Observer Department: News

Speaker highlights tech in the cannabis industry

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Self-made entrepreneur Adam Pineau is one of the proud co-owners of Stem Haverhill. He visited NECC on Oct. 19 and spoke in TC103 about technology in his industry as part of STEM week activities at the college. Pineau alongside wife Caroline started Stem Haverhill two years ago and since then…

Creative expressions: Exhibit showcases 3D art

ART 108 is a required course through the NECC art program, and this is where students can practice making three dimensional pieces. “Pawn-tificating” was a pop up exhibition created by the three dimensional foundations students for art pieces to be displayed. The exhibition was located in the Linda Hummel-Shea Artspace…

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The past two years have been trying in ways few of us would’ve thought possible. While some might have predicted an event like the Coronavirus Outbreak of 2020, few could have predicted the wide reaching societal impact it had and the conflict and melodrama it helped give rise to in…

Mobile Market fights food insecurity

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Food insecurity within community college systems has increased leaving roughly half of school populations to struggle with maintaining food presence in their homes, according to Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Northern Essex Community College provides a program under the name “Mobile Market,” which is a farmers market for students, staff…

Young adults continue to experience mental health difficulties as COVID persists

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There is currently an epidemic of young adults suffering from mental health problems. These issues may have been prompted by a number of things on account of COVID-19 such as loss of jobs or financial troubles, worries about the safety of ourselves and loved ones and compromised social lives.  From…

Why students continue to take online classes

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COVID-19 has altered the ways that individuals approach education. One of these things that have changed is the prominence of online classes. Even now, when in-person courses are up and running, many people still opt to take their classes virtually. One of these students is Avery Hochheiser, an early college…

Why are less and less students choosing college in 2022?

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Less and less students are attending college as the pandemic continues to show its effects on our country, and academic professionals are wondering what this is going to mean for the future of academia and the economy. NPR recently reported that over a million less students enrolled in an undergraduate…

Weighing the benefits of choosing a community college

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When choosing what college to attend for the next 4 years of life, it can be quite a daunting task. It feels like you’re being pulled in so many different directions, with this college offering these benefits, or this college giving out those hefty scholarships. But when it comes down…

Students react to potential changes to Twitter

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Across several mainstream media outlets it is reported that Elon Musk has purchased popular social media app, Twitter. Twitter is a social media platform designed in a way that allows users to post, like, and share short public messages called “Tweets." As many are aware, Musk is currently the wealthiest…

Elon Musk captures the blue bird

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It’s not over until the blue bird sings, but it looks like Elon Musk is ready to give the app a new song. Twitter’s board has accepted Elon Musk’s 44 billion dollar offer to buy the social media giant. The purchase brings an end to negotiations and talks that started…