1981_01 Hye Sharzhoom Newspaper January 1981

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Volume 3, no. 2
January, 1981
The newspaper of the California State University, Fresno Armenian Students Organization
Armenian Studies Program,
CSUF, Fresno, CA 93740
ASO elections
Executive slots filled for Spring Semester
By Shelli Andranigian
CSUF's Armenian Students Organization will enter the 1981 Spring
Semester with a six-person executive - twice as many as they had this
fall.
Newly elected officers are: Jay
Khushigian, president; Pennie Console, first vice president; Jim Malkasian, second vice president;
Ghagig Khoudian, treasurer; Alan
Atamian, secretary; and Flora Tchaderjian, historian/parlimentarian.
The six were first voted into the
executive at a potluck dinner and
meeting at Khoudian's residence
Dec. 5. At an executive meeting
Dec. 29, the nominees "basically decided what positions they wanted,"
said Nominating Chairperson Cindy
Avakian. Avakian also noted that the
additional vice presidential position
was created due to a tie in the voting
at the Dec. 5 meeting. The ASO will
return to a five-member executive
next fall.
The mid-year election was required because of the resignation of
the ASO's original 1980-81 president. Levon Baladjanian, who graduated in December, served as acting
president during the Fall Semester.
"In the future, we'll have one election early in the semester," Avakian said.
Baladjanian called his semester as
president a "transition period"
since many of its most active mem
bers graduated in May of 1980.
"So it was a time for new leadership to develop and to find new
people," he explained. Overall,
though, he feels that the Fall Semester was highly productive and included a number of successful activities. "The highlight was the Catholicos   visit," he said.
Khushigian, a 1980 graduate of
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, is a pre-
med graduate student at CSUF.
His plans for the upcoming semester
include the second annual Armenian
College Student Convention, extensive April 24th activities, a
possible art exhibit, an Armenian
night, and social activities. Khushigian, however, noted that these plans
are tentative.
Khushigian added that his plans
can only be accomplished "if we can
get the full cooperation of everybody. We have a very talentjd and
capable executive, so there
shouldn't be many problems," he
said.
Atamian  and  Malkasian   both
served as officers during the Fall
Semester. Atamian was secretary/
historian/parlimentarian, and Malkasian was treasurer. Atamian believes that a six-person executive will
function, on the whole, much more
smoothly. "I think it will, considering
the leadership we have, plus more
people are involved," Atamian said.
Baladjanian is positive about the
new system too. "I think it will be <•
very good since it will establish
clearer roles for each officer," he
said. He also mentioned that there
won't be "so many separate bodies
doing separate things" since everyone will have a "distinct responsibility. The work load will be divided up a lot easier."
The two vice presidents will have
separate roles. Console will work in
laison with Hye Sharzhoom, the
ASO-sponsored newspaper, and become president in Khushigian's
absence. Malkasian, meanwhile, will
represent the ASO at CSUF activities.
Baladjanian said that "as far as the
new people go, it has the potential
to be one of the best executives
ever."
Student convention
rescheduled for March
His Holiness Karekin II, Co-Adjutor of the Great House of Cilicia, enters Holy Trinity Church after the Blessing of the Bread upon his arrival
Nov. 16 in Fresno. For a story and more pictures, see pages 6 and 7.
By Shelli Andranigian
The second annual Armenian College Students Convention of America
has been resheduled for the weekend of March 27-29 because of "un-
forseeable problems in the financial
and organizational sponsorship,"
Armenian Students Organization
President Jay Khushigian said on
Jan. 2.
Original plans called for the convention to be held the 14-16th of
February.
At last year's convention, hosted
by Columbia University in New York,
a proposal to hold the next such event was made by the delegates from
Fresno.
The ASO' s hope to provide a partial travel subsidy to convention participants has thus far been frustrated.
To date, the committee has received no response from letters written
to several Armenian organizations
requesting both financial and organizational support. These letters were
sent to Mr. Ross Vartian, Associate
Director of the Armenian Assembly
in Washington, DC, and to Mr.
Allan Jendian, Chairman of the California Council of the Armenian Assembly and the Fresno United Armenian Commemorative Committee.
Khushigian said that as a result,
interested students may have to pay
their own travel expenses.
The convention's aims are:
to establish a band among all Armenian students nationwide, to
discuss various problems facing the
Armenians, and finally, to stimulate
thoughts about several topics.
continued on page 10
Inside Action:
Editorial Section p. 2-5
Photo Essay...; p. 6,7
Teaching Changes p. 10
Letters  p. 11