COLLEGE OFFERS ONLINE GRAMMAR AID.Byline: JOANNE CRAWFORD Education The Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Writing Lab has set up a grammar usage hotline for e-mail users. ``Grammar hotlines have been around at different education institutions for years, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Writing Center director Dorothy Williams,'' campus public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director Steve Standerfer said. ``But the advent of Internet access enables AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C to offer this service through e-mail instead of the old, and disruptive, method of telephone calls.'' Students and local residents can e-mail grammar questions to: writingcenteravc.edu. In addition, a traveling technology show sponsored by the Institute of Multisensory multisensory /mul·ti·sen·so·ry/ (mul?te-sen´sah-re) capable of responding to more than one kind of sensory input, as certain neurons in the central nervous system. Learning will be at the college from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. ``The Multisensory Learning lab is entirely self-contained and can travel to any location in California,'' Standerfer said. ``It is equipped with the latest in multimedia, computing, Internet and networking technologies. Participants will view hands-on demonstrations and will learn the vast possibilities of using technology and multimedia.'' Trainers will demonstrate a variety of multimedia programs, including Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Illustrator 7.0, HyperStudio, Kai's PowerShow and Macromedia Freehand, Standerfer said. More more details, call (661) 722-6422 or visit the Institute of Multisensory Learning Web site at institute.communitycollege.org. LANCASTER - Spaces are still available for students interested in studying tropical biology in Costa Rica during the AVC intersession in·ter·ses·sion n. The time between two academic sessions or semesters. in  ter·ses . The course will run Jan. 4 to Jan. 21. Cost is $1,920, including transportation, lodging, park fees and most meals. A $250 deposit is required. Participants must register for Biology 170 during the intersession registration. For more information, contact Callyn Yorke at (661) 722-6437 or Laurie McBeth at Uniglobe Travel at (661) 942-5500. LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in and Symphony Orchestra will present a holiday concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. The program ``Classics and Carols'' will include Beethoven's ``Mass in C'' as well as Christmas and Hanukkah tunes, director David Newby said. A ``curtain raiser'' talk will start at 2:15 p.m. Tickets are $14 for general admission, $12 for seniors and $7 for youths under age 18. For more information, call (661) 722-6383. |
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