Observer Department: News

NECC students aren’t waiting around: Innovative services flourish during pandemic

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On March 24 at 12 p.m. Gov. Charlie Baker asked the whole state of Massachusetts to stay at home and not go out in public unless absolutely necessary. Massachusetts residents, along with almost the entire United States, have been advised to stay at home for over a month, and wait…

Education behind the screen: Students reflect on remote learning

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As quarantine continues and the world seems to be on pause,  education also continues. Although students are no longer allowed to physically attend schools until the upcoming fall or possibly longer, students are still required to do online schooling, assignments are posted on websites such as Blackboard, Google Classroom, and…

Students share how COVID-19 has changed their lives

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2020 has already been quite a year. Many disasters have happened along the way, and most importantly this COVID-19 pandemic. No one expected this, especially at this large of a scale. As a Northern Essex student not only has my academic life been affected greatly but my personal life as…

Pulitzer Prizes announced

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This year's 104th Pulitzer Prizes announcement, which has honored excellence in journalism and the arts since 1917, was initially scheduled for April before being postponed until May 4 and delivered virtually. In the past the announcement has come in late April and since 1984 Pulitzer winners have received their prizes…

Are ‘murder hornets’ cause for concern?

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As if living through a pandemic isn’t anxiety inducing enough by itself, social media rumors are now being spread about a mysterious “murder hornet” that has migrated to the United States. In late 2019 two bees were spotted in Washington, later determined to be Asian giant hornets, the world’s largest…

A conversation with student trustee Courtney Morin

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Courtney Morin serves as the Northern Essex Community College Student Government Association's Vice President of Haverhill and also as the Student Trustee on NECC's Board of Trustees. In recent SGA meetings, she and Stephanie Haskell, a member of NECC's staff and the advisor to the SGA (a position whose holder…

Life after coronavirus

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Times ae changing and our lifestyle as we know it will never be the same as it was because of the Covid-19. Until a short time ago we could hug our friends or family without fear, the students attended their respective schools or universities, people worked without any problem, masks…

Being a student in the time of COVID-19

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The pandemic has affected everyone, but for college students it's really been a major shift in their academic career. Especially for those who were enrolled in in-person classes, due to the rather abrupt change to a remote format of learning and even then just because every student is taking online…

Conversations in quarantine

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The spread of coronavirus across the United States has resulted in many people staying at home, thus reducing physical interaction. Nevertheless, some businesses need to communicate with others, resulting in the applications of new technologies for long distance communication.  At Northern Essex Community College, many professors have begun using Zoom…

Life changes post-virus

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Salisbury, Massachusetts- Coronavirus, or COVID-19 has been traumatizing the globe since December 2019. As the virus continues to spread around the world, killing hundreds of thousands and infecting millions more, there is no certainty of when this will end. As we look towards the future, I think a lot of…