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By RAMELA OHANIANRamela7@yahoo.comI thought of two things when I first walked into my interview with the band “I Am Astronaut.” The first was that I remembered being given directions to a recording studio, and the second thought was the realization that the recording studio is actually located at the lead singer’s house. As the setting for the band’s recording sessions and rehearsals, the studio

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By MATT NAZARIANMattnazarian@gmail.comWe all can all use a little help sometimes, whether it’s dumb luck, good Karma, or even protection from harms way, in this new millennium, when times have never been so tough, even the most rough and rugged could use a sidekick from time to time. So what should you do? Guns, bodyguards, and surveillance cameras could help, but that can only protect you so

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By ELVIRA DERHOVSEPIANEderhovs@ucsd.edu Garin K. Hovannisian—a name soon to hit the spotlight within our small, yet widespread Armenian community. His newly published book, Family of Shadows: A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream, presents the history of three generations of men— beginning with Garin’s great-grandfather Kasper Hovannisian’s journey from the pitfall of

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By: ZORAYR KHALAPYANKhalzoro@yahoo.com Frats. Frat Parties. Beer. Shots. Wine. Munchies. Girls. – black out and wake up in the green half open dumpster near Strathmore and Gayley in a wife-beater smudged with In-n-Out Spread. The usual perception of partying the night out at the frat rows in UCLA. This ethanol-infused view sometimes takes away the true meaning of fraternities and

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By DEANNA NIKOIANDdnikoian@ucla.edu Hundreds were injured and one 15-year-old girl died due to a drug overdose at the 2010 Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). In response to the outrage of such an event, LA city officials have decided to cancel the event in 2011. EDC is a two-day rave held each year in June at the LA Coliseum. At this year’s event there were approximately 185,000 ravers who paid

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By TALAR HOTOYAN-HANCHERIANTalarlori@rocketmail.com I always felt a deep attachment to my Armenian heritage. From our fine foods, soulful music, and our beautiful dances, to our rich language and alphabet. But more than anything, I felt attached to the strong history of Armenia. As a child, my mother would sit me down to talk to me about where we came from, why we are here, and where we

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Dear Armenian, I would like to express a few concerns of mine. Ones that I’ve had ever since I was introduced to my Rabizakan Akhperotyoon. I am disappointed, time and time again, by the backwards morals of my fellow Armenians. And even more so by the backwards morals of my fellow Armenian youth. What time and what age is it for you to proudly proclaim your hate for other individuals who

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By JANO BOGHOSSIANJanoboghossian@ucla.edu In the never-ending anti-Turkish sentiment Armenians have to this day, sometimes I feel like I am the only person who stands up for the pro-Armenian side. While there are many who feel completely indifferent to the cause, there have always been people trying to get Armenians to boycott Turkish products. Although some do it out of complete hate and

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By IREN TATEVOSYANIrentatevosyan@yahoo.com She lied in an almost catatonic state on the Van hospital bed with an iron-shaped third-degree burn on her back, a fever, and a missing ear. The mother of the victim seemed to think that death may have been a better option; “I wish he had killed her to spare her all the suffering.” The woman in question is Sidika Platin, a resident of the Kapitkoy,

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By NATHALIE KARIMIANNathalieck@charter.netMost everyone who knows me, knows that I can go on for hours about how much and why I love scouting and Homenetmen. In fact, they’ve all probably been stuck listening to me a couple of times (just ask my sister or my best friend). After twelve years of it, I figured I had gotten everything I possibly could out of scouting but I was dead wrong-- I was

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By LILIT AZARIANLilitaz@ucla.edu It is difficult to find an Armenian who has never heard the name of Komitas Vartabed. We have all heard his tunes. His songs bring joy to our hearts. His melodies inspire us. Many regard him as the founder of Armenian classical music. He led an extraordinary life filled with many successes, but also many tragedies.Yet, despite his many accomplishments and great

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By NUNE ALAVERDYANnalaverd@uci.eduIt all started with a sketchbook--a sketchbook filled with one young girl’s aspirations to become a fashion designer. From this sketchbook came the inspiration to hold an annual fashion show honoring its owner, Nataline Sarkisyan. After seventeen-year-old Nataline tragically lost her life to leukemia in December of 2007, her family sought refuge in the dreams she

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By EMILY BAGDASARYANEbagdasarian@ucla.eduAdrineh Asadurian, a fifth-year student of architecture at Woodbury University, is a modern day Renaissance woman. She is at once a carpenter and an architect, an artist and a mathematician. By seamlessly blending reality with fantasy, Asadurian comes up with her one-of-a-kind pieces. These pieces manifest in the form of jewelry, clothing, or even

