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NECC Knights getting back to competition this spring

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As the spring sports semester begins Northern Essex Community College intends to return to competition. The first sports to get this underway will be the men’s basketball team and the women’s volleyball team along with the esports team. After COVID had canceled sports during the fall semester the plan to…

Baseball team opens season with doubleheader

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The Northern Essex Baseball team opened their season with a doubleheader on March 7 and 8. After no season in 2020, the team was excited to get back onto the field again. Saturday’s games were played down in Quincy, MA against Eastern Nazarene, where they lost the first game 6-1…

Tips to start a fitness journey

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We are only a few weeks into this New Year, and if your New Years’ resolution to eat better, work out, and better your mental health is at a halt especially if you aren’t seeing results right away. I have the tips and tricks for you to be successful. I…

Students engage with Black History Month through African dance class

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On Feb. 24, students gathered through Zoom to meet with Bisi from Izizwe Dance Studio, stationed in Lawrence Massachusetts. The goal was to learn more about Black History Month and culture. Students learned different dance moves and routines while the cheerful and traditional music played. Stephanie Haskell, the student life…

The positives and negatives of social media

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I remember when I first got Facebook when I was 13 years old. It was my first social media account and I was so excited. I remember my father telling me, “pretend like I can read everything you write and only publish what you think is appropriate.” That has stuck…

Essex County young adults share their thoughts on local government

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In our education system we are taught primarily about how our federal government works, but what about how our local government works? I spoke with some of the young adults of Essex County to see how much they know about their local governments, what they would like to learn further…

College and high school students face mental health issues during pandemic

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How is a college student's mental health different or similar from high school?  The extremely high-stress levels and mental health issues among students have resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, COVID-19 is why there is a rise in mental health issues in general, people are stuck in the house and…

Reconsidering screen time

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During these challenging times, we seem to have a greater relationship with our devices to fill the void of our boredom, especially in the beginning of the pandemic when the entire world was on lockdown and all we could do was binge watch Tiger King on Netflix, make whipped coffee…

Center for Liberal Arts offers students academic help, events, advising and more

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The Center for Liberal Arts is a social and academic home for all Northern Essex students who have a liberal arts related major so that they can have access to academic help, events, after school snacks, advising, and more. The idea of the Cente rcame about from the Business and…

What is NECC currently watching?

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This pandemic has been different for everyone. Some of us have been more busy than ever, and some of us have more free time than usual. In regards to that, the people of NECC have some TV show recommendations for readers of The Observer! NECC student Ian Shea, who runs…