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Mourning observed amid festivities
The Vintage Day's parade, with its
cacophony of cheers, whistles and
song, passed the somber faces at black-
arm banded Armenians carrying placards
graphically illustrsting victims of ths
1916 Armenian .esuotldo ■saterday.
The CSUF iinw I j iiMssW didn't halt
their joyous cheering and chanting, bat
ther eye* were averted. They could not
look into the faces of thsoe who were si-
lenHy rnournmg two ™tnm*m martyred
Armenians, in cornnssmoration of the
SSth oinii.eisaiy of the Armenian geno¬
cide.
Later, when the parade reached its
destination, the CSUF orrrrjirtheatre,
the r)artiripants obse. »ed a few moments
of silence for the 60 Americans held
hostage m ban and the victims of the
1916-22 Armenian genocide.
Dr. Dickran KouymjUn, CSUF profssssr of Armenian .todies, was one of several
speakers st the Martyrs7 Day observsece yesterday at C8UF. Photo by John Biek
Your Pipeline
to PLEASURE
■~i
The Stuffed Pipe is celebrating its Grand
Opening and Vintage days by giving away
T-shirts to the first 10 people who walk
in the store April 24-27.
The Stuffed Pipe is filled with T-shirts, pipes,
jewelry, assorted paraphernalia, and unusual gifts.
Take a quick walk across Shaw to the
Stuffed Pipe, located behind the 7-11 store
at Shaw, and Maple. Hours are Monday-Saturday
10-8 and Sunday 10-7. Call 225-4622 for any
information.
The Stuffed Pipe—A pipeline to pleasure
for CSUF students.
l'l ' :/// .:..'•{.'I...
The contrast was there, mourning and
joy, and it wasn't lost on the Armenians
and their supporters.
I'm very disappointed in this uni¬
versity and on apology should be forth-
corning," ssid Dr. Herman George, a
CSUF piofeseoi of black studies and' s
guest speaker st the rammemoration.
. He said it was s shame that the Ar¬
menian 's "solemn" observance 'should
be ton-niniuoA by this frivolous activity
(Vintage Days).'
George, who is black, said he feels
a kinship with the Armenians.
'Black people know something of
suffering," George said, describing
the forced exportation of Africans for
slavery in the 19th century. This resulted
in as many as '50 million' African
'deaths, he said.
George said the need to remember
the Armenian genocide and other
examples of man's inhumanity to man
was paramount, but expressed doubt
people wanted to remember.
*I would say that this celebration
around as (Vintage Days) is proof of
the need to remember...because if
we don't, on whom can we put such s
solemn task.*
CSUF professor of English Gene
Bluestein, who was also invited to
speak, expressed hope that people's
awareness of the Armenian genocide
would grow so that "we don't have to
compete with a circus next year."
That Vintage Days and the A rmenian
Martyrs' Day observance did compete
was the result of a compromise worked
oat between the CSUF Armenian Stu¬
dents Organization (ASO) and the Vin¬
tage Days Committee.
When the ASO learned that the annual
spring celebration was scheduled
the same day as their commemoration,
they asked that they have use of the Free
Speech Area. Their request wss refused,
but the committee and the ASO worked
oat an agreement whereby the Armen¬
ians could st least use the east portion
of the Free Speech Area.
The Armenian speakers at the com¬
memoration did not even mention the
averted conflict.
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, CSUF pro¬
fessor of Armenian Studies, in fact
thanked the administration for their
cooperation in securing the ares, which
wss partitioned from the parade route
with a strung line of pink plastic.
As the Vintage Day parade began,
the Armenians held up their placards
showing the emaciated bodies of vic¬
tims of the Armenian genocide. The
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seemingly mtent
on education not crmfrotitsuon.
Speakers at the i<»»inemoration in¬
cluded Umversity President Dr. Harold
Haak, ASB President David Ditora,
snd Fresno Mayor Daniel Whitehurst,
who read a city proclamation comrnem-
orattng the genocide.
But it wss left to tbe Armenian speak¬
ers to get down, to what the event was
scheduled for: remembrance.
