The toy soldiers don’t actually do the saving, but the existence of these particular toy soldiers will certainly help lives across the world. Recently, a group of hobbyists got together to embark on a mission to give something back to the world through their favorite hobby: table top war games.

When hearing the word Kikini, one may think of a tropical island paradise and if so, then you already have something in common with its founders. While Kikini may not offer poolside drinks and island breezes, it does fill a niche in the market of online dating; it is a site created for college singles only, ages 18 to 24.

Health reports indicate students may want to exercise caution when selecting glowing food in the college cafeteria.

As I trudged my way down the alley, I could smell the fetid stench of decaying flesh. I knew my time had come. I rounded the corner, and there he was. My subject stood at 5 feet 4 inches but was currently crouched over his latest prey. In his life, his name was Jeremy Ficklestein. He was a father of three, happily married to a lovely wife, whose body was found without its organs and, inexplicably, its chest.

When walking around NOVA’s Woodbridge campus, you may come across a bevy of stylish students, at times dressed head to toe in the latest trends, sometimes painfully so. But if you keep looking, you’re likely to come across Heather Kirkpatrick, a NOVA sophomore and fresh face in the ever-changing fashion industry, walking the halls or helping students as part of her job with the Student Ambassadors.

NOVA’s intramural golf tournament, organized by Dr. Muhammed Basit, the Executive Assistant to the Dean of Students at the Annandale campus, took place on Oct. 7 at the Penderbrook Golf Course near Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, under the auspices of the NOVA Student Activities Office of Brian Anweiler.

Ways to scare the living hell out of your neighbors

Walk around the yard carrying an ax.
Put a severed head (preferably a fake one) in the front yard, hide in the bushes & call out, “Save me!” when people walk by.
Put mannequins in the front yard and blend in among them until the kiddies come around, then move in for the scare.

Reasons to stay inside on Halloween.

You don’t have any clean sheets to make your usual ghost costume with.
You’ll get jumped if the kids think you have candy.
You’ll finally get all …

The NOVA women’s volleyball team traveled to Frederick on Sept. 30 to again face the Frederick Community College team, which they had earlier beaten in the season-opening tournament by taking three of four sets. This time the team improved on that performance by winning the match in three straight sets, 25-19, 25-11 and 25-16.

The NOVA ice hockey team, after its convincing 6-0 exhibition thrashing of VMI, began its regular season on the night of Oct. 1 at the Rockville Skating Center against the Roanoke College Wildcats.

In these days, many bands leave a major record label. Few continue to successfully create music – even fewer come out with an album in which they feel they hit their stride.

Southern rockers Ingram Hill are one of the few.