After having their operations suspended and being removed from their on-campus houses, Alpha Tau Omega fraternities is operating in a limited capacity. Kappa Sigma is currently under university review. According to a Cluster article written in August 2016 , the two fraternities were suspended for the ...
Nancy Grace, current publisher of the website Crime Online and former television host on HLN, is set to speak at this year’s Founder’s Day on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. in Willingham Auditorium. “When searching for a speaker for Founders’ Day 2017, Heritage Life knew that we would have to ...
MerServe hosted a service day Jan. 16 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. The day began with a group of students serving breakfast at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church and ended with the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial March. Students gathered together on their day off from classes in hopes of ...
Junior Mitt Patel said he came to Mercer wanting to join a fraternity, but he had a hard time finding one that suited him. Patel and his friends knew students at Georgia State University and the University of Georgia in Delta Epsilon Psi, the largest South Asian fraternity in the nation. Ever since ...
Mercer University continues being ranked among the country’s best institutions. Mercer is ranked in sections such as impact schools, colleges that pay you back, best southeastern schools, best value schools and now, most active student government. The Princeton Review ranked Mercer 11th out of the ...
Students around campus, like junior Grace Johnson, have been asking the question: Where does the recycling at Mercer go? Chinekwa Obidoa, Johnson’s environmental health class professor, said that they discussed the problem with recycling at Mercer in class and couldn’t find an answer as to where ...
In a warehouse space at the edge of downtown Macon sits Ampersand Guild Hall. The bright white door with the bold black brackets and ampersand sign pops out from the street, engaging the curiosity of passersby. For Mercer student Mahima Sultan, walking through the door of Ampersand Guild Hall was ...
While the construction and landscaping projects at Mercer Landing off of Mercer University Drive have been completed, many of the retail spaces still remain vacant and the eateries that were slated to be there haven’t moved in. Chain restaurants like Mama Goldberg's Deli and Chen's Wok were expected ...
Students who have been at Mercer in previous years may remember sushi being sold in the UC before the new POD, Panda Express and Chick-fil-A. Now, thanks to the comments of the students from online surveys, Aramark is training some of their employees to hand roll sushi to start serving in the spring ...
A Mercer student earlier this month was reportedly robbed at gunpoint at the Garden Apartments. According to crime reports obtained through Mercer Police, a student who was parked at the Garden Apartments on Nov. 12 was allegedly robbed at gunpoint by a black male as they were in the process of walking ...
As of October, The Mill nightclub has undergone a transition to create a more inclusive nightlife environment in the Middle Georgia-Mercer community by becoming a gay club — the only one in the downtown Macon area that caters to the LGBTQIA community. The Mill had once been a gay club in the past, ...
Greener Mercer is an unofficial Mercer organization that is seeking to to bring staff, faculty and students together in order to promote sustainability, recycling and conservation. They are in the process of becoming a student organization. This group started in spring 2015 by a group of students who ...
Around 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Republican candidate Donald Trump was elected to succeed Barack Obama as the 45th President of the United States of America, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and proving almost every prediction of the election results wrong. The race was tight, ...
Hillary Clinton may not have been named the first female president this election but history was still made. A record-breaking number of women of color were elected for the senate. This election quadrupled the amount of women of color in the senate. Tammy Duckworth, Kamala Harris and Catherine Cortez ...
Mercer prides itself in providing students with a “major in changing the world”. The Mercer Innovation Center aims at providing students with the first stepping stool of that process. During November of last year, President William D. Underwood announced the launch of the center. Dean of Stetson ...
A male Mercer University student was arrested and suspended last month after a female student reported he was stalking her, according to reports obtained from Mercer Police. The unnamed suspect was taken into custody on Oct. 22, after the victim contacted Mercer Police about receiving Instagram messages ...
Mercer University Professor Amy Nichols-Belo partnered with students to host a solidarity rally this evening in Tattnall Square Park. The rally was in support of "immigrants, people of color, religious minorities, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual assault, and sexual minorities," according ...
This year's homecoming festivities featured decades-themed events, lots of fun, and fierce competition as teams representing different campus organizations competed over the course of the week. The teams were divided by size into two groups. The small teams were Delta Sigma Pi, SGA, RUF, Delta Sigma ...
The Mac Party that was rescheduled from its previous date in early October is taking place Nov. 11. Scotty Rainwater provided a glimpse at the list of restaurants, businesses and activities that students will be able to explore at Rosa Parks Square during the event. “Dough Boy’s Pizza is coming, ...
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