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December 2000 Vol. 22, No. 2 (72) Supplement to the Collegian ASP Hosts Catholicos Aram I at Fresno State . By John-Jabagchourian ship that is not based on ethical, Editor moral, and spiritual values," His Holiness Aram I said. "Unprec­ edented economic, technological · natriptothe United States, and industrial progreS&With unlim­ His Holiness Aram I, ited use of earth's limited resources Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, made a special has greatly jeopardized the ecosys­ stop at California State University, tem that sustains our universe." Fresno on the morning of October His speech demonstrated a link 23, 2000 to speak to students and between theology and the preser­ faculty on ''The Ecological Crisis, · vation of the environment. Its Causes and Implications: A His Holiness stressed that the Christian View." earth, its resources and all life are Dressed in the traditional black God's creation; however, human­ -robe with purple cuffs, His Holi­ ity has distorted this concept and ness Aram I arrived on campus has exploited God's creation by with an entourage of bishops and misusing its limited resources for local religious leaders of the Arme­ purposes of greed rather than satis­ nian Church at the invitation of and fying the needs of survival. He as guest of the Armenian Studies made a reference to today' s misuse Program. He was greeted by Dr. of natural resources as a repetition of the "Original Sin." ohn ty, Pr ide to the Uni- versity and a number of officials. "Humanity considers itself as Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, Di­ the owner, the master, of creation," rector of the Armenian Studies Pro­ the Catholicos said. "[Humanity] gram, introduced the Catholicos to needs to move from being the owner. the _large crowd of students and to being a representative of God." guests who had gathered in the Sat­ The speech included ideologi­ . cal changes that humanity as a ellite Student to hear the Catholicos His Holiness Aram I addressing faculty, students, and guests at Fresno State. speak. whole needs to be make in order to achieve a sustainable future. to God . . . We cannot achieve a His Holiness urged the initia­ economy to a participating eco­ ~ ''The ecological crisis is not sustainable future for humanity in tion of an economic-developmen­ nomic system." an environmental problem ... it is "Societies should establish the ways of life and initiate the pro­ an ecological sustainable creation tal policy that respects the limited Catholicos Aram I also stated due to the relationship belfeen when we do not have an ethically resources of the earth and the need humanity and creation, a relation· cesses in their lives that articulate See Catholicos, Page 4 clearly the sense of accountability sustainable society," he said. to move from an elite-centered Yerevan State Business Faculty in Fresno Armenian Genocide Gains the Yerevan State University School of Business. Recognition in Europe-But Professor Sargsyan, the newly appointed Associate Dean of the Loses Support in U. S. Congress YSU School of Business, worked with administrators in the Craig • November 8, 2000 School of Business, exchanging ideas on university governance and French Senate approves Armenian Genocide resolution. how their respective schools oper­ ate their instructional programs. Professor Karapetyan was also • November 10, 2000 • a first time visitor to Fresno State. The Vatican recognizes the Armenian_Genocide. His interests are in the area of In­ formation Systems and how com­ puters are used in the education process. At YSU, he is responsible •November 15,2000 for planning in the area of technol­ The European Parliament passes a Resolution calling on ogy and was instrumental in the Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Anna Sargsyan (left) with Aram Karapetyan at the William establishment of an internet link Saroyan Theatre in Fresno. for the YSU School of Business. Professor Sasan Rahmatian, of By Barlow Der Mugrdecbian a working visit to Fresno State for the Department oflnformation Sys­ • November 17, 2000 Hye Sharzhoom Advisor three weeks, from November 12 to tems and Decision Sciences, The Italian Parliament, invoking the recent European December 2 as part of the Faculty worked closely with both Parliament's action, unanimously adopts a resolution Development Program in B!Jsiness Karapetyan and Sargsyan to dis­ rofessors Anna Sargsyan and recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Aram Karapetyan of the and Economics. The Program was cuss implementation of new courses Yerevan State University started in 1999, when Fresno State at Yerevan State University. was awarded a grant to work with (YSU) School of Business were on See YSU, Page 8

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Germany serves as an example of an alien and an enemy. saddest sentiments is that Arme­ A new generation of Armenians By Edward Thurber how ordinary Germans turned into Hovannisian illustrated the nians cannot do what _Jews do, and believed in going into the streets Staff W.riter killers because they were made to Young Turk rationale by saying, that is to recognize the righteous and vocalizing their anger. They believe the ideology that what they "How easy it is for a Muslim peas­ Germans and rightem~s gentiles; brought attention to th~ Armenian r. Richard Hovannisian, were doing was for the greater good. ant, a Turkish peasant, to under­ Christians who·· helped them," Genocide. this semester's Henry S. According to Hovannisian, stand the symbolism of weeds and Hovannisian said. The perpetrators of the Geno­ D Khazandian Visiting Pro­ "The perpetrator views the world - plants and the weeds choking the· "Wouldn't it be nice and won­ .cide came up with a new strategy of fessor of Armenian Studies at as he or they will define it." healthy plant. Well, if you have derful if Armenians could have, denial due to the threat of being Fresno State, gave an evening lec­ "TheYoung Turk government weeds, in this case Armenians and after these eighty years, acknowl­ exposed by the new generation of ture on October 8th titled "The Ar- ~ - edged and recognized the righteous Armenians who were speaking out. menian Genocide: Remembrance Turks, the