Staff Report Armenia’s Central Election Commission published the final official results of the February 19 presidential election which show President Robert Kocharian failing to win an outright victory. According to the official figures, Kocharian garnered 49.5 percent of some 1.4 million votes. This is 0.3 percent less than the preliminary figure cited by the CEC on February 20. The threshold ...

Marine Ekezian and Zhanna Bagdasarov Staff Writers Put your best foot forward, that is your right foot! Tom Bozigian, internationally recognized dance instructor, has the ability to make that saying come alive. On the evening of January 31, 2003 and all day February 1, 2003, people interested in Armenian traditional dance gathered at the South Gymnasium of Fresno State to ...

Arpik Paraghamian staff writer A group of nine students have spent three weekends, Feb. 7,8; 14, 15; and 21, 22, looking at slides of ancient structures in a far away place as they studied something little is known about, Armenian Architecture. The class is part of the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State and is being taught by Dr. Dickran ...

Chris Tozlian staff writer With the current talk of budget cuts throughout the whole of the California State University system, it is quite reassuring for the Armenian Studies Program at CSU Fresno to have gracious benefactors. These budget cuts weigh on the minds of professors and administration alike, but from within the Armenian Studies program, things are “looking up.” In ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer During the last two weeks of January and the first week of February 2003, Arman Gabrielyan and Karine Asryan were not within their regular confines on the campus of Yerevan State University (YSU), where they both are associate professors in the University’s Faculty of Economics (Business School). Instead, they were attending classes daily at CSU Fresno. ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov and Alex Bunch Staff Writers On the evening of Sunday, February 9, 2003, Armenian Studies Program faculty, as well as student scholarship recipients and supporters of the program came together at the Residence Dining Facility to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno. Among the distinguished guests were: Arman Kirakossian, the ...

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Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the authors and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts either offered personally or to the Program. Alidz Agbabian, Dzalabadig, Images from the Diaspora’s Mother Community, in Armenian, Los Angeles: Dzil-u-Dzar Publications, 2002, 32 pages, large format with CD of songs. A book ...

Sevag Tateosian ASO President I would like to thank the students of the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) for electing me President this year. I am thankful that they had enough trust and faith to vote me into the Presidency. Last year as Vice President under Michael Harutinian, I learned a lot about the Armenian students of Fresno State. For example ...

Carina Karakashian and Nyrie Karkazian Writers Lebanese cuisine is one that is widely accepted in the Armenian community. In fact, much of Armenian cooking is heavily influenced by Lebanese or Middle Eastern cuisine. Lebanese cuisine is also largely accepted among those locally, in the Fresno area. There are numerous Lebanese/Middle Eastern restaurants in the Fresno area, however, we chose to ...