Facts from the White House Barack Obama is our 44th president, but the U.S. has actually only had 43 presidents - Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is counted twice, as our 22nd and 24th president. Nine presidents never attended college: Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, ...
Women’s winter fashion involves lots of layers and bundling. Some female students at Mercer choose the casual look of a denim jacket and textured scarf, like Brianna Stampler (top). Others, like Shelley Osborne (bottom), dress up for class with a warm peacoat and patterned shirt, completing ...
Mercer’s volleyball team started the season with the UAB/Samford Invitational on Aug. 30-31 and the Active Ankle Challenge at Auburn on Sept. 5-6. Under Head Coach Damian Elder for the second year, the team consists of three starters and seven newcomers. After being picked seventh in the annual ...
Bibb County features several popular shopping areas. However, only a few short years ago, the most impressive shopping center in the district, and possibly in the county, was the Macon Mall. The Macon Mall was overall a successful shopping area for many years until the late 2000s brought trouble, sending ...
The Macon Promise Neighborhood initiative, or MPN, has been in the spotlight since former Chief Financial Officer Ron Collier sought a lawsuit to cancel the Bibb County school system’s lease of the old Ballard-Hudson Middle School building in December of 2012. The initiative got even more attention ...
On Tuesday, Jan. 22, Bibb County Commissioner Joe Allen asked a Grand Jury to investigate recent actions of Bibb County Board of Education, as well as the Board’s dealings with the Macon’s Promise Neighborhood. Allen made the request for a Federal Prosecutor during a news conference at the Bibb ...
A gathering of nearly 70 Macon residents came to declare their love for Macon in the city’s Rosa Parks Square on the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 8. At the event, Mayor Robert Reichert announced the day as “I Love Macon Day,” as a tribute to the yearlong campaign whose objective is to get 10,000 ...
Bibb County swore six school board members into office Tuesday, Jan. 8, including newcomers Thelma Dillard, Jason Downey and Lester Miller. Incumbent board members Ella Carter, Tom Hudson and Susan Sipe were sworn into office the same afternoon. Probate Judge Sarah Harris administered the oaths ...
With its eclectic décor, old- timey music, classic Italian menu items and abundant serving sizes, Macon’s newest Italian restaurant, Buca di Beppo, is not exaggerating when they call themselves a family-style restaurant. Although Buca di Beppo has over 90 locations in the U.S., England and Mexico, ...
Although the Mercer Engineering Department is not exactly known for its overabundance of female engineers, you may be surprised to find out that Mercer has a relatively high number of women engineering students in comparison to other universities around the country. As of 2010, around 35 percent of ...
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