good Turks who didn't Hovannisian described the Turkish an~ D~nial," the firs~ of the three­ persecute them, who tried to help government as ·actively engaged in part Henry S. Khazandian Kazan them, who harbored them, who felt .a cover-up since 1965, with mil­ lecture series that deals with toRics that this was against the Islamic lions of dollars spent on it. related to the Armenian Genodtle, , religion, that this was against the "Absolute denial doesn't get Dr. Hovannisian gave an ac­ faith of their God, and that this was anywhere," Hovannisi.an said. count of the historical framework an aberration," he said. "They tried it; they tried to say of genocide in general and placed Hovannisian described the nothing happened, but when you the Armenian experience within Genocide as "background music" say that, even your friends don't that context. Per~aps the most poi-· during hls years growing up as the believe you." gnant topic of all in Hovannisian' s child of a survivor. He described the current Turk­ lecture was the denial by perpetra­ "When I grew up, survivors ish strategy as one of rationalizing tors of genocide and h

individual church-es deal with is- are one church and within one fam­ His Holiness is the author of sues such as violence, church-soci­ ily you may have some difficul~ie s, 20 books ranging in topic from ety relationship, poverty, racism, sensitivities, -but we all be"long to medieval Armenian theology to the human rights, as well as a host of one family." world ecumenical movement. other pressing issues. The wee is "We have one church and our TheCatholicos' visit to Fresno . headquartered in Geneva, Switzer­ church is united," he said. State was also a reunion of teacher land. · The audience applauded in and student. Dr. Kouymjian, Haig His Holiness Aram I was agreement with the Catholicos' and Isabel Berberian Chair of Ar- elected Moderator, the highest po­ answer. menian Studies, was one of Aram sition of the World Council of When asked by Dr. Kouymjian _I' s professors at the American Uni- Churches, in 1991 and reelected for an unprecedented second term in 1998. The entire body of the wee meets once every seven to ·eight years while the Central Committee · Left to Right: Barlow Der Mugrdechian, ASP Director Dr. meets once a year and the Execu­ Dickran Kouymjian, His Holiness Aram I, Archbishop tive Committee meets twice a year. Moushegh Mardirosian. Photo courtesy of Randy Vaughn-Dotta At the end ._2f the luncheon, students asked the Catholicos ques- CATHOLICOS, Cont. from, tions about the differences between Page 1 ·Honors College. His topic was the the Roman Catholic church and World Council of Churches and his other Christian churches, bioethics that people must become respon­ duties as Moderator of the Central in relation to generating enough sible consumers and that the and Executive Committees of the food for the world's population, transnational corporations and their Council. the relationship between religion emphasis on production are evil by The World Council · of· .and politics, and the big question, playing a negative and destructive Churches (WCC) is an international church unity. role . . organization created in 1946 that is His Holiness' response to the "Any ecological, economic or currently made up of 382 churche question of unity in the Armenian His Holiness with students Sevag T teosian, left and Armen Postoyan, right. social analysis or prescription will, from different regions around the ~hurch was, "We cannot speak Photo courtesy of Randy Vaughn-Dotta fall short unless they are substanti­ wofld. The wee works to help about two Armenian churches, we ated by an ethical perspective," the if he would come back to speak on versity of Beirut, in Lebanon, in the Catholicos said. campus again, His Holiness said, 1970s. However, His Holiness said "I promise you when I come back . His Holiness was in California explicitly that he did not have the to the United Sates, I will come and · to preside over the "Armenian detailed solutions to solving .the see you again." Cilicia" conference at UCLA on problem and that he was focusing In 1995, His Holiness Aram I October20and21. The conference on clearly describing the root causes was elected Catholicos of the Great was part of the UCLA International of the ecologic;al crisis to work from. House of Cilicia, located in Conference Series on Historic Ar­ Simply stated, His Holines ~ Antelias, Lebanon. menian Cities and Provinces, orga­ said, "This is our house, we have to The Catholicos studied at the nized by Dr. Richard Hovannisian keep it clean." Theological Seminary of the' and sponsored by the Armenian After the speech, His Holiness Cilician Catholicosate in •Antelias Educational Foundation Chair in along with Fresno State students then went on to theNear East School Modem history at UCLA. He then and special guests went across cam­ of Theology and the American traveled to Fresno to participate in pus to the Residence Dining Hall University of Beirut as well as the the festivities surrounding the 100th for a buffet luncheon. Ecumenical Institute in Geneva. He anniversary of the founding ofHoly At the luncheon His Holiness then completed his Ph.D. in phi­ Trinity Armenian Apestolic · · ~ spoke to a group of more than 100, · Catholicos Aram I addressing the luncheon audience. losophy and systematic theology at Church. mostly students, including nearly Photo courtesy of Randy Vaughn-Dotta F:ordham University in New York. all fifty members of the Smittcamp Orpheus Preniieres Gontidas Varta~ed Suite in Opening 2000 Concert . . . By Arpik Paraghamian tured Teresa Beaman on flute, Judy yngitis. Staff Writer Robinson on cello, and Laura Por­ The last piece, Introduction and ter on harp. Displaying their ex­ Allegro, by Maurice Ravel incor­ e Fresno State Orpheus ceptional musical talent, the three porated all the previous musicians concert series entered its women helped acquaint the audi­ adding Professor Miles lshigaki on 22"d Season Saturday Oct. ence with Armenian folk tunes clarinet and Jack Fortner conduct­ 14,2000 with performances of Ar­ such as, Gakavi yerk (Song of the ing. menian and European compositions Partridge) and Hoy, Nazan im (Oh, The seven players captured the rendered by composers Alan Brett, My Nazan). audience