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By TALIN KHECHOOMIANTkhechoomian@ucla.edu“We must respect the girls,” yelled one of the boys carrying a bag almost his size in his villagers’ dialect. The little boys grabbed our bags off the decrepit, over-heated van before even greeting us. This was just a glimpse at the hospitality and generosity this small Armenian village Yeghvard showed me and my 11 new family members.“Since 1977, the LCO

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By KHARTOUM THE HEADLESS HORSEwww.myspace.com/KhartoumtheheadlesshorseI’m not a philosopher, but I call myself a thinkerTo break the constraints of their lab coats and beakersMorals must never teeter but are questioning toolsTo see life through a glass of imperfections and rulesIn a system where jail cells are prisms of hell,A government hides behind bullets and war shellsThe prophets tell of a

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By VAHEFuck you for not reading books and newspapersFuck your reality show, your game show, your favorite show, and yourguilty pleasure showFuck your political apathy, your moral ignorance, and your cultural emptinessFuck your tweet, your status, and your profileFuck your mirror picture, your self-picture, and your group pictureFuck your blindness to the big pictureFuck your misguided, corporate

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By LARA INJEYANLara87@ucla.eduPride is shattered, conviction to dust Inferior to the tyranny of overwhelming lust Self image a victim to a relentless memory Reflection is subjective to the on looking visionary Be my audience. May my life be your play The lesson to all your hurdles, an example of what you should say My calamity provides a distraction from the trials of your day Envy the

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By ALEX MINASSIANSAlexminassians@gmail.comI have been waiting for youAll these days,All those months,All the years...Everyone kept saying to meLet him goHe will never return.But I knew,I knew one day you would come backCome back to me,For me.I’ve seen things while I was away.Magnificent things,Horrid things.With each passing dayThe emptiness inside me grew,Slowly consuming me,My spirit.I am sorry

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By JESSE ARLENJessearlen@gmail.comI.Where I grew up, you didn’t meet any others.What it was—was hidden by a lost language.I even remember when I first heard that there was another language that my people spoke;I was so young—I didn’t even know what another language meant.The dictionary was the place you went for words you didn’t know.And to me then, what was language, but a collection of words?I

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By HAKOP ALAJAJYANHaladzha@uci.eduFormer ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ finalist, UFC, and WEC veteran Manvel “The Anvil” Gamburyan (11-4) has finally received his long-awaited title shot against WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo (17-1). Gamburyan, a Gokor Chivichyan judo black belt, had long been considered a contender for the featherweight belt after dropping down to the 145-lb division. Gamburyan

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By HAKOP ALAJAJYANHaladzha@uci.eduA new sports complex was officially unveiled in the Avan district of Yerevan on September 1st. The complex was part of an agreement between the Football Federation of Armenia and UEFA in 2007, when UEFA and FIFA presidents Michel Platini and Sepp Blatter visited Armenia to lay down the plans for the construction of the complex. Despite being estimated to take

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By HAKOP ALAJAJYANHaladzha@uci.eduArgentinean-Armenian tennis star David Nalbandian survived a scare in his opening round match against South African Rik de Voest at the 2010 US Open. After being up two sets to one, the Armenian lost a 4th set match-point tiebreak to Voest and the score was even at 2 sets a-piece. However, things were not going well for the world’s 31st ranked player as the

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By HAKOP ALAJAJYANHaladzha@uci.eduImpuls FC of Dilijan and Shirak FC of Gyumri helped kick off the 19th tour of the 2010 Armenian Premier League season season with a 2-2 draw. Impuls had taken a 1-0 lead at the half-hour mark with a goal by the Brazilian Elton, and the boys from Dilijan quickly struck another goal six minutes later thanks to midfielder Tigran Voskanyan. However, Shirak, a club

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By HAKOP ALAJAJYANHaladzha@uci.edu If you were to ask your parents, grandparents, uncles, and all older relatives what Armenian soccer memory sticks out to them most, you will most likely get a response of “Ararat ’73.” Since FC Ararat Yerevan’s triumph over Dynamo Kiev to win the Soviet League in 1973, there has been little to cheer about in regards to Armenian soccer. Occasionally,

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Twenty-one year-old Serozh Sarkisyan is a 3D artist at Infinity Ward, where he worked on the Call of Duty game as an environment artist. He began by teaching himself animation through the internet in high school and ended up working on the world-renowned video game just a few years down the line. By GAYANE KHECHOOMIANGayane1225@yahoo.comIf someone like me, who lacks total video game playing

