Law enforcement is investigating “a threatening email” sent to Mercer University Athletic Department staff, according to an email from Senior Assistant Vice President for Marketing Communications Rick Cameron sent Wednesday around 11:00 a.m.
“At this time all athletic facilities are locked down while the threat is being investigated by law enforcement. Report any suspicious activity to Mercer Police. Updates will follow as more information becomes available,” Cameron’s email said.
Mercer Police can be reached at (478) 301-2911.
The Cluster will update this page with additional information as it becomes available.
UPDATE 4:14 P.M.:
Law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation have concluded that there is not an ongoing threat to the Mercer community, and the lockdown of athletic facilities has ended, according to an email from Cameron sent around 3:40 p.m.
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From Susan B. Anthony to Hillary Clinton, most so-called heroes of Women’s History Month made great leaps for women in America. But they have something else in common, too: they’re white, cisgender, heterosexual women whose work primarily benefited other white, cisgender, heterosexual women.
There may be a place for them in our celebrations of women’s contributions to society and culture, but they shouldn’t be the only ones whose names we remember and whose likenesses we commodify every March.
Yes, they’re women who stood up for women’s rights but those were largely the rights of women who were not marginalized on other bases, privileged women who inhabited bodies that are considered palatable and worthy of respect. These were white, educated, able-bodied women with traditional white families who advocated for other women who looked and lived the way they did.
The staff of The Cluster, the independent student-run newspaper at Mercer University, won nine awards at the Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest Friday.
The Cluster participates in the contest each year. Its staff competes among the largest student newspapers in the state, including Georgia State University’s The Signal, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s The Technique and the University of Georgia’s Red & Black.
Editor-in-Chief Emily Rose Thorne, a senior, won first place in the Best News Article – Objective category for reporting on bullying that bisexual students face at Mercer and other Georgia schools.
Sports Editor Micah Johnston and Managing Editor Mary Helene Hall take a selfie wearing Mercer Cluster hats. (Image: Mary Helene Hall)
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Mercer University recorded the first COVID-19 hospitalization among the Mercer community in its weekly case numbers update Friday.
One student was hospitalized over winter break prior to the start of the spring term. It is not clear whether the student was enrolled on the Macon, Atlanta or Savannah campus.
The hospitalization report was a part of Mercer’s weekly testing and case rate update.
In the update, the university reported that 1233 tests took place between Jan. 15-21. Of those tests, 61 came back positive.
Over half of the COVID-19 cases are students on the Macon campus, with 36 Macon students testing positive for the virus. There were also three faculty and staff cases in Macon.