with harmonious sets, Pierick Houdy, and Maurice Ravel. Porter led the group of three breaking every now and then for a The first piece was the world charismatically, plucking her harp harp or flute solo. Porter seemed to premiere of Brett' s, The Fruit, to be at the start of almost every piece to lead the rest of the group with her Tasted, Was Tomfrom the Tree, a · gain everyone' s full attention be­ confidence in playing the harp; ca­ suite based on songs by Armenian fore proceeding. ressing its many strings in . a call composer and ethnomusicologist, Porter then had the chance to made the other six musicians reply Gomidas V artabed. Angele and shine on her own, performing promptly. Prof. Dickran Kouymjian commis­ Houdy's, Sonate pour harpe. She The audience was left uplifted sioned the work. and her elegant instrument devoted by the final piece whose precise­ Gomidas was a celibate priest a sense of gracefulness to the rest . ness and clarity must have required who went on to become a doctor of · of the evening. countless hours of practice. theology in the late 19~century. He Moving on to Brett' s, Orpheus will continue with its survived the Armenian Genocide Divertimento for String Quartet, enriching concerts next semester of 1915, but its trauma caused him Robinson on cello, joined John with East meets East, when East­ Judy Robinson, left and Laura Porter. to suffer in a mental hospital in Morrice and David Margetts on Photo by Diko Chekian em European works will collide Paris until his death in 1935. violin and Claudia Shiuh on viola. with Middle Eastern folk music. As Orpheus Artistic Director The quartet played in sync with This upcoming program will fea­ Jack Fortner stated in hjs program one another, picking up for ing eye contact to let one another whose beautifully crafted features ture The James Karagozian Middle notes, Brett's title is "meant to ex­ pizzicatos and returning with a ven­ know they were ready. and . irreplaceable sound stole the Eastern Ensemble. The show will press not only the disruption and geance during the more aggressive After the intermission, Beaman show in Gabriel Faure' s Sicilienne be on Feb. 3, 2001 at 8 p.m. i~ the pain of exile, but also the necessity parts of the composition. returned to the stage with her flute_ from Pelleas and Melisende. Wahlberg Recital Hall. Admission of experiences in the development The quartet complemented each to perform a short solo piece, Syr­ This segment replaced Maurice is free. of all men." · other in all four parts of inx by Claude Deboussy, followed Delage's Four Hindu Poems due to Brett's musical translation fea- Divertimen~o , nodding and mak- by Porter and her intimidating harp soprano Phyllis Perry Fortner's lar- December 2000 5 Holocaust and Genocide Scholar Dr. Israel Charny Discusses Aspects o_f Denial of Genocide

·staff Report _. iecture on a topic that is so serious He is editor-in-chief of the to humanity. The lecture was well recentlypublishedEncyclopediaof r. Israel Charny, Execu­ laid out and ~rganized. " Genocide, a path-breaking two­ tive Director of the Insti . "I liked the way his talk was volume reference work that focuses tute on the Holocaust and . geared to the 'intellectuals who on the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide, Jerusalem, spoke on deny genocide' ... I was amazed at · Genocide while critically examin­ "Academics Who Deny the Arme­ hoW Dr. Ch~y included people's ing the entire historiography of all nian Genocide and the Holocaust" emotions· in his stories about his genocides, including the phenom­ in a public lecture at 7:30PM on other lectures," added Ramos. enology of the denial of genocides. Monday, October 16. · Laura Williams, also a student, The work promises to be the pre--. Charny presented several in­ commented, "As a speaker, Dr. mier"reference work on the subject novative ideas during his lecture. Charny was very interesting to lis­ for some time-to come. He discussed the typologies of ten to: a good blend of humor and In 1982 Dr. Charny organized . genocide and the stages that de­ seriousness." the. first International Conference niers of the genocide go through. Dr. Charny is widely respected On Holocaust and Genocide in Tel He also discussed specific ex- · and credited as a prime mover in Aviv, where he fought off eff~rts Dr. Israel Charny amples o! deniers of both the Jew­ the development of the field of by the Turkish government to pre- • ish Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide Studies, in which he has vent lecturers from presenting pa- Genocide. persevered in his leadership for­ pers on the Armenian Genocide. in which Charny; as a psycholo­ ter, that engages in outreach pro­ Chamyemphasized that he will thirty years, often notwithstanding That' incident created a national gist, has since offered significant grams to document and teach the never forgive or forget those who considerable resis~ce from those scandal in Israel when Turkey contributions and been the primary Armenian Genocide. deny the Genocide. He felt that who have sought l o establish the threatened the safety of Jews in proponent and driving force. · The talk was sponsored by the people who deny the Genocide, are uniqueness of the Holocaust at the Turkeyweretheconference_tocon- Dt. Charny's U.S.lecture tour Armenian Studies Program at in effect denying huinan history. expense of denying the genocides tinueasplanned. Whilemanyschol- was organized by the ·Armenian Fresno State, as part of its Fall Armenian Art student ,Alicia of other peoples or ntinirnizing their ars did dropout, the incident served Genocide Resource Center of Lecture Series, and was held in the Ramos commented, "I appreciated significance and comparability_to to galvanize interest for the further . Northern California, a newly es­ Alice Peters Auditorium, on ·the having his humor throughout the. the Holocaust. study of denial of genocides, a field tablished educational resource ceo- Fresno State campus. Dr. Yair Auron Analyzes Jewis·h Response to the AriDenian Genocide -· -Through N_ew Research