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“I started tattooing about two years ago. A friend of mine bought a cheap tattoo machine and tried to do tats but it wasn’t working out. I asked to borrow it and went home and tatted myself on my leg; I put a cross for my uncle - typical Armenian. After that, I traded my punching bag for a tattoo kit. To make a long story short, I got a lot of help from Body Shop Tattoo in Glendale. They

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By GEORGE DULGERYANGdulgeryan88@ucla.eduDr. Richard G. Hovannisian, the Armenian Educational Foundation (AEF) Chair in Modern Armenian History at UCLA, has hosted two on-campus events in commemoration of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The first event was a public lecture on April 13 by Matthias Bjørnlund titled “Smyrna/Izmir, 1914‐1916: A Special Case during the Armenian Genocide.

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By NUNE ALAVERDYANnalaverd@uci.eduAs another school year comes to a close, it becomes apparent that the commitment of Armenian students to their heritage is only growing stronger. The Armenian Students’ Associations of California colleges and universities are flourishing and upholding the dedication to Armenia shown in previous years. Their accomplishments this year are highlighted below.UC San

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By JANO BOGHOSSIANJanoboghossian@ucla.eduThe UCLA Conference on Armenian Studies- Asia Minor by Jano BoghossianThe Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in modern Armenian history at UCLA presented its eighteenth and final international conference in its series of “Historic Armenian Cities, Provinces and Communities.” The conference was held on Saturday, March 20, 2010 in Rolfe Hall at UCLA,

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Examining the protocols in regards to the Armenian communityBy IREN TATEVOSYANIrentatevosyan@yahoo.comIs this the tie that binds us, or is it the thread that pulls at our sinews? This was the underlying question of the panel discussion entitled “Armenia-Turkey Protocols: Pros & Cons.” Panelists included the honorable Grigor Hovhannisyan (Consul General of Armenia), Dr. Razmig Shirinian (Political

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Construing a paradigm-shift, Armenians should educate the global community about their issuesBy JANO BOGHOSSIANJanoboghossian@ucla.edu“1915 Never Again”, “Get Your Hands Off Our Lands”, “Turkey Run, Turkey Hide, Turkey’s Guilty of Genocide.” Armenians recite these chants every April 24 in the streets of Southern California, and up until I graduated high school, I believed that by taking part in

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UCLA student describes her experiences whether she prefers to live on or off campusBy DEANNA NIKOIANDnikoian@ucla.eduEver since the young age of three, I’ve always been trying to wander off from my parents. We would be at Macy’s, and I would roam off into Toys R Us, and my parents would spend hours looking for me. I would open the front door and walk down the street just because I felt like it.

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By Gayane KhechoomianGayane.khechoomian@gmail.com Tupac Amaru Shakur is one of the best rap artists to have graced the earth. The man understood and embraced the power of his Thug Life persona, while at the same time knew the difference between reality and image. As a main ‘spokesperson’ for the Thug Life ‘brand,’ it is easy to brand him as being degrading to women. After all, the hip-hop

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By ARIGA ABRAHAMIANarigaab@yahoo.com As I sat at my computer thinking about who to write about for my next article that has inspired me, one person popped up in my head: Kim Kardashian. Kim Kardashian has been a role model of mine and has inspired me to reach for the stars. I quickly turned on my laptop and frantically searched for the people I can contact in order to reach Kim. After

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In order to inflict less pain upon your fellow human beings, please consider the following list:1. Don’t cry to me about how you are fat, and then go eat a ton of ice cream and fatty food an hour later, and get defensive about it when you get asked “weren’t you trying to lose weight?” If it’s not someone’s business, don’t go crying to them about it. Nobody gives a shit. 2. No matter how many

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By RICHARD DAVITIANBruinboy88@ucla.eduThe first Armenian to immigrate to America was “Martin the Armenian” in 1618, one of the settlers of the Jamestown colony in Virginia; his occupation was raising silk worms. But it wasn’t until about 300 years later, after the Genocide of 1915, when the largest wave of Armenians immigrated from Armenia into numerous countries, such as the United States,

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By PHIL PEHLIVANIANPehl_iva_nian@hotmail.comIt has been over a hundred years since the first Armenian American communities formed, but a new threat emerged to the Armenians that fled to America escaping the genocide: Assimilation. Assimilation refers to adopting someone else’s culture over his or her own. So when the first group of Armenians started to arrive in America, the process of

