FILM TELLING ABOUT KARABAKH WAR BY ARMENIAN EDITOR SCREENED AT 34TH
ROTTERDAN FILM FESTIVAL

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. Four short films by Armenian editors
Arsen Azatian and Narine Lazarian participate in the 34th Rotterdam
Film Festival (Holland) opened Thursday. Head of the International
Festival “Gold Apricot,” a member of the Association of Movie Critics
and Movie Journalists, a jury of Rotterdam Festival Susanna
Haroutiunyan told ARMINFO.

She said that Azatian’s film “At the Roadside” (“Champezrin”) was
presented at the festival. A beautiful, sympathetic story about war
and the need to have a home. 1992, Karabakh: a military convoy is
evacuating the civilian population that is being shelled. In a
deserted area, the soldiers try to persuade an old man who refuses to
leave his home to come with them. The stubborn old man – who speaks in
the Karabakh dialect – is played by the excellent actor Rafael
Jrbashian. Besides, three films by Narine Lazarian will be screened
at the festival.

<Donkey> – a friendly, poetic episode from the life of a man, his
donkey and their dialogue. A friendly, poetic episode of the everyday
life of a man, his donkey and their dialogue.

<Bobo>, the ‘bogey-man’ is dedicated to and is about the brilliant
film director Sergei Paradzhanov (1924-1990). The film festival has a
special bond with Paradzhanov; Hubert Bals had invited him personally
to come and receive a cash prize in 1988 in Rotterdam, which was
Paradzhanov’s first journey outside the Soviet Union. Paradzhanov’s
visit was an ’emotional high point’ (Peter van Bueren) of Bals’ last
(seventeenth) festival.The film shows Paradzhanov via a roundabout
route. We see him arrive severely ill in Yerevan, the capital of
Armenia, after a stay in Paris. Later, after his death, his body is
prepared for a death mask. We also see pictures of Paradzhanov at home
and the shooting of what to be his last film, Confession. He
interrupted this production himself when he realised that the means
available were completely inadequate.The soundtrack quotes Paradzhanov
about a variety of issues. He talks about his discord with the
authorities, narrates lyrically about his stay in Rotterdam and above
all about his art. There is lots of bitterness as Paradzhanov talks
about the constitutional state, soldiers and his imprisonment.A calm
camera style helps capture the melancholy of Paradzhanov’s last
days. Pictures of nature, the city, the airport ensure a visual story
filled with contrast. The camera does not provoke, but
reflects. <Radio Yerevan > – a refrigerator truck loaded with
humanitarian aid arrives in Armenia. The drivers are unable to locate
the road to Yerevan and keep looking for it. Parallel to this a string
of ludicrous stories unfolds. This is the story of Radio Yerevan in a
nutshell, according to its makers. They added: ‘This looks like a
simple rendition of the main plot, but it certainly isn’t. The truck
is not important, nor is the fact that the drivers only find Yerevan
when they leave the town, nor even the chain of extremely ludicrous
events, nor the boy’s flashbacks to the sixties, nor the ‘radio’
effects that play with reality, nor even the eroticism. The substance
of this film cannot be put into words and the plot can at most be
expressed in a poetic image: ‘within the depth of your blue eyes my
heart is yearning for the golden splash’. The need for this film today
was hanging in the air. The film is so short that it does not
distinguish between important and irrelevant, black and white, hours
and seconds. The film is laughter you wouldn’t want to share with
others, like secret self-inflicted wounds. We simply tried to open up
the innermost, most fragile and cherished layers of our egos and the
instinct to survive makes us laugh. And the laughter drives us
mad. Our country is at war today and that frightens us. But if we’re
scared, we fight more bravely, confront death more daringly and end up
laughing. What makes us laugh? Is it war, death or bravery? We do not
aspire to provide ready answers with the film, we’re all in the same
boat. We merely cry out about what you hear in the outcry. Take it or
leave it: this is our expression of the self. Radio Yerevan was made
with the support of the Rotterdam Film Festival.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

VISIT OF OSCE MG TO REGION MUST BE CONSIDERED AS SUCCESS IN FOREIGN
POLICY OF ARMENIA: LEADER OF AZERBAIJANI ORGANIZATION FOR LIBERATION
OF KARABAKH

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. The visit of OSCE MG to the region must
be considered as a success in the foreign policy of Armenia Leader of
the Azerbaijani Organization for Liberation of Karabakh Akif Nagi said
at a press-conference, Thursday.

