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Dear Editor: Nice Job! Vahe & Rita Messerlian Northridge CA Dear Editors: Great publication, very worthy. Dick A. Berberian Inglewood, CA Dear Barlow Der Mugrdechian I enjoy reading Hye Sharzhoom when I am visiting my mother in Fresno. I find it very educational and topical in keeping current with the Armenian community and your program activities. The recent article about ...

Sevag Tateosian staff writer Hello and Parev to all. Welcome to this easy class on how to speak Western Armenian! It is very easy to learn Armenian. In the following section, I will be teaching you basic phrases that you would hear in Western Armenian. If you are excited about what you read, and would like to learn more of ...

Carnia Karakashian Staff Writer “If you could use one Armenian word to describe yourself what would it be?”   Ash – kha – da – ser “Hard – Worker”       Khel – a – tsee “Smart”       Jar – beeg “Clever as a Fox”       Eer – a – gan “Real”       ...

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Staff Report An interview with Fresno State Armenian basketball player, Rouben Vesmadian. When Jerry Tarkanian returned to Fresno State as head basketball coach in 1995, the large Armenian Community of Fresno fell in love with basketball. Since Tarkanian’s arrival, the Fresno State program has become recognized as one of the best in the nation and Armenians stand proud whenever the ...

Chris Tozlian staff writer On Monday, February 4th, Professor Levon Chookaszian lectured at CSU Fresno on “The Image of Secular Power in Armenian Art,” as part of the Armenian Studies Program Spring Lecture Series. Dr. Chookaszian presented a compelling survey of both Armenian and pre-Armenian art that spanned four millennia, beginning at approximately 2000 BC and moving well into the ...

Tamara Karakashian Editor Crossing the finish line of a bobsled track is like stepping off a high-speed roller coaster. For Dan Janjigian, an American-Armenian who competed for Team Armenia in the 2002 Olympic Games, this was the ultimate adrenalin rush. More than that, Janjigian pursued a dream. He experienced first hand how making his grandmother proud truly really felt. Janjigian, ...

Erica Ananian Staff Writer On January 20, 2002, David Nersesyan, age 19, and David Sirunyan, age 18, arrived in Fresno, CA to begin a one semester stay at Fresno State. Dr. John Shields, chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics, organized their visit in collaboration with the USDA Marketing Assistance Project, which helped to sponsor their trip. The College of ...

Staff Report Dr. Alexander Chilingaryan, Dr. Narek Martirosyan, and Dr. Armen Yeghiazaryan, all faculty of the School of Business at Yerevan State University (YSU) visited Fresno, February 17 through March 9, as part of the NIS (Newly Independent States) College and University Partnership Faculty and Development Program in Business and Economics between Yerevan State University and California State University, Fresno. ...

Arpik Paraghamian Staff Report In August of 1999 two Armenian women with two daughters each were having a play-date at a park when one asked the other if she sang songs to her children in Armenian. When the reply was ‘yes’ an exchange of rhymes took place and 2Mayrer (two mothers) was formed. Nvair Beylerian and Diane Haroutunian are the ...