Lamont Johnson said more parking meters at Northern Virginia Community College’s Woodbridge campus would make his life easier.

The 19-year-old, in his first semester of college, said the lack of metered parking on campus makes him late to class. “Most of the time I am rushing into class and am made late because I can’t find an open parking space with a meter,” said Johnson.

Tatanka Means, actor, stuntman, boxer and artist, was a guest speaker in the Ernst Cultural Center at the Annandale campus. Tatanka is the son of Russell Means, the 1970’s American Indian Movement activist and actor, known for his roles in such movies as Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Pathfinder (2007). Tatanka’s mother is a Navajo educator on the Navajo Reservation in Chinle, AZ.

The women and men’s basketball team journeyed to North East, Maryland on Nov. 14th to play Cecil College in afternoon contests in their new gymnasium (no food or drink allowed.)

In the first game, the NOVA women had little trouble with the “out-womanned” Cecil College squad which dressed only six players. NOVA’s up-tempo play thwarted the zone defense employed by Cecil.

There’s a familiar buzz in the air, a strangely comforting feeling that reminds me of home. Walking down the street, with cold gusts of wind seeping through my cotton gloves and wool coat, I take a moment to look around and observe the ongoing preparations for Christmas day.

The street lamps are adorned with wreath-like decorations, setting off a hazy yellow light that feels all at once familiar and nostalgic. Christmas carols are blasting from the speakers from nearby stores. The songs take me back to Manila, to my family and friends, my home—the way all Christmas songs do. Every song is a time machine, every song has its own moments with me and I am here and there all at once.

The weapon used by a Woodbridge college student now charged with the attempted murder of his math instructor jammed on him, preventing him from firing a third round from his high-powered rifle.

Jason M. Hamilton, 20, was unable to continue shooting at instructor Tatyana Kravchuk, who ducked behind a desk and was not hit, Prince William County police Maj. Ray Colgan said. No one was injured.

At the Annandale campus, the Hispanic Club was celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by conducting a literary contest Oct. 15. The contest was for students who wanted to express their creativity by writing essays or poems in English or Spanish, with the judging done by several faculty advisors.

The President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was removed from power by a military coup at dawn June 28. The Honduran military erupted into Zelaya’s home and, at gunpoint, took him hostage and exiled him to Costa Rica.

The ousting of Zelaya has created a political crisis that has polarized Honduran society. The streets of Tegucigalpa have been a scenario for angry protests by groups that oppose and support the ousted president. The de facto government has implemented repressive policies, such as curfews, the suspension of civil liberties, arbitrary detentions and censoring of the press.

NOVA’s women’s volleyball team lost its return match to a strong West Potomac State College Catamounts team on Monday evening, Oct. 19 at Annandale’s Ernst Gym, losing all three games.
The Catamounts, whose two year college is located in Keyser, West Virginia and is part of West Virginia University, were not imposing physically. However, they had a number of players who were adept at smashing the ball at the net, making digs and serving. They are a team that just won the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association championship. They arrived a bit …

The NOVA hockey team won its first match of the year 7-6, on Friday, Oct. 16 at the Virginia Stating Center in Charlottesville with a 9:45 pm start. As an exultant Coach Haga stated afterwards, “We got a monkey off our back,”in two ways, in winning its first game of the year after two losses and in coming back from a very early 3-0 deficit.

Aside from the tables with fliers warning about the effects of alcohol and a trailer displaying a mangled car from a drunk-driving accident, mocktails were served to those willing to undergo an obstacle course while wearing beer goggles, much to the delight of onlookers.