Press "Enter" to skip to content

Posts tagged as “campus life”

A Tale of Dungeons & Dragons

By editorialteam on March 3, 2022

Teacher Describes the Benefits of the Role-Playing Phenomenon

By Gabriel Drouin | Observer Contributor

Dungeons and Dragons, also known as D&D, has often been passed off as satanic due to the monstrous art on the cover of its books, but is now becoming the savior for many, acting as a safe outlet for creativity, personal expression, and even therapy. Dice rollers both old and young have partaken in the game for decades, since its creation in 1974.

            It is hard to believe that a game that, in recent years, has become so widely popular was once seen as literal evil. Some even believed that by playing the game you were opening yourself up to demonic possession. Oddly enough, fighting off demons can be a common occurrence for the heroes in a D&D game. read more

A Farm Fresh Feast

By editorialteam on December 5, 2019

Farmer’s market provides fresh food for all

By Marissa Shea
Observer Contributor

  • Photos by Betsy Torres

    The Brewer Center runs the Food for Thought food pantry – a widely used resource on campus that helps provide students in need with meals.

    Shelly Nicholson, the director at the Brewer Center for Civic and Community Engagement, helped organize a farmer’s market on campus to provide fresh, locally grown, organic ingredients to students. She is on the board of Growing Places, a Leominster company whose mission is to “…inspire and connect the North Central, MA community to create equitable access to healthy food and environmental sustainability through education, collaboration and advocacy.” read more

A Space to Grow

By editorialteam on December 1, 2019

Preview of the upcoming teaching garden

By Nicholas Papini
Observer Contributor

A new teaching garden, opening soon on the Gardner campus, will help students broaden their experience and make them more desirable to prospective employers. Thomas Montagno, Professor of Biology and Chair of the Natural Resources Program, described the proposal.

Image courtesy of Christine Nelson
The proposed plans for the new teaching garden

Students in horticulture and greenhouse management programs will interact with and learn to manage a greater variety of plants. Currently, the only plants that these students interact with are planted in pots. The teaching garden will give them the opportunity to learn to prune plants and how plants interact with their environments. read more

Is It “Bye-Bye” for WiFi?

By editorialteam on November 7, 2019

By Daniela Perez
Observer Contributor

When it comes to submitting online assignments, having reliable access to the internet is essential for college students.

Many areas on the Gardner campus have little to no cellular signal and in most parts of the school the WiFi can be slow or may not connect at all.

One of the places on campus that rarely has any signal is the basement of the school where Media Arts and Technology labs are held and where MRT students work on projects. The MRT computers are always offline and students have a difficult time connecting to the internet through their own laptops or cellphones. read more

Early Childhood & Elementary Education Club

By editorialteam on October 24, 2019

By Hannah Bennet
Observer Contributor

The Early Childhood & Elementary Education Club focuses on gathering Early Childhood development majors, providing its members with hands-on experience in their majors, as well as offering kids opportunities in literacy.

The club is open to all students, not just Early Childhood Education majors. Meetings are held in the Garrison Center for Early Childhood Education from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Stephanie Brunell said the club is “a great way for Early Childhood Education majors to connect with one another.” read more

STEM Club

By editorialteam on October 20, 2019

By Ryan Lyesiuk
Observer Contributor

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) is an up-and-coming club on the MWCC campus. STEM was established last Spring and they are seeking to recruit new members.

Victor Dhliwayo said he joined because “it sounded fun” and “it seemed like a good idea.” He is one of the approximately 12 current members of the club.

Recruiting methods include, according to Dhliwayo, “talking to students, networking, and having a presence at the BBQ Fest” with a neatly designed billboard on display for all to see. read more