He said that at the first stage of that trip, Azerbaijan was forced to
concessions i.e. “the delegation included in it neither representative
of Azerbaijan nor Turkey.” Besides, Nagi expressed indignation at the
fact that the delegation will inspect the regions nearing
Karabakh. but not in Karabakh. <We disagree with it. The mission must
be in Karabakh as well, otherwise, one can make a conclusion that OSCE
do not consider Karabakh an occupied territory,> he said.

Nagi stated that the mission must pass via the territory of Azerbaijan.
At the same time, as regards the security of the delegation, he said
that this issue should not be laid on Azerbaijan, Akif Nagi noted that
at first, OLK planned to prevent the visit of the delegation to
Azerbaijan, however, “later we decided that pretexts are searched not
to allow the delegation to arrive in Nagorny Karabakh and we refused
from our initial idea. After the mission’s report in favor of Armenia,
we shall hold actions connected with the activity of that organization.”
Commenting on PACE resolution of Nagorny Karabakh, OLK Chairman said
that the resolution can be used only as a starting point for more
serious steps in future. At the same time, he said that the resolution
has a balanced approached to Armenia and Azerbaijan, it lays stress
upon the status of Nagorny Karabakh.

Azerbaijani soldier killed by Armenian forces

Friday, January 28, 2005

FOREIGN

BAKU – The Associated Press

  An Azerbaijani soldier was killed on the cease-fire line separating
government troops from ethnic Armenian forces controlling the Nagorno-Karabakh
enclave and a swath of surrounding territory in the ex-Soviet republic, the Defense
Ministry said on Thursday.

  The military chief in the disputed enclave, meanwhile, said strengthened
defenses on the cease-fire line mean that any Azerbaijani attempt to take back
the territory will be thwarted and could prompt “successful counterattacks.”

  The latest death on the dividing line and the bellicose warning added to
tension that persists more than a decade after a 1994 cease-fire ended a
six-year war over Nagorno-Karabakh that killed 30,000 people and drove a million from
their homes.

  Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said ethnic Armenian forces opened fire near
the village of Shurabad shortly before midnight Wednesday, killing an
Azerbaijani soldier.

  Gunfire sporadically breaks out between the opposing forces, and the
dispute has raised fears of renewed war. International efforts have failed to
produce a settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which supports
Nagorno-Karabakh’s internationally unrecognized government.

  Also Wednesday, Nagorno-Karabakh defense chief Seiran Oganian said that
“large volume of construction work” done on the front line over the past year
would enable ethnic Armenian forces to “freely conduct trench fighting in the
case military action begins, turning aside all attempts by the enemy to move
forward.”

  “We are prepared … not just to defend ourselves but to conduct successful
counterstrikes,” Oganian said.

  Ethnic Armenian forces also control a large amount of adjacent territory,
including land that links the enclave with Armenia. Disputes over the
additional territory have been one of the factors preventing Armenia and Azerbaijan
from settling the conflict.

  International monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe, which has been seeking to foster a settlement between Armenia and
Azerbaijan for a decade, are due to tour the ethnic Armenian-held territory in
the coming days.

  Oganian, who spoke at a news conference, said that Nagorno-Karabakh
authorities “cannot prohibit our citizens to farm in these territories.”

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ROBERT KOCHARIAN AND ARKADI GHUKASIAN DISCUSS ISSUES REGARDING KARABAKH
SETTLEMENT

TEHRAN, January 26 (Noyan Tapan). The literary soiree entitled “To be
Frank…” dedicated to prominent poet Paruir Sevak was held at the
“Nairi” hall of the Sasun district of Tehran on January 21 upon the
initiative of the “Nor Dar” (“New Century”) recital group of the
Literary Department of the Armenian “Sipan” cultural union. According
to the “Alik” (“Wave”) daily newspaper, during the arrangement headed
by Angel Minasian members of the “New Century” group recited 35 works
of Sevak to the accompaniment of guitar and piano. Such an arrangement
was also held on January 22.