1 am a direct result of the Armenian
genocide," said former ASO president
and event organizer Brian Dmlniaian
1 am an Armenian away from my home¬
land...I'm an Armenian who can't
speak the language."
He said that the genocide meant more
in the long ran than the murder of two.
million Armenians by the Turks.
It meant that the Armenians were
stripped of their culture as well aa their
homeland. The genocide is still rosing
felt. Our cuhitre is slowly being lost,*
he said. 'Soon we will be Armenians in
name only.*
'The gepocide is still
being felt. Our culture
is slowly being lost'
While Bedrosian is a generation or
two away from the genocide, there
were some at the event who remembered
it vividly because they lived through
it.
Dr. Hagod Chakmakjian, a retired
priest of the Armenian Orthodox
Church, said, 'I actually saw mc4ners
(on the Turkish forced march to the Syr¬
ian wastelands) laying down their chil¬
dren below the bushes. They couldn't
feed them, they couldn't bury them.
They didn't want to see them die."
Chskrnakjian, who described him¬
self as 'not a man who believes in emo¬
tionalism," ssid he wss not speaking to
stir the audience' s passions.'
Emotionalism, he ssid, "will die out
as s big flame dies out.* he urged the
crowd to settle down to hard work.
'If you want justice, you have to work
hard. It cannot be done by bombastic
words,* be said.
Father Kourken Yaralian of tbe
Armenian Holy Trinity Church in Fres¬
no, did not spare any emotion, however.
'I've lost in my family, a whole gen¬
eration. My father was the only survi¬
vor," he said stopping himself short of
tears.
"They died because they were Ar¬
menians, because they were Christian.
They believed in God," Yaralian said.
Armenians had only to profess faith
in Islam to save themselves doling the
genocide, he said. Two million would not
and died horrible deaths.
continued on page 16
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| Title | 1980_04 The Daily Collegian April 1980 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
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| Title | April 25, 1980, Page 2 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1980 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
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AmtX.lim
Mourning observed amid festivities
The Vintage Day's parade, with its
cacophony of cheers, whistles and
song, passed the somber faces at black-
arm banded Armenians carrying placards
graphically illustrsting victims of ths
1916 Armenian .esuotldo ■saterday.
The CSUF iinw I j iiMssW didn't halt
their joyous cheering and chanting, bat
ther eye* were averted. They could not
look into the faces of thsoe who were si-
lenHy rnournmg two ™tnm*m martyred
Armenians, in cornnssmoration of the
SSth oinii.eisaiy of the Armenian geno¬
cide.
Later, when the parade reached its
destination, the CSUF orrrrjirtheatre,
the r)artiripants obse. »ed a few moments
of silence for the 60 Americans held
hostage m ban and the victims of the
1916-22 Armenian genocide.
Dr. Dickran KouymjUn, CSUF profssssr of Armenian .todies, was one of several
speakers st the Martyrs7 Day observsece yesterday at C8UF. Photo by John Biek
Your Pipeline
to PLEASURE
■~i
The Stuffed Pipe is celebrating its Grand
Opening and Vintage days by giving away
T-shirts to the first 10 people who walk
in the store April 24-27.
The Stuffed Pipe is filled with T-shirts, pipes,
jewelry, assorted paraphernalia, and unusual gifts.
Take a quick walk across Shaw to the
Stuffed Pipe, located behind the 7-11 store
at Shaw, and Maple. Hours are Monday-Saturday
10-8 and Sunday 10-7. Call 225-4622 for any
information.
The Stuffed Pipe—A pipeline to pleasure
for CSUF students.
l'l ' :/// .:..'•{.'I...
The contrast was there, mourning and
joy, and it wasn't lost on the Armenians
and their supporters.
I'm very disappointed in this uni¬
versity and on apology should be forth-
corning," ssid Dr. Herman George, a
CSUF piofeseoi of black studies and' s
guest speaker st the rammemoration.
. He said it was s shame that the Ar¬
menian 's "solemn" observance 'should
be ton-niniuoA by this frivolous activity
(Vintage Days).'
George, who is black, said he feels
a kinship with the Armenians.
