NECC Observer

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


Holiday 2015 Movie Reviews: Hunger Games, The Night Before & More

The holiday movie season is here, and that means a flood of great (and not-so-great) film entertainment for your viewing pleasure. I’ve done my best to sort the tripe from the...
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Knights wrap up December games

In December the NECC Knights played 5 games, 4 away and 1 home. They played Roxbury, Bunker Hill, Springfield Tech, Southern Maine CC and Gateway (Conn). On Dec. 1 at Roxbury,...
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Knights win at home vs Southern Maine

On Dec. 10, the Knights basketball team took on Southern Maine Community College at home. It was their only home game in December. The night started with the national anthem as...
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Lynch helps Knights in big season

The Knights basketball team is off to an undeniably hot start. Since NECC is located in Massachusetts, most of the team is from the same state. There is one player, though, that...
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Opinion: The real honors experience from trials, to troubles, to triumph

Considering that I work full time, play in a band, write for the NECC Observer, take care of my elderly mother and take classes at NECC, I really had no business taking on an...
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Cramming is bad for your health and worse for your transcripts

By Carly Columbo Correspondent NECC students are finding themselves under crippling stress during these last few weeks in the semester, which leads them to cram. Cramming is...
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A voice of literature, Elle Yarborough

Elle Yarborough, who is a full-time professor of the English Department at NECC, didn’t go to college with the mindset of becoming a teacher. While Elle was finishing up her...
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