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By Arakel Arisian ASO President Almost half way through the year the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) is well into its many activities.  This semester has had many exciting, fun and productive events.  More importantly, the composition of the ASO membership has become very diverse with students from all walks of life, yet all of them are tied together by a ...

Donations received as of 4-21-97 Associate Pete P.Peters Patrons Gerard & Josephine Chahmirian Friends Chevron Products Co Bob & Norma Der Mugrdechian Stanely Gajarian Paul & Betty Jane Geragos Peter Giragosian Michael & Jackline Matosian Steve Saroyan Edward L. Sornigian M/M Ralph Tufenkian Sponsors J. Agajanian M/M Norman A. Avedian Tarjian Bedoian M/M Kenneth Chooljian Richard & Armon Darmanian Sam ...

Staff Report Reuben Nakian: A Centennial Survey exhibit will see the Museum examining the work of one of the most original and innovative sculptors of this Century. During his career, Nakian was recognized with a Whitney Fellowship, a Guggenheim Grant, and Ford Foundation recognition. His United States representation at the San Paulo(1961) and Venice(1968) biennials, his retrospectives in Los Angeles, ...

Staff Report The Center for Near Eastern Studies of the University of California, Los Angeles sponsored a special colloquium entitled “Renegotiating Identity in Terms of the Other: Armeno-Islamic Interchange in Anatolia during the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century,” on Friday May 2, 1997 on the UCLA campus. Following a UCLA tradition, Dr. Peter Cowe, Visiting Associate Professor of Armenian ...

By Aznive Tchapadarian AHA– these are the call letters for the Armenian Youth groups that came together for the first time this year to commemorate the 82nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. AHA stands for Armenian Students Organization, Homenetmen, and Armenian Youth Federation. To start the week-long commemoration activities, a play and poetry reading were performed on Saturday, April 19, ...

By Steven E. Gilbert The final installment of this year’s Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts at Fresno State, jointly sponsored by the university’s Armenian Studies Program and the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Society, had the added significance of coinciding with the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It featured Vardan Mamikonian, a remarkable pianist born 26 years ago in Yerevan, ...

by Jacqueline Arikian On March 10th, on the campus of California State University, Fresno, Professor Michael Krikorian of UCRiverside made his way to the front of a crowded classroom filled with eager students. A bearded man dressed in jeans and a sports coat, he seated himself on top of the desk in the front of the room and began to ...

By Tina Attashian Garo Nakashian, the cartoonist that introduced Katch Vartan II to you in previous Hye Saharzhoom editions, participated in an annual senior portfolio show for graphic design majors. The show took place in the Conely Art Gallery on April 15, 1997 and among thirteen other students he presented 3 years of his work in a portfolio. His portfolio ...

By Tina Attashian As we entered the room, we saw Aram looking through his CD’s selecting his next set of songs. Then as he introduced his next song Garo and I had sat down to talk to him. As we were interviewing Aram, the melody of the great music and constant ringing of the phone from listeners created an energetic ...

by Anna Der Minasian Garza The History Department and the Armenian Studies Program co-sponsored a symposium, Armenians in the Raisin Industry: 1890-1990, on April 5, 1997, in the Alice Peters Auditorium at California State University, Fresno. A satellite room with closed circuit television was opened to accommodate the overflow audience of approximately 150. Partial funding for the conference came from ...