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By ALEX MINASSIANSAlexminassians@gmail.comToo many secrets in this worldThat overpopulate our mindsToo many secrets in this worldWhich consume our precious timeThis world doesn't revolve around the sunIt revolves around secretsRound and round we runStealing each-others thoughtsLike blood that fills the bodies of our “friends” the leechesMany people wonder and even more ponderWhat is the point of

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By SEBASTIAN MILLAFluffyisgod@gmail.comAphrodite,Pervasive girl, you areEverywhere at onceBeckoning flesh beneathLush-peach skin;Delicious, forbidden juiceTangy, sharp liqueur that wouldSeep between my lips ifEver I had the fortune toLap it from the sourceWith my heathen tongue, my silver teethMy banal ways of thoughtI the animal, unto you,Would tame without rewardFor though my thirst is flame

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By JESSE ARLENThe sky, they assure me,Is not the sky but the universe.Today there are no clouds.Its blue blue blue blue blueIs as blank as bleached flour.I can tell you, for I am looking at it.There is nothing for the eyes to see,Nothing on which to stop or rest or anchor.The hebrews imagined watersAbove the vault of the heavens.It is nice to imagine that behind the expanseThere is something like

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By GEORGE DULGERYANGdulgeryan88@ucla.eduYour grandmother is a psychic! Well, that’s if she practices tasseography, the process of divination where one can predict the future by reading coffee grounds (or tea leaves) left at the bottom of one’s cup. It’s true, if someone you know can perform this grandiose style of fortune-telling, they are psychic!According to Dictionary.com, divination is

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By EMILY BAGDASARIANMmilyme52001@yahoo.comLet me ask you this: How many television sets do you own in your home?Chances are there is one in the kitchen, one in the family room, and one in your bedroom. That’s three already, but since you probably have siblings, let’s say four. In writing this article, I had the horror of coming across many statistics concerning the number of hours one spends

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BY ALEXIA ANI MARDIANsplitsensation@yahoo.comI have been in Armenia now for almost three months. For all of you who do not know, I have taken a year off from Northridge to study in Armenia for the year. I am here studying in the Armenian Studies faculty (department) studyingArmenian as well as Armenian Literature. I will be obtaining some credits towards my Armenian Studies minor at CSUN, but my

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The clock struck midnight and I was still trying to park my car on his busy street. Fifteen minutes later I was knocking on his door ready for a quick trill. As I walked in his sterile apartment it hit that I was tired, sleepy, and just not that into him.We had met four years ago at an alumni mixer; he was short, handsome, and perfect on paper. Last month he came messaging back into my world,

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The annual Armenian Students’ Association games took place in UC Santa Barbara, where fifteen teams from colleges in southern California participated in basketball and soccer games in the friendly spirit of competition.By ELVIRA DERHOVSEPIANElvira5027@yahoo.comThe annual Armenian Students’ Association tournaments took place at UC Santa Barbara on Saturday and Sunday, May 29 and 30. Fifteen

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With the fierce competition between the Boston Celtics and LA Lakers basketball teams heating up faster than a Los Angeles hot summer’s day, the next few weeks will certainly be a spectacle for sports fans across the nation.By MANOUK AKOPYANManouk.akopyan@gmail.com javascript:void(0)It’s starting to feel a lot like 1984 again. And 1985. And 1987.While most of us were dunking cookies into milk,

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By Tereza YerimyanTerezayerimyan@ucla.eduBeginning his music career at the tender age of six, Cameron Hovsepian is now striving to bring back the love for Jazz music to both the UCLA community and the musical world at large. A third year music major, Hovsepian feels that it is necessary to mold Jazz music to fit the current music stream, but also allow it to maintain its essence as soulful

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By SHAHANE ARAYIShahanem@ucla.eduPaul Yedalyan wants to be a pilot one day, or maybe a lawyer like his brother, or maybe he can get his scrubs on and be a doctor. His ambitions are endless, his dreams eternal, but today, for now, he is everyone’s favorite DJ Paul. While he may be in his late teens, his years of experiences DJing puts him among some of the best DJs in the Armenian wedding scene.

