Binary Bears win three first-place awards
Natalie Yaeger, Lead News Writer
November 23, 2019
The Binary Bears computer programming team had their first competition at the Small College Contest held at Auburn University Oct. 26. They placed second overall after Bob Jones University.
New Mercer organization seeks to spark interfaith dialogue
Mandi DeLong, Contributing Writer
October 13, 2019
Bears Engaged Across Religion aims to reach students with religious and nonreligious backgrounds to participate in an interfaith dialogue about faith traditions.
Mercer freshman establishes new service club to help local students with learning differences
Zaira Khan, Contributing Writer
April 23, 2019
A new service organization, The Buddy Bunch, is coming to Mercer’s campus with a goal to serve local students with developmental disabilities.
Novice division of Mercer debate team places first in national competition
Jacob Lugenbeel, Contributing Writer
April 10, 2019
The Mercer University debate team had a strong showing at The National Parliamentary Debate Association’s championship, with the novice team sweeping the competition to earn a first-place win. The tournament was held March 14-17 at the University of Utah. Mercer’s team, comprised of both the novic...
Mercer club educates many about sex trafficking
Aliyah Dorsey, Staff Writer
April 27, 2018
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...
Mprov Comedy club aiming to create safe space to have fun
Chas Pridgen, Contributing Writer
April 18, 2018
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...
New organization to help Mercer go green
Aliyah Dorsey, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
A new organization called Greener Mercer hopes to educate students about being good stewards of the earth by being greener and cleaner. The club was created by Andrew Kelley from a former group called Students for Environmental Action, a group of passionate students working together on various pr...
New initiative to help disabled students navigate Mercer
Aliyah Dorsey, Staff Writer
March 17, 2018
ABLE Mercer is an initiative to help disabled students navigate Mercer’s campus. The program aims to be a mentoring program between incoming freshmen and current Mercer students. A week before the fall 2018 semester, the program will pair up a current Mercer student as a mentor with an inco...
A new club with an appreciation for Israeli culture comes to campus
Matthew Causey, Staff Writer
March 9, 2018
Mercer has a new student organization this semester called Students Supporting Israel. The club was started by Mercer junior Shanna Mattson, who also serves as the club president. “The purpose of it is to just have a space for students. It was started by students for students,” Mattson said. ...
New to Campus: The Mercer University Design Studio
Lisa Meskimen, Contributing Writer
March 1, 2018
Mercer University Design Studio is a new organization on campus with a goal to build upon students’ existing knowledge of graphic design and use that for design projects on campus and within the Macon community. The organization’s co-founder, Tyler King, is a freshman double majoring in marketing and...
Mercer seniors recognized for accomplishments at national debate competition
Emily Rose Thorne, Lead Writer
February 14, 2018
Mercer Seniors Kyle Bligen and Jaz Buckley were recognized for their debate skills at the Mile High Swing competition, an annual tournament for college debate teams nationwide. The competition was held Jan. 4-7 and was co-hosted by Texas Tech University and the University of Utah. The Mile High...
New campus organization aims to create vegan community
Elizabeth Tammi, Lead Writer
November 8, 2017
One of Mercer University’s newest approved organizations is the Mercer Vegan Club. Students Chelsea Mackay and Nishi Patel are the co-presidents and founders of the club, and they both lead a vegan lifestyle. “You try to eliminate causing harm to animals as much as practical and possible,” Mackay s...