Valentine’s Pizza
Recipe from lifestyleofafoodie.com
Ingredients:
- 1 ball of pizza dough
- 1/3 cup of pizza sauce
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- Pepperoni
- Mozzarella and parmesan cheese
- Basil
Directions:
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We asked you to share the love and submit your notes of affection (PALENTINES) for those around you.
These are the results:
To: Jordan Chila
From: Benjamin Heffner
“Thank you for being an awesome Editor-in-Chief!! I always enjoy looking forward to our weekly meetings :)”
To: Chrystal Voorhees
From: Jackie
“Love ya!!”
To: Jessica Kuskey
From: Ashley Plunkett
“Thank you for always caring about your students, and being
one of THE most positive people I’ve met on campus!”
To: Princess Yeboah
From: Jordan Chila
“Thank you for being a great help to the Observer and a great friend to me!”
By Wayne Jurgeleit | Assistant Editor
Anne Frank said, “It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” Given the turbulent and tense political atmosphere, and the uncertainty we are facing as a Community College, MWCC weighs in on the question “Can you tell me something that happened here at the Mount that has given you hope for the future?”
Isabelle Ozomaka, a 16-year-old dual enrollment student in her second semester, said, “My advisor reminded me, when I was unsure about my future, that we have time to figure out what we want to do.”
By Brianna Stevens | Editor-in-Chief
On March 24, the March For Our Lives was held in Boston as a sister march to the one in DC. This is not a Republican vs. Democrat issue anymore; it is an American issue because American people are dying every day due to gun violence. I fully acknowledge that gun violence is not the only way that Americans are dying, but it is the issue at hand currently, so please keep the texting and driving statistics to yourself. This is about gun violence in America.
The time to change federal laws needs to be now to protect current and future generations. The change I want to see is legislative change to make it more difficult for individuals like the Parkland shooter to get guns.
By Alexa Nogueira | Observer Contributor
On the one month anniversary of the Parkland, Florida school shooting, multiple students chose to take part in the national protest that is #WalkOut. The national walk out took place on March 14 at 10 a.m. and lasted for seventeen minutes, to honor the seventeen people who were killed on Valentine’s day.
Jodie Katsetos, a sixth grade teacher at Arcadia Middle School in Oak Hall, Virginia, heard about the proposed walkout and offered an alternative message, #WalkUp, which has since gone viral.
By Christine Nelson | Observer Contributor
Photos by Brianna Stevens
A student-led March for Our Lives in Boston attracted tens of thousands of people to the Boston Common on Saturday, March 24. The March, which combined energy, outrage, defiance, and determination, denounced gun violence in America and urged for far stricter gun control laws.
Thousands of students started the March at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Roxbury. Marchers walked two miles down Columbus St. and arrived at the Boston Common for the rally, chanting “Enough is enough.” A sea of people and signs on the Common greeted the students with cheers, clapping, and music.
By Christine Nelson | Observer Contributor
Imagine getting pricked by a needle and giving the experience a favorable rating. Dan Donovan, a professor in the Computer Science Department, recently participated in the Blood Drive and described the experience as “fabulous.”
Donovan said, “I don’t have obvious veins, so they often really prick me up. Here they are real pros; I like to have a pro doing it.” Donovan has been donating his blood for twenty years.
A senior citizen, Donovan donates to get the excess lead out of his blood and to help someone in need. And it is convenient for him as he lives in Sterling.
By Elizabeth Jones | Observer Contributor
This is the third blood drive Linda Vaildulas has attended, the first two being in Ashburnham and Winchendon.
Vaidulas explained the process she went through. Once she walked in, the nurses took her name and handed her a pamphlet with all the requirements to donate blood.
After she finished reading, they prepped her by cleaning the area. The nurse then found the best vein and marked it with a black dot. Finally, they insert the needle to start taking blood. Afterwards she sat down for a few minutes in a snack area to prevent fainting.
By Zachary Pavlosky | Observer Contributor
In an act of kindness and good spirit, Massachusetts resident Linda Vaidulas donated blood at the Blood Drive event recently held at Mount Wachusett Community College.
It was her third time donating blood and her first time doing so at The Mount. When asked why she was donating blood Vaidulas responded, “It’s an honor to donate. There are people out there in need of blood.”
Vaidulas talked about the requirements for donating blood. Potential donors are asked if they have visited foreign countries, have a low amount of iron in their blood and their sexual orientation.
By Alexa Nogueira | Observer Contributor
Photo courtesy of The American Red Cross
Travis James is a Mobile Unit Assistant who has worked with the Red Cross for seven years, assisting at mobile blood drives. Most of his job consists of handling blood by putting it on ice so that it stays fresh and transporting it to labs so that it can be tested.
On a typical day at the blood drive, James expects to see about 30 people, although that number can fluctuate based on weather conditions or the common fear of needles and donating blood.
When asked what advice to give to people who are afraid to donate, James said, “Don’t knock it ‘til you try it.” He suspects that the most common reasons people don’t donate blood are because they’re anemic, afraid of the needle, or afraid of how it will make them feel afterwards.