NECC Observer

The student news website of Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass.


Innovation of Artificial Intelligence: AI in the past, present and future 

By  and        May 10, 2021 In October 2011, the most popular phone and computer designer company Apple, first released its own artificial intelligence which was introduced as a “humble personal...
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Learning with Zoom

By  and        May 4, 2021 Since the start of pandemic, we have all been trying to gather ourselves and figure out what our new “normal” is. As far as educational purposes go, schools and universities had...
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Students weigh in on best options for getting credible information and news

By  and        April 7, 2021 Technology has come a long way along with the news industry. There are numerous amounts of ways to receive your news and where you can get your information from. Since the dawn...
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Stream or cable?

By  and        March 25, 2021 Stream or Cable? The ultimate battle of the twenty first century: the good old cable television versus the new and shiny streaming services. Which is the better deal? Many...
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The positives and negatives of social media

By  and        March 2, 2021 I remember when I first got Facebook when I was 13 years old. It was my first social media account and I was so excited. I remember my father telling me, “pretend like I can read...
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Reconsidering screen time

By  and        February 18, 2021 During these challenging times, we seem to have a greater relationship with our devices to fill the void of our boredom, especially in the beginning of the pandemic when the...
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Credit concerns

By  and        April 11, 2019 Students weigh in on personal finance choices When we were kids, we used to think that credit cards had unlimited money and questioned adults why we were denied of more tokens at...
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