1990_12 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper December 1990

              December 1990
Hye Sharzhoom
FEATURES, Page 3
ASO
Corner
By Janice Caprelian
A.S.O. President
For the last couple of months, the
Armenian Students Organization has
been busy with many different activities.
On Sunday, October 21, 1990, the
A.S.O. co-sponsored a lecture given by
Professor Levon Marashlian of Glendale
College. The lecture-video presentation
dealt with recent political developments
in Armenia.
On Friday, November 16, as part
two of the lecture series, Alice Haig
spoke in regards to a book written by
her father, Rev. Ephraim K. Jernazian,
intitled "Judgement Unto Truth."
On November 7, the A.S.O. had a
food sale on campus in which we sold
shish kebab, pilaf, and peda bread. We
are pleased to say that it was a huge
success, since many of the students who
purchased the lunches wanted to know if
the A.S.O. was going to do it again.
By popular demand, the A.S.O. will be
selling chicken kebab lunches on
campus on Monday December 10.
The A.S.O. also has planned many
upcoming events and student activities.
On December 8, we will be having
a Christmas Party which will be done in
the fashion of a progressive potluck
dinner. The party is going to be held at
three separate locations. It will begin
with salad at Deborah Soghomonian's
house from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.,
ASO Intramural Sports Update
By Jonelle Garo
Staff Writer
The Armenian Students
Organization is involved in many
intramural sports activities throughout
the year. This fall the A.S.O. produced
three teams to compete in the sport of
volleyball. There was an all-women's
team, an all-men's team, and a coed
team. The competitions were once a
week, for five weeks. Each game was
set up to have the two teams play the
best out of three matches.
The women's team played four of
the five games, but unfortunately did not
come up with any victories this Fall.
The men's team had many close,
fiery games, and won quite a few of
them, but ended the season with one win
and four losses in five matches.
The coed team was comprised of
three boys and three girls. They were
dominant in all of their matches, yet,
ended the season with two victories and
three losses.
Even though the A.S.O. volleyball
teams did not win every game, there was
Members of the A.S.O. intramural co-ed volleyball team.
still strong support from other members
in the club who came to cheer for their
three teams. Intramural team sports are
great activities for group involvement as
well as a way to inform other groups of
our presence on campus.
Next  semester,  the  A.S.O.  will
again   be  participating  in  intramural
sports. The men will undoubtedbly
provide a formidable and exciting
basketball team, while the women will
hopefully have an inter-tube water polo
team. We again encourage your support
and look forward to seeing everyone at
the games - times to be announced!
dinner will be held at Ara Kebabjian's
house from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and
dessert will take place at the Jendian
home starting at 8:00 p.m. You will of
course be receiving more information
and maps to these houses in the mail.
Participants will be required to bring one
dish (for example: a salad, dinner, or
dessert). We hope to see you all there!
Another reminder to members is
that the Armenian Studies Program
banquet will be held on Sunday,
December 9. Students who received
scholarships from the Armenian Studies
Program will be honored along with
retiring C.S.U.F. President Dr. Harold
H. Haak.
If there are any suggestions or ideas
that you have for the organization, feel
free to stop by the A.S.O. booth on
campus during Mondays, Wednesdays,
or Fridays between 12:00 p.m. and 2:00
p.m. and talk to any of the students who
are there. Your opinions and suggestion
are very important to us.
Have a very, merry Christmas and a
happy, happy New Year!
24th Annual MESA Conference
By Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Advisor
The 24th annual meeting of the
Middle East Studies Association
(MESA) of North America took place in
San Antonio, Texas, November 10-13,
1990. In addition, the Society for
Armenian Studies (SAS) held its annual
meeting in conjunction with the MESA
meeting. The SAS is a professional
organization composed of scholars and
teachers of Armenian Studies
throughout the world. The Society
sponsors panels throughout the year at
professional meetings and conferences.
During their meeting the SAS
discussed the state of Armenian Studies
and the immediate needs of scholars in
the field. Financial support for publications and for'travel to professional
conferences is an important part of
bringing Armenian Studies into the
scope of other disciplines.
The Middle East Studies Association
is the largest professional organization in
the United States which deals with the
Middle East, and it includes members
from disciplines such as history, political science, art, language, literature, and
linguistics. It encompasses those who
are in Armenian, Arabic, Hebrew, Per-
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sian, Turkish, and Kurdish studies.
This year the SAS sponsored a panel,
"The Armenian Genocide", chaired by
Dr. Richard Hovannisian of UCLA.
Four papers were presented: Bearing
Witness: The Armenian Missionary
Archives, by Suzanne Moranian (Univ.
of Wisconsin, Madison); The Armenian
Genocide in the Ottoman Courts
Martial, Kevork Bardakjian ( University
of Michigan); The Role of Survivor
Testimony, Donald E. Miller (USC);
and Armenian Literary Responses to
Catastrophe, Rubina Peroomian
(UCLA).
This same panel had been rejected by
the Panels Commitee at last year's
MESA convention held in Toronto.
Panel organizers could not cite specific
reasons for the refusal, so the panel was
resubmitted this year and accepted.
Taken as a whole, the papers shed
valuable light on the effects of the
Genocide on both victims and perpetrators. For the Armenian victims, as
attested to by Dr. Miller and Dr.
Peroomian, it was the struggle to come
to terms with the irreconcilable, in both
family relationships and through
literature. It is a struggle which is continuing.
Suzanne Moranian cited the extensive
use of American missionaries who bore
witness to the tragedy of the Armenians
in the Ottoman Empire. Their eyewitness accounts are the stories of brave
individuals who attempted to save Armenians at the same time bearing
witness to their destruction.
Dr. Bardakjian's paper dealt with the
documentation of the Ottoman Court
Martials following the defeat of the
Ottoman Empire in World War I. In his
research, he found additional evidence of
See MESA, page 4