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I once asked this rapper if the song he was humming was a remix of its original version. To this he responded: “I’m doing a remix on life.” And doing the remixing was Patrick Antonian: an eclectic blend of several characteristics all in one human, which is also his stage name – Human1, or more commonly, H1 da Yung Gun.His versatility as an artist and his multi-faceted personality comes through in

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By Lara KuyumjianLara88.Bruin@ucla.edu He has won a total of 14 national championships and titles as player, assistant coach, and head coach of the UCLA Water Polo team. He is currently the head coach of the United States’ Women’s National Water Polo team, busy preparing his team for victory for the upcoming 2012 Olympics, set to take place in London, England. He is Adam Krikorian…

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By: Gayane Khechoomian and Shahane ArayiHip-hop music originated at block parties in New York City where the likes of DJ Kool Herc bumped tunes through their systems and the attendees made donations at the entrance. We, at the Armenian Chronicles, have used the same methodology to fund this paper for years. Thisparticular issue was funded with a ‘block party’ in Pasadena on March 5, 2010.

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By Lara InjeyanKoukla129@yahoo.com The cries of frightened children, the debris of dilapidated homes and buildings, the shrieks of loved ones desperately trying to find one another, and the rush of injured civilians seeking medical help are some of the hardships the world has recently witnessed the nation of Haiti experience after the major 7.0MW earthquake hit the island on Tuesday,

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By Mary KandaharianKandaharian88@ucla.edu Oscar winner Al Pacino, renowned for his method acting, was chosen to portray the younger Dr. Kevorkian in the HBO movie “You Don’t Know Jack.” Dr. Jack Kevorkian, dubbed “Dr. Death” or “Jack the Dripper,” was an enigmatic pathologist who was responsible for assisting more than 130 suicides with his “mercy machine.” He publicly championed a

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By Emily BagdasarianEmilyme52001@yahoo.com There seems to be a contagious rumor circulating… a rumor exhibiting the most common of symptoms, for it is grossly false and feeds on a prevailing negative stereotype. It is the rumor of the over-competitive, cutthroat, pre-medicine undergraduate. As early as high school, I recall hearing horror stories of “pre-meds” who will go to any length to

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By Lara KuyumjianLara88.Bruin@ucla.edu On Sunday, February 21, 2010, UCLA’s Armenian Students’ Association won the annual All-ASA Quiz Bowl for the third year in a row! With Occidental College’s ASA ranking second place and UC-Irvine’s ASA ranking third, it was surely a competition filled with excitement. Enthusiastic fans from all the participating schools were found present, cheering on

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By Jano BoghossianJanoboghossian@ucla.edu The Armenian Graduate Students’ Association held its eighth annual Colloquium on Armenian Studies on Friday, February 19, 2010 in Royce Hall 314. The presenters this year were invited from Italy, Poland, Armenia, and Turkey to present their papers on a wide variety of topics. The first session was on Armeno-Turkish literary ties, with two Turkish

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By Garo ChirishianChirishian88@ucla.edu Language courses are important avenues for UCLA students to remain competitive in an increasingly global economy. However, due to our economy’s severe financial crisis, the University of California has suffered many budget cuts, validating speculation about the possibility of completely terminating the Armenian language classes taught at UCLA. This is

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My dress was hanging loosely around my hips while I tried to my make my way through the crowded line. It had felt like I was in solitude for the past four months - without food, water, light, or people. As I made my way towards the bar, I realized that there certainly were plenty of fish. I was back on the meet market and looking for a quick score. Five minutes in, a second year law student

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By Tina AtamianTinaatamian@ucla.eduArmenians love to classify themselves into subgroups – “Are you Parskahye? Hayastantsi? Beirutsi?” – But what if you don’t fit into any of those classifications? Every time I explain to a peer that I am a “Yeroosaghemtsi,” (yes, I know that’s a mouthful), I almost always get the same disgruntled expression. In case you’re wondering, I am an Armenian from

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By Alex MinassiansAlexminassians@gmail.com Nights are dark Can not see own hands. Days pass, Moon expands. Vision heightens, Eye-sight widens. Cold creeps under skin, Heart pumping, maintaining warmth within. Moon filling now Hear voices in head. First of man then of beast, Thirst for blood increased. Full moon now, One voice remains. Howling in mind, Prickling of veins. Humanity gone, Morality

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By Richard DavitianBruinboy88@ucla.edu You have heard of Oriental rugs and Persian rugs, but what about Armenian rugs? If there is one thing that truly defines the art and workmanship of the Armenian people, it is our rugs. Armenian oriental rugs have been praised for their beauty and exquisite quality for centuries, but when it comes to the background and history of the rugs, little is

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By Tara EkmekciTara.ekmekci.49@my.csun.edu The dictionary says that passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion. Others would have a difficult time describing such a powerful word in just one sentence. Passion is the careful stroke of an artist’s brush while drawing. Passion is the look on a runner’s face while crossing the finish line, and the adrenaline running through a

