Mercer club educates many about sex trafficking
Aliyah Dorsey, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
Filed under Campus, News, Organization Spotlight
Traffick Jam, originally a requirement of the Community Service Learning class, is a program that advocates for the end of sex trafficking and educates others on the issue. The organization was formed after several students from the course wanted to continue their efforts to end sex traffickin...
Cigarette mishap results in small fire
Rachel McBride, Staff Writer
April 25, 2018
A smoldering cigarette butt could have potentially caused a residence hall fire on Easter Sunday. Several Legacy Hall residents smelled smoke that turned out to be a burning flower bed behind their building. Mercer Police contained and extinguished the fire Freshman Daniel Lentz was on his way to e...
Mercer and Macon communities respond to Bearstock 2018
Emily Rose Thorne, Lead Writer
April 24, 2018
Filed under Campus, City, News, Showcase
Mercer students and Macon community members had varied reactions to the issues that arose during this year’s Bearstock, such as the cancellation of the outdoor portion. The daytime concert, which is free and open to the public, was previously scheduled for April 7 in Tattnall Square Park from 1 to...
Multiple gunshots fired near campus late last night
Marianna Bacallao, Staff Writer
April 21, 2018
Filed under News
Gunshots were fired at 1:45 a.m. last night near Adams Winship apartments. Several students reported the incident to Mercer police, but did not receive an answer from campus police regarding the nature of the disturbance. Sophomore Justin Bloodworth said he heard somewhere from six to eight gunshots tota...
GoFundMe for Campus Cat Chrissy
Julianna Tollett, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Mercerians may have spotted a particularly friendly cat walking around campus recently. He is an orange tabby and his name is Chrissy. The cat, who is a couple of months old, loves to roam around the Greek side of campus and is particularly fond of the Phi Mu house. Originally thought to be a female, Chrissy...
Mprov Comedy club aiming to create safe space to have fun
Chas Pridgen, Contributing Writer
April 18, 2018
Filed under News, Organization Spotlight
Devon Raffield and Dakota Johnson—both Junior engineering students—founded an improv comedy club on campus with one goal in mind: to have fun. “(The club is) supposed to be a place for anyone to be silly,” Raffield said. Improvisational comedy is a style of comedy where there is no script. The performer...
The coolest Bear Day projects you’ve got to know about
Aliyah Dorsey, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
On Bear Day, many students gave insightful and interesting presentations of research and projects they may have been working on all semester. There was a wide range of topics presented and plenty of hard work from students. Here is a list of five insightful Bear Day Presentations you might have missed and some ...
Campus-Wide Clothes Swap
Julianna Tollett, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
Filed under News, Student Government
SGA’s External Relations Committee is working to organize a campus-wide clothing swap that will take place April 19 in Penfield Hall from 3-5 p.m. Rebecca Braun is a member of the committee that organized the event. She said that the committee decided to do a clothes swap because she was inspir...
Mercer Student Body was awarded United Way of Central Georgia Volunteer of the Year Award
Jayla Moody, Arts and Entertainment Editor
April 12, 2018
Filed under News
The United Way of Central Georgia presented the entire Mercer student body with the Lt. Randy Parker Volunteer of the Year Award, and this is the first time the award has been given to a collective body. The volunteer award is designed to “recognize a volunteer or volunteers who are outstanding in ra...
Her Story: Sexual assault victims raise concerns over reporting process
Katie Atkinson and Summer Perritt
April 12, 2018
Filed under Campus, Crime, News
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. Two victims of sexual assault on Mercer University’s campus have raised concerns over the way their cases were handled....
What happens if you’re a victim of crime on campus?
Jenna Eason, Editor-in-Chief
April 12, 2018
Filed under Campus, Crime, News, Showcase
TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. The number of rape reports on the Mercer University campus increased steadily from 2014 to 2016, according to the university’...
