NECC Observer

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


Baseball program adjusts to COVID-19 safety protocols

Ever since the Coronavirus struck the U.S. last March, the country has had to deal withmany changes in our everyday lives. From wearing masks at all times, to socially distancing...
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Students find ways to be entertained and creatively inspired in 2021

As we emerge from the year of 2020 — a year of which could be generally described as a global catastrophe and a stressful period for most — the remaining effects have still left...
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Gender diversity

Gender, more specifically the expression, rights, and “definition” of it has been one of the biggest civil and social debates, more specifically in the United States of America,...
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Sports at NECC have many purposes

The biggest purpose of going to college, if anything, is obviously to study and be able to get adegree in a field that you want to pursue in the future. Students spend most of...
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Reconsidering screen time

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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Center for Liberal Arts offers students academic help, events, advising and more

The Center for Liberal Arts is a social and academic home for all Northern Essex students who have a liberal arts related major so that they can have access to academic help,...
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Covid’s impacts on our lifestyles continue

Lifestyle in 2020 took an unexpected turn. When covid hit, it shook up our everyday lives. The life that we once knew was gone, workplaces, schools, etc, had been shut down. As...
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