NECC Observer

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


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By        May 3, 2016 If you type “Macintosh pinwheel” into a google search bar, you will find countless articles and comments from irritated customers saying things such as the following, from a 2009...
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The Observer is a space for every student voice

By        April 7, 2016 Over the last few weeks, I’ve been asked (at least three times) why we ran Dan Potocki’s scathing letter to the editor in the March 9 issue. My answer each time has been the...
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Letter to the Editor: Observer staff incompetent

By        March 29, 2016 The follow is a Letter to the Editor that I’m submitting to the Observer. If I can be of assistance in anyway please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you....
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50 shades of black

By        December 15, 2015 In reviewing a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, I noticed that the pictures all look so very perfect. Not a single blemish or fat roll or misplaced hair. Every tooth is...
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Happy Holidays

By        December 15, 2015 Every year at this time, social media starts to blow up with posts from people who are angry because they would rather say “Merry Christmas” than “Happy Holidays.” New this year,...
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I want words to be my superpower

By        December 15, 2015 put an editorial column in this section of the newspaper. In theory, it sounds like an easy thing to do. Just pick an interesting topic, discuss it with the staff and write up a...
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Letter: Police Academy

By        December 8, 2015 With All Due Respect In the last edition of the Observer, two separate articles were written about the nuisance created by the police academy now present at the Haverhill campus....
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Letter: Film Classes

By        December 8, 2015 Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your article titled, “Film Classes Are Struggling At NECC.”  While it is true that we have faculty, but not equipment to run a film...
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