US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA WILL MAKE A <REPORT FROM ARMENIA – 2005> AT
UCLA ON FEBRUARY 17

YEREVAN, JANUARY 28. ARMINFO. Honorable John M. Evans, U.S. Ambassador
to the Republic of Armenia, will speak at UCLA on Thursday afternoon,
February 17, 2005, at 2 p.m., in the Viewpoint Conference Room of
Ackerman Union (student union building, level A). Evans was confirmed
by the Senate in June, took his oath of office in August, and
presented his credentials in Yerevan in September 2004.

US Embassy informs ARMINFO that the Ambassador’s visit to UCLA is
being arranged by Professor Richard Hovannisian, AEF Chair in Armenian
History, with the cooperation of the Armenian Students
Association. Evans has stated that he looks forward to a free and open
exchange with students, faculty, and members of the public who wish to
attend the afternoon forum. He will begin the hour with a brief
overview titled “Report from Armenia–2005.”

A native of Williamsburg, Virginia, John Evans studied Russian history
at Yale University and Columbia University. Since entering the foreign
service, he has served in a number of posts, including Tehran, Prague,
Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Washington D.C., as well as on special
commissions and peace-keeping missions in Europe. His role in
coordinating the American response to the Armenian earthquake of 1988
earned him a medal and statement of appreciation from the Armenian
government. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Armenia, Evans
directed the State Department’s Office of Russian Affairs.

Ambassador Evans will be accompanied by Mrs. Donna Evans, former
President of the World Affairs Council of Washington, D.C., Robin
Phillips, Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International
Development, Eugenia Sidereas, the State Department’s Desk Officer for
Armenia, and Aaron Sherinian, the Embassy’s Political Officer and
Assistance Coordinator in Yerevan.

KARABAKH LEADER STRESSES ARMENIAN ARMY’S ROLE IN KARABAKH SECURITY

Arminfo
28 Jan 05

YEREVAN

Armenia does its best to defend Nagornyy Karabakh. But it is one thing
when representatives of Nagornyy Karabakh raise some issues and it is
quite another thing when Armenia represents them, the president of the
Nagornyy Karabakh Republic, Arkadiy Gukasyan, has told journalists in
Yerevan.

“In this context, I consider that our opportunities will expand if
Karabakh takes part in negotiations and defends its positions itself,”
the president stressed. The president also pointed out that the
Armenian army was the main guarantor of the security of the Nagornyy
Karabakh people and state.

“If we have any fully formed structure, it is the army. I am confident
that we will have future with a strong army. The truth is that the
army has been resolving problems in our region until now. God willing,
this will never happen again, and problems are resolved politically.
But nevertheless, we need a strong army,” the president said.

ARMENIAN DEPUTY SPEAKER SAYS COUNCIL OF EUROPE’S KARABAKH REPORT “REEKS OF
OIL”

Mediamax news agency
28 Jan 05

YEREVAN

Armenian Deputy Speaker Vaan Ovanesyan is concerned at the Azerbaijani
authorities’ attempt to take the format of the Karabakh problem
settlement outside the OSCE Minsk Group framework and into the
parliamentary structures of the Council of Europe, NATO and other
organizations, where the superficial study of the problem is being
carried out.

Ovanesyan said this at a meeting with journalists at the National
Press Club in Yerevan today.

In this way official Baku avoids settling the conflict, and the Minsk
Group co-chairmen are really involved in solving it, taking into
consideration the opinions of all the parties to the conflict, he
said. The deputy speaker expressed an opinion that discussions of this
issue at experts’ level in any case lead to proposals which are more
advantageous to the Armenian side than to the Azerbaijani one. He
recalled that after the change of the authorities in Armenia in 1998
all the proposals of the OSCE Minsk Group were rejected by Azerbaijan.

Ovanesyan noted that reports of international structures are
non-binding since the mandate to settle the Karabakh problem belongs
to the Minsk Group. At the same time, the deputy speaker expressed
concern at the fact that PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe) rapporteur David Atkinson in his speech devalued the
mediators’ work holding them responsible for the difficulties in the
settlement process. Ovanesyan also condemned the report for the
failure to mention the prime cause of the conflict.

“The document reeks of oil,” he said, noting that the report took into
account the interests of oil consortiums engaged in the construction
of the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

UN RURAL AID AGENCY ISSUES 20M-DOLLAR LOAN TO ARMENIA

Mediamax news agency, Yerevan
28 Jan 05

YEREVAN

The (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has
allocated a 20m-dollar loan to Armenia.

