1989_05 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper May 1989

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Sharzhoom
May 1989
Volume 10, No.
The Newspaper of the California State University, Fresno
Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program
Fresno, CA 93740
Supplement to the Daily Collegian
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Permit No. 262
Endowment banquet honors Kouymjian
By Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Advisor
Sunday, April 9, 1989 marked a special
day in the history of Armenian Studies at
California State University, Fresno as a
dinner was held in honor of the
establishment of the Haig and Isabel
Berberian Endowed Chair of Armenian
Studies and the appointment of Dr.
Dickran Kouymjian as its first holder.
Friends and supporters of the Armenian
Studies Program gathered at the Residence
Dining Facility on campus to mark the
culmination of the two year campaign to
endow the seventh chair of Armenian
Studies in the United States and the first
in the nineteen campus California State
University system. The Haig and Isabel
Berberian Endowed Chair is also the first
endowed chair at the CSU Fresno campus.
Dr. Arnold and Mrs. Dianne Gazarian,
who were the main benefactors of the
Dr. Dickran Kouymjian
Hye Sharzhoom hopes
for budget increase
By Sheri Hokokian
Sujff Writer
"The Hye Sharzhoom is looking forward
to a brighter future," said editor Paulette
Kasparian. She is referring to the Daily
Collegian Independence Plan, which
indicates an increase in the Daily Collegian
Publications budget This budget is then
spread among the Daily Collegian
supplements, one of which is the Hye
Sharzhoom.
There will be an increase in the
Associated Students fee from $15 each
semester to $16 and $1.50 per student will
be transferred from the Associated Students
general revenues to the Publications
Commission. This fund will be placed in
the Daily Collegian Publications funds.
The Media Council will be dissolved at
the end of this semester and changed to the
Publications Commission, which is the
publishing agent of all Daily Collegian
publications, including the Hye
Sharzhoom. This Publications Commission is comprised of nine voting
members and 12 non-voting members, all
which are pre-selected.
Each academic year the Daily Collegian
and supplement newspapers must submit a
consolidated budget proposal to the
Publications Commissions. This proposal
should specify all estimated income and
expenses for the following academic year
and list all staff positions that are to be
funded. Then the Publication Commissions will conduct a hearing to amend
or modify the budget proposal and vote on
and pass the proposal for the Daily
Collegian and its supplements. Within 14
academic days of the passge, the Associated
Students Senate will vote to approve or
reject the budget by a majority vote.
The Proposal also states that any of the
Daily Collegian publications can petition
for a referendum to override a Senate
rejection   of      "budget,   supplemental
appropriation or a capital expenditures."
Publications can also petition to increase
the amount of student fees to be transferred
to the Daily Collegian Dedicated Funds
Account
Kasparian said that through this increase
in budget the Hye Sharzhoom staff is
hoping to publish up to four issues
compared to the two which are currently
published each semester.
Garabedian
contributes
to Chair
By Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Advisor
Mr. John M. Garabedian of Garabedian
Farms in Fresno has donated $100,000 to
the Haig and Isabel Berberian Endowed
Chair of Armenian Studies at California
State University, Fresno. The donation
was announced by Dr. Dickran Kouymjian,
Director of the Armenian Studies Program.
The gift will enhance the activities of the
newly established Chair and in recognition
of the donation the Director's office in the
Center for Armenian Studies will be named
in honor of John M. Garabedian.
John Garabedian is a pioneer in Central
California farming, noted for his
contribution to the public good. He settled
on 50 acres of prime California farmland
over a half-century ago. Today he is one of
the west's leading growers, having
developed some 25 varieties of grapes,
peaches, apricots, nectarines and plums and
many of the fruits have been patented and
donated to foreign countries to enhance
see GARABEDIAN, Page 8
Chair, were present with their family and
were recognized for their generosity in the
memory of Mrs. Gazarian's parents, Isabel
Berberian and the late Haig Berberian.
Special guests present at the banquet
included CSUF President Dr. and Mrs.
Harold Haak; Vice President for Academic
Affairs, Dr. Judith Kuipers; Vice President
for External Relations, Dr. Lynn Hemink;
Dean   of   the   School   of   Arts   and
Humanities, Dr. Joseph Satin; Dean of the
School of Business Dr. and Mrs. Joseph
Penbera; Mr. John M. Garabedian, and
Fresno     County     supervisor     Deron
Koligian.  Faculty  guests  included  Dr.