By Barlow Der Mugrdechian During his talk, Auron specifi­ the Armenian genocide," J\urqn lation work by James Bryce and most total absence of any mention­ Hye Sharzhoom Advisor cally addressed a series of ques­ said~ . · Arnold Toynbee regarding the fate ing of the Armenian Genocide on tions on the Armenian Genocide On the eve of World War I, there ... of the Armenians. . : . state television," he said. r. Yair Auron, senior lec­ that he called "difficult and deli­ were· o(ne _85,000 Jews out of There are members of the Israeli turer at The Open Uriiver cate." These included:-1) Who per­ pul_. : o~ Of~oo ; ooo 1n: the """ar1~.e~a.. o ~f~,.. ~ government, such as Justice Minis­ sity of Israel and the Kib- petrated the Genocide of the Arme­ P.alestio.e (Eretz Yisrael) est of ter Y ossi Beilin, who share Auron' s · butzim College of Education, was nians? 2) Who knew about it? and the Jo dan river ... H~ f. - of - the- Jews feeling that it is a moral imperative the guest of the Armenian Studies 3) what was the role of the-Ger­ were part of the "Old Yishuv" and influenced many_ young people who for Israelis to be more aware of and Program as part of its Fall Lecture mans? halfwerepartofthe"NewYishuv," ~ew up in Palestine in the 1930s: sensitive to othet occurrences· of Series on Wednesday, November He al ~o compared .the similar immigrants who had arrived at the -: ~'For many Jewish youth in Eu­ genocide. 15. The presentation was held in. characteristics of the Jews and Ar­ end of the nineteenth centoi-y and rope, 'Musa Dagh.' became a sym- Auron-went on to say that he· the new Smittcamp Alumni House.· menians, in particular noting the the beginning of.the twentieth. .... _bpi, a model, and an example, espe- believed it essential to "develop a The purpose of his talk, "The . cially during the dark days of the . greater sensitivitY among our youth ·Banality of Indifference: Attitudes Second World War," Auron said. to the suffering of others and to · ofthe Jewish 'Yishuv,' the Zionist "Jews in particular have lauded strengthen universal, hum~istic Movement, and the State of the Werfel' s book and have sometimes val-qes which are an integral part of Israel towards the ArmenianVJeno­ emphasized the author's Jewishness the Jewish tradition." In this re­ cide," was to summarize and ana- claiming that. 'only ~ Jew could gard, he noted the statement ·of .- lyze the positions of the Jewish have written this work."' Israeli's Minister of Education Yishuv (the Jewish community of "Recognizing the Armenian Y ossi Sarid at an April 24, 2000 Palestine prior to the establishment Genocide is of a major historical, memorial gathering of the Arme­ of the State of Israel), the Zionists moral and educational signifi­ nian compmni~ in Jerusalerp. which and also the position of the Israeli cance." He added that such recog­ concluded with a commitment to government toward the massacres nition is essential "for the non-re­ ensure that the Armenian Geno-:­ committed by the Turkish govern­ currence of similar instances in the cide be included in the Israeli sec­ ment against the Armenians during· future," Auron said. ondary school history curriculum. ·the First World War. He described the attitude of the Dr. Auron' s has been touring In his research, Auron utilized various Israeli governments to the North America to promote the pub­ never before published documents Armenian Genocide as "character­ lication of his book, The IJqnality and eye-witness accounts from ized by evasiveness and. deni'al." of Indifference: Zionism and the World War I. These now have been "The· State of .Isr~el has .offi­ Armenian Genocide, whose trans­ published as part of his latest 400 cially refrained from relating the lation from Hebrew into English page book, The Banality of lruiif­ Genocide. A combination of fac­ was sponsored by the Zoryan Insti­ ference: Zionism and the Arme­ tors connected _with Israel' s· rela­ tute. The book was described as nian Genocide, (Transaction_Pub­ I tions with Turkey and concepts of "pioneering research" by the former lishers, 2000). Composed of ten fates of the two peoples. But he According to Auron, "Yishuv the uniqueness of the Shoah [Holo­ prime minister of Israel Shimon chapters, the book opens new also pointed out that the Jews suc­ knew about the· fate of the Arme- caust] have brought about an a1:.. Peres. _ grounds for research on the Arme­ ceeded in surviving the rule of the nians, and feared a similar fate." nian Genocide and reveals the feel­ Ottomans in . Palestine, while the The evidence suggests that they ings and attitudes of Jews towards Armenians suffeied a Genocide. knew what was happening to the the Genocide. His research is the result of his Armenians~ the Ottoman Empire. Atom ·Egoyan to Make Film . According to Auron, his book own ongoing effort, in his own Mordecai Ben-Hillel Hacohen, a raises "theoretical and philosophi­ words, to "examine a subject that Jewish journalist in the Yishuv, on Armenian Genocide · cal questions, particularly in the has been repressed and ignored in reported on the chain of events af­ introduction and fmal two chap­ the Israeli historical and collective fecting the Armenians of the Otto­ ters, which relate directly and indi­ memory, as well as in the collective man Empire as early as 1916. Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter," "The Adjuster," rectly to the specific subject of our memory of the world." Aaron Aaronhnson, a high offi­ "Calendar") will begin filming his ne··· oroject, "Ararat," in June research: the debate over the con­ "I was troubled by a sense of cial in the.local Ottoman admini s ~ 2001. Producer Robert Lantos describe:., the f"llm as 'a contempo­ cept of genocide and, the unique­ oppressive dis_comfort and criticism tration and the leader of the Ni1i spy rary piece that deals with the events of the Armenian holocaust.' ness of the ij:olocaust in compari­ of the evasive behavior, verging on group, was also aware of reports by Egoyan has also written the original script. · son to other instances of genocide, denial, of the various governments US Ambassador Jienry including the Armenian Gen_ocide." of Israel regarding the memory of Morgenthau as well as the compi- 6 ·ye Sharzhooni December 2000 . . Mayor~ ElectAlanAutry Participates inASO SpOnsored Candidat~ also had a short role on the televi- current situation," Autry said. Forum with Opponent Whitehurst sion series "Grace Under Fire". He . . Autry's political involvement then turned to the production side