SGA looks to future safety improvements and bridging gap between student body, athletes
February 11, 2019
Mercer’s Student Government Association (SGA) reconvened to discuss the perceived disconnect between students and athletes as well as what safety improvements students believe the school should make during this semester's Safety Walk. The campus outreach committee, lead by Senior Senator Hayes Rule...
Student-led organization set to hold mental health training
Marianna Bacallao, Layout Editor
February 11, 2019
The Mercer Neuroscience Organization (MNO) will be holding a mental health first aid training program Feb. 23 and 24. It’s an eight-hour lecture-based program split between a Saturday and a Sunday. If students enrolled can pass the culminating exam on Sunday, they will earn a certification in ment...
Princeton Review ranks Mercer as one of America’s most conservative schools
Emily Rose Thorne, News Editor
February 11, 2019
A 2019 report from the Princeton Review named Mercer the 11th-most politically conservative college in the United States. The data was based on students’ responses when asked to rate themselves “far-left, Democrat, non-partisan, Republican or far-right.” The ranking makes Mercer the most conservati...
New SGA senators take office following January special election
January 30, 2019
Four people were elected to serve on the Student Government Association (SGA) in a special election Jan. 24 and 25. Senior Nigel D’Souza and Juniors Sarai Mapp, Caylen Johnson and Peri Staples will hold senatorial seats for the spring 2019 semester. The special election was held afte...
Former post office to house student services offices
January 30, 2019
The area surrounding the former Mail and Document Services room in the Connell Student Center (CSC) is being converted into a more convenient home for ACCESS and Accommodations and the new Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Dean of Student Affairs Doug Pearson said ACCESS and Accommodations, which ...
SGA welcomes new senators and discusses Green Committee’s partnership with UCapture
January 30, 2019
Mercer’s Student Government Association (SGA) met Jan. 28 and swore in four new senators, Juniors Sarai Mapp, Caylen Johnson and Peri Staples and Senior Nigel D’Souza. The new Senators promised to “fulfill the duties of the office entrusted to me to the utmost of my ability, to serve purposefu...
Alumnus Mark McCollough selected to be Founders Day speaker
Rylee Kirk, Lead News Writer and Advertising Manager
January 30, 2019
Mercer alumnus and actor Mark McCollough has been selected to speak at this year’s Founders Day event on Feb. 6. The speaker was announced in a Student Government Association meeting streamed live on their Facebook page Jan. 7. Clark Myers, senior senator-at-large and chair of the Heritage Life committee, told S...
Federal report suggests Wells Fargo charged some Mercer students excessive fees through university partnership
Emily Rose Thorne, News Editor
January 29, 2019
Wells Fargo, the bank that provides optional financial services to Mercer students through a partnership bringing the university nearly $40,000 each year, may charge students higher fees than other banks with similar college programs. The information was released in a report by the Consumer Financia...
New campus club aims to help empower young Macon-Bibb women
January 28, 2019
Women of Minorities Empowering the Neighborhood (W.O.M.E.N) is a new service-based club on Mercer’s campus aimed at mentoring Macon-Bibb County minority girls. Co-Founder and Co-President Sheridan King, a freshman, said she was inspired to start the club after observing a “disconnect between Mer...
‘She was always helping everyone:’ Mercer community remembers Carmen Hicks
January 28, 2019
Carmen Hicks, Mercer University senior administrative assistant for the English, Mathematics and Africana Studies departments, passed away Jan. 4 when her car collided with a tractor-trailer on Highway 49, according to an emailed statement from the University. Hicks, 53, was from Warner Robins and worked...
Renovated Willet Science Center to open this fall
Marianna Bacallao, Layout Editor
January 28, 2019
Willet Science Center will re-open this fall, giving a new home to the psychology, computer science, public health and athletic training programs. Last year, it was projected that construction would be completed in time for the 2019 spring semester. James Netherton, executive vice president for administration and finance, said that was “the mos...
Where are They Now? Newt Technologies, Winners of Next Big Idea Competition 2018
January 28, 2019
Last year, Jonathan Kent and Brandon Hancock won the Next Big Idea Competition, a contest providing Mercer University students with capital and guidance in starting a business. Their company is Newt Technologies, and their creation is a knee monitoring product called the Newt Knee, a device that passi...