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Arpik Paraghamian Staff Writer Over 125 Armenian students and members of the community had the opportunity to see four films make their Fresno debuts at the Third Annual Armenian Film Festival on Thursday, April 18, in the Alice Peters Auditorium. For the past three years, the Armenian Students Organization and the Armenian Studies Program, with funding from the University Student ...

Carina Karakashian Staff Writer “It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember…” (Israeli Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin), and remember is what the Fresno State Armenian Students did on Wednesday, April 24, 2002 at their 12 noon remembrance of the 87th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Students, guests, and community members gathered at ...

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. Edward Alexander, Bethesda, MD, for the copy of his book, A Crime of Vengeance, an Armenian Struggle for Justice. Nebraska: Universe.com, Inc, 1991. Artissage, Arts Magazine, Leiden-Utrecht, 2001, a full color museum ...

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, ...