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Armenian Action
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ANNIVERSARY
October 1998
Vol. 20, No. 1 (63)
Supplement to The Collegian
the World
• United Armenian
Fund 100th Airlift
Celebration -See Page 3
• House Maintains
Section 907 - By a vote
of 231 to 182, the House
of Representatives
maintained a ban on US
aid to Azerbaijan
• Chinese mining company intends to invest
$400 million in
Armenia
• Armenia marks
seventh year of independence -See Page 3
•Turkey gives permission for election of the
Armenian Apostolic
Patriarch of Turkey
Multi-national companies not finding much
oil in Azerbajian
Yerevan celebrates
its 2,780th Anniversary
in October
• The Central Committee of the Tekeyan Cultural Association of
Armenia awards Baroness Caroline Cox, vice
speaker of the British
House of Lords, the annual "Golden Ararat"
medal for her continued
humanitarian aid to
Karabagh
• Goris-Stepanakert
Highway Inaugurated
• Council of Europe will
send human rights team
to Turkey
•For More News
See Page 3
Hye Sharzhoom - A 20 Year Perspective
r
By Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Advisor
Ti
wenty years ago a group of
students at Fresno State
decided to publish a special issue newspaper to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. That
special issue was published in April
of 1979 and became the first in
what was to become a twenty-year
run of Hye Sharzhoom/Armenian
Action.
From its inception Hye
Sharzhoom became the Armenian
student voice on the campus of
1st and 62nd issues of Hye Sharzhoom
ASO-New Ideas Foster Excitement
By Arakel Arisian
ASO President
|________BM-_i
Every fall students return to
school wondering what
new things they will learn
and see. Classes provide a solid
foundation, but students need more
than just textbooks and lectures.
The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) tries to provide that
extracurricular activity so important to students. Its goal is to give
students interested in Armenian culture, history, and language something to be involved in. The 1997-
98 academic year proved to be successful and a great learning experience. At the end ofthe year the club
elected the following people as executive officers: President - Arakel
Arisian, Vice-President - Matt
Maroot, Treasurer - Talin
Mekhitarian, Secretary - Taleen
Kojayan, Historian - Michael
Harutinian.
During the summer the executive board and the ASO advisor,
Barlow Der Mugrdechian, met a
number of times for planning and
organizing purposes. Learning and
improving from the year before is
the main goal. With that goal, the
executive members began working on several projects for this fall
and next spring. The first accomplishment was the printing of ASO
T-shirts. Designed by Garo
Nakashian, thirty T-shirts were
printed and now many ofthe members wear them with pride. Another exciting development was
the ASO booth which is now located in the Free Speech area on
Arisian, Ara Mekhitarian, Shant
Yemenjian, Serop Kupelian, and
Barlow Der Mugrdechian. Thanks
to their help the booth was constructed and placed on campus.
The front of the booth has a giant
flowing Armenian flag painted on
it. One side of the booth has a
painting of Mt. Ararat. So far the
booth has been a great place to
hang out and meet.
ASO executive members at the new booth
campus. The booth was built by
Chad Kirkorian, Michael
Harutinian, Matt Maroot, Arakel
Once school started the attention shifted towards getting new
See ASO, Page 8
Fresno State. Its pages have been
filled with opinions, news, and features on a wide variety of subjects.
Hye Sharzhoom reflected the attitudes and opinions of students toward their campus, toward the larger
Armenian community, and toward
the Armenian Diaspora. It also
represented the diversity within the
Armenian student population, at a
time when there were Armenians
from Iran, from Lebanon, and Armenians born in America on the
campus. And over the years, Hye
Sharzhoom changed as it reflected
the changing student population.
But let's return for a moment to 1979 and reflect about what
motivated those students to initiate
Hye Sharzhoom. First and foremost,
students in the 1970s had a keen
interest in not only what was occurring on the Fresno-State campus,
but were also interested in the larger
world scene, and especially the
Armenian landscape.
The first motivation was the
fact that in 1979, 64 years after the
Armenian Genocide of 1915, the
Turkish Government had still not
acknowledged its role in the planning and execution of the Genocide. This fact motivated students
to speak out about that injustice.
They became aware of the silence
of the world and responded to that
silence through the pages of Hye
Sharzhoom. They wanted the world
to know that they had not forgotten
and would not forget. The memory
of the Genocide would outlive the
policy of denial.
As an outgrowth of the denial, beginning in 1973, the Armenian Question entered a new phase,
with the political violence movement. By 1979 political violence
had captured the attention of the
world, through a series of daring
and violent attacks on Turkish government officials and institutions.
See Hye Sharzhoom, Page 6
JL
All-State Armenian Student Convention
hosted by the
Armenian Students Organization
ofFresno State
October 23-25
California State University - Fresno campus
For information, call (209) 278-4930
Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
To Highlight ASP Annual Dinner
Mark your calendars
now! On Thursday,
December 10,
1998, the Armenian Studies Program 13th Annual Dinner will feature His Beatitude Archbishop
Torkom Manoogian, Armenian
Patriarch of Jerusalem as guest
speaker.
The exhibit "On the Dome of
the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem"
by local artist Corky Normart will
also be featured that evening.