An appropriate agreement was signed by IFAD Chairman Lennart Bage and
Armenian Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan in the capital of Italy
today, Mediamax’s special correspondent reports from Rome. Armenian
President Robert Kocharyan also attended the ceremony of signing the
document.

David Lokyan said that 10m dollars would be spent on issuing loans to
farmers in Armenia via the republic’s commercial banks. The remaining
10m dollars will be channelled into the projects of modernization of
Armenia’s agricultural infrastructure.

The IFAD chairman highly assessed Armenia’s success in the sphere of
agricultural reforms at the meeting with Robert Kocharyan. Lennart
Bage stressed that the loans issued to Armenia were used with high
efficiency.

Armenian Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan said today that the
credit programme was designed for four years and its realization would
begin in a few months.

Anotaciones al margen de un viaje

En un `rincón argentino’ de Ereván

Sardarabad (Buenos Aires)
19.01.2005

Vartán Matiossián (Nueva Jersey (EE.UU.), agosto de 2004)

Ereván en julio sigue manteniendo los rasgos más típicos del sofocante
calor (40 grados a la sombra) durante el día y la salvadora `brisa del
Iluminador’ por la noche que convierte los cafés al aire libre en una
etapa obligada, donde hasta las 2 o 3 de la mañana, si no más, uno se
siente transportado a la Recoleta, sea con café o cerveza, jugo de
frutillas o champaña… Todo el centro de Ereván es la zona del
encuentro, como en París `au soleil, sous la pluie,/ à midi ou à
minuit,/ il y a tous qui vous voulez/ au Champs Elysées’, canta con
contagioso optimismo el desaparecido Joe Dassin desde el enésimo CD
`made in Russia’ que compro en Ereván.

Pero cuando se vive a diez minutos del centro y se tiene la oportunidad
de recorrer las distintas barriadas, aún las periféricas, no hace falta
ser demasiado perspicaz para advertir que debajo de las renovaciones,
los autos caros y los negocios de lujo del centro hay `otro país’ en el
que vive sumergida la gran mayoría de la población. Es el país donde la
gente vive apenas con lo justo, a menudo dependiente de las remesas de
divisas del exterior, y donde la ostentación casi obscena de los pocos
–casi siempre de dudoso origen– estalla como una bofetada en el rostro
de los muchos que hoy por hoy sólo pueden intentar o soñar, al decir del
poema de Mario Benedetti, con que `en mi país/ la gente viva feliz/
aunque no tenga permiso’…

Una vez más, todo se reduce a la sempiterna imagen del vaso de agua.
¿Está a medio llenar o a medio vaciar? El optimista exclamará sin
vueltas `A medio llenar’; el pesimista insistirá, igual de tajante, en
lo contrario. Sin dejarnos llevar por la retórica hoy insulsa de los
intereses partidarios o ideológicos, los realistas diremos que el vaso
se está llenando lentamente, pero que la calidad del vidrio deja mucho
que desear y se está filtrando agua por las paredes del vaso… ¿Más o
menos de la que se llena? Dejo al lector el deseo o la obligación de
formular una respuesta categórica.

Estoy en esa ciudad de las sorpresas permanentes y de los signos
contrapuestos. Es mi séptima visita desde el ahora lejano 1989 y las
comparaciones con el pasado (otoño de 1992) vienen a la mente aún sin
que uno se lo proponga. Ereván sin agua, sin luz, sin nafta, sin gas,
sin tránsito, sin pan, sin… Y hoy, exactamente al revés.

No ha cambiado tanto desde 2002 y tampoco he iniciado estas líneas con
el objeto de volver a escribir notas de viaje. El `sueño de una noche de
verano’ del que hablaba en aquel entonces (`Sardarabad’, 11 de diciembre
de 2002-8 de enero de 2003) está plenamente vigente con todas sus luces
y sus sombras. Hasta nuestro Patrick Tateosián, casi dos años después de
su prematuro alejamiento, sigue firme allí, en los lugares que hemos
recorrido y en la memoria de tantos que lo conocieron o lo escucharon
nombrar.

