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Cans of Monster Energy Drink are displayed on a shelf in a supermarket in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina October 29, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Most College Students Consume Energy Drinks

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Writer
May 12, 2025
Western honey bees, also known as Apis mellifera, getting used to their new home. In time, the bees will create a new colony. Bees are a type of pollinator. Image courtesy of Sarah Bass

All About Pollinators

Daniel Garcia, Staff Writer
May 12, 2025
Junior at Villanova University Daniel Kee, 21, poses for a portrait on campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 9, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

Finals Edition: Maximize Your Brain Functioning

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Writer
May 12, 2025
Students study for final exams in the UBC Life Building of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 14, 2025. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Ready for finals?

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Reporter
April 28, 2025
Archie Jarman, associate director of the Horticulture Innovation Lab, speaks about the impact of USAID funding cuts on their work, while standing in an experimental garden at the University of California, Davis, in Davis, California, March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves

Composting 101

Daniel Garcia, Staff Reporter
April 28, 2025
Mexican property manager Iran Sosa, who co-founded the Nunca Madres (Never Mothers) global online community for Spanish-speaking women in 2021 with Colombian commodities trader Isabel Cortes to address the lack of spaces where Latinas can discuss social issues and cultural taboos surrounding motherhood decisions, participates in a roundtable discussion in partnership with Wikimedia on the future of non-maternity, held as part of International Women's Day, in Mexico City, Mexico, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Alicia Fernandez

Commemorating Women’s History Month

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Writer
April 21, 2025
The Courage to Exist in Daylight was written by Tricia Kucinksi.

Indie Writer Visits ECC

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Writer
March 20, 2025
Efrain Hernandez, 21, taking notes for his math class in the Renner Library.

Music and Studying

Cindy Nava, Staff Writer
March 20, 2025

Q & A with Daniel Garcia

Kai Ribbens, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2025
Izzy Harp, ECC freshman, talks with ECC Observer staff writer.

Q & A with ECC Student, Izzy Harp

Emma Laureano, Staff Writer
February 27, 2025

SWANS: Open to all

Zoie Adamson, Staff Writer
February 10, 2025
Q & A with Yaakov Galvez

Q & A with Yaakov Galvez

Daniel Nachampassak, Staff Writer
February 7, 2025
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