Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 11, 2020
College is officially over for seniors at Mercer but it didn’t end the way many expected. The last weeks of college were supposed to go something like this for Mercer...
Lessons learned from Peacing Together on solutions to youth violence
Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 4, 2020
When the community gathered in 2018 to talk about Macon-Bibb County’s assets and most pressing issues, the concern that rose to the top of the discussions was youth violence. At...
Losing Pedro: Murder and heartbreak in the words of a teenage victim’s mother
Joe Kovac, The Telegraph
May 1, 2020
Perched in a doorless closet off the living room in Brenda Cardenas’ house are photographs of her murdered son. On the floor below, tennis shoes that belonged him sit...
COVID-19 Diary: Moving back home in a pandemic
Serena Golden, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
When I arrived home with two cars full of my things packed in boxes, my mom immediately bombarded me with plans for where my things could go and how I could start unpacking. “We...
How an essential worker is operating in a pandemic
Serena Golden, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
Recent discourse about essential workers typically describes those in healthcare or food service, but another type of essential worker are those employed by businesses in...
School nutrition workers keep Bibb County students fed during the pandemic
Yasmeen Hill, Student Journalist
April 24, 2020
School nutrition workers keep Bibb County students fed during the pandemic
Used to learning from home, coronavirus still impacts Middle Georgia homeschoolers
Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
April 20, 2020
Like the parents of public or private school kids, parents who homeschool also have to adjust to shelter-in-place orders because for some, homeschool doesn’t mean you are...
Extra curricular programs move to online classes
Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
April 10, 2020
Small businesses or organizations who offer extra curricular programs for students have switched to online classes because of COVID-19. Like many people who have had to move...
‘No perfect time to have a kid’: Pregnancy during the coronavirus
Amyre Makupson and Sonya Green
April 2, 2020
Expectant mother, Evey Wilson, is learning a big lesson as she gets closer to her due date at the end of April. “There's just never like the perfect time to have a kid,”...
Adjusting to life at home in N.C. and living with uncertainty
Reilly Moncrief, Student Journalist
March 31, 2020
CHARLOTTE, N.C.– If I get a call from my father, it usually means one of two things: I’m in trouble or something terribly wrong has happened. So when I woke up to a call...
Mercer education major offering virtual help to parents and teachers
Elizabeth Tammi
March 30, 2020
Elizabeth O’Dell’s student teaching job was cut unexpectedly short this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The junior holistic child education major at Mercer University...
Mercer students adapt as coronavirus impacts classes, graduation
Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
March 30, 2020
Mercer University senior, Rylee Kirk, had her life all figured out in Macon. She would wake up in her dorm room, go to class or the library and graduate in May. Covid-19 abruptly...
Mahima Sultan
May 6, 2020
One of the most common phrases I’ve heard throughout this quarantine is the infamous, “I’m bored!”—so here are some ways to interact with your friends and have some...
May 2, 2020
Before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in January, senior Nishi Patel was ready to leave after graduation for Benin to serve in the Peace Corps....
Mahima Sultan
May 1, 2020
When President Trump declared a state of emergency, the United States was seeing high rates of infection in places like Seattle, New Orleans and New York. But one place...
- Staying Creative in Quarantine: How a Mercer student’s passion for videography changed during isolation May 1, 2020
- Fast and easy ways to spice up your meals during quarantine April 30, 2020
- Mercer tells students to remain positive about career prospects amid pandemic April 30, 2020
Liz Fabian and Rylee Kirk, Center for Collaborative Journalism
May 12, 2020
When Mayor Robert Reichert was a young boy growing up in Ingleside, a small brook often lured him to the woods between East Buford and West Buford roads. “I spent countless...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 11, 2020
As of Wednesday, U.S. Census Bureau workers will be back on the streets of Georgia after field operations were suspended in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marilyn...
Liz Fabian, Civic Reporting Senior Fellow
May 8, 2020
A Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce virtual healthcare town hall Friday revealed some encouraging results from Coliseum Medical Centers COVID-19 testing. Stephen J. Daugherty,...
- Tension rises in contentious debate over Macon-Bibb insurance broker May 6, 2020
- GA absentee ballots are different; Gov. Kemp’s COVID-19 order could limit poll workers May 1, 2020
- Hotel-motel tax shortfall hurts Macon-Bibb non-profit organizations April 29, 2020
Katie Linkner, Reporter
May 11, 2020
NASCAR has been a popular sport in America since it was founded in 1948. Even if you are not a fan of this fast-paced sport, you might have heard of a few of these iconic...
Elizabeth Tammi
April 23, 2020
One of Mercer’s most acclaimed programs, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, faces a unique challenge completing this semester. Senior violin performance major Evan...
Will Magruder, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Katie Linkner, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Luke Ward, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
Luke Ward, Contributing Writer
April 21, 2020
A timelapse video of my trip from Macon to Atmore, Alabama
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