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Students share views at open forum

Monday afternoon proved fruitful for members of the Student Affairs Committee, as they held an open student forum where members of both campuses shared their experiences, questions, and concerns with the current state of Northern Essex Community College in a town-hall style online meeting. Hosted on the afternoon of April…


Comics by Narjis Musa

 

A comic drawing showing a woman wearing an old fashioned dress


Observer staff win NENPA awards

Student journalists from the NECC Observer recently won awards from The New England Newspaper and Press Association in the college division of the Better Newspaper competition. Shaun Hood of Groveland and Observer correspondents received a first place award for best arts and entertainment section and former Observer Editor-in-Chief/Opinion Editor Kim…

A man holds an award plaque and smiles


Water woes in the Spurk building

Students and staff on the third floor of the C Building recently had to grapple with issues caused by a persistently leaking ceiling on the third floor. The issue led to trash cans being placed throughout the floor to manage the water dripping into the hallways, but this temporary solution…

Buckets collect water from ceiling in a hallway


Comics: The art of making you laugh at the current situation

Opinion comics by Narjis Musa, Observer correspondent    

Comic drawing of two people sitting at a kitchen table talking about how eggs are expensive


What is the college experience?

We are living in a time of unprecedented growth and change. The college campus is the ultimate forum of debate, discussion and establishment of an individual’s intellectual identity. It is in these spaces where students are not only tasked with understanding the past but reckoning with the present and molding…

People sitting on grass


Campus Life flatline?

Examining the college experience on a commuter campus Anyone who spends a significant amount of time on Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus is likely to acknowledge it is a place where people are made to feel welcome. Where does this sense of welcoming acceptance come from? Does it stem…


Observer staff win awards

Observer Editor-in-Chief Daniela Valdivia-Terres was awarded honorable mention for Reporter of the Year for two year colleges from Associated Collegiate Press. The Observer also recently learned that two staff members will be honored with awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association at their spring conference on March 29.…


Shrinking of the ‘press pool’

For more than one hundred years, the White House Correspondents’ Association has been in control of the press pool, choosing which journalists get to be in the White House; now this system is being thrown out in favor of the White House choosing the journalists who get to be there.…


Cabinet controversy

Trump’s junk drawer of Cabinet picks Donald Trump’s recent cabinet picks have sparked significant controversy and debate. Among the most contentious choices was Matt Gaetz, who was nominated for the position of Attorney General. Gaetz, a former congressman from Florida, withdrew his nomination amid allegations of sexual misconduct, including accusations…