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COURSE OFFERINGS Day Cusses Astronomy Computer Science Developmental College learning Skills (Required for TASP Remediation only) Developmental Writing Economics Electronics English English as a Second Language Geography Geology Health Information Management History Management Math/Developmental Math Music Philosophy Physical Education Religion Speech Evening Classes Astronomy Economics Electronics English Geography Geology Management Math/Developmentol Math Music Physical Education Speech Mf'f Mountain View COLL E E May-Term is designed for highly motivated students who can devote time to an accelerated, fast-paced program of study. Classes begin May 17 and continue through June 4 for 3 credit hour courses and May 14 through June 4 for 4 credit courses. Classes meet Monday - Friday with the exception of Memorial Day, May 31. Some courses have required orientations. Registration Dates April! 9-May 13 May 14 Mon - Thu Fri Fri 9 am - 7 pm 9 am - 3 pm 9 am - 3 pm Late Registration May 17 Mon 9 am - 6 pm For further information on a specific course, call 214.860.8680 for a free summer schedule. Mountain View College • 4849 W. Illinois Ave. • Dallas, Texas 75211 Mountain View College is a port of the Dallas County Community College District •< - . . Page 10 • Friday, May 7, 1999 N EWS IBattalioi A&M math courses, tutoring to be offered via World Wide BY LISA K. HILL The Battalion Selected math courses will be offered on the World Wide Web this fall through distance education, where classes are offered via the Internet, and facilitator mode teaching, where classes are held in computer class rooms. Dr. Michael Steelier, Math 131 instructor, said his class will be the only section taught by distance edu cation. “Students will meet during the first week of classes to learn Scientific Notebook and Web CT, two programs the class is administered from,” he said. “Students will not have to purchase textbooks because these pro grams contain all the needed information and are avail able through the University system.” Students access a Webpage where they can find as signments and take quizzes. Chat rooms and bulletin pages will also be available for interaction between the instructor and students. Stecher said the new form of education will offer convenience but is not designed for students to avoid attending classes. “Students must understand content, and lb of work is the same,” he said. "This course is self-motivated people who will be able to keep the assignments.” Don Allen, professor of mathematics, wil math courses through facilitator mode and form of education offers new challenges. “By using the high speed and versatility of c ers, we are giving students education on denu: said. “This type of learning could not have bet- five years ago.” Students taking classes through facilitatoi meet in computer classrooms two to three times for instructor tutoring. Allen said one advantage of facilitator moc cation is that there are no textbooks and only sential parts of the text are posted on the Web "The lean and lively pages from the textarei] to prevent boredom,” he said. “There are also hyperlinks to provide extra" The fall semester will present the first oppe for students to take math courses by distance tion. Facilitator mode learning has beenoffere the Spring 1998. |b capti butts men Mace- cial sa_ “Althc of haz ation i after t bulk ed in itivity, ineth It detai J3acoi'» elude ibt” tl the VI whei'i Yu go I lhoriti < Itors \ [forms [‘They ■ly larj ■i’t kn Jasper victim’s daughter seeks hate crime bt ti-Semitism. • After her mother schwitz. she escaped witbwYt-Li AUSTIN (AP) — The daughter of a black man dragged to his death in Jasper last year appealed directly to Gov. George W. Bush on Thursday to get behind legislation that would strengthen the current hate crimes law. Francis Renee Mullins, 28, of fered tearful testimony to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee in sup port of a bill that would strengthen current law by defining a hate crime as one motivated by the victim’s race, ethnicity, gender, disability, re ligion or sexual preference. Mullins and her cousin, Byrd’s nephew Darrell Verrett, then met with Bush in his office for 10 min utes at their request. “I told him in so many words that next to God, he was the man who holds my dad’s fate,” said Mullins, daughter of James Byrd Jr., who was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to death last June because he was black. “I said ’It’s up to you to decide whether or not my dad died in vain.’” Verrett said Bush told them that if the Senate passed the legislation. he would give it “serious considera tion.” Bush has been noncommittal on the hate crimes bill. He said earlier Thursday that he would “look at the bill if it makes it through the Legis lature to his desk.” Neither Bush nor his representa tives could be reached for comment after the hearing. A jury convicted one of three white suspects, John William King, in Byrd’s slaying and sentenced him to death earlier this year. Trials for the other two are pending. The Justice Committee adjourned Thursday night without voting on the bill upon the request of its sponsor. Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston. The James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act was approved last month by the House. The hearing brought in dozens of witnesses, including Houston May or Lee Brown, who said the law would “assist in stopping the cycle of bias that starts with subtlety and moves on to cruelty.” Lucy Katz, a Holocaust survivor who now lives in Austin, spoke about her own experiences with Auschwitz, she escaped' ther and stepmother to Phila® ^ in 1949. It was not long,wjf# membered, before NazispwB ^ peared on buildings acrossr-R WAS from her home. B nex “We have found curerB ls Pi ta many diseases that havekftff ovei pie in years past,” Katzs, 8p tin 8 one disease we have nottaB 13 ^' to cure is hatred.” oirih a Opponents of the measut-BP 61 " 5 - ever, argued that the propose:B Kett latum could not cure hate. 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