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By Arakel Arisian ASO President With the dawn of a new semester Armenian students at Fresno State embark on their mission to improve the Armenian Students Organization.  Every semester the ASO tries to grow and become  more active, and this spring 1999 semester is no exception.  Here are some of the activities and events of ASO. In late December and ...

By Chad Kirkorian Staff Writer On January 28, 1999, Genocide and human rights scholar Dr. Vahakn Dadrian, was at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church, in Fresno, to introduce his new book, Warrant for Genocide: Key Elements of the Turko-Armenian Conflict.  The lecture was co-sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program at California State University, Fresno, and the Armenian National Committee of ...

By Shayla Srabian Staff Writer The CSU Fresno Armenian Studies Program Spring Lecture Series featured Nancy Kricorian, author of Zabelle on March 2, 1999 at St. Paul Armenian Church, in Fresno.  The talk was co-sponsored by the Church. Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Director of the Armenian Studies Program, introduced Nancy Kricorian giving a brief biography of her accomplishments.  She is a ...

DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN (Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies) has published “Paris and the Arts,” The Armenian Reporter International, January 24, 1998, pp. 17 & 19; “Les reliures de manuscrits armèniens à inscriptions,” Recherches de codicologie comparèe. La composition du codex au Moyen Age, en Orient et en Occident, edited by Philippe Hoffman, Paris: Presses de lÕecole normale supèrieure, 1998, pp. 259-274; ...

By Jennifer Keledjian Staff Writer As part of the continuing series on its 20th anniversary, Hye Sharzhoom has conducted an in-depth interview with Professor Khachig Tölölyan, a prominent Armenian scholar. Professor Tölölyan has been teaching English at Wesleyan University for almost 25 years.  Although his Ph.D. is in Comparative Literature, he primarily teaches the 20th Century American Novel and Literary ...

* Armeniaís GDP Rose   7.2 Percent in 1998 * Karabakh President in U.S. to Discuss Peace in Karabagh * United Armenian Fund Delivers $5.4 million in Aid to Armenia * General Motors to Manufacture Cars in Armenia * Administration Proposes 11 Percent Cut in U.S. Aid to Armenia-From $79.9 million in 1999 to $71.5 million for the year 2000 * ...

By Matthew Maroot Staff Writer Over 350 honored guests, faculty, distinguished community members and students gathered on the evening of Thursday, December 10, 1998 to attend the California State University, Fresno Armenian Studies Program’s Thirteenth Annual Banquet. The guest of honor was His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. This year, the evening began with a reception celebrating ...

By Michael Harutinian Staff Writer This is an interview with Mark Malkasian the first editor of Hye Sharzhoom.  On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Hye Sharzhoom the current staff thought it appropriate that he be interviewed to find out what the student climate was at the time of Hye Sharzhoomís conception.  We also wanted to get his perspectives ...

Staff Report With the semester winding down, ASO members are very busy with school. But there are still opportunities to get involved.  In addition to helping out with the ASP Annual Banquet, we have planned a Winter Ski Trip and End of the Year Social.  We also will have a few activities over the winter break.  So get a head- ...

Shayla Srabian Jennifer Keledjian Staff Writers Once upon a time, a young Armenian girl named Shushan, came of age and was ready to throw her own dinner party.  She asked her mother, Azniv, to help her with the preparation, since Shushan knew very little about cooking.  She too wanted to be a part of a traditional Armenian family, where good ...