NECC Observer

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


Last call: Parnassus submissions due Monday, March 21

By  and        March 21, 2022 The submissions deadline for NECC’s Literary Magazine is Monday, March 21 – so if you needed a sign to jump on the train at the very last second, here it is.   The only criteria...
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Student leaders advocate for free college bill

By  and        February 18, 2022 Whether you’re into local politics or not – college students across Massachusetts are looking towards a particular bill heading to the State House soon. Student advocates say we...
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Nuclear debate: Mutually assured stalemate

By  and        December 6, 2021 “If I point a gun to your head and not fire it, it is still using the gun.” Professor Slaner Professor Stephen Slaner and Professor Andrew Morse debated on Dec. 1 on the...
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Haverhill Art Walk

By  and        May 4, 2021 As vaccines are flying and progress is being made to set quarantine-reality behind us, it’s time to remember what it’s like to live again! What better tools to help with that...
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Not too young to have a race

By  and        April 27, 2021 The conversation of race is a difficult one. It is near impossible to engage in one without an element of pain or discomfort. It often requires the participants to show a high...
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Celebrate diversity with Haverhill Youth Council

By  and        April 1, 2021 “Raise your card… If you have ever witnessed someone in school or work being discriminated against for their race, gender, religion, ethnicity, economic status, or sexuality.”...
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Trying not to burst: Relationships inside the bubble

By  and        March 12, 2021 Sometimes ‘okay’ is the best we got. And for surviving 2020, ‘okay’ is pretty good. As we come upon the one-year mark of quarantine, Americans couldn’t be more eager to head out...
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