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Jan. 29, Free Farmer’s market on Haverhill and Lawrence campuses
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Jan. 29, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, Stalking awareness information table at Haverhill campus, Spurk (C) Building
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Jan. 29, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, Stalking awareness information tables at Lawrence campus, El-Hefni (LC) building
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Jan. 23, Spring semester add/drop period begins
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Jan. 23, Spring semester classes begin
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Jan. 22, Winter Convocation at NECC
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NECC students hunker down for final exams Let’s face it, finals season kind of sucks. There’s nothing more uncomfortable than staying up all night with books piled on your lap, paper scatter across the floor, and your laptop hanging onto the last of its battery life. Trying to cram all of the information that’s been preached at you and creating acronyms that you think you’ll remember for your exam, but another acronym is created just to remember the original acronym. If only there was some kind of place where students could go where they could be allowed access to a quiet study place with computers and other students looking to do the same. Well, if this sounds like you, if a study session with your…
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The end of the semester is here. After many sleepless nights, last-minute scrambles and outstanding pieces of writing and presentation, we can all take a deep breath. As the semester ends, and the next one comes into focus, it’s time to rest, take stock, and prepare to overcome whatever challenges lay ahead i the next semester. In order to become as effective a possible, to be as much an asset to our own interests as possible, there is a single change that will make all the rest so much easier. Planning is only the first step, and overplanning can sometimes be more of a hindrance than help. As it has been said, no plan survives contact with opposition. Staying on task and committing to meet…
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Friend shares fond memories of student Editor’s note: Dec. 3 was the one-year anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Liza Ruiz, of Lawrence, who was a student in the Journalism/Communication program at Northern Essex Community College. Her close friend, Jada Ryan, is a current student in the program and she shared this remembrance of Ruiz: Liza, Marielsy and Jada. The three of us were inseparable, we did everything together. We hung out everyday. Shopping, nails, hair, makeup, movies, anything. We were always together. We ensured we had every single class together throughout high school and college. Liza has taught me so much through our 5 years of friendship, she taught me how to love myself and to never let anyone ever make me feel less…
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