Women’s History Month: The influential women in Mercer students’ lives
McKenna Kaufman, Staff Writer
March 31, 2020
It is important to recognize everyday women — women who have influenced the lives of those around them in ways that may seem small, but are pivotal in shaping the lives and worldviews of young people.
Women’s and Gender Studies students continue long-held traditions in Fiber Arts and Culture class
Jules Tollett, Lead Arts & Entertainment Writer
November 25, 2019
The fiber arts and culture course sought to teach students about the history behind fiber arts while also helping them see the significance of what they were learning.
Tic-Tac-Tot
Bekah Fulton, Contributing Writer
February 18, 2016
I may be the only student at Mercer who does not have a picture with Toby the Bear, and this is no accident. Confession: mascots kind of freak me out. This mild fear may potentially be rooted in a repressed childhood trauma but go ahead and add it to the long list of things I cannot explain about...
Modesty, Empowerment and Hidden Beauty
Summer Perritt, Staff Writer
February 10, 2016
The Muslim Student Association of Mercer University (MSA) hosted a “World Hijab Day” event Feb. 1 where all women — Muslim and non-Muslim — could participate in the wearing of a religious headscarf. The organization distributed new hijabs and taught Mercer students how to put them on. The...
Q&A: Comics scribe Gail Simone
Ross Hardy
October 5, 2011
Gail Simone is one of the most high-profile women writers in the world of superhero comic. She began her career working for Marvel Comics on titles like Agent X before moving on to Secret Six and Batgirl at DC Comics. She was recently in town for the Crossroads Writers Festival, and our geek liaison Ross Hardy managed to snag an int...
Come on, ladies, it is time to embrace your beauty
Olivia Brayan
October 4, 2011
All women know that feeling, a sickening feeling that takes hold as you mistakenly glance at the rack in the grocery queue. It starts in your gut and slowly rises as your eyes are captured by the stick-thin, perfectly-proportioned models staring up at you with their laughing eyes, like they know exactly...