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HYE SHARZHOOM
Armenian Action
th
20
ANNIVERSARY
March 1999
Vol. 20, No. 3 (65)
Supplement to The Collegian
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Keynote
Speaker at Armenian Studies Banquet
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
the exhibit in the Lyles Gallery of
the John Wright Theatre by Ara F.
"Corky" Normart, Jr. titled, "The
Dome of the Holy Sepulchre in
Jerusalem." Normart, aFresnoresi-
dent, designed the newly restored
dome of what is the holiest site in
all of Christendom.
The original dome, constructed in the mid-1800s, was
double-walled and of Russian design. Through the years, earthquakes, fires and warfare left the
dome severely damaged. Then in
1970, the outer and inner walls of
the dome were removed in anticipation of its restoration. The original framework was found to be still
intact and structurally sound. Financed by an individual from New
York, the restoration project took
two and a half years to complete.
The restoration, however, would
not have been complete without
the support of Archbishop
Manoogian. "His approval, acceptance, and support were absolutely essential to the project,"
Normart said.
After the reception, the attendees moved to the Satellite Student
Union where they were greeted by
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Haig and
quet: State Senator
Chuck Poochigian,
Fresno Mayor Jim
Patterson, Fresno City
Councilmen Garry
Bredefeld, Dan
Ronquillo, Sal Quintero,
and Fresno County
Sheriff Richard Pierce.
In addition, Samuelian
thanked the Benefactors
and Patrons of the Armenian Studies Program for their generous
support and extended a
special token of gratitude to Dr. Dickran
Kouymjian, who for 22
years has worked to
bring the Armenian
Studies Program the
success that it enjoys
today. "We are the largest Armenian
Studies Program in the
His Beatitude Archbishop Manoogian, United States. We have
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem at three full-time faculty
Fresno State Press Conference members, more than any
Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies and Director of the
Armenian Studies Program. Following an invocation by the Very
Reverend Father Sasoon Vartabed
Zumrookhdian, Pastor of Saint Paul
Armenian Church, guests viewed a
slide show titled, "Jerusalem: The
Holy City," prepared by Arlene
Srabian, of the Armenian Studies
Program Advisory Board and Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian of
the Armenian Studies Program.
While guests enjoyed a dinner
of braised-lamb shanks prepared by
University Catering and guest chef
Stanley Kooyumjian, ^ Steve
Samuelian, District Director for
Congressman George Radanovich,
introduced several of the distinguished guests present at the ban-
other university. And we have and
always have had the largest number of students to teach. Therefore,
on the map of Armenian academics, Fresno State is number one in
terms of the size of the Program,"
Dr. Kouymjian said.
Dr. Sasan Rahmatian, Professor of Information Systems at
Fresno State provided musical entertainment for the evening on the
piano, and the Armenian Community School of Fresno Choir performed under the direction of music teacher Shogakat Papoyan.
Fresno State President Dr.
John Welty also spoke at the banquet. In addressing Archbishop
Manoogian, Dr. Welty declared,
"This is one ofthe most significant
See Banquet, Page 5
News from Armenia and Around the World
• Armenia's 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
• Georgia State Senate
Adopts Genocide
Resolution
• Congressman
Radanovich Presses
Secretary of State
Albright to Push for
Turkish Recognition of
Genocide
Saroyan at Ninety:
A Conference and Celebration
Saturday, March 20,1999
8:45 Conference Opening: Dr. John Welty, President,
California State University, Fresno
9 -12:15 Morning Session: Saroyan the Man
Panel I. Chair: Stephen Barile
Brenda Magarity (Fresno), "Slow Drive, Sweet Chariot"
Ed Hagopian (Fresno), "Saroyan in Grief
Panel II. Chair: Dickran Kouymjian
Aram Kevorkian (Paris), "Saroyan and Paris"
Roxie Moradian (Fresno), "Saroyan in Love: Marriage and
Divorce"
Hank Saroyan (L.A.), "Saroyan, the Boy within the Man at
Sixty"
12:15 - 2 PM Chicken Kebab Luncheon on campus $7.00
2 - 5 PM Afternoon Session: Saroyan the Writer
Panel III. Chair: Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Michael Kloster (Berkeley), "Saroyan, Joyce, and 'Everyman'
Deanna Garabedian (Fresno), "Saroyan and the Armenian
American Identity"
Michael Krekorian (Fresno), "American Trauma'and the
Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"
Panel IV. Chair: Isabel Kaprielian
Micah Jendian (San Diego), "Having the Time of Your Life"
Michael Kovacs (Las Vegas), "Saroyan's Expressionist
Quest"
Dickran Kouymjian (Fresno), "Who Reads Saroyan Today?"
The Conference is free and open to the public. All
sessions will take place in the Industrial Technology Building,
room 101, on Barstow near Cedar Ave. on the CSU Fresno
campus. On Friday, March 19 at 7 P.M. there will be a special
dinner in honor of the invited speakers and guests at the Downtown Club, Fresno. For further information: Armenian Studies
Program, (559) 278-2669.
Hye Sharzhoom Twenty Years Later
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 Tololyan, a prominent
Armenian scholar.
Professor Tololyan 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 Theory. He is a professor
of Diaspora studies and has taught
and conducted research at other
universities, such as University of
Michigan-Ann Arbor, Johns
Hopkins, Columbia University and
Oregon Stale at Corvallis.
Professor Tololyan has been
a key player in many Armenian
issues both nationally and globally,
and now edits the publication
Diaspora: A Journal of
Transnational Studies. He also
writes about the Diaspora in Armenian for the Armenian language
daily Haratch of Paris. He has lectured at Fresno State.
The following is an interview
conducted with Professor Tololyan
about his ideas on Armenian issues
as well as his interest in the 20th
Anniversary ofthe Hye Sharzhoom.
He has been readi ng Hye Sharzhoom
for about 12 years and believes that
it is "one ofthe thousand points of
light that help illuminate what is
being thought and done, what matters or should matter."
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