Kopp | October 1

Mercer University released data from the 2024 calendar year in its annual campus safety report on Wednesday, which includes statistics on crime and instances of fire on all four Mercer campuses in Georgia.Mercer collects the information from MerPo, the Title IX office, Student Affairs, Human Resources, ...

Campus News

Former Mercer volleyball player Aliyah Waldon dies Sunday

By Gabriel Kopp | September 30

Aliyah Waldon, a former Mercer volleyball player from Odessa, Fl., died Sunday after a months-long fight with cancer. She was 20.

Gabriel Kopp

Weldon and Lowery crowned 2025 Homecoming royalty on Saturday

Runners race through campus for Y2K Homecoming 5k

Elkins elected to be next Mercer president

UPDATE: Shelter-in-place lifted after bomb threat emailed into Mercer

With SoCon title on line, No. 12 Mercer travels to No. 24 WCU

Princess Peach and a posse of kids hit pre-Halloween Harvest Fest

'This is what I believe in': 'No Kings' protest draws hundreds in Macon

Pi Kapp, Pilfering and Princeton: The story of the missing 'Pi'

Mercer publishes Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act data from 2024

Former Mercer volleyball player Aliyah Waldon dies Sunday

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