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(Archive February 2017) Overwatch: Review Edition

By editorialteam on September 5, 2024

By Joshua Needham | Observer Contributor

On May 24^th 2016, game giant Activision Blizzard dropped on the world its newest massive success: Overwatch.

Blizzard has built itself up as the parent of some incredibly successful game franchises, including StarCraft, WarCraft (subsequently World of Warcraft), and Diablo. However, Overwatch was their first venture into the world of first-person-shooters (FPS).

Seven years prior, Riot Games launched the highly successful game League of Legends (LoL). LoL was a multiplayer-online-battle-arena (MOBA) style game, where players would choose from various hero characters, each with different attributes, strengths, and weaknesses, to fight for control of their enemy’s territory. Players could identify with various heroes in the game, gaining skills in playing one hero in particular, while forging new friendships and rivalries within the community the game created. read more

(Archive February 2017) Music Review: Dropkick Murphys’ 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory

By editorialteam on September 5, 2024

By Jason D. Greenough | Observer Contributor

Dropkick Murphys’ *11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory*

Boston’s favorite sons, Quincy-based Dropkick Murphys, started 2017 off with a bang, with the release of their ninth studio record, 11 Short Stories of Pain and Glory, on January 6^th.

I always enjoy the anticipation of an album, because being able to finally listen to it gives me a glimpse into how a band has progressed and grown. Not only in their sound, but in the lives of the members as well. In that regard, this album did not disappoint. In fact, this album was, in my opinion, their most personally revealing album in their catalog. read more

(Archive February 2017) Themed STEM Murals to Inspire New MWCC Science Building

By editorialteam on September 5, 2024

By Liam Scanlon | Observer Contributor

Photos by Liam Scanlon

*All shots taken by Liam Scanlon using the panorama capture function of a cell phone.

The first floor labs are for natural science classes. The mural is a shot of the sun through a layer of foliage.

The murals on each floor of the new STEM wing were recently displayed. Each mural is themed to match the labs taught on each floor.

The second floor labs are for biology classes. The mural is an illustration of a DNA helix in shades of blue and white.

The classrooms in the new wing are devoted to STEM classes, but there are also study spaces on the top two floors, which are open to all students. Whether in the devoted STEM study rooms or using the new furniture in the hall of the wing, students may study during operating hours. read more

(Archive February 2017) Michelle Valois’sBook of Poetry

By editorialteam on September 5, 2024

By Nicholas Velillari | Observer Contributor

MWCC English Professor, Michelle Valois, expressed her struggle with throat cancer in a poetry book she wrote, titled, My Found Vocabulary, which released January 1, 2015.

Valois had throat cancer starting back in 2011. Because of the aggressiveness of it, she was unable to speak for some time, which made it hard to communicate with friends and relatives. When she got her voice back, My Found Vocabulary was a title she coined for a poetry book.

“I didn’t do much writing during treatment,” states Valois. “Poetry was unusual for me to write in general.” However the majority of her poems in her book focus on voice loss. read more

(Archive February 2017) Business Honor Society Looking for Students

By editorialteam on September 5, 2024

By Courtney Wentz | News Editor

Left to right: Elizabeth Lapan, Tammy Goodgion, Cindy Doyle, and Jennifer Davie.
Photo courtesy of Tammy Goodgion

Alpha Beta Gamma, the business honor society, is looking for more students to participate in their activities.

ABG has been on campus since 1970, with accounting Professor Linda Bolduc as their advisor. Their new President is Tammy Goodgion who said, “ABG has a life-long membership that people will recognize on a resume because it’s known internationally.”

Recently, ABG joined the Gardener Chamber of Commerce as a business. This will benefit students a part of ABG by them being able to meet with CPAs, business owners, and helping out at these local businesses. read more

(Archive December 2016) Mount Wachusett Community College’s Greg Clement Receives Student Affairs Award

By editorialteam on September 4, 2024

GARDNER – Mount Wachusett Community College Associate Dean of Students Greg Clement has been named the 2016 regional winner of the Doris Michiko Ching Excellence in Student Affairs Award by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) at the Region 1 conference, which encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec; and the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. read more

(Archive December 2016) Peace Camp for Korean War Descendants

By editorialteam on September 4, 2024

By Jamie Parker | News Editor

Travelling the world is something most people want to do. But one of the things that most commonly gets in the way is the affordability of these trips. Flights alone from Boston to Seoul, Korea cost anywhere from $1,000-$2,000. That, on top of hotels, tours, food, and entertainment, you are looking at a $10,000+ trip!

But what if there were a way to get a weeklong trip to Korea, for just the price of a one-way ticket? Well good news; there is. If you are the descendant of a Korean War veteran that is. read more

(Archive December 2016) Just Go, According to Heather Conn

By editorialteam on September 4, 2024

By Kelly Cacciolfi | Observer Contributor

“Just go and go with someone” is what Heather Conn, current Assistant Professor of Biology and Department Chair, Natural Sciences, gives for advice about travel. Conn shared what she has learned through her journeys from a young age.

It all started with a trip with her family to Disney in Williamsburg where Conn said, “that’s when I became obsessed with maps and I am very good at reading them.” When Conn was in 5th or 6th grade, her father (Steve) won a trip to Mexico through his work. He then decided to rent a car for their excursions. read more

(Archive December 2016) A Date

By editorialteam on September 4, 2024

By Rachel Vargeletis | Observer Contributor

“But why are we really here”
he asked her
soft in the beginning,
a harsh word plummet
by the last word.

The ducks swam in their
safe little lines.
And that soft lilac breeze
going by it all
somehow couldn’t cushion
the blow of what was to come.

They both walked in the park,
as couples do.
They looked at the scenery,
talked about her new job
and his great grades.

But he could sniff out that
melancholy undertone of
her essence.
She had brought him here
on a Sunday afternoon for
more than just a view of ducks. read more

(Archive December 2016) Content Imitation

By editorialteam on September 4, 2024

By Rebekah Chiasson | Observer Contributor

Take this you’ll feel better
Anything, whatever
Any color
Even better,
Smoke this,
Take a flame
and blaze it
Breath it in and don＊t let
Your mama see.
Wait, what are these?
Not mine but that must mean
Three for you and four for me
What was that feeling?
I can’t remember
Lost inside numb nothing
No longer able
Remember pleasure
pain, love, wrong, right
They prescribed
And took a life.

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