began by his support to the 10-20- questions for the candidates on three of the profession and established Life legislation and his involve­ by five cards that were later asked his own company, Dir Road Pro­ ment witlfttie Operation Sky Watch during the forum by Kuckenbaker. ductions. program. Now his political career During the forum, Autry said he "Success, no ma~er what line of continues. With every ballot plans to build a lake in the center of work you are in, depends on your counted properly, Alan Autry has downtown Fresno, which he be­ attitude and how you approach your. been chosen as Fresno's new mayor. lieves will attract economic growth to the area. The candidates also expressed different opinions regarding the ;'Armenia Town" project in down­ town Fresno. Autry believed that the "Armenia Town" project could not stand on its own and needs to be accompanied by a large-scale revi­ talization of downtown Fresno. Mayor-elect Autry, was born in 1952, in Louisiana. At 13 months of age, Autry moved to Tulare, California with his mother, Vema. Autry played quarterback at Riverdale High School. He then went on to play football at the Uni­ Dan Whitehurst, left, with Mayor Elect Alan Autry. versity of Pacific and graduated in 1975 with his degree in Physical By Tamara Karakasbian October 25, 2000. Education. He later had a short Staff Writer · The purpose of the forum was career in the NFL with the Green for the Armenian community of Left to Right: Tini Kucke_nbaker; A~O _Advisor Barlow Der Bay Packers. Mugrdechian, and Barbara Harutinian. . · ayor-elect Alan Autry, Fresno to gain an understanding of Autry then moved on to an act­ who is best known as where the two mayoral candidates ing career, where he landed a role in M "Bubba" on the hit tele­ stood on different issues such as the television series "In the Heat of Second Hovannisian Lecture · vision series "In the Heat of the urban growth, education, agricul­ the Night," which r.an for seven Night," and former Fres.no Mayor ture and downtown revitalization. seasons. It was during the final Dan Whitehurst were invited by The forum was lead by ASO seasons or'''ln the Heat of the Night" Addresses Oral History the Armenian Students brganiza- Historian, Tim. Kucl}enbaker, and that Autry and his wife, Kimberlee, By Edward Thurber Accm:ding to survivor Krikor . tion for an open forum on camp:us ASO Treasurer, Barbara and their children, Lauren, Heather, Staff Writer Ananikian, some women and chil­ one week prior ,to the election on Harutiniap. The audience wrote and Austin, moved to Fresno. Autry dren saved themselves from the r. Richard Hovannisian fate of death by assuming new iden- tities and blending into the local Hilntar Kaiser Raises· New Legal Issues gave the second of three . populations. Some captive Arme- H enry S . Kh anzad tan · . . tal . man women were mstrumen m K azan L ec tu resreae1 t d to th e Ar- · . · · . . ·Through Study·of Arntenian Genocide . menian Genocide of 1915, with a helpmg other Armemans esc(ij)e. lecture titled "The Last Generation Survivors..feel wronged because By Arpik Paragbamian of Ottoman Armenians: Bitter- of these events. Their only crime was that of being Ottoman Chris- Staff Writer Sweet Memories," on Monday 1 tians. · Some of these survivors try _ .. evening, October 30 h. to find rationalizations in order to tolen property and repara­ He began with a discussion of explain the occurrences of the time. tions to the survivors and his trip to Istanbul, Turkey, where There are survivors who clearly Sdescendants of those he presented a paper in an Interna­ remember their lives in the Otto- martyred during the Armenian tional Conference on Oral History, man Empire. They also fondly re­ Genocide of 1915 was the f~cus of and where he was able to discuss member their early chiidhood with a lecture by Hilmar Kaiser during matters of the Armenian Genocide family and community. his fourth visit to Fresno State on with a largely Turkish audience. Dr. Hovannisian concluded his November 6, 2000. Considering the many obstacles he Kaiser, a doctoral candidate at faced to do this, it was quite an the European University Institute achievement.;.During the confer­ in Florence, Italy, spent four years ence, he pointed out the categories studying Turkish archives on thi_s of coping with the Genocide, which topic. Kaiser said he tried to collect ·include reconciliation, resignation, all the information he possibly could repression, revenge and rage. before he was kicked out for his He brought to light excerpts persistent visits in 1995. from one-hundred survivor inter­ Kaiser found not only proof that views contained in the UCLA ar­ the Ottoman government had dollars behind it, as well as 85 lawsuits in U.S. district courts. He chives. The interviewees recount~d 'planned, org~zed and monitored years' worth of interest: Armenian :also saidpolitical discussion among the multi-step process of deporta­ the deaths.of 1.5 to 2 million Arme­ real estate. the Armenian community sbould tion. The frrst step was conscrip­ nians in 1915 and s pecifi~d instruc­ Kaiser said there is no statute of take place and that sqme kind of tion of adults during the first months tions on their deportation, but also limitations against Armenians "Armenian Claims· Commission·:· of the war. The men were later that the Turks had settled Muslims bringing the issue to U.S. courts is needed in order to get the ball segregated into labor battalions and presentation by showing excerpts onto Armenian property, without since genocide is a crime against rolling. then killed. allowing Armenians to sell their humanity. Professor Dickran Kouymjian Later, the Turks arrested Arme- · from video interviews conducted· with the Genocide survivors. Many land. · Because public records show· · agreed that the issue has the interest nian leaders and closed down Ar- The Ottoman govemmw. "4g­ that Armenian-owned land was of lawyers. Kouymjian .' told the menian schools. . Turkish town- students among the more than one­ ured as caretaker of all . ·n ·er ian given away by the Turkish govern­ audience that.in a siiDilar talk he hundred in attendance at the lee.:. criers followed, calling people to ture, were deeply moved by seeing immovable property" Kaiser said, ment without any sort of