Observer Department: Editorial
Online censorship stifles discourse
Recent actions by major social media platforms heralds the restriction of free expression and the collapse of partisan discourse Social Media, for all the regulations, terms of service, and monitoring has largely been a wild place for a long time. There has often been simply too many comments,…
Students need to be proactive about future
Like many other students who plan on continuing their education after receiving a degree from Northern Essex, I participated in last Friday’s Haverhill transfer day. After this semester, I’ll have fulfilled all my degree requirements and plan to move on to finish my Bachelors Degree in journalism. However, it didn’t…
Observer staff just want to stay connected
Whether you know it or not, we owe you an apology. We have fallen way behind with regard to our website this semester and it appears that we will not be able to implement some of the changes that we had hoped to accomplish. Technology issues have been hindering our…
Unable to stay connected
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 CNet article: “Patience may be a virtue, but in the case of Mac OS X’s dreaded spinning pinwheel process indicator, even…
The Observer is a space for every student voice
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 same: the Observer tries hard to be a place where everyone in the NECC community can…
Letter to the Editor: Observer staff incompetent
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. -Daniel Potocki Editor, The Observer, the award winning student newspaper of Northern Essex Community College, has failed…
50 shades of black
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 straight and white, every eye is shining brightly and all of the skin is glowing. Clearly, Photoshop is used…
Happy Holidays
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, I’ve seen memes that called red Starbucks cups an attack on Christmas and “Holiday Trees” an attack on the…
I want words to be my superpower
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 few columns expressing the newspaper’s views on the subject. Simple, in theory. Reality, of course, is…
Letter: Police Academy
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. The complaints centered around the supposed intimidating drills the recruits practice on the quad, the amount of parking spots taken…
