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By Arpik Paraghamian Staff Writer The Fresno State Orpheus concert series entered its 22nd Season Saturday Oct. 14, 2000 with performances of Armenian and European compositions rendered by composers Alan Brett, Pierick Houdy, and Maurice Ravel. The first piece was the world premiere of Brett’s, The Fruit, to be Tasted, Was Torn from the Tree, a suite based on songs ...

By Edward Thurber Staff Writer Dr. Richard Hovannisian, this semester’s Henry S. Khazandian Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies at Fresno State, gave an evening lecture on October 8th titled “The Armenian Genocide: Remembrance and Denial,” the first of the three-part Henry S. Khazandian Kazan lecture series that deals with topics related to the Armenian Genocide. Dr. Hovannisian gave an account ...

By Ara Mekhitarian Demk Radio Address: http://www.demkradio.com Brief Summary: Demkradio.com is an on-line Armenian radio station which allows anyone to log on to listen to Armenian music over the internet. This web site was first launched in November of 1999 and has since become extremely popular with many regular visitors. Just click on their “listen” option and you’ll automatically enter ...

By Barlow Der Mugrdechian Hye Sharzhoom Advisor Professors Anna Sargsyan and Aram Karapetyan of the Yerevan State University (YSU) School of Business were on a working visit to Fresno State for three weeks, from November 12 to December 2 as part of the Faculty Development Program in Business and Economics. The Program was started in 1999, when Fresno State was ...

By John Jabagchourian Editor On a trip to the United States, is Holiness Aram I,Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, made a special stop at California State University, Fresno on the morning of October 23, 2000 to speak to students and faculty on “The Ecological Crisis, Its Causes and Implications: A Christian View.” Dressed in the traditional black robe ...

John Jabagchourian / Editor Taking steps towards the truth, yet not quite through the door, the 106th U.S. Congress has experienced a last minute spark in moving House Resolution 596 through the legislative process. The resolution, affirming the Armenian Genocide, will be heard and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives after the full House International Relations Committee passed ...

Professor Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the authors and publishers for the following books, videos and periodicals. Ben Amirkhanian & The William Saroyan Society William Saroyan posters and CD of the 1st Annual Great Saroyan Reading Araz Artinian, Ville St Laurent Quebec Video: Surviving the Richter Scale Dr. Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Medford, MA Baghdiantz ...

Staff Report Avedis & Sirvart Adourian, Fresno Madeline Adrian, San Francisco Jack Bournazian, Chula Vista T. Cereghino, Santa Rosa Mr. & Mrs. K.K. Cholakian, Dinuba Helen Corrigan, Edmonds, WA Christine Darmanian, Fresno Horace & Dolores Davidian, Fresno In memory of Norma Der Mugrdechian Leona & Armen Donian, Antioch Edward Godoshian, Danville Blossom B. Gregorian, Fresno Roxie & Stan Jizmejian, Fresno ...

Staff Report Hakob Arestakesyan is a senior majoring in Political Science, who will graduate this semester. Hakob has decided to study at Yerevan State University for one semester as part of the Fresno State-Yerevan State University agreement which provides for exchange students from one university to study at the other for one semester. Hakob will be studying a variety of ...

John Jabagchourian / Editor Walking across campus, students young and old shout out his first name with exuberance. It seemed everyone knew him, not because he is a public figure in Fresno but because he has somehow touched each person somewhere in life. He says hello, asks them how they’ve been. They talk about the times they met, and he ...