John Jabagchourian / Editor Taking steps towards the truth, yet not quite through the door, the 106th U.S. Congress has experienced a last minute spark in moving House Resolution 596 through the legislative process. The resolution, affirming the Armenian Genocide, will be heard and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives after the full House International Relations Committee passed ...

Professor Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the authors and publishers for the following books, videos and periodicals. Ben Amirkhanian & The William Saroyan Society William Saroyan posters and CD of the 1st Annual Great Saroyan Reading Araz Artinian, Ville St Laurent Quebec Video: Surviving the Richter Scale Dr. Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Medford, MA Baghdiantz ...

Staff Report Avedis & Sirvart Adourian, Fresno Madeline Adrian, San Francisco Jack Bournazian, Chula Vista T. Cereghino, Santa Rosa Mr. & Mrs. K.K. Cholakian, Dinuba Helen Corrigan, Edmonds, WA Christine Darmanian, Fresno Horace & Dolores Davidian, Fresno In memory of Norma Der Mugrdechian Leona & Armen Donian, Antioch Edward Godoshian, Danville Blossom B. Gregorian, Fresno Roxie & Stan Jizmejian, Fresno ...

Staff Report Hakob Arestakesyan is a senior majoring in Political Science, who will graduate this semester. Hakob has decided to study at Yerevan State University for one semester as part of the Fresno State-Yerevan State University agreement which provides for exchange students from one university to study at the other for one semester. Hakob will be studying a variety of ...

John Jabagchourian / Editor Walking across campus, students young and old shout out his first name with exuberance. It seemed everyone knew him, not because he is a public figure in Fresno but because he has somehow touched each person somewhere in life. He says hello, asks them how they’ve been. They talk about the times they met, and he ...

Arpik Paraghamian / Staff Writer An independent London-based youth group called RBO is out to redefine Armenian music with their CD “Hokis Volume Meg.” This compilation of ballads, modern dance tracks, and comical interludes is unlike anything Armenian music has experienced. Recorded at Airtank Studios in London, “Hokis” was released in August and features Armenian artists from Boston, Beirut, and ...

Staff Report The Faculty Development Program in Business and Economics between CSUF and Yerevan State University will continue with a three-year grant of nearly $300,000 awarded to Fresno State under the Newly Independent States (NIS) College and University Partnership Program. As part of the project, Fresno State faculty will collaborate with Yerevan State University faculty to develop curricula in the ...

Edward Thurber / Staff Writer As a first time student at Fresno State, and with the encouragement of the Armenian Studies Program, I found myself taking Armenian Studies 105, Armenian Genocide in Comparative Context, taught by Dr. Richard Hovannisian. Dr. Hovannisian, Professor of Armenian and Near East History and Holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History ...

Sponsors Triple X Fraternity, Selma Chapter Supporters Janice & Barr Andreasian Mrs. A. Haigazian Berman Ms. Carolyn Chooljian Earlene Craver Michael Gorjian Rose Nevart Jerzyk Alan Koobatian Ms. Rose Koobation Hermine Kouyoumdjian Gregory Mazmanian Clifford Melikian Edward L. Sornigian Mr. & Mrs. K. Yervant Terzian Bess P.Vickery

Staff Report How lucky we are in the land of the Free to pursue truth and justice in our program. What a great cultural and historical legacy the Armenian Studies Program engenders for all, Armenians and non-Armenians alike. May it live and prosper for a long time. I would like to honor Dickran Kouymjian for all he has given us ...