Observer Department: Campus Life
Students Struggle to get Social at NECC
By Carly Colombo Correspondent Some students at NECC are turning to a popular app, Yik Yak, to socialize with one another and speak their minds. This forum uses location services so students in your area can anonymously post their thoughts. Others in the area can anonymously comment on these posts…
Parnassus Accepting Submissions
Parnassus is the nationally recognized and award winning literary magazine featuring student artwork, poetry, creative nonfiction, photography, and short stories submitted by students of NECC. It also featured guest authors such as Stephen King, Gregory Maguire and Junot Diaz in years prior. It gets published yearly and comes out in…
Community College is an Opportunity Well Worth the Price of Admission
Going away to college can be a huge shock. First, you have the feeling of insecurity from not being at home and not knowing anyone. Then there’s the added pressure of classes, making friends, meeting professors, keeping your grades up and the huge financial burden that most college students have…
Counseling Office is Here to Help
The Counseling Office is here to help college kids keep a grip in the middle of the pressures and stressors of our home, school and work lives. Marcia Winters is the coordinator of counseling on the Haverhill campus, while Karen MacDonald is the mental health counselor on the Lawrence campus.…
Online tutoring with Smarthinking
Aside from the tutoring center on campus and fellow students to help out, did you know that NECC offers Smarthinking online tutoring? According to the website, Smarthinking is “an academic support program that gives students online access to live, one-to-one assistance from over 1500 trained and qualified tutors.” Note that…
Volunteering at Northern Essex
Volunteering locally provides experience for students By Alyssa Torres Correspondent Students, faculty and staff are welcome to participate in the opportunity to give back to the community monthly, on a mission to end hunger. Volunteer opportunities are available on Oct. 22 for Northern Essex Community College students, faculty and…
Library Renovations
A new computer lab and more overall space for students are coming By Nick Pantinas Correspondent If you’re a returning student to NECC, you will notice quite the difference when you walk back into the Bentley Library. That’s because its computer labs are currently undergoing a renovation. All the books…
Starfish Early Success
NECC’s Starfish Early Success program is still accepting entries for the “Name the Starfish” contest. You may have seen the bright, blue mascot around campus, but soon we will know what to call that cheerful character. On Oct. 19, NECC’s Lawrence Campus will hold the Health and Wellness Fair, where…
School Bookstore has Variety and Lower Food Prices
By Evaluna Nieves Correspondent Why do more students seem to prefer the NECC bookstore to the on-campus vending machines? Perhaps it’s because the prices for snacks and drinks can be considerably lower at the bookstore. For example, a toaster pastry in the vending machine is $1.50, while at the bookstore…
Monkey Masks
Ernie Ewusi, Radiology major and Alex Zamansky, Movement Science major, caused quite a comical scene on Friday afternoon. While students may have thought they were just going to leave for the weekend, Ewusi and Zamansky decided they would give them a laugh as they roamed the hall in gorilla masks.…