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By Christine KojayanBruingirl0021@ucla.edu “Three words that describe me fairly well are busy, committed, and thankful,” states UCLA professor Ann Karagozian. Karagozian attained a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA and a Masters and Ph.D. at Caltech in Mechanical Engineering. As a current UCLA faculty member, the department in which Karagozian works is the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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By George K. DulgeryanGdulgeryan88@ucla.edu Yes, GOOD for you… Take every negative notion you’ve got about smoking tobacco and get rid of it. I’m going to give you an alternative perspective on smoking because the fact of the matter is, just as you believe that smoking is bad for you, smoking is also GOOD for you. A smoker’s community in today’s world is one subject to endangerment.

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By Garegin EsmailiEsmaili818@yahoo.com In the last few months, I’ve been seeing many Armenians, especially here in the United States, finding it difficult to accept the Turkish-Armenian Protocol that was signed. I want to share a point of view that I’ve come to accept after conversing with passionate Armenians, your everyday Turks, and scholarly historians. I find it difficult to accept

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Ruben VardanyanRubenvardanyan@yahoo.com Have you ever wondered how so many Armenians outside of the old country have come to settle in one location? It seems like a daunting task to try and trace back the catalyst of these never-ending settlements. The easy answer seems to be that there were already Armenians there! Whatever the reason may be, it’s nearly impossible to turn a blind eye

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By Jano BoghossianJanoboghossian@ucla.edu 1700 years ago, King Drtad III of Armenia declared Christianity as the official religion of Armenia, making the Armenian Kingdom the first state to do so in world history. What many people neglect to understand was the transition of paganism to monotheism in Armenia, as it was not a peaceful process that happened overnight, but one that caused

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By Repraxia ChoubakhchianRchoubakhchian@yahoo.com It occupies most of my brain. It occupies most of my nights. I like it more than ice cream. When I like it more, I scream. I wouldn’t exist without it. I don’t want to exist without it. No one wants to admit it. And that’s what makes it so hot. Because taboos are fun. Guilty pleasures are even better. Not chocolate, not

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By Rosaline Natalie ParonyanRparonya@uci.edu When high-school comes to an end, young Armenians and their families mostly choose an educational option that keeps the graduates close to home. In my situation, the idea of moving a mere 50 miles away to Irvine for college was stubbornly accepted. My parents understood that leaving the nest would place me in a vulnerable position that would

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By Mari GezalyanMhgezalyan@gmail.com It’s that time of the year again, where the old is thrown out, buried deep in the back of the closet, or revamped for a new season. As I switched out my L.A.’s finest for New York’s warmest, I realized that this year’s Fashion Week was going to be one to go down in history as the season that changed it all. Riding high on the wave of a faux depression

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By Christina Der SarkissianChrisdersark@ucla.edu Spontaneous, generous, and talented: Eileen Khatchadourian changed the way thousands perceive Armenian music by blending rock music with traditional folk songs. “I always knew I wanted to be a singer,” Khatchadourian states. She attended a music conservatory from a young age, where she learned piano and solfegio. “I don’t think that rock

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By: Tanya OhanianTanya_ohanian@yahoo.com Hidden behind the codes of melody, Komitas laid his soul bare for the world to see. Vulnerable and slightly misunderstood by the others in the seminary, he knew the quality of his music and what it would one day become. The essence of Komitas’ life is seen vividly through the eyes of two women… which brings me to introduce the playwrights of the

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By Manouk AkopyanManouk.akopyan@gmail.comHe’s back! Almost two years removed from a resounding debut in the United States, king Arthur Abraham will return for a good ole’ helping of American seconds when he faces off against Andre Dirrell for his fight in Group Stage 2 of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.Set to take place on March 27th at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan – just an

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By Talynn KuyumjianTalynnkuyumjian@yahoo.com In sunny Los Angeles, hockey is frequently an underappreciated and unacknowledged sport. Nonetheless, there are over half a million registered hockey players in this country and these are the people that keep this exciting sport alive. Current UCLA hockey player and President of the UCLA Hockey team, Michael Madatovian is one of those

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By Richard DavitianBruinboy88@ucla.edu A peculiar cartoon character depicting a traditional Armenian man has been taking over the web in recent years. The character's name is Harut and it seems as though every other day someone is posting the infamous video of him doing the Armenian dance. The mastermind behind the craze goes by the name Hayk Manukyan. Manukyan came to the States from