His Beatitude Archbishop
Torkom Manoogian was born on
February 16, 1919, in a refugee
See Annual Dinner, Page 8
Lecture Series, Pages 4 & 5 \ \ Armenians and the Internet, Page 5 \ The Armenian Church, Page 7
Object Description
| Title | 1998_10 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper October 1998 |
| Alternative Title | Armenian Action, Vol. 20 No. 1, October 1998; Ethnic Supplement to the Collegian. |
| Publisher | Armenian Studies Program, California State University, Fresno. |
| Publication Date | 1998 |
| Description | Published two to four times a year. The newspaper of the California State University, Fresno Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program. |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno – Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Armenian Studies Program; Armenian Students Organization, California State University, Fresno. |
| Coverage | 1979-2014 |
| Format | Newspaper print |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Scanned at 200-360 dpi, 18-bit greyscale - 24-bit color, TIFF or PDF. PDFs were converted to TIF using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. |
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| Title | October 1998 Page 1 |
| Full-Text-Search | VD '0NS3}U 191 'ON imiiod aiva 9§Bisod ST1 1IJOJd-UOH pa)sanba^ .miajovj ssojppy 1008"0K£6 VD 'ousay v ad s/w 3Av j^^g n sws ujbjSojj saipms ireiuauuv Tg UOI]BZIUB8iO SlUSpnJS UBIU9VXIJV ousay 'nSD 9tP J° -isdedsAvaN aqj, HYE SHARZHOOM Armenian Action 4U3 Gikr&nmr th 20 ANNIVERSARY October 1998 Vol. 20, No. 1 (63) Supplement to The Collegian the World • United Armenian Fund 100th Airlift Celebration -See Page 3 • House Maintains Section 907 - By a vote of 231 to 182, the House of Representatives maintained a ban on US aid to Azerbaijan • Chinese mining company intends to invest $400 million in Armenia • Armenia marks seventh year of independence -See Page 3 •Turkey gives permission for election of the Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Turkey Multi-national companies not finding much oil in Azerbajian Yerevan celebrates its 2,780th Anniversary in October • The Central Committee of the Tekeyan Cultural Association of Armenia awards Baroness Caroline Cox, vice speaker of the British House of Lords, the annual "Golden Ararat" medal for her continued humanitarian aid to Karabagh • Goris-Stepanakert Highway Inaugurated • Council of Europe will send human rights team to Turkey •For More News See Page 3 Hye Sharzhoom - A 20 Year Perspective r By Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor Ti wenty years ago a group of students at Fresno State decided to publish a special issue newspaper to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. That special issue was published in April of 1979 and became the first in what was to become a twenty-year run of Hye Sharzhoom/Armenian Action. From its inception Hye Sharzhoom became the Armenian student voice on the campus of 1st and 62nd issues of Hye Sharzhoom ASO-New Ideas Foster Excitement By Arakel Arisian ASO President |________BM-_i Every fall students return to school wondering what new things they will learn and see. Classes provide a solid foundation, but students need more than just textbooks and lectures. The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) tries to provide that extracurricular activity so important to students. Its goal is to give students interested in Armenian culture, history, and language something to be involved in. The 1997- 98 academic year proved to be successful and a great learning experience. At the end ofthe year the club elected the following people as executive officers: President - Arakel Arisian, Vice-President - Matt Maroot, Treasurer - Talin Mekhitarian, Secretary - Taleen Kojayan, Historian - Michael Harutinian. During the summer the executive board and the ASO advisor, Barlow Der Mugrdechian, met a number of times for planning and organizing purposes. Learning and improving from the year before is the main goal. With that goal, the executive members began working on several projects for this fall and next spring. The first accomplishment was the printing of ASO T-shirts. Designed by Garo Nakashian, thirty T-shirts were printed and now many ofthe members wear them with pride. Another exciting development was the ASO booth which is now located in the Free Speech area on Arisian, Ara Mekhitarian, Shant Yemenjian, Serop Kupelian, and Barlow Der Mugrdechian. Thanks to their help the booth was constructed and placed on campus. The front of the booth has a giant flowing Armenian flag painted on it. One side of the booth has a painting of Mt. Ararat. So far the booth has been a great place to hang out and meet. ASO executive members at the new booth campus. The booth was built by Chad Kirkorian, Michael Harutinian, Matt Maroot, Arakel Once school started the attention shifted towards getting new See ASO, Page 8 Fresno State. Its pages have been filled with opinions, news, and features on a wide variety of subjects. Hye Sharzhoom reflected the attitudes and opinions of students toward their campus, toward the larger Armenian community, and toward the Armenian Diaspora. It also represented the diversity within the Armenian student population, at a time when there were Armenians from Iran, from Lebanon, and Armenians born in America on the campus. And over the years, Hye Sharzhoom changed as it reflected the changing student population. But let's return for a moment to 1979 and reflect about what motivated those students to initiate Hye Sharzhoom. First and foremost, students in the 1970s had a keen interest in not only what was occurring on the Fresno-State campus, but were also interested in the larger world scene, and especially the Armenian landscape. The first motivation was the fact that in 1979, 64 years after the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the Turkish Government had still not acknowledged its role in the planning and execution of the Genocide. This fact motivated students to speak out about that injustice. They became aware of the silence of the world and responded to that silence through the pages of Hye Sharzhoom. They wanted the world to know that they had not forgotten and would not forget. The memory of the Genocide would outlive the policy of denial. As an outgrowth of the denial, beginning in 1973, the Armenian Question entered a new phase, with the political violence movement. By 1979 political violence had captured the attention of the world, through a series of daring and violent attacks on Turkish government officials and institutions. See Hye Sharzhoom, Page 6 JL All-State Armenian Student Convention hosted by the Armenian Students Organization ofFresno State October 23-25 California State University - Fresno campus For information, call (209) 278-4930 Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem To Highlight ASP Annual Dinner Mark your calendars now! On Thursday, December 10, 1998, the Armenian Studies Program 13th Annual Dinner will feature His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem as guest speaker. The exhibit "On the Dome of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem" by local artist Corky Normart will also be featured that evening. His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian was born on February 16, 1919, in a refugee See Annual Dinner, Page 8 Lecture Series, Pages 4 & 5 \ \ Armenians and the Internet, Page 5 \ The Armenian Church, Page 7 |
