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ANNIVERSARY
May 1999
Vol. 20, No. 4 (66)
Supplement to The Collegian
ASO Marks April 24th Genocide Day With Rally
By John Jabagchourian
Staff Writer
Remembrance is the key, and
the students at California
State University, Fresno
showed that their generation will
continue to remember.
On Friday, April 23, 1999 the
Armenian Students Organization
along with the Armenian Studies
Program at Fresno State held a
rally and public commemoration
for the 1.5 million martyrs of the
Armenian Genocide in the Free
Speech area on campus.
Armenian students gathered in
Fresno City Councilman Tom Boyajian
ASO President Arakel Arisian
alive and inform those
who knew
little or nothing about the
Genocide.
Posters, sidewalk chalk and
a huge mass of
students
caught the attention of
those who
front of a scale model of the Armenian Martyrs Monument built by
the ASO and began to pass out black
Armenian Dance and Music Festival
By Jennifer Keledjian
and Shayla Srabian
Staff Writers
The Armenian Students Organization of California
State University, Fresno
wanted a way to share their Armenian culture with non-Armenians
within the community. With this in
mind they came up with\the idea of
presenting an Armenian International Dance and Music Festival,
which took place on Friday, March
19, 1999 in the Satellite Student
Union on campus.
The event was sponsored by the
University Student Union Diversity Awareness Program, a Program which was initiated in 1989
to afford students the opportunity
to promote the celebration of diversity of all people everywhere.
The evenings ceremonies began
with a warm welcome from Arakel
Arisian, President of Armenian
Students Organization.
The program continued with
David Emerzian, ASI President,
who spoke about the importance of
having an Armenian dance festi
val. "It is good for us to learn about
other cultures and ethnicities, and
events like this one do exactly that."
Emerzian continued by extending
Arisian's welcome to all non-Armenians and those not affiliated with
Fresno State. Matthew Maroot,
ASO Vice-President, then briefly
introduced the dancing exhibition
and the agenda for the evening.
The first performance of the
evening was by the Anoush Armenian Dance Group. The aim of this
group is to instill in children the
love of traditional dance and music.
The dance group performs a variety
of different types of international
dances. At the festival, the group,
under the direction of Lorik
Alexanderian, performed four
dances; Bar te Khagh,
Zhoghovrtagan Shourch Bar,
Kemancha,ox\d Picture Dance. The
dancers of the Anoush Armenian
Dance group included Maria
Altebarmakian, Christine Boyajian,
Kelsey Chavoor, Ani and Alene
Istanbulian, Caroline Karakashian,
Armine Khushigian, Tanya
Moazamitour, Agine Nartirosian,
See Festival, Page 5
Arax Armenian Dancers of Fresno
ribbons and set up for the rally.
The main goals ofthe rally were
to keep the memory of the martyrs
were passing by.
The rally began at noon when a
lantern was lit in the middle ofthe
martyrs monument to represent the
eternal flame and eternal memory
of those who were massacred. ASO
president Arakel Arisian welcomed
those in attendance. He opened the
event with a poem and then went on
to speak of the atrocities that occurred during the Genocide.
Arisian stressed to the audience
that we must continue to remember
and understand that the Turkish government did not just commit crimes
against the Armenians but rather
against humanity.
ASI president David Emerzian
See Genocide, Page 4
Kouymjian Merits Provost's Award
By Hye Sharzhoom Staff
Dr. Michael Ortiz, Provost
and Vice-President for
Academic Affairs at
Fresno State announced that Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian, Haig and
Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies was chosen to receive
the 1999 Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching-Distinguished Achievement in Research.
The award is one of five
Provost's awards given annually
to faculty. Winners will be honored and formally recognized at a
reception on May 13.
Dickran Kouymjian has a distinguished academic career of more
than 40 years. After graduating
from Columbia University with a
Ph.D. in Armenian Studies (Near
Eastern Languages and Cultures),
he embarked on a prolific scholarly career.
He has edited or authored 12
books and monographs (three others are in press) and has published
more than 100 scholarly articles.
Over the past 40 years he has presented communications at more
than 80 major international congresses and symposia, reflecting
his interest in the broad arena of
Armenian Studies. Those communications were ultimately transformed into articles and books.
His works have been noted
both for the breadth of subject covered and for their penetrating insights into the specific area of study.
These have been in the following
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian
subjects: oriental studies, numismatics, history, art history, literature, history of Armenian cinema,
paleography, codicology and genocide studies. The diversity of do-
See Kouymjian, Page 2
Saroyan Conference Attracts Large Audience
By Matthew Maroot
Staff Writer
Writers, scholars and distinguished community
members gathered the
weekend of March 19-20, 1999 to
honor and celebrate one ofthe most
magnificent and prolific writers the
San Joaquin Valley and the world
have ever known.
His hundreds of short stories,
plays, novels and essays entertained
millions and continue to do so today.
His name was William
Saroyan.
In celebrating the 90th anniversary of Saroyan's birth, Dr.
See Saroyan, Page 5
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Barile, Hank Saroyan, Michael Kloster, Dr. Dickran Kouymjian,
Aram Kevorkian, Dr. Isabel Kaprielian, Michael Krekorian, Deanna
Moosakhanian-Garabedian. Front row: L. to R.: Barlow Der
Mugrdechian, Micah Jendian, Michael Kovacs, Brenda Najimian-
Magarity, Ed Hagopian.
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