compen­ gave in Paris recently, two young . assemble, and amidst the pantie- the survivors themselves tell their meaning that everything the Arme- ·sation, Armenians can still make lawyers, from well-known law monium, the deportations beg~, storjes . . nians were not able to take with their claims. firms, approached , hiin with their while more males were separated - As the title of the lecture indi­ them, was taken by the Turks. "They [Turkish government] business cards and said they would and killed. cated, in a few years, the last survi- Kaiser was not focusing orr the deny the Genocide because they like to represent the issue. Hovannisian then described how vors of the Armenian Genocide will emotional (lspects of the Armenian don't want to put money into it, Kouymjian said the battle would be the Gendarmes, Turkish police, have passed away. Their bitter­ Genocide and how Turks contiP•Ie · they don't want to face restitu­ underway if an organization out forced women and childrt:n into sweet memories, which have been to deny the -actions. tion," Kaiser said. there was able to handle the finan­ the death marches. They faced passed to fu.ture generations, both "Human rights means nothing Kaiser suggested the Armenians cial outcome appropriately. various cruelties along their path of directly and through oral histories, [to governments]," Kaiser said put less effort into reliving the emo- . A lively question and answer deportation, including violence will be all that is left to us. while focusing on a more legal is­ tiona! past and should gain the con­ session followed Kaiser's stimulaf­ against them and starvation. sue, which he claims has trillions of fidence and resources to bring up ii)g talk. December 2000 Hye Sharzhoom 7

Armenian Studies Program Book/Video Donations An "Armenian Evening" at the"Fresno County Library Dr. Dickran Kouymjian and the Armenian Studies Program. Staff Report would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and.archival gifts. n evening devoted to "The Armenians of the Central Archival materials and gifts: San Joaquin Valley" drew Richmond; CA, for an audio-tape of a lecture A Richard Kloian, more than 100 people to the Fresno by Prof. Ronald Suny on the Armenian Genocide given at.Stanford County Library on Tuesday, Octo­ in April 2000. ber 17. Elizabeth Ko.ojoolian, Fresno for a pamphl~t The Pl·ight of A full table of Armenian delica­ Armenian and Assyrian Christians, London, 1918, and 14 audio cies greeted those who entered the tapes of CSU Fresno class lectures, including the Modem Arme- Sarah McCardle Room of the Li­ nian History class (spring 1982) of Prof. D. Kouymjian. . brary to listen to retired local Ar­ Eduardo Kozlanian, Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a video of menian farmer Berge Bulbulian, fragments from the early film, "Auction of Souls" (1919), based on musician Peter Dorian, and Barlow the life of Aurora Mardiganian. Der Mugrdechian of the Armenian RobertShapazian,-PhD, Los Angeles, for a collection of papers Studies· Program at Fresno State. . from the estate ofJris mother Margaret E. Shapazian, comprising Bulbulian, author of the recently family letters and commercial paper from Har_outune Azhderian, released The Fresno Armenians: including papers from Mr. Shapazian' s grandfather and great uncle, History ofa Diaspora Community, John E. and Myron H. Azhderian, who formed a ~arming, packing (The Press, California State Uni­ and stllpping company under their names and eventually under the · versity, Fresno: 2000) spoke about. name of the Ciovis Fruit Company. the early history of the Armenian emphasized the role that Armenian raisins affected·Armenian farmers Vatche Soghomonian, Fresno, for a video of His Hqliness community. He highlighte~ the music played in traditional Arme­ in 1908. Aram I's visit to Fresno and California State University, Fresno, · important role that Armenians nian life, both at times of work and Der, Mugrdechian also related including the Catholicos' _address at the Holy TP,oity Church played in the dexelopment of Fresno also at festive occasions, such as how Armenian organizations in this · Banquet October 22,. 2000 and his luncheon with CSUF students,_ and the Central San Joaquin Val­ weddings. Dorian is an accom­ early period remained interested in October 23. 1:54 minutes. ley. plished musician, who performs the old country, often holding fund­ "The Fresno Armenians" is the traditional Armenian folk songs at raising events for the hungry. and Books: first book on the history of Arme­ concerts, weddings, and ethnic for orphans. · iuri G. Brilts, of Chico, California, for 5~ Year Portfolio of nians in Fresno to draw together dances. Humorous stories about the Ar­ Manuel Tolegian various. sources, including the oral Der Mugrdechian, presented menian characters who lived in Henriette & Edward Davajian, of Fresno~ for books from the accounts of some of the descen­ interesting stories about ,the early Fresno added a great deal to the estate of V anoohe Juri an. Three auction catalogues of the Classical dants of the fust settlers to Fresno Armenian community, based on his presentation. Numismatic Group, nos. 36, 46, 51 , London, 1995-1999, present,. in 1881. research in the pages of theAsbarez The evening was co-sponsored . · • ing an illustrated collection of Armenian cpins. · Dorian has been playing the oud newspaper. Asbarez was the first by The William Saroyan Society, Jack Geuvrikian, ofManhasset, New York, for three auction since ·he was 13 years old. He ex­ Armenian language. newspaper the' California State University, catalogues of the Classical Numismatic Group, nos. 36, 46, 51, plained the history of the oud, the published in Fresno. His presenta­ Fresno Armenian Studies Program, London, 1995-1999, presenting an illustrated collection of Arme­ ancestor of the lute and modern tion included vignettes on the the Fresno County Gene~ogical nian coins. guitar, and performed three tradi­ progress of the early raisin industry Society, and the Friends of the Prof. Hermann Goltz, with photographs by Klaus E. Goltz, Der tional Armenian folk-songs. He including how the price drop in Fresno County Public Library. gerettete Schatz der Armenier aus Kilikien, Sakrale Kunst aus dem Kilikia-Museum, Antelias, Libanon, Wiesbaden, 