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My name is Lauren and I’m a sophomore here at Endicott. This year, I've started working as the Features Editor with the Observer. I’m majoring in Criminal Justice but have always loved writing and wanted to continue it with such an amazing group of people.

Providing Endicott with yearly quality writing and photography, the Endicott Review is a literary magazine run by students as a place for people to express themselves creatively. Comprising of photography, art, poetry, short stories, and even essays or scripts, The Review gathers these submi…

There has never been any doubt that the start of the fall semester breeds germs, coughs, colds and all the like, especially when the whole world has spent over a year wearing masks, social distancing and at some points isolating in the confines of their own homes. Yet some students have susp…

“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

There are few things as horrifying as the blank page. That empty void of unscarred potential, asking you for infinitely more answers than it gives. Demanding a response. Waiting, begging for you to give it a purpose. Terrified of ending up as a faceless nothing, only to be cast aside where i…

This past Saturday, April 24th, Endicott’s own student-run advertising agency (appropriately titled “The Agency”) was able to take home the first place award for their annual efforts in the National Student Advertising Competition, or “NSAC” for short. This was the first time Endicott has wo…

One of Endicott’s most popular traditions is the annual “Mr. Endicott” event, which was once again held this past Thursday, April 22nd. The event mostly surrounds a competition between several (student-nominated) male-identifying Endicott students, all hoping to win the crown and title of “M…

On March 16th, 2021, the Georgia, Atlanta area became the epicenter for several violent crimes that targeted Asian businesses. Only a few days later, around March 20th, even more attacks were directed at the AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Island) community in New York City, further extendi…

This past weekend, Endicott College’s Mainstage Theater department premiered its new show, Work In Progress. Instead of Endicott adding its flair to an existing play, every aspect of the Work In Progress show was completely student-made. This includes everything from the songs, story, and ev…

Following what has now been over a year of lockdowns, quarantines, economic struggles and mental health disasters, COVID-19’s seemingly endless effect on the lives of everyone is finally on course to be resolved.

Women’s Weekend, organized by HER campus, filled the last weekend of International Women’s Month with fun activities, ranging from peaceful morning meditations to scrumptious s'mores.

The spring 2020 semester, as most students/faculty will probably remember for the rest of their lives, quickly transformed Endicott into an all-digital campus in order to safely continue classes amidst a novel worldwide pandemic. Though necessary at the time, this transition was less than id…

Due to the cancellation of spring break, communications faculty at Endicott banded together and agreed to assign no tests or due dates last week.

In a time of new, adaptive ideas, Endicott’s School of Visual and Performing Arts has adopted a unique strategy for the Spring 2021 semester’s major theater performance.

As we know more than now, many of Endicott’s prior services, programs, and experiences have been altered and edited to ensure public safety during the pandemic. Endicott’s iconic LIGHThouse Leadership Society retreat, an annual experience that focuses on team building, community interaction,…

In recent years, it seems that Endicott’s campus is constantly undergoing renovations, repairs, and remodeling. As of now, the plans for future renovations include everything from new dorm buildings and dining halls to the destruction of old, less-useful areas that are proving difficult to s…

While there were no campus-closing snowstorms to trap me inside this week, that did not stop the onslaught of film advertisements and recommendations - all of which I am obliged to agree to as a part of this series. As all films are watched on a whim, with often little to no preparation or b…

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, boredom and the need for escapism seem to be common themes across campus. From beloved sit-coms to intense thrillers, here’s what some Endicott College students are watching:

Film has the power to inspire and create change, and with February being Black History Month, there’s not much more in the world of cinema that highlights how to overcome racial differences than the 2000 film, Remember the Titans.

February 1st, 2021 - the day Endicott College opened its doors for the return of in-person classes, only for them to be immediately shut again due to the bone-chilling threat of a Nor’easter. The Nor’easter certainly came, bringing with it mounds of heavy, icy snow (most of which has yet to …

Endicott’s classes are once again (mostly) in-person. However, with nearly a year’s worth of Zoom, Google Meet, and other virtual classroom experience ingrained into the minds of students and professors alike, the option for remote learning is still more prevalent than ever.

The sudden decision to make the remainder of the Fall 2020 semester remote had uprooted a lot of students’ plans, and not just in the classroom. While most classes were able to quickly adapt to Zoom and other digital mediums, some students who were more invested in Endicott’s surrounding are…

Wonder Woman 1984 is coming to theatres and HBO Max on Christmas Day. With fans expecting another strong outing from their favorite armoured heroine, the character’s first movie from 2017 deserves a closer look.

