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Supplement to The Collegian
ASO Marks Armenian Genocide Day With Commemorative Events
lEAiWl BACVA3AUOY
A>T>MaUT*T JfoXZYAW
Staff Waiters
To mail* Aimenian Genocide
Wfeel<,the Aimenian Students Or*
gmmtion (ASO) begin its com
atttior^iw* of the 881h anniver*
say of the 1915 massacres with
severalactivitiesoric&rapus* The
Aimenian Genocide refers to the
15 millbn Armenians who were
sku^deredby fe Ottoman TVttk*
&h government f rom 1915 until
1923. This event continue to be
remembered by Armenians
throughout the world on April 24
of every year.
Beginning on Wednesday
mcrnitg, April 23,the ASO <&■
phyedinf oimativeposters and di*
trfcMi^dfliers to curbus students,
Onthe evening of Ihe same day^he
remembrance activities continued
wfih & soe eningof two f iins ,£ta#
^CTWfbyRogerlftipelianand J&
J2ra$raz Story dire cte dby Denise
Armenian Genocide Ccmmemoraticn at the Free Speech Area. Lto R: A SO
Fresno Oty Councilman Tom Boyajian,and Barlow Der MLgrdecHanofthe
President Sevag Tateosian,
Armerian Studies Program.
G^rdilrrd. E^hftittkstsdfcrforty*
f r# mam* s andsparltedemoticttal
responses fromthe audience.
Thi wasfollowedby a silent
candlelight vigil, Communily
members abng w8h Fresno &ate
students waited wih 11 candks
from McLftftfc H&lltowardthe Ree
SJmch area,where the R+ Vahan
Gosdanian,pastor of Hoy lYauty
Armenian Apostoli Church, con*
ducted a requiem service
(fiofe&anfcttt) in both Armenian
&ftd Ehgtisft, Tte px^ers were in
ixemoiy of Iht fallen souls of Iht
1915massacres. Sevag Tateosian,
iresidentof the Armenian Students
Organization, commented that "H
was a successfulni^ttandwe will
continue the vigil as an ongoing
tradiim."
The neat day, April 24, the
Day of Rtt&£&bxanceofthe Aime-
nnn Genocide,brou^tt outcom
ttunsy members and students to
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4th Annual Armenian Film Festival A Hit
Pajl Chaderjia-i
Mncsiu. Prima
Staff WhlTER
Onthe rainy evening of Ri
ifffjUiaxh 14 ,the Aimenian Stud-
ks Program and Armenian Students Organiz&ion at California
Sfcft* University,Resno,helithe
Fourth Annua 1 Armenian Rhn "R s ■
tival VJsh Ihe showing of ei^tt
diort films, the festival proved to
be entertaining and educational.
The event featured the short
filns of risitg Axmen&n writers.
producers anddxrcc -
tors. Ihe Festival
w&h&ldinthe Aire
Peters Auditorium
of the Uhp/erssy
Busiu ss Center ,on
the campus of
Resno State, Ihe
festival attracted a
Aanding-room- only
audience from Ihe
Resno community
r^c hidiig students,
couples and families.
The films
screened, which
ranged fromS to 30
mra&e s in fergth ,in-
cluded: Post Soviet
MxHa in jtmeria
(2002) (U.S.), ftv
HftfrA if ,$tettfr
(2002) (U.S.),
Jbgadskeer... Between the AEo* <£ £otf (2001)
(U.S.),-frw«&; Jh'.OnMpsi '^
C'ufam (2001) (U.S.) by Vatche
Arabian, The tighzhozxe (2001)
(U.S.), The Xang<$Rones (2002)
(Armenia), AOv (2001) (Aniie*
nia) and JV MdppeUe (2001)
(Ftar^^)by ^ephane Einadjian*
?& ffirafzOT ^£»y (2002) (U.S.)
by Denise Gentiliu, Ztrft JtrcjJ
zntfc Jteujtfa'ra (1999) (U. S.)by
Roger IO^ehan,and C61d Sjpp^r
(2002) (Armenia) by Siralcan
Abpyan were screened fi\e next
momingin Rof, Ko^mj an'sf iln
ckss.
VAtha diverse se iv ctionof top -
ics,fi\esefihns e^lcredtmnydif-
ferenta^ects of Armenian cubjr^:
cheimingfictitious stories, artistic
worlds, and subjects lhat touched
the heart.
'We prkedthe most interesting filns and tried to malte the
program as full of variety as pes*
sibfe ,"aidTatevik Ekezian,Vice*
Residentoflhe Aimennn Students
Or^nization atResno State,who
he^edo^nnetfie festival,'We
vF^rde dtotouchona lotof di£fe r^a
subjects,"she centimed.
Of tiw e^tfibis,two inpar*
ticular seemed to be audience fa*
vorites. PkwDy directed by Nika
3wk jew alslhe waimhearte d Owy
of \ mmwhosenei^borchiHren
call?^£?+ The ^toiy setting takes
place 11 Yerevan, Aimenia.
'itwas sonatural,ar ealsto^,"
said audience member Vatdie
Sogjtomwd&n. ^^vtry^itr^: w^
si^erb withinthe fihn"
The second film which re*
ceivedmuchpra&£ was TkeUgkt*
howey directed by Carissa D.
V%x&ziiXi> Thi; 18 minute fita
wasproducedasawodi of^umal-
ismto e ^ toe anduncover corr^*
tion widun Armenia's he alth care
industry. The fik& featured Dr.
Ht4>rlfcv^ ^mni^ri >^1< trtdfcw: ^rtt d >
humorous tmn,who was success*
ful in using honest business prac*
tices tobeatthe system.
The directors of the screened
set Ru* Festival page 7
Dr. James Waller Discusses Reasons
Why People Commit Genocide
Lto R: Q-.AI House pan, Director
Consciousness, L>. James Waller
Hak op Tatauyak
Staff Writs
April is the month for com-
memoratitg &e Aimenian Genocide and it was onJyfittingthatDr.
James Waller gave a lecture onthe
psychology of tmss murder and
genocide, duriig this month. At
7:30 pm on April 10,the Department of Psychology jotted wih
the Aimenian Studies ft ogramand
tfie Aimenian fbidents Or^niz^-
tionmpresenting Dr. Waller. The
Center f or the Study of Consciousness, Spirituality? and CblbiEe of
the Universiy of Califomn, San
Fhncisco*Fta&io &&d±alRluca-
tion Program,Ihe EliLiUy Corn-
oft he Certerforthe Study of
and Barlow Der MLgrdecNan.
party*, and WhitworthColfege also
co-^onsoredthe event.
Ivbr * than 175 people showe d
up to hear Dr. Waller discuss his
recentlypublishedbodk Becamvig
Evil: Hm Qrdkn&y People Cm
CemxiS Genocide ondMu Kili
ing. Dr. Wilier is Eiward B.
Lndaman Chair and Professor of
Psydiology^ at Whitwoith College
x\ ^okane,Washington.
AKftller is a wile tyit cogniae d
scholar m tfie field of Holocaust
and genocide studies andhasheld
ktternaticttalfe Qowsh^s mEXsope
andthe Unied ftates. % received
his PhD. from the University of
Kentucky and his academi: spe-
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