Observer Department: Features

Stop the trend

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Everyone has somewhat fallen into a need for greed or small desire to be recognized at some point, but when the quality of the idea to bring them there has lost its originality then it should be forgotten instead of repeated again and again. In today’s current state of the…

The mastermind behind Student Activities

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If you find yourself looking through Northern Essex's event calendar, one name starts to stick out from the rest: Student Life Coordinator Stephanie Haskell.  Haskell has been with NECC for nearly four years now, and her role in student life has been essential in almost all major events on campus.…

Hold me back as time flies

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It is no secret that time starts to fly by at an incomprehensible rate as we get older. As unexplainable as this is, the trials and tribulations of life slowly weigh on the human race creating a paradox of what we used to know as one day now feels like…

New Year’s resolutions: The lie we keep telling ourselves

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Many make New Year's resolutions but are unable to keep them. Working out, eating healthier, reading more. But how are some able to complete their resolutions and even make them into a habit? I asked two current and one former NECC student about this to try to examine what factors…

Life vs. travel

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With all of the factors at play in your everyday life, it is hard to just pick up your bags and travel. The typical job would not help you have any available time to actually go on this trip, especially if you are trying to actually experience the location of…

The Perspectives of NECC professor and philosopher, Dermot Luddy

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In South Ireland, in the big city of Cork, Dermot Luddy grew up quite adventurously. He felt a sense of belonging in his historic, neighborly community. To Luddy, a prodigious music fan, the theaters excited him as well as Cork’s annual jazz music festival. He says “When I was old…

Paranormal pandemic lockdown: Covid connections from beyond the grave

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The world became a turtle on its back when the pandemic was at its highest point in 2020. Even more so when cities began to go on “lock down.” Streets and freeways became quieter with only the essential workers making their way to and from their jobs. Although the death…

After Earth Day: How to continue to care for the planet all year long

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Earth Day was celebrated by people all over the country on April 22. Some commemorated the holiday by attending Earth Day rallies, attending beach cleanups, or, of course, posting the collage of the most beautiful pictures of the Earth. While celebrating the earth is great, the attitude of saving the…

A moment with Professor Michael Cross

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Michael Cross is an adjunct professor at Northern Essex Community College and has a passion for science. Cross has a PHD in organic chemistry from the University of Utah. He has been working here at Northern Essex Community College for 11 years now. Cross is also very interested in forensic…

Behind the scenes of the NECC Observer

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At Northern Essex Community College, journalism students have the chance to have their class stories featured in Northern Essex Community College’s own newspaper, The NECC Observer. About every two weeks, Journalism students are asked to write a story about something happening at NECC. If they are lucky, talented, and write…