Any on-campus Endicott student could tell you that residential life during the Fall 2020 semester has been - different, to say the least. New campus safety regulations and policies have drastically changed the way students maneuver, visit, and live inside Endicott’s dormitories; especially i…

Last week, we covered some Endicott Professors’ reaction to the decision to go fully remote following Thanksgiving Break. This sudden change had come as a surprise to many, especially students and faculty who rely on in-person and off-campus experience to enhance their learning/teaching expe…

Once again, the holiday season has arrived in America, and as always, we are being bombarded with holiday decor, Black Friday Specials, and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”. In addition to these November/December specials, Americans are treated to a contested election, a high…

On Monday, November 2nd, students, professors, faculty, and the rest of the Endicott College community received an email stating that the campus would not re-open for in-person classes following the Thanksgiving Break. Instead, “all classes will be moved to a remote learning format”, and stu…

Friday the 13th (7-12)

According to the Los Angeles Times, youth voter turnout is projected to hit an all-time high in 2020. Generation Z, the generation who is coming of age as this article is typed, is one of the most politically invested generations since the Baby Boomers. From the infamous Trump rally trolling…

ECTV, Endicott’s student run television channel has always created quality content, and the challenges provided by the Coronavirus pandemic has had little effect on that content. Ellie Pye, director and advisor, has committed to making ECTV feel and look the same as always.

If I had to describe this franchise in one word, it would be: camp. I’ll leave you to piece that one together.

When Dr. Beth Schwartz agreed to accept the role of Endicott’s Provost, she had no idea that a global pandemic would be the initial focus of her time.

As a community neighboring Salem, Endicott College has long held Halloween (and October in general for that matter) to a high regard. Even moreso, Endicott’s location has only assisted in setting the tone for Halloween scares.

Among most other clubs, Endicott College’s The Agency has been forced to fully transition to a completely digital format following new safety regulations on campus. The Agency describes themselves as “Endicott College’s award winning, student-run advertising agency”, and is advised by Endico…

While 2020 has been known notoriously for the global pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement has also been a highlight of this year. Enter Endicott's new club.

In previous years, the Hale Library’s second floor was flooded with students filing in and out from both tutoring appointments and their shifts as tutors themselves. Students were able to share tables with their tutors, working face to face in a focused, yet lively environment. When not lock…

2020’s…”shenanigans” have done more than inconvenience Endicott’s arts; the large and passionately performed productions put on by Endicott’s Mainstage (a section of the Performing Arts Department advised by Katie Clarke, Director of Theater) are no exception.

When I was in my sophomore year of high school, my mother and I began having the “college talk.” I took countless quizzes online about what I should major in until one day, exasperated, my mother asked me, “what is your passion, Sarah?” and the only answer I had was “writing.”

Whether it be midterms, presidential updates, or fear over certain viruses, it is understandable to find yourself especially anxious as of late. Why not surround yourself with something more relaxing? Thankfully, Endicott’s Therapy Dog Thursday offers welcomed break in the form of a four-leg…

The Spotlight Drama Club’s adaptation of ‘Almost, Maine’ took center-stage this past weekend at the Black Box Theatre, as the student-run production was the final product of a three-month process.

Spotlight Drama Club hosted two entirely student-run performances of John Cariani’s Almost, Maine on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, February 29th in the Endicott College’s Visual Performing Arts Center. 

On Wednesday, February 12th, Endicott College’s Writing & Tutoring Center hosted its first “Big Voices” event in the Hale Library’s Little Theater. Scheduled to be held on the second Wednesday of each month, Big Voices offers a stage for anyone interested in sharing spoken/auditory art o…

Crippled by poverty, the Kim family uses cunning tactics to execute a plan that would change their lives for the better, in the award-winning film, Parasite, that the Endicott Film Club screened last Monday.  Nominated for six Academy Awards, the satirical thriller has generated buzz atypica…

So, Parasite won best picture. 

I covered my first story before I was eight. Though I use “story” loosely here because it was really me sitting at my dad’s computer on Microsoft Word writing a recap about a commercial building fire he and I went to the night before in Milford, Delaware sometime circa 2005. He did really co…

Beverly native, Peter Frates, 34, passed away on December 9 after battling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS.  

How many people does it take to change someone’s life? The answer could be one. Or twenty. Or four-hundred and fifty. However many people one could choose to nominate as “Bright Lights” in honor of Endicott’s annual Festival of Lights. 

On Thursday, Nov. 20, Endicott College hosted a generation-hopping art exhibit in the Carol Grillo Gallery. Appropriately titled “Materials, Old and New: Encounters with Glass, Paper, and Digital Print,” the exhibit presented the works of three separate artists who each use vastly different …

We asked students, faculty and staff why they wear R.E.D. (Remember Everyone Deployed Day).