NECC Observer

The student news website of Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass.


The power struggle between the media and real-life violence

By        December 21, 2020 The entertainment industry is one of the most popular and influential things that we as human beings consume. One of the more popular themes that we are exposed to within this...
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 Just getting into James Baldwin? Here’s your guide

By        December 16, 2020 I remember exactly where I was when I first discovered who James Baldwin was. It was my sophomore year of high school and I had just begun taking Early College classes at NECC....
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How to keep a healthy weight even if you are studying at home

By        December 8, 2020 Are we at the age to worry about weight? Possibly not. Some experts believe that it is around the age of 30 when our metabolism begins to slow down. Nevertheless, combined with...
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review

By        November 30, 2020 Fans of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild have been anxiously waiting for a sequel ever since it was released in 2017. While it looks like we still have at least a couple...
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Are we aware that COVID-19 cases are increasing in Massachusetts?

By        October 28, 2020 This morning I read an article in the Boston Globe saying that “Over the past week, there have been an average of 656 cases per day, an increase of 8 percent from the average two...
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Julia Child: Larger than life, in stature and legacy

By        October 26, 2020 Julia Child’s culinary journey really began to materialize in the 1950’s, when she was settling down in France with her husband, Paul Cushing Child. Julia attended...
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Dual enrollment is a win-win for high school students during the pandemic

By        October 8, 2020 March 11 of this year the World Health Organization would declare COVID-19 a pandemic, two days later the U.S. declared a state of emergency, closing schools and changing...
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A pandemic sort of poem?

By        May 13, 2020 How do I keep myself grounded when the world keeps spinning out of control ? As the days get shorter and the nights get longer, I begin to lose my balance. It was finally...
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