2000. AJuxuri­ ous catalogue of an exhibit of the rescued treasures of the Cilician Catholicosate held in Moritzburg Gallery in Halle, Germany. An News·From Armenia English version is also available. Government Announces The government has identified six tural institutions, such as the Dr. Sarkis Karayan of Northridge, CA, for the book by Details of $165 Million of specific projects totaling $165 mil­ Matenadaran, the Opera Ho'-:lse, Archpriest Der Nerses Babayan, Pages from My Diary, edited by l.ion that will produce the quickest theaters and museums . .These na­ Yervant Babayan, Los Angeles, 2000. Projects Undertaken b.y· ·.t ~tart and the quickest result: tional treasures will attract local Araksis Keoroglian, Belmont, MA. for What Does It Show? By The Lincy Foundation -~ . :·· ·· 1) Provide loans to local Arme- and foreign tourists. Haik Keoroghlian. Yere.van, 2000. . . ·:.. · ~. ~~- · !. man businesses in order to create 5) Invest in the construction of Gayane Makhmourian, The League ofNations, the Armenian J1legovernm~~t.of..~r~ajll1d . (~bs for the unemployed and un­ . new hotels and other tourism-re­ QL!.estion and the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan: Institute of The Lincy F9~~da_ti_Qn : -s~~ned a ·: det;;:employed. Also, provide loans lated infrastructures, including the History, National Academy of Sciences, 1999 (in Russian). !vferirorandu~. .'of· U nd.ers'tanding :·and equity investments to large for­ renovation and expansion of Rev. Fr. Krikor MA~o~dian , New York, NY, for his books, that formalizys ~b~ mo'dification of- _; .eign corporations in order to in­ Yerevan Zvartnots airport. In­ Chosen ofGod: The Election ofthe Catholicos ofAll Armenians. TheLincy Fo_·~inda.ttqifs significant ~-:auce them to establish operations creased tourism is a direct way to New York: Diocese of the Armenian <::;burch of America, 1995, and commitmenl to :r ~inenia' s .eco- ~.in Aimenia with the aim of provid- attract additional foreign currency, The Passion of Saint Shuyshanik.. New York: Diocese of the nomic development. ~ . ·-l ing jobs to the local population. particularly since tourism requires Armenian Church of America, 1999. During a meeting in June with · 2) Complete the reconstruction modest capital outlays and provides Barouyr Mouradian, editor, Armenia and Christian Orient, President Robert Kocharian in ·of additional housing in the earth­ quick employment for workers af­ Y erevail, 2000, proceedings of a conference of the same name held Washington, Mr. Kirk Kerkorian · 'quake zone for which there is such ter a brief training period. in Yerevan, 1998. · enthusiastically endorsed the Ar- ·· a desperate· need. 6) Upgrade and beautify down­ Hagop & Helene Sarkissian, Watertown, MA for The Col­ m~nian government's request for 3) Design, construct, and im­ town Yerevan. This urban project lected Articles ofH. H. Sarkissian by Sarkissian H. Massachusetts: targe.ted assistance to activities that ·prove a network of roads within ·will include the launching of Ohan Press, 2000 will have a multiplier effect and Armenia. This will serve to facili­ Tamanian's "Northern" street generate faster economic growth. tate the flow of people and goods, which will evolve into a pedestrian :Ouring the months that followed, . as well as internal travel for tour­ mall with attractive lighting and · the government undertook exten- ism. landscaping, retail and service es­ U.A.F. Sends $291.6 Million.of Aid to sive analysis and determined the 4) Repair and renovate more tablishments, as well as office and best possible utilization of funds. than two dozen historical and cui- residential space. Armenia in Eleven Years Order Form ·

lendale, CA The United Armenian Fund just completed its The Press at California State University Fresno 11th year of operations during which it sent to Armenia a total of $291.6 million of humanitarian assistance OR board 110 Fresno, CA 93740-8024 (559) 278-3056 airlifts and 622 sea containers. Please send.me copy(ies) at $18.95 each of During the fiscal year 1999-2000, the U.A.F. had revenues of$30.7 million according to the audit of its financial statements prepared by the The Fresno Armenians. accounting fum of Arthur Andersen LLP. Over $27.8 million of relief (Add $3.50 for the first copy and $.50 for each supplies consistiJ:lg p~~~arily of medicines and.... medical supplies were additional copy for postage and handling.) sent to Armenia during this period. Name Th~ audited financial statements reveal that only 1% of the U.A.F.s revenues ~ere spent on administrative expenses with the remaining 99% Street allocated for assisting the people of Armenia. City/State/Zip The U.A.F. is the co1lective.effort qf the Armenian Assembly of · Institutional billing to America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Mis­ Signature Total Enclosed ---- sionary Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Dio­ Check or money order.must accompany_ orders from. individuals. cese of the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Institutional purchase orders accepted. Apostolic Church of America and the Lincy Foundation. 8 Hye Sharzhoom December 2000 · provide an important insight as to the future directions for the re­ U.S. Government Continues to cently awarded three-year grant be­ tween the two institutions Bow Down to Thrkish Threats Mark Keppler, bead of the Graduate MBA Program at Fresno By John Jabaghchourian and that this resolution was a fit­ State, spent a week in Armenia. ting condemnation to those events." discussing the changes which YSU n a sudden and unexpected However, with all of his sup­ is instituting in their newly estab­ mov~, House Speaker· Denis port for -ilie resolution, Speaker lished MBA program. He worked I Hastert pulled the Armenian Hastert readily abandoned the reso­ with faculty and students in Arme­ Genocide resolution, House Reso­ lution at the request of the Presi­ nia and would like to see a gradu­ lution 596,_off the House floor _in dent. If he were truly committed to . ate student from Yerevan ~tate Uni­ response to a letter sent by Presi­ brmging the resolution to the floor, . versityentertheFresnoStateMBA dent Clinton just moments before where be believed it had the sup­ program. He is encouraged by the the bill was