Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer What is your first impression of the Armenian community at Fresno State? Karine Frnzyan Chemistry – freshman Everyone seems to bond together like brothers and sisters. They seem to welcome every kind of Armenian with open arms, and that’s awesome. I am proud to be part of this community.     Suzie Pogosyan Fashion Design – ...

Wendy Dunbar Staff Writer As the fall semester has begun, the Armenian Studies Program is pleased to announce the Honors Program participants for the 2005-2006 academic year. Isaac Halls, Christina Karakashian, Sebouh Krioghlian, and Alina Melkonian have all shown academic excellence and dedication, which are a few reasons for their acceptance into the program. One cannot just ask and receive ...

Sarah Soghomonian Staff Writer Fresno State has welcomed Talene Naljian to campus this semester. Naljian, 19, from Upper Saddle River, N.J., is taking part in the National Student Exchange Program. The sophomore attends Ramapo College of New Jersey, one of the many universities in the United States that allows students to study a semester at a different school. Naljian was ...

Staff Report The new 2005-2006 Armenian Students Organization executive members were asked their views on a few questions. Question 1: What do you hope to contribute to the ASO this year by being on the executive committee? Question 2: What do you see happening for the ASO this year? Question 3: How do you hope to increase the membership and ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov Editor What do the words Jazz, Fresno Art Museum and Thursday have in common? Well, if you enjoy great music and are willing to put the mundane aspects of your life on hold once in a while, then a night of real Jazz music at the Fresno Art Museum is just what you need, every last Thursday of ...

Svetlana Bagdasarov Staff Writer Charismatic, professional, strikingly radiant, captivating, and simply irresistible are just a few of the words that come to mind when thinking about the talented Armenian-Canadian lyric soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian. Not only is she well known and praised for her operatic career, but she also manages to find time for numerous recitals, vibrant concerts, and special surprises ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor This year marks the auspicious celebration of the 1600th anniversary of the discovery of the God-pleasing Armenian alphabet. When the pious and virtuous Mesrob Mashtots made this discovery, through the guidance of the spirit of God, the Armenian people received a wonderful gift, an alphabet of thirty-six letters that would completely and permanently alter the nature ...

Sebouh Krioghlian Staff Writer Vahan Mardirossian, an accomplished Armenian pianist, performed in the Concert Hall at Fresno State on September 11, in a concert sponsored by the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts series and the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, in 1975, the prize-winning Mardirossian went on to graduate from the Paris Conservatory ...

Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor The Armenia Summer Study Program 2005 brought together nine students and their professor for a three-week journey to Armenia. Students gained three units credit as part of the class, which ran June 20-July 9. After a quick two-day visit to London, the excited group arrived in Yerevan on June 23, beginning what was to be an ...

Armine Sargsyan Staff Writer This year many anniversaries of the Armenian world coincide. The Catholicos of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia, Aram I, will pay a special visit to the United States in honor of four events: the 75th anniversary of the Seminary of the Great House of Cilicia; the 1600th anniversary of the Invention of ...