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December 1995
Supplement to The Collegian
hye talk, Armenian Studies Program on the Air
by Sean Clark
Moving towards greater community awareness and communication, Fresno State's Armenian
Studies Program goes on the air.
Premiering in December and running indefinitely hye talk brings
local, national, and international
guests to Fresno to explore issues
affecting Armenians in the central
valley and abroad. The show,
hosted by Barlow Der
Mugrdechian, seeks to discuss topics that will be of interest to both
Armenians and non-Armenians.
"This is to get people involved and
have closer contact with the community," explains Der
Mugrdechian.
hye talk bc^an out of discussions between Der Mugrdechian
and the Fresno Armenian Radio
Hour host, Greg Kohayan. Pro-
ducedatFresno State's Speech Arts
Television Studio in conjunction
with the Academic Innovation Center Video Unit, hye talk will be the
Armenian Studies Program's first
talk show. Der Mugrdechian
worked two years ago on the pilot
of Horizon with Paul Chadeirjian,
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Barlow Der Mugrdechian (far right) interviews Congressman George Radanovich (center) and Steven Samuelian
(far left) on the set of the Armenian Studies Program's new television community talk show, hye talk.
now technical advisor of this program. Working within a talk show
format, the tempo and feel of each
show will be allowed to evolve
over the course of it's run. So far
three shows have been taped for
broadcast and more are planned.
"Each show is going to be developed around the guest," says Der
Mugrdechian, "because each guest
is going to represent something different to the community." The first
three shows were directed by
See hye talk, Page 8
hye talk
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| times for broadcast 01
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Premieres:
Thursday,
| December 7, 8:30 p.m.
Friday,
J December 8, 6:00 p.m.
Guest:
Dr. Harold H. Haak
President Emeritus,
Fresno State
Week 2
Thurs, Dec. 14, 8:30
Fri, Dec. 15, 6:00
Guest:
Congressman
George Radanovich
Republican 19th Dist.
Week 3
Thurs, Dec. 21,8:30
Fri, Dec.22, 6:00
Guests:
Mr. Mark Arax and
Mr. Bill Erysian
on Hye Sharzhoom
ASO '95, Dances the Night Away at Evening Formal
By Tina Attashian
The evening dance began at
eight o'clock with members of ASO
greeting people at the door. There
was a calm and relaxed atmosphere
from the beginning, people
munchedon the mezza and mingled
with one another. Then at nine
o'clock our DJ, RozieK, began the
music with a set of Armenian songs.
Soon after, everyone who was previously sitting down was now up
on their feet dancing. As the
evening progressed more people
entered the restaurant making the
dance floor less spacious. Daniel
Semerdzhyan commented, "It was
good to see students from high
schools, Fresno City College,
Fresno State, and even people from
out of town - who travelled especially for the dance - come and
have a great time. They all were
able to see a glimpse of what ASO
is like." Karen Karabian added,
"We.welcome anyone who is interested in our organization and wants
to come to the events we provide.
We are ready to meet new people
and encourage anyone who wants
Party goers dance, dance, dance at ASO's annual formal
to join us next semester."
The music was a combination
of all kinds of international music;
Armenian, Arabic, Greek, Spanish
and American music. However, it
didn'tseem to matter which kind of
music was being played since everyone got into the rhy thm of things
and were enjoying every second of
it. The sounds of people's laughter
and singing entangled with the
music created an intense mood for
being free spirited, and those who
entered the restaurant were captured by the mood and joined in
with all the fun. Talking to Aznive
Tchapadarian she said, "After all
the hard work we put into planning
this dance, I let my hair down and
enjoyed every second of the
evening. I felt as if everyone had
only one thought, and that was to
have fun! All the planning was definitely worth it." Greg Tchaparian
remarked, "One thing that I really
liked about the dance was that there
was a great variety of different
people and everyone, even those
who weren't Armenian, were enjoying themselves and getting into
the music and dancing."
The evening was composed of
meeting new people, enjoying the
music, dancing all night long, and
creating new memories with
friends. Although the dance lasted
until early hours of the morning,
the time seemed to fly. The dance
came to end with president Raffy
Khorozian thanking RosieK for her
music, and to the people who came
and joined ASO in the evening's
events.
People left the dance by
complementing and thanking ASO
for a wonderful evening, Khatchig
Jingirian said "I want to thank all of
you for all your hard work, your
dance has been one of the best
youth dances I have ever been to."
ASO is happy about the results of
the evening since we not only had
fun, but also provided others a
chance to get to know us and provide them with an evening of pure
enjoyment.
Inside...
ASO Fall Recap...
P.4
Armenian Update...
p.6
Scholarship Awards...
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