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By Andre ArzooAndrearzoo@berkeley.edu The University of California’s ruling ‘Board of Regents’ has approved a proposal to raise UC “fees” (tuition), by $2,500 (32%) – taking effect Spring 2010 for the 2010-2011 school year. The beginning of November has marked the transfer of state budget restraints from the shoulders of the State of California, and taxpayers, to the backs of California

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By Andre ArzooAndrearzoo@berkeley.edu Armenian students and activists gathered in Central Yerevan, Armenia’s Republic Square and marched toward the Georgian Embassy in protest of the Georgian Government’s intentional neglect of the numerous ancient Armenian Churches within its borders, as well as its restriction against officially registering the Armenian Apostolic Church as an active

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By Shahane ArayiShahanem@ucla.edu Adana 1909 – Centennial Memorial of Adana Massacres, an event sponsored and hosted by the Glendale Public Library, and presented by Abril Bookstore, attracted over two hundred Armenians and non-Armenians to the Glendale Public Library on October 11, 2009 in memoriam of the massacres of Adana. Elizabeth Grigorian, head of Armenian Outreach at the

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By Alexan YerevanianAyerevan@ucla.edu The Sayat Nova Dance Company, a non-profit volunteer dance ensemble based in Boston, Massachusetts, presented “Power in Rhythm,” a series of traditional and allegorical dances that reflect Armenia’s rich cultural heritage and national pride, on November 8, 2009 at the Glendale High School Auditorium. Over sixty members of the company performed such

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By Christina Der SarkissianChrisdersark@ucla.edu On November 7, 2009, Dr. Vartan Gregorian was honored “Professional of the Year” by the Armenian Professional Society. Dr. Vartan Gregorian is the twelfth president of Carnegie Corporation of New York, and has previously served for nine years as the sixteenth president of Brown University. The Carnegie Corporation is a philanthropic

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By Lara KuyumjianLara88.Bruin@ucla.edu 1 year, 5 months, 3 days… That’s exactly how long Zanni Meguerian hasn’t seen or heard from her beloved children. On July 2, 2008, the lives of three children and two families changed forever. Meguerian’s former husband, George Sulahian (or Silah), promised to take his two children, Alex, now 13, and Zaven, now 10, for a weeklong summer cruise

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By Angela AmirkhanianAmirkhaniana@hotmail.com He was independent, intelligent, very curious, extremely daring, and analytical. Without hesitation, Markar Melkonian began recounting his brother’s long and difficult road. “We would go for walks and have long discussions. Out of memory, he would reconstruct history and tell me what happened to him, one thing after another, very systematic. It

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By Angela MujukianLadybruin24@ucla.edu “Taxi!... 1st Avenue and 27th Street, Bellevue Hospital, please.” It was one year later and I found myself just as I was before at 7 am, Hello Kitty pen in one hand, blue notebook in the other, and a red Bellevue ER polo with khaki pants and black Vans. Except this time, I wasn’t commuting to UCLA, I was hitching a cab in New York City. I had no

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By Emily BagdasarianEbagdasarian@ucla.edu Few names within the younger generation of the Armenian community resonate more strongly with notions of hard-work and leadership than that of Raffi Kassabian. Kassabian has consistently been a leader in the Armenian-American community, beginning with his early years at Mesrobian High School, where he served as the President of the Associated Student

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By Lilit Melik-BakhshyanLilitmelik@yahoo.com ASGCC, which stands for the Associated Students of the Glendale Community College, is the student government of Glendale Community College. The whole organization consists of five different committees: the Administration Committee, the Finance Committee, Campus Activities, Campus Relations, and the Campus Organization. Each committee has its own

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By Sebastian MillaFluffyisgod@gmail.comI’ve fathered a daughterShe has no brothers orMother, her hands haveA porcelain gleamThe sun in her eyes refractsEvery color like the moon at nightWhen she bathes in the waterI am her father she willHave no loverAs long as I have Pen and page My daughter is a museShe robes herself in the Waning hearts of menOn mountains highIn between mountainsShe plants all

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By Alex MinassiansAlexminassians@gmail.comI think you may have mistaken me for someone else.I am not this person you have pieced together in your mind,In your heart.I do not want these things which you desire to have:A family, to settle down in one location,An everlasting fairytale.I am a drifter, my mind has shown me the way to the four corners of this corner-less earth.My travels have shown me

