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(Archive March 2017) MWCC Student is a Part-Time Princess

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Nicholas Velillari | Observer Contributor

 Li Vaillette, 18, is a student here at the Mount who has a very interesting side job: she is a professional Disney Princess at birthday parties for children on the weekends.

She does all sorts of characters from Belle from Beauty and The Beast, to Ariel from The Little Mermaid and even Princess Leia from Star Wars. Vaillette originally got into this opportunity during high school. “I had a friend who was doing a charity event during school,” Vaillette states, “She asked me if I wanted to dress up as a princess for it. I said yes, and that’s how it all started.”   read more

(Archive March 2017) Fathom Farewell: An Interview with a Local Band

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Mariah Boisvert | Observer Contributor

A Fathom Farewell – Fathom for short – is a band local to Worcester County and book shows all over Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Current members include vocalist Alex Cohen and guitarist Jesse Ljunggren

“A Fathom Farewell’s brand of post-hardcore brings a different angle to a well-tread genre, fusing modern metalcore with influences ranging from traditional Armenian music, to stoner metal, to pop-punk. Their high-energy performance seeks to bring positivity to every musical community they play in” – Direct quote from the band’s Facebook page. read more

(Archive March 2017) Professor Elmer Eubanks’ Background

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Scott Mellecker | Observer Contributor

Professor Eubanks could possibly be the most interesting man in the world. 

He is a professor here at the Mount and teaches business courses. He had a long road before he came to MWCC. “I for sure had my own peaks and valleys,” said Eubanks.

Eubanks was born in Costa Rica, where he often goes on vacations to visit his family. At a young age, he bounced around from Costa Rica to Columbia. After spending a few years in Columbia, he moved to Guatemala in 4th grade. “When I thought my family was all finished moving we then ended up in Nicaragua when I began high school,” states Eubanks. read more

(Archive March 2017) MWCC YouTube Gaming: Joshua Needham and yeahdudegamers

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Nicholas Velillari | Observer Contributor

Mount student, Joshua Needham, runs a youtube channel and gaming website, yeahdudegamers, that focuses on video game commentaries, “let’s play’s”, and video game reviews.

Yeahdudegamers, primarily focuses on story driven and survival horror games like  Tales of Graces, and Fatal Frame, but Needham states they cover “pretty much all games.”

Needham and a few of his friends started the YouTube channel around Halloween of 2014. He states how he and his friends had a passion for playing all sorts of games. “We were just having fun” stated Needham, so they decided, “we should make a YouTube channel and put random stuff on it,” and that’s how it all began. read more

(Archive March 2017) The Busy Life of Kim Cook

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Kelly Cacciolfi | Observer Contributor

Cook with Ryder, Age 6

“I get it” is what Kim Cook stated as she explained why she is in her first semester of the Nursing program at MWCC and taking part in several groups on campus. 

Growing up very ill as a young adult with Crohn’s Disease, having back surgeries, gallbladder removal, and lymph node issues. Cook stated, “I always had it in the back of my head that I needed to help change the system and be an advocate from the inside.” Cook said, “I didn’t have a childhood and now this is my playground.” read more

(Archive March 2017) Animating an Income

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Joshua Needham | Social Media Editor

Sarah Payson

Sarah Payson, a 21-year-old Media Arts and Tech major at MWCC, juggles a job while going to school, like many other students, but her job is a bit more interesting than most. Under the name Sango Nanami, Payson runs a YouTube channel with over 45,000 subscribers. 

The channel itself started nearly 10 years ago as an account to save videos to playlists and make favorite lists, but in 2015 things took off. Payson’s specialty lies in animations, and when she made an animation based on the highly popular game Five Nights at Freddy’s views and subscriptions skyrocketed.  read more

(Archive March 2017) Book Review: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Mariah Boisvert | Observer Contributor

I Was Here by New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman and published by Penguin Random House LLC is a coming of age novel dealing with the loss of someone who is important to you. I loved this book from beginning to end. It deals with love, loss, friendship, secrets, mystery and forgiveness.

Open chapter one, “I regret to inform you that I have taken my own life. The decision has been a long time coming, and was mine alone to make.” – Megan Luisa Garcia read more

(Archive March 2017) A Music Review: Defend the Rhino

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Bryon Harris | Observer Contributor

Defend the Rhino is an instrumental post rock band you won’t want to miss out on. Drawing their influences from groups like Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Explosions In The Sky, Defend the Rhino has a gorgeous sound and wonderful musicianship. Their latest CD There’s No Place Like Home shows off the undeniable potential of their works.

Starting off with “Milestone,” Defend the Rhino presents their musical identity with a soothing musical experience. “Milestone” begins with some ambient crackling accompanied by a set of piano chords. These are then slowly built upon adding tasteful guitar licks for about half the song. This progression then breaks into a steady groove bringing the composition together with layered guitar, bass, drums, and some additional production. The mix is professional and sounds as if it could be used in movies or television soundtracks, which speaks volumes about the musicianship and talent of Defend the Rhino. read more

(Archive March 2017) Falling Behind and Bouncing Back

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

Advice for Students That Fall Behind in Their Work

By Joshua Needham | Social Media Editor

The start of a new school semester is much like celebrating New Years. Everyone makes resolutions that this semester will be better than the last. However, even with the best laid plans for success, sometimes falling behind is inevitable. Between poor health, family emergencies, or just plain forgetfulness, sometimes students fall behind in their work and it can be hard not to just give up.

So, you’ve fallen behind? Getting caught back up won’t be easy, but there are some tips and tricks to help you save the semester. MWCC’s Retention Specialist, Joyce Kulig, says the first step is to talk with your professors. Kulig suggests that the first step to correcting the issue, is making it known between you and your professor that you understand you’ve fallen behind. Especially if you’re early in the semester, focus on working with your instructor(s) to figure out an action plan going forward to help you get caught up and stay caught up. Making the issue known early on can help take some of the stress out of catching up and can really make the difference between success and failure for some students. read more

(Archive March 2017) MRT Students Experiencing Course Planning Problems Due to Low Registration Numbers

By editorialteam on September 10, 2024

By Bryon Harris | Observer Contributor

Some students of the MRT program are experiencing troubles with course planning. Students are having to take semesters off before returning to the main subjects of their degree. This can cause financial problems for students who planned to earn their degree within a certain span of time.

This issue is caused because the main content of the MRT degrees consist of lab courses, which are for the most part only offered one semester out of the year. With this design, if a class is not offered, or gets canceled due to having not enough students, these students must then wait until the class is offered again, which might not be until a year later. Having a gap year between these sequential, hands on courses can leave students out of practice and behind when they finally get to take the next course. read more