SGA begins planning for next semester
Rylee Kirk, Lead News Writer and Advertising Manager
April 23, 2019
Adam Penland and Michaela Jones want to make mental health, dining options and parking improvements priorities on campus.
Autism Speaks U becomes official campus organization
Megan Rosinko, Staff Writer
March 2, 2016
Autism Speaks U Mercer University is the newest student organization on campus. The motion to formally recognize the group passed unanimously in the Student Government Association Senate Monday evening resulted in an applause. Led by Sam Osakue, Autism Speaks U will focus on bringing the Mercer community tog...
Fresh off the Docket
Megan Rosinko, Contributing Writer
November 19, 2015
Special committee for parking Vice President Jolly is spearheading the creation of a short-term special committee to investigate parking related concerns. The goals of this committee are to investigate student concerns, collect and gather data on the current parking situation, and develop solutions to...
Freshman Senators join the table
Sarah Pounds, News Editor
September 14, 2015
Every fall, five freshman join the SGA senate table with a plan to leave their mark on Mercer. This year's class president is Alexandra Kirschbaum, the only girl of the freshman senator set. She was class president for three years in high school and said that she is going to work hard to reach...
New Study rooms at Tarver Library
September 3, 2015
Tarver Library opened 18 new study rooms on September 1 after hearing in April that students wanted more space and more options. Eleven of these rooms are 24 hour study rooms on the first floor, in addition to seven new study rooms on the 3rd floor. Some of them are designed for individual study...
5 things to start your week: Student parking at Mercer, Pedestrian deaths in Macon, Freshman SGA elections and more
Marin Guta, Digital Editor
August 31, 2015
#MercerParkingProbs In the midst of Mercer’s hectic campus construction, it’s becoming progressively more competitive for students to snag a parking spot. In fact, some students are resorting to desperate measures in order to secure a spot (seen in the picture above). Despite student complaints abo...
A crash course in SGA
August 26, 2015
The school year at Mercer University is getting back into swing, and the first Student Government Association senate of the school year is just around the corner. Senate meets on September 14, and it will feature a new pair at the head of the table. Austin Harrison and Taylor Jolly — also known...
SGA general election results announced
April 6, 2011
[nggallery id=12] Roughly one in four students cast a ballot in Wednesday's SGA senatorial elections for the coming academic year, marking an official end to the spring campaign season. SGA election officer Jamel Pee said an estimated 575 students turned out to vote in Wednesday's campus-wide election. That's mostly on par with last year's turnout, Pee said. A crowd of a...