SGA Fiscal Affairs Committee changes procedure for funding student organizations
Kylie Brown, Contributing Writer
November 21, 2019
More discussions will happen behind closed doors in Fiscal Affairs Committee meetings and in executive member meetings that are not open to student attendance.
Inside National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with Mercer IT
Mary Helene Hall, Contributing Writer
November 14, 2019
“Everybody at Mercer community gets phished,” Brett Walker, director of Help Desk and Field Support Services at Mercer IT, said. “Faculty, staff, students, administrators. It happens to everybody.”
Slower enrollment growth halts plans to build additional upperclassmen housing
Lars Lonnroth, Contributing Writer
November 7, 2019
Plans for a 300-student residence hall geared towards upperclassmen were drawn up last year, but lower freshmen enrollment and other variables indicated that there was likely not enough demand to justify building the facility for the fall 2021 semester, administrators said.
Race for a legacy: Third annual Lauren Giddings 5K to fund Mercer Law students’ bar exam fees
Jacob Lugenbeel, Contributing Writer
November 6, 2019
Mercer Law School’s Association of Women Law Students will host the third annual Lauren Giddings 5K Nov. 7 in Macon to raise money for a scholarship assisting Mercer Law School students with bar exam expenses, which can amount to over $1,000.
Former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal appointed Distinguished University Professor at Mercer
Samantha Homcy, Contributing Writer
November 5, 2019
Deal will not serve as a traditional professor. He will instead deliver a series of lectures every year open to the entire Mercer student body, according to President Bill Underwood.
“Our priority is to keep you safe”: Campus parking restrictions possible after five tickets
Natalie Yaeger, Lead News Writer
November 5, 2019
There are currently 21 students who have been barred from parking on Mercer’s campus. Mercer’s Chief of Police said that students can be restricted from parking in certain places on campus after accumulating too many parking tickets in a single semester.
Mercer’s Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling program receives training grant
McKenna Kaufman, Contributing Writer
November 4, 2019
Mercer University’s College of Professional Advancement received a nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education this past October. The grant will finance students in the Clinical Rehabilitation program who are training to become vocational rehabilitation counselors to address statewide and national personnel shortages.
“Being black in America is a constant pain”: Meeting held to address professor’s denial of systemic racism
Elizabeth Tammi, News Editor
November 1, 2019
A meeting to address statements made by economics professor Antonio Saravia during an Oct. 23 debate was held in the Medical School auditorium on Oct. 28. The debate, titled “Is Social Justice Just?,” was organized and hosted by Students for Liberty and the Center for the Study of Economics an...
Mercer’s delayed recruitment policy is here to stay
Emily Rose Thorne, Digital Editor
October 27, 2019
Mercer switched to delayed recruitment in 2017 to improve Greek numbers, GPAs and safety measures. Three years later, students generally disapprove of the policy, but administration says it's been positive for the school.
Coffee and Culture: New international program emphasizes a broader perspective of the world
Natalie Yaeger, Lead News Writer
October 24, 2019
“It’s basically a way for international students and professors to share their home countries’ coffee and culture with students and perhaps faculty and staff from around campus,” said Rebekah Anaya, Mercer’s study abroad coordinator and the creator of Coffee and Culture.
Mercer alumna helps the Bahamas with the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot
Phoebe Monsour, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2019
Erin Brett and her colleagues at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot, a section of the World Food Programme that provides logistics support for non-food items during crises, were in the Bahamas to facilitate the movement of cargo from island to island.
New Mercer organization seeks to spark interfaith dialogue
Mandi DeLong, Contributing Writer
October 14, 2019
Bears Engaged Across Religion aims to reach students with religious and nonreligious backgrounds to participate in an interfaith dialogue about faith traditions.