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(Archive April 2019) Daunting Heights and Taxing Hikes

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Hiking Club Promotes Physical and Mental Wellness

By Daniela Perez | Observer Contributor

Nancy Regan, founder and advisor of the Hiking Club
Photo by Tom Hill Jr.

The hiking club boasts a variety of outdoor activities including indoor rock climbing, kayaking, and cross-country skiing.

“Being outdoors is an excellent way of getting energy from the sun,” said Nancy Regan, the founder and adviser of the club. “Going hiking allows the mind to take a break from all real-world problems and be able to focus better.”

Members of the four year-old club do more than just blaze mountain trails; they also tackle indoor rock climbing, snow tubing, and kayaking. On June 7, the club will camp at Lafayette Place Campground in Franconia, NH. During a kayaking trip, students reached a beaver dam where they had to get out of their kayaks and move them over the dam in order to get across. “Six students attended this trip and three of them had a nice soak in the shallow river water,” said Regan. read more

(Archive April 2019) Professor John Little: Audio Slave

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Audio Professor Reshapes the MRT Program

By Daniela Perez | Observer Contributor

Professor John Little
Photo by Betsabee Torres

John Little, 53, owns his own recording studio and is responsible for expanding the MRT program as well as providing more in-depth courses and professional equipment for students.

Before Little began teaching at MWCC, the Media Arts and Technology program offered only a general degree without a specific field concentration. In 2005, he was asked to work part-time as a teacher. 

Little expanded the MRT program in 2009 so that there would be six different concentrations. He also rewrote the former audio classes as well as added three new audio concentrated classes.  read more

(Archive April 2019) Producing a Dream

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Student Describes Love of Making Music

By Abreyana Moore | Observer Contributor

Photo from Skitterphoto, pexels.com

Keishaun Hornsby, 21, finds time to produce beats and work toward his dream of becoming a successful producer.

Hornsby found the inspiration to make beats from his favorite producer Metro Boomin. Metro Boomin’s style, creativity, and sound selection is what drew Hornsby to the producer and what gave him the idea to start producing. To stay focused and work hard, Hornsby thinks of the quote “When you want to breathe as bad as you want to succeed, then you’ll be successful.” read more

(Archive April 2019) T.G.I. Monday

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Meditation Classes Aim to Improve Students’ Mental Wellness

By Eliana Mello | Observer Contributor

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Meditation Mondays are helping students find healthy ways to manage their mental health and everyday stress.

Melissa Manzi, Mental Health Counselor, created this program as a way to help struggling students. “I want to do things for students that will help them cope with life,” she said.

The program includes 12 half hour sessions occurring from 12:30 -1:00 p.m. and are repeated again from 1:15 -1:45 p.m. This allows students to find time in their schedules to attend class. Students can attend as many classes as they want and in whatever order they please. read more

(Archives April 2019) Green Street Café Has A Heart

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Campus Cafeteria is the Go-to Option for Students

By Charlie Greco | Observer Contributor

MWCC Gardner’s Green Street Cafe entrance
Photo by Batsabee Torres

Faculty members and students are constantly on the run. There’s very little time between classes, part-time jobs and, of course, homework. The result is some students have very little time left to be able to sit and enjoy a wholesome home-cooked meal. In many cases, breakfast or lunch at the Green Street Café can become a student’s primary meal of the day.

Lynne Franciose, the Dining Services Manager, has been feeding faculty and students at for over nine years and knows that, though the café can’t replace mom’s cooking, quality and nutrition is  important and the goal is to come as close to “eating at home” as possible. Franciose talked about the unusual challenges of trying to “compete with mom.” She laughed and said, “We could never compete with mom’s home-cooked meals!” read more

(Archive March 2019) MWCC Beats Out the Competition

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

By Daniela Perez | Observer Contributor

Photo courtesy of MWCC

Jake Aveyard, 25, encouraged students to look into MWCC before going to other colleges.

Aveyard studied engineering at UMass Lowell for a year before losing interest in the major and came to MWCC two years later.

He said it was better than other universities that he attended because he was able to find a parking spot that was close to the building he was going into. He also likes that all of the classes are in the same building and that he didn’t have to walk outside in between classes. read more

(Archive March 2019) Associate Dean of Student Services Set to Retire

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

By Charlie Grecco | Observer Contributor

Photo by Observer contributor

Gregory Clement, Associate Dean of Student Services, announced his early retirement after 15 years of innovative and dedicated service to MWCC. 

Clement has spent the past 38 years as an academic forerunner in the psychology of embracing commuting students, emboldening their college experience, while at the same time contributing significantly to the culture and life-blood of the campus. His success is well documented by the impact he has made on the lives of so many students who, for logistical reasons, would have missed out on the comradery of campus life and most importantly, the friends and memories that students treasure for a lifetime. read more

(Archive March 2019) Emily Rossi: All Natural

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

By Marie Rodriguez | Observer Contributor

Examples of vegan dishes cooked by Rossi.
Photos by Emily Rossi

Emily Rossi, Business major, talked about leading a vegan lifestyle.  

Rossi is dedicated in her choice and loves to take pictures of her home cooked vegan meals to share on social media. One may even scroll through their newsfeed without realizing Rossi’s colorful creations were vegan.

Rossi encouraged those who wish to taste vegan food to visit two of her favorite vegan restaurants in Worcester – Antonio’s Pizza and Nancy Chang.

“Both locations sell other items besides vegan food,” said Rossi.  read more

(Archive March 2019) Aisha Schor: Horsing Around

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

By Marie Rodriguez | Observer Contributor

Schor’s horses prepare for winter in their cold-weather gear.
Photo by Aisha Schor

Aisha Schor, a Media Communications major, talked about training and caring for her horses in Vermont.

Schor has been practicing horseback riding since the second grade. When she visits home, Schor always makes time to care for and ride her two horses, Ginger and Starling.

Ginger, 28, is the oldest of the two horses and Starling is 20. Both horses are of a rich chocolate brown color but Starling is a few shades darker. Back in Vermont, Schor usually takes Starling out for rides more often. read more

(Archive March 2019) Spring Break Plans at MWCC

By editorialteam on April 3, 2025

Pumping the Breaks on Spring Break

By Charlie Grecco | Observer Contributor

Chris Jacob, a Computer Information Systems major, talked about being too busy to enjoy spring break.

Jacob switched his major which means he is now too busy to even think about escaping to a tropical beach and basking in the sun.

“I’m buried with my job and homework,” said Jacob.  

Given the opportunity, Jacob would head out west for spring break saying, “I’m sick of the snow and cold already.”

When Jacob is not in school he works at a bar at the Oak Hill Country Club in Fitchburg.  Jacob said he is hoping to squeeze in some down time over the break. read more