Bear Fair 2.0: Virtual to in-person
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
September 10, 2020
According to Director of Campus Life and Student Involvement Carrie Ingoldsby, Campus Life surveyed students and student organization representatives about their experiences at the virtual Bear Fair. About 130 individuals responded. Of those respondents, about 75% said they experienced some technical difficulties. The Caribbean Student Association was among the roughly 70 student organizations in attendance at Bear Fair 2.0. Member Tamara Barnard manned the organization’s booth for both the virtual and in-person Bear Fair.
Mercer University updates mask guidelines
Mandi DeLong, Contributing Writer
September 9, 2020
Mercer University updated their COVID-19 policies surrounding face masks Aug. 24. While Mercer first put into place a mask requirement during its second summer session, the policy was expanded in mid-August after fall classes began. The original policy, sent out in July, did not specify what kind of masks were acceptable or how users would be required to wear them. The updated policy now specifies that all individuals on-campus are required to wear masks that cover their nose, mouth and chin.
Students demonstrate against racism, police brutality in on-campus march
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
September 8, 2020
Approximately 400 Mercer students, faculty and staff marched through campus Sept. 4 protesting racism and police brutality in Mercer’s first Equal Justice March and Vigil. Afterwards, over 100 demonstrators gathered in Willingham Hall for a rally and vigil where protest organizers read the names of Black people killed in high-profile instances of police brutality and racism in efforts to raise greater awareness of racism in America.
BREAKING: Forty-five students, two employees test positive for COVID-19
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
September 4, 2020
Mercer University saw an additional 47 positive coronavirus cases during the week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3.
Mercer University updates COVID-19 protocols following new CDC guidelines
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
September 1, 2020
Mercer University quietly changed its COVID-19 protocols in a document posted to its coronavirus page Tuesday. The document is an updated version of one that was released in June. The updates reduce the amount of time a student who tests positive for COVID-19 must be fever-free before ending their self-isolation and removes a previous suggestion that a student test negative twice before ending self-isolation.
Panhellenic recruitment to be fully virtual
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
August 29, 2020
Mercer’s Panhellenic chapters—Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Alpha Gamma Delta and Phi Mu—will hold each of their three rounds of recruitment via Zoom.
BREAKING: Mercer announces 17 new COVID-19 cases
Mary Helene Hall, Managing Editor
August 28, 2020
There are 17 new positive cases of coronavirus between Mercer’s Macon and Atlanta campuses, according to a weekly testing summary from the university released Friday.
BREAKING: Mercer University student shot while driving to campus
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
August 28, 2020
A Mercer University student was shot while driving back to the Macon campus with two passengers Thursday night.
UPDATE: 103 students, 15 staff test positive for COVID-19
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
August 27, 2020
The Mercer University administration announced Aug. 21 that 118 people — 103 students and 15 faculty and staff — tested positive for COVID-19 across Mercer’s four campuses, coming on the heels of mass testing for Macon residential undergraduate students.
ANALYSIS: Welcome back. Now register to vote!
Kylie Brown, Staff Writer
August 23, 2020
Welcome back to campus! 2020 has been interesting and chaotic, but it’s not over yet. For me — and many others — the most exciting part of 2020 is just beginning: it’s election season!
Mercer opens COVID-19 testing lab on campus
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
August 22, 2020
The lab, operated by Mercer’s School of Medicine and affiliated primary care practice Mercer Medicine, staffs three technicians and can conduct about 740 tests per day with results released within two business days.
BREAKING: 103 students, 15 staff test positive for COVID-19
Lars Lonnroth, News Editor
August 21, 2020
The Mercer University administration announced Friday that 103 students across Mercer’s four campuses tested positive for the coronavirus.