to be voted on during port of the majority, would he have high quality of students in Arme­ the ··october 19 session of Con­ pulled it? nia and their knowledge of En­ gress. Speaker Hastert, as well as the glish. Meanwhile, as the United States House . International Relations All of the activities discussed government continues to brush off Committee, were well aware of the Left to Right: John Shields, Elizabeth Shields, Barlow Der above are part of the frrst year of the recognition of the Armenian objections and thre~ts used by the Mugrdechian, Aram Karapetyan, Anna Sargsyan at Koko's the new three-year Faculty Devel­ Geno~1de conducted by the Otto­ Administration's State Department Restaurant. opment Project in Business, spon­ man Turkish government, France well before October 19th and con­ sored by the Bureau ofEducational · and Italy passed similar legislation tinued to push the bill onto the through their government bodies floor. YSU, Cont. from Page 1 Karapetyan and Sargsyan loaded and Cultural Affairs of the United their suitcases with books and edu­ States State Department. on November 8 and 17, 2000. Back in the last issue of the Hye cational materials to enrich the The project was assisted fi- In President Clinton's letter, he Sharzhoom, I was skeptical of the School of Business in Yerevan urged Speaker Hastert to take H. ~ Speaker's intentions, and felt he Project director Barlow Der Res. 596 out of consideration in may abandon the resolution once Mugrdechian and Professor Eliza­ the House, stating that the bill could _ on the floor, hoping he had done beth Shields of the Department of impact the current situation in the enough to get Rogan re-elected. Finance, worked with the guests Middle East between the IsraeJis I~ turns out he did abandon the on developing their schedule while and Palestinians and could endan­ bill but Congressman Rogan, rep­ in Fresno. Ashot Hagopian as­ ger American lives. resenting Glendale and Burbank, sisted in logistics and planning of "We have significant interests lost th election to Democrat chal­ social activities. in this troubled region of the world: lenger nd California State Sena­ Meanwhile, Fresno State pro­ containing the threat posed by East tor, Adam Schiff. However, fessors Gerald Bryan and Mark and West Asia, stabilizing the Hastert and the Republicans did · Keppler returned from separate Balkans, and developing new maintain a slim majority in the Karapetyan and Sargsyan vis­ trips to Armenia. sources of energy. Consideration House, and Hastert will likely re­ ited with faculty and staff from Dr. Gerald Bryan, Professor of Gerald Bryan of the resolution at this sensitive iain his position as speaker. various departments and areas to Marketing, conducted an in-depth time will negatively affect those President Clinton has demon­ observe how distance learning is evaluation of the progress achieved · nancially by the Bureau of Educa­ interests and could undermine ef- strated ~ weak response to threats becoming an integral part of the in the first year of the joint Yerevan tional and Cuitural Mfairs of the forts to encourage improved rela­ by foreign governments, in this educational prqcess. They observed State UniversitY-Fresno State Busi­ United States Information Agency tions between Armenia and Tur­ case the Turkish government, and first-hand a pilot program in the ness Project. He interviewed fac­ under the authority of the Fulbright­ key," President Clinton-wrote in has allowed these threats to influ­ area of mathematics, which draws ulty and administrators from both Hays Act of 1961 , as amended. his letter to Speaker Hastert. ence American policy. students from Japan to a web-site at institutions and completed a report The unexpected part of the . "I am disappointed with this Fresno State. The program is ad­ ori his fmdings. His report will resolution' s withdrawal was outcome- I put a lot of hard work ministered by Dr. Peter Speaker Hastert' s willingness to into this resolution," local repre­ Tannenbaum of the Department of List to Fresno State's follow the President's request; a sentative and co-author of H. Res. Mathematics. request that was against the 596 George Radanovich (CA-19) Both guests participated in Arinenian Radio Show Speaker's alleged interests in the said. "But ifl am fortunate enough seminars and workshops which resolution. to be re-elected in November, you ,. .. .were taking place on campus dur­ .Back in August during a cam­ can count on me taking this issue ing this time. paign dinner for fellow Republi­ head-on once again in the 107th can, James Rogan (CA-27), They also had time to vi~it Every Saturday morning Congress." important Armenian cultural sites from 9:00AM-12:00 noon Speaker Hastert promised to bring Congressman Radanovich was in Fresno, including the David of, H. Res. 596 to the House floor for re-elected on November 7, so the Sasoon monument, the William a vote. process has to start from scratch In a press release, the Speaker starting next year. While a new S~oyan exhibit at the Fresno Met­ -FM 90.7 ropolitan Museum, local Armenian stated, "I support _this resolution Congress and Administration will churches, and general areas of in­ Your D. J.s and I supported bringing it to the be in place the political climate has terest in Fresno. Sevag Tateosian and Arm_en Postoyan floor. I belie~. that the Armenian not. changed much in favor for a · Upon their departure, eo le suffered a historic tragedy similar resolution. Tha You Donor ·Spurgeon & Ruth Avakian Vallejo David Sarkis Barsamian Pasadena NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT In memory of Norma Der Mugrdechian Kenneth & Jane Bedrosian Fowler Hye Sharzhoom is sent without charge to thousands of people throughout the Jack & Barbara Bousian Fresno world. Although there is no subscription fee we urge readers to support our efforts -Eleanor Caire Fresno with donations of any amount. This request has assumed a special "importance Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Chahmirian Fresno because-of increased mailing costs. Richard & Armon Darmanian Fresno Annen· & Margaret Dildilian Port Washington, NY Yes, I would lik~ to support the Hye Sharzhoom mailing expenses with a Betty & Jacob E. 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