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Staff Report Professor Arra Avakian of Fresno, retired professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, has donated his entire library of color slides to the Armenian Studies Program. The collection constitutes more than 12,000 slides taken over forty years of travel by Dr. Avakian. The slides cover a wide number of places visited by Dr. Avakian, especially slides of important ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer One of the twentieth century’s greatest post-modern slogans simply states, “The only constant is change.” Irrespective of the truth (or the lack thereof) of this statement, the simple thought of an ever-changing society is a source of uncertainty for many, myself included. In the March 2004 edition of Hye Sharzhoom, I wrote concerning the stability offered ...

Chris Tozlian Staff Writer Earlier this March, Dr. Arman Martirosyan and Dr. Karen Yeghoyan, business professors from Yerevan State University (YSU), visited the Fresno State campus. The two professors spent seventeen days in the United States, almost all of these in Fresno. This first trip to the United States for both of the Armenian professors is part of an ongoing ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer When he speaks, you listen, when he paints, you respond, and when he smiles, you have no choice but to smile back. This is the mystery behind Ronald Dzerigian and his art. In the heart of Fresno’s Tower District sits a small coffee shop where Dzerigian relaxes drinking hot mint tea. He’s trying to recover from ...

Zhanna Bagdasarov Staff Writer On Monday evening, April 12, more than 450 members of the Fresno Armenian community gathered at the Satellite Student Union, in the heart of the Fresno State campus, to experience the extraordinary sounds of Armenian folk music performed by the Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble of Armenia. Each one of the eight-member ensemble contributed something completely different ...

Hakop Tataryan Staff Writer It has been 89 years since the Armenian Genocide took place, and to this day Armenians all over the world gather on April 24 to commemorate those who innocently lost their lives. The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) and Armenian Studies Program organized an event in honor of the genocide on Friday, April 23. Students and community ...

Staff Report Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian was the keynote speaker in English, on Saturday, April 24, 2004, on the occasion of the 89th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The event was held at the Saroyan Hall of the Krouzian-Zakarian Armenian School in San Francisco and sponsored by the Bay Area Armenian community. Following is an excerpt from his speech. Reverend ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer In yet another attempt to encourage the U.S. government to recognize the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) has initiated a grassroots campaign that involves using postcards to “Help end the cycle of Genocide.” The postcards, which display six horrifying pictures of genocide, are being sent to the offices of Senate Majority Leader ...

Staff Report “All Things Armenian” is a weekly, one hour long cultural arts and information program produced by KFSR and the Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State. The program airs on Saturdays from noon till 1 o’clock, immediately following the “Hye Oozh” program. Hosted by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, the program features interviews with noted Armenian guests, as well as ...

Mitchell Peters Staff Writer Looking at the first issue of Mosaix, a new high-end Armenian lifestyle magazine, one might think that he was flipping through an Armenian version of Vanity Fair. The cover of the fall 2003 issue angelically displays the beautiful Armenian pop singer Cher, who the magazine deems as one of the top ten most influential Armenians, while ...