Pamela Vaughn of the Classics Program
in the Department of Foreign Languages,
Garo   Kalfayan   from   Accounting,   Dr.
Hamo Lalehzarian from Mechanical and
Industrial   Engineering.  "Mr.   Assadour
Assadourian, Principal of the Armenian
Community School of Fresno was also
present
The evening's program began with the
invocation by the Reverend Harry M.
Missirlian, Pastor Emeritus of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church of Fresno. Barlow
Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian Studies
Program conducted the Program.
Dr. Joseph Satin and Mrs. Marian
Bagdasarian, a Trustee of the California
State University system made remarks.
Mrs. Sonia Dulgarian Keshishian, a
CSU Fresno graduate, presented a dramatic
reading in English of Barouyr Sevag's "We
are few, but we are Armenian."
Mrs. Evelyn Durgarian, also a graduate
of CSUF, sang a medley of songs in
Armenian and English accompanied by
Mr. Ben Krikorian on the piano.
Jim Karagozian of Fresno provided the
pre-dinner entertainment on the kanon.
Dr. Haak spoke about the Armenian
Studies Program and its achievements and
ihen introduced Dr. Kouymjian by reading
the letter of appointment of Dr.
Kouymjian to the Haig and Isabel
Berberian Endowed Chair of Armenian
Studies.
Dr. Kouymjian addressed the history and
the mission of Armenia Studies in an
international and national context   (Dr.
Kouymjian's remarks appear in this issue).
Congratulatory messages were read from
colleagues and friends of Dr. Kouymjian.
Die program booklet included a listing of
the many donors and benefactors to the
Endowed Chair campaign.
Also present at the dinner were many
members of the Armenian Students
Organization, including President
Jacqueline Sislian, and past ASO
Presidents Levon Baladjanian, Bryan
Bedrosian, Rosie Mgrditchian Bedrosian,
and Arpie Messerlian. The ASO has
contributed much in the effort to establish
the Endowed Chair at CSUF.
The Armenian Studies Program is
pleased to enjoy the support of both the
university administration and the
Armenian community in its efforts to
provide the best in quality education to
"tudents.
A forgotten day remembered
Dr. Hovannisian lectures on Armenian genocide
By Peggy Momjian
Staff Writer
On Monday April 24th at CSU, Fresno,
a lecture on the Armenian genocide,
entitled "Remembrance and Denial" from
the series Genocide and Mass Killings in
the Twentieth Century, was presented by
Dr. Richard Hovannisian. Hovannisian is a
professor of Armenian history and has
served as associate director of the Von
Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern
Studies at University of California, Los
Angeles.
With Dr. Hovannisian hundreds of
Armenians from the community united
together to commemorate and remember
the 1,500,000 Armenians who were
massacred between the years 1915 and
1922.
April 24th, 1915, began the tragedies
that have been retold for many years by
those who have survived them. On that day
over 200 Armenian leaders and intellectuals
were seized and executed under the
jurisdiction of the Young Turks.
As an introduction Dr. Hovannisian
talked about the marvels of this century
with its many new discoveries, while at
the same time adding to its destruction.
He began with the annihilations of native
peoples of Africa by Germans and then
came to the major genocide of the
Armenians. But genocide did not end with
Armenians, for many others have and are
suffering from it today, such as those
living in Sri Lanka and Burundi.
Being an ancient people, Armenians
have been massacred repeatedly in their
history. Even before the massacre
perpetrated by the Young Turks, the
Mongols had massacred thousands of
Armenians and later in the 1890s at the
time of Abdul Hamid over 100,000
Armenians were exterminated.
Hovannisian, giving a brief history of
the Armenian experience in the Ottoman
Empire, talked of the equality the
Armenians were seeking in the 19th
century after having rediscovered
themselves, their history and their
language. But the more they pursued
equality the more of a threat they became
to the Ottoman rulers. In order to keep the
empire from falling apart and the status
quo from deteriorating, Abdul Hamid had
to teach the Armenians a lesson. And this
lesson consisted of massive destruction of
Armenian villages and the death of over
100,000 Armenians.
see HOVANNISIAN, page 8
)r. Richard Hovannisian