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The Winter ECCO Issue Is Here!
Read all about: --The inauguration of President Gale E. Gibson --The Matter of Black Lives and Racial Profiling --The Essex/City of Newark Mural Project --Creative Voices from Essex Students
Capital Collaboration
Essex County College continues to feel the effects of budget cuts which have hit the campus hard this academic year. Despite setbacks, the ECC community is working together to attain new collaborat...
A Second Chance
There are many quotes and affirmations that stand out to me on a daily basis. I recall a Sunday afternoon in the spring of 2013, sitting across from a close friend of mine discussing the pros and c...
Student Uprising
Across the globe, students are protesting chronic corruption and impunity for authority figures and injustice as the fight for greater democracy continues. The following information was derived fro...
Teamwork Triumphs
The Wolverines men’s soccer team ended the season with a record of 11 wins and three losses. The Sierra Finals were on Saturday, October 25th where the Wolverines played Harcum College at NJIT. Aft...
Lady Wolverines Regional Champs
The Lady Wolverines soccer team successfully defended its Region XIX title with a 3-2 win over top-seated Burlington County College on November 1st. Essex hosted the Northeastern District champions...
An Inspiring Entrepreneur
The renowned stylist, Melissa Rubini, is an inspiration to all people willing to fight for their dreams. More than fifteen years ago, Rubini arrived in New York City as an immigrant from Brazil to...
Essex Mural Arts
Professor Anna Choi Muniz and Professor Barbara Pogue's Art 107-108 students participated in the Urban Issues Institute Local Government Internship program in partnership with the City of Newark an...
Conversing With Myself: An Intro to Dialectics
The funny thing about everything is that it resembles itself. Let’s take a moment and laugh at that, even though it’s about the unfunniest thing said by anyone, ever- wait a second, especially beca...
Watch Essex Nation!
Watch Essex Nation, the TV show produced by Essex County College's Short Films Club on Fios 37 / Cablevision 77 or online at essexvoices.com! Mondays and Fridays @ 9pm.
Finding My Roots
For some of us, finding our roots may be as easy as skimming through a photo album, talking to grandma or looking in the mirror. However, for others, finding our roots may start and end in the sam...
ICMF
The Short Films Club and Student Entertainment Club invite all aspiring student media makers to submit their film, screenplay, game or interactive media project to the Inter-Collegiate Media Festiv...
Undocumented and Unafraid
Essex County College students banded together in the spring semester to save a recent graduate’s family from deportation to Sri Lanka. The Anandarajah family, ethnic Tamils, belong to a minority gr...
What's the Deal?
Advice column by LJ Q1. Jessica - Hey LJ, So, there's this guy at my school I have liked all year, and I'm still too scared to tell him. I often look at him in class, and when he looks my way and c...
Jester Mask
This is a short story by Carmen Perez. Carmen Perez is 21 years old and finishing her last semester at Essex County College as a Liberal Arts major. She is an intern at the Hall of Records in Newa...
Noeteric Canaan
I parted the Red Sea In search of a rumor: A land abound With milk and honey. For 40 years and a night, I covered barren wastelands With constellations of footfalls; Wetting my parched lips W...
MLK Library to Undergo High-Tech Renovation
The Martin Luther King Jr. Library is being transformed into a state-of-the art “Information Commons” to increase digital access and improve academic resources for students. The $6.7 million renova...
Method Man
Biology Professor Larry Pitts retires from ECC after 44 years of service. For Biology Prof. Lawrence (Larry) Pitts, who is retiring this summer after 44 years in the classroom, his long tenure teac...
Touché
By: Alexandra Guilloty The Infamous Mr. West has done it again. ‘What?’ you ask. ‘Did he make another little white girl cry by ruining her acceptance speech moment? Accuse another president of ...
Journalism in 2014: Has our obligation to society changed?
By: Khadijah bint Costello Journalism’s reliability is compromised by the actions of a few. Today, journalism is not about writing the truth through an objective eye. Journalism today is more ab...
The ECC Cafeteria: Should You Partake or Pass?
By: Diego Gonzalez After attending Essex County College for nearly a year and a half, I have finally been given the opportunity to officially review the cafeteria food, something that I - along wi...
AIDS and Children
By: Lev D. Zilbermints Kids affected with AIDS may find sympathy, welcome and understanding at the AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, a charity located at 77 A...
Who's Up for a shot?...a Cookie Shot!
By: Alexandra Guilloty New Yorkers patiently stood in line on Spring Street, perfectly suited for how sunny and warm the day was, waiting to become one of the first to try the new “Cookie Shots” at...
Income Inequality: A Continuing Factor In Social Gaps
By: Alissa Lopez The works of Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for the prestigious New York Times, are exceptional examples of investigative journalism at its finest. A recent article titled, “Whe...
Watch the Essex County College 2014 Commencement
Congrats to the Class of 2014! May you continue to exceed expectations and soar ever higher! Check Twitter and Instagram for the hashtag for all your pics and video or check livestr...
Ras Baraka Sworn In As Newark Mayor
Ras Baraka was sworn in as mayor of the city of Newark on July 1, 2014, along with newly elected City Council members. Lucy Lopez, an Essex County College sophomore, received the title of Youth Ma...
Congrats to Lucy Lopez, Newark's Youth Mayor
Congratulations to Lucy Lopez, Newark's new Youth Mayor. Ms. Lopez, a sophomore at Essex County College, was selected from approximately 100 other hopefuls as part of a city wide competition. Ms....
Low Cost Coding Classes @ Converge Space in Newark
Check out some of the coding classes that Converge space is offering up in downtown Newark. This is an affordable coding class with Code Crew on HTML/CSS and JavaScript. It is $40 for 8-weeks for ...
ECCO Graduation Issue Is Out!
Check out interviews with our Jack Kent Cooke scholars, graduation highlights and a list of all ECC 2014 graduates. Congrats Class of 2014! A 2014 graduate? Don't miss seeing your name in print i...
Volunteers needed for Newark Arts Council Festival, "Open Doors"
The Newark Arts Council has re-named its annual arts tour the "Open Doors Citywide Festival". It is a citywide festival throughout Newark that opens on Thursday, October 9th through Sunday, October...
ECC Students Interview Newark Public School Students on Walkout Protest
CMS 136 Radio Broadcasting students interviewed leaders of the Newark Student Union during the first day of their ongoing walkout and protest of Governor Christie’s reappointment of NPS Superintend...
Now Accepting Applications for the January 2015 Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy...
The Mirzayan Fellowship Program Office is pleased to announce that the National Academies is accepting applications for the January 2015 session of the Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Pol...
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