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By Sara AjemyanLaydeblue@hotmail.comHe takes a drag One tilt, two stares. Half moon, she drops. Head rolls back, baffled; He exists. Nature overrides, Control yourself! He takes a hit, He knows how to hold it. Momentary foul play, He’s new to it, I could tell. “My life is full of these moments,” he pleads. She keeps from laughing. She holds out, Come into my warmth, I will take care

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By Talin GharibianAbnertalinga@sbcglobal.net “What self-respecting college student isn’t on Facebook?” may initially seem like an absurd question. Sift through your mental inventory of friends, however, and you will probably be able to count the result solely with one hand. There must be at least a little bit of substance and value in something so popular, right? Even though that

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By Roy AkaragianArdsman@hotmail.com Are you one of the tens of thousands of people who go on Facebook or Twitter every day to update statuses, take quizzes, or play with pointless SuperPoke Pets or animals, most probably on a farm? Well then, let me inform you that you are wasting countless hours of your time. Sure, I agree that Facebook is a pretty cool website -- I use it myself, but there

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By Kiso PogosyanKisopogos@gmail.com There are many ethnicities, Armenian being one of them, with cultural traditions that place great emphasis on the bride-to-be’s virginity before marriage. But what truly makes one a virgin? Is it just having an un-popped cherry? Or does it go deeper than that (no pun intended)… On my quest to find out what Armenian men considered to be “wife-material,

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By Matevos NazarianMattnazarian@gmail.com A writer, model, contractor, mechanic, plumber, boxer, businessman, salesmen, student, and comic are all sitting outside a coffee house. Now this is not the beginning of a joke, but a riddle. In what cosmos, state, or nation can all these different types of men, which have virtually nothing in common, sit for hours a night, three nights a week, and

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By Michael KiamanMichael.kiaman@gmail.com Relax, I’m not a Socialist… I just need to see a doctor. And so we begin again. Another conversation about a serious topic has been taken over by political lobbyists aiming to confuse and scramble efforts to bring about substantial change to a problem that is only getting worse over time. The truth is, we need healthcare reform in our country

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By AnonymousDear diary, Today I couldn’t help but to wonder where my life is going! A few years ago I was on top of the world, so motivated, so happy, and so excited to move forward. I had the map of my life drawn in front of me, so beautiful! But now, I’m in my early 20’s and I am feeling down. I feel so lost and helpless. I think I have lost my confidence from within and I am afraid to

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Compiled by Niyiri ManougianNiyirianaghchig@aim.com The next few months will be momentous for our people. The ratification process seems to have slowed down, which shines a ray of hope for the future of our Nation—yes our; I claim it as my own even though I have never set foot on Armenian soil, Historic or otherwise. All we can do is wait for updates on the news, hoping that the actions of

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By Jano BoghossianJanoboghossian@ucla.edu Mesrob Mashdots invented the Armenian alphabet in 406 AD. The language spoken in the fifth century is certainly not the one we currently speak. Classical Armenian is the oldest written form of our language, and as every language inevitably does, it evolved through time to the two current dialects of today. Instead of treasuring the rich and diverse

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By Mari GezalyanMhgezalyan@gmail.com Friday night at the Penthouse, looking around the crowded bar, it should be a sea of men looking to impress viable women. However, it’s more like a sea of fashionably clad men and plastic injected aspiring actresses. In the midst of Mystic-tanned bodies, there is the average woman with black patent leather 4-inch Louboutins trying to make her way to an

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By Ariga AbrahamianArigaab@ucla.edu Ani Tamrazyan always knew that she would grow to become a singer and performer. But it wasn’t until the age of nine, when Armenian sensation Aram Asatryan (a family friend of the Tamrazyans) heard her singing and dancing along to Britney Spears with a fake microphone, when he wrote her very own song, entitled “Mankutsyan Ashxar.” She went to a recording

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By Arpine HovasapyanArpine26@gmail.com “A bullet doesn’t have to hit you to kill you,” reads the trailer of the film “Power Poison.” The film is written and directed by Vahram Hakobyan, a talented and passionate filmmaker, whose star in Hollywood is quickly rising. For the last two and a half years, Hakobyan has worked intensely and diligently on his biggest project yet. The movie is about a

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By Christine KojayanBruingirl0021@ucla.edu “The world is different behind a camera,” states Sarkis Vardanian, a photographer on the rise. One night, Vardanian and his friends decided to go to Sushi Roku for his birthday. He got along with the sociable Japanese chef at his table, who in turn presented Vardanian with his nickname: SakoSan. It was a perfect fit… Vardanian, born on August

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