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Zhanna Bagdasarov Staff Writer On the evening of March 11 the life and work of William Saroyan was honored by those who knew him and those who valued his work. Students and community members gathered inside the Industrial Technology Building, Room 101, at 7 o’clock in the evening to listen to a panel of speakers present different aspects of Saroyan’s ...

Nyrie Karkazian Staff Writer A crowd of people stood solemnly in the Free Speech Area at Fresno State, April 22, in honor of the 2 million people who died in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Members of the Armenian Students Organization held a large sign in the background that read “Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923, 2 million massacred,” as the crowd waited ...

Staff Report Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts either offered personally or to the Program. Armenica.Org. Sweden, for the Armenian Genocide Posters. Walter Karabian, Los Angeles, for the CD of the luncheon celebrating his father-in-law, Arshag Dickranian’s 100th birthday, and ...

Staff Report The Armenian Studies Program awarded scholarships and research grants from seven different endowment or scholarship funds and research grants for a total of $46,800. These scholarships encourage students to purse minors in Armenian Studies and to enroll in the various course offerings. We ask our student and our supporters to tell their friends and relatives about the Armenian ...

Staff Report Name: Stepan Kyutunyan Year: Freshman I wrote emails to our senators asking them to put the recognition of the Genocide before Congress.   Name: Gevork Aristakesyan Year: Senior I went to church and prayed for the countless victims of the Genocide.   Names: Ani Estefanian and Gayane Frnzyan Year: Senior & Freshman We went as a group of ...

Alex Bunch Staff Writer Armenian Genocide Address: http://www.armenian-genocide.org/ Main Categories: Armenian Genocide, History, Research Brief Summary: This is a website dedicated to educating people with respect to the Armenian genocide of 1915. The creators have gone to great lengths to publish and organize information in a very thoughtful and easy to learn fashion. The detailed links you will find on ...

Staff Report Students at Fresno State passed a referendum, April 20 and 21, that will increase future funding for The Collegian beginning next semester. The referendum passed 655 to 443. The Collegian is currently funded through the Associated Students, but the passage of the referendum guarantees that The Collegian will now be independently funded directly through student fees. This independence ...

Hakop Tataryan Editor The 6th Annual Armenian Film Festival at Fresno State was held on April 1 and audience members were treated to four films from different categories of film making. A documentary about the genocide, a short experimental and somewhat abstract film, a student film about two famous Armenian authors, and the featured film of the evening “Calendar,” a ...

Sebouh Krioghlian Staff Writer With the support of Kevork Imirzian, Satenig Kassabian, Dennis Shamlian, Arsineh Khachikian, and Barlow Der Mugrdechian; Iakovos Kolanian, a critically acclaimed Armenian-Greek classical guitarist gave a benefit concert on March 5 for the Armenian Community School of Fresno and the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State. Kolanian, born in Greece in 1960, started to study classical ...

Sarah Soghomonian Staff Writer “It’s about time that we loudly repudiate the romantic conceit that ‘my pen is my gun.’ Pens are pens and guns are guns. There are more than enough ‘intellectuals’ in the diaspora. What we need are fighters, soldiers, fedaiis.” – Monte Melkonian Hakop Tataryan Editor Heroes are like ghosts, many people speak of them, but only ...