Observer Department: News

Keeping creative with Professor Victor

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Marquis Victor is a new professor at Northern Essex Community College who teaches Intro to Film Studies and Communication through Film. He started teaching spring 2020, not only as a way to scratch that teaching itch he’s had, but also to contribute to the college’s education offering in the city.…

SGA discusses possibilities for 2020 graduates

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The Northern Essex Community College Commencement and Executive Committees conferred with the school's Student Government Association recently to address how NECC's 2020 graduation proceedings and teaching rules will be affected by coronavirus-caused social distancing guidelines recently mandated by Mass. Governor Charlie Baker (R).  Via the first-ever SGA public Zoom meeting, a communication…

Student government reacts, responds to campus closure

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Members of Northern Essex Community College Student Government Association and their college-employed advisor, who together hold weekly public SGA meetings at NECC, say that the indefinite closure of most NECC public services and operations due to the spread of novel coronavirus has plunged the college's student government into unchartered, unfriendly…

NECC adminstrators explore adding a chief diversity officer

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Higher-ups in Northern Essex Community College's (NECC) administration are reporting that NECC is working to establish a chief diversity officer (CDO) position, an occupation whose primary functions are planned by higher-ups to mainly consist of bridging the seeming academic success gap between white students and students of ethnic minorities, ethnically…

A glimpse into the pandemic’s effects in Newburyport

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The coronavirus continues to ravage the United States. In Newburyport, the psychological effect has everyone indoors and isolated, and the closure of nonessential businesses has put a strain on income. Market Basket is struggling to keep up with the demand for essential items such as hand sanitizer and soap.  When…

Forced vacation for everyone: Comparing and contrasting the effects of the pandemic

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Many world leaders have placed their countries under strict quarantine orders to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which seems to be having a positive effect on the planet itself. Currently there is a lot of negative information circulating in relation to the coronavirus. However, there is also encouraging news about…

United in isolation: A story of creativity through heartache

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Serai Bogran of Haverhill is an 18-year-old Journalism student in her second semester at Northern Essex Community College. She has had a hard time adjusting to her new routine of completing her courses online, while dealing with all the distractions that accompany the use of technology and living with four…

Teaching safety

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What does active shooter training entail and is it effective? With mass shootings seemingly becoming more and more common, many schools and workplaces have been holding active shooter training in order to better prepare employees and students  in the event that the unthinkable occurs. But do these trainings really work,…

Talk focuses on sexual assault awareness

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Three speakers talked about prevention and assistance for victims April is sexual assault awareness month and NECC welcomed three guest speakers on April 4 in the C building, lecture hall A, to talk about how the issue of sexual assault can affect us here on campus and what Northern Essex…

Wellness fair strives to inform community

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NECC hosts health and wellness fair for students and faculty As the warm weather starts coming back and students return from Spring Break most would admit that now they are more stressed out than ever. With only a few weeks left until the semester ends student’s struggle with either remembering…