'Black people know something of
suffering," George said, describing
the forced exportation of Africans for
slavery in the 19th century. This resulted
in as many as '50 million' African
'deaths, he said.
George said the need to remember
the Armenian genocide and other
examples of man's inhumanity to man
was paramount, but expressed doubt
people wanted to remember.
*I would say that this celebration
around as (Vintage Days) is proof of
the need to remember...because if
we don't, on whom can we put such s
solemn task.*
CSUF professor of English Gene
Bluestein, who was also invited to
speak, expressed hope that people's
awareness of the Armenian genocide
would grow so that "we don't have to
compete with a circus next year."
That Vintage Days and the A rmenian
Martyrs' Day observance did compete
was the result of a compromise worked
oat between the CSUF Armenian Stu¬
dents Organization (ASO) and the Vin¬
tage Days Committee.
When the ASO learned that the annual
spring celebration was scheduled
the same day as their commemoration,
they asked that they have use of the Free
Speech Area. Their request wss refused,
but the committee and the ASO worked
oat an agreement whereby the Armen¬
ians could st least use the east portion
of the Free Speech Area.
The Armenian speakers at the com¬
memoration did not even mention the
averted conflict.
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, CSUF pro¬
fessor of Armenian Studies, in fact
thanked the administration for their
cooperation in securing the ares, which
wss partitioned from the parade route
with a strung line of pink plastic.
As the Vintage Day parade began,
the Armenians held up their placards
showing the emaciated bodies of vic¬
tims of the Armenian genocide. The
TIRES-TUBES-WHEELS
CSUF Discount with ID
Tire Corral Inc.
Cedar & McKinley
262-0416
seemingly mtent
on education not crmfrotitsuon.
Speakers at the i<»»inemoration in¬
cluded Umversity President Dr. Harold
Haak, ASB President David Ditora,
snd Fresno Mayor Daniel Whitehurst,
who read a city proclamation comrnem-
orattng the genocide.
But it wss left to tbe Armenian speak¬
ers to get down, to what the event was
scheduled for: remembrance.
1 am a direct result of the Armenian
genocide," said former ASO president
and event organizer Brian Dmlniaian
1 am an Armenian away from my home¬
land...I'm an Armenian who can't
speak the language."
He said that the genocide meant more
in the long ran than the murder of two.
million Armenians by the Turks.
It meant that the Armenians were
stripped of their culture as well aa their
homeland. The genocide is still rosing
felt. Our cuhitre is slowly being lost,*
he said. 'Soon we will be Armenians in
name only.*
'The gepocide is still
being felt. Our culture
is slowly being lost'
While Bedrosian is a generation or
two away from the genocide, there
were some at the event who remembered
it vividly because they lived through
it.
Dr. Hagod Chakmakjian, a retired
priest of the Armenian Orthodox
Church, said, 'I actually saw mc4ners
(on the Turkish forced march to the Syr¬
ian wastelands) laying down their chil¬
dren below the bushes. They couldn't
feed them, they couldn't bury them.
They didn't want to see them die."
Chskrnakjian, who described him¬
self as 'not a man who believes in emo¬
tionalism," ssid he wss not speaking to
stir the audience' s passions.'
Emotionalism, he ssid, "will die out
as s big flame dies out.* he urged the
crowd to settle down to hard work.
'If you want justice, you have to work
hard. It cannot be done by bombastic
words,* be said.
Father Kourken Yaralian of tbe
Armenian Holy Trinity Church in Fres¬
no, did not spare any emotion, however.
'I've lost in my family, a whole gen¬
eration. My father was the only survi¬
vor," he said stopping himself short of
tears.
"They died because they were Ar¬
menians, because they were Christian.
They believed in God," Yaralian said.
Armenians had only to profess faith
in Islam to save themselves doling the
genocide, he said. Two million would not
and died horrible deaths.
continued on page 16
Registration Time Is Here!
Make sure all or your questions are answered
come to Students With Answers
we can help you!!
Students with answers & 10-5 Mon-Fri
San Ramon No. 2 Room 45G 437-2924
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