Entre mis jornadas de trabajo en la Academia de Ciencias, el Museo de
Literatura y Arte, los Archivos Nacionales, la Biblioteca Nacional, el
Museo del Genocidio o la Sociedad de Escritores, se suman visitas a
lugares a los que no había ido. Uno es el museo de Serguei Parajanov,
que conserva con tanto deleite la memoria de un cineasta y artista
idiosincrático, de tanta originalidad como el `Gato Negro’ de Fernando
Botero valuado en un millón de dólares, emplazado al pie de Cascat,
donde pronto se erigirá el museo de arte contemporáneo occidental de la
Fundación Cafesjián, que, sin dudas, será un curioso contrapunto a todo
lo tradicional que alberga Ereván.

Y en el circuito tradicional, descubro, después de tantas visitas en las
que pasara por sus cercanías sin saberlo, el museo de Aram Jachaturián.
Y lo descubro porque el 13 de julio me han invitado a hablar en la
presentación de `Los armenios en el cine mundial’, una meticulosa
investigación realizada durante quince años por su autor, el Dr. Artsví
Bakhchinyán (nacido en 1971), filólogo y crítico de cine, con casi 700
páginas de excelente impresión y 100 ilustraciones. Es su séptimo libro,
después de su `Figuras de origen armenio’ (1993 y 2002), `Napoleón y los
armenios’ (2003), `Armenia y Escandinavia’ (2003), etc. Aquí figuran
desde Atom Egoyán y Henri Verneuil hasta las estrellas armenias en los
teleteatros brasileños y desde Roubén Mamoulián hasta las actrices de
origen armenio en el cine porno de los Estados Unidos.

La sala principal del museo, con capacidad para 120 personas, está
abarrotada de público, incluyendo varios de los directores, actores y
personalidades citados en el texto, provenientes de Francia, Canadá,
Bélgica, Estados Unidos, etc. Se halla presente la pintora Elizabeth
Davidián-Romhild, nacida en Irán y residente en Tailandia, quien ha
llegado a Armenia con su esposo para una visita de 4 días, con el objeto
de estar presente; el libro ha sido publicado con sus auspicios.
Periodistas de una multitud de canales de TV y un ambiente de cierta
informalidad que cuadra con la personalidad del autor. Eso sí, un
público demasiado hablador que no cesará de cuchichear, ni aún durante
las breves exposiciones de los oradores.

Llego temprano y recorro brevemente el museo. No es menor mi placer al
advertir de inmediato que hablaré delante del piano `Pleyel’ que el
maestro Jachaturián tocara en 1957 en la casa de la familia Arzoumanián
y que recientemente fuera donado por la Fundación `Boghós Arzoumanián’.
Una completa explicación, textos y fotos alusivas, y la foto de los
benefactores Armén Mezadourián y Siranush Arzoumanián de Mezadourián
completan el panorama. El mundo es un pañuelo, y hacer una aparición
pública en Ereván en este `rincón argentino’ trae reminiscencias de
tiempos no tan remotos.

Los dos oradores son la Dra. Knarik Avagyán, investigadora de la
Academia de Ciencias y especialista en la comunidad armenia de los
Estados Unidos, y quien esto escribe, a quien, además de su interés
académico en los armenios de Latinoamérica, une una vieja amistad con el
autor. También hacen uso de la palabra el Dr. Henrik Bakhchinyán,
director del Museo de Literatura y Arte, cuyo sello editorial ha
publicado el libro, y el Dr. Bakhtiar Hovagimyán, jefe de la sección de
teatro del museo. El análisis, el agradecimiento, el comentario y los
recuerdos, después de la palabra del autor, se cierran con un
refrescante concierto del coro de cámara `Hover’, bajo la dirección de
Sona Hovhannisián, que con cinco canciones va de Bach a los Beatles para
concluir con una memorable versión de los `Canciones danza’ del padre
Gomidás, que no se puede describir a quien no estuvo allí. Si ustedes
recuerdan al coro masculino que forma parte de la banda de sonido de
`Ararat’, de Atom Egoyán, entonces tienen una pauta de cómo suena parte
de `Hover’. Para el conjunto, me permito recomendarles sus dos discos
compactos editados en los Estados Unidos en 2002 y 2003
().

Y cada vez que me encuentro con los intelectuales de mi generación, como
ese día y todos los días, no puedo dejar de pensar en que somos nosotros
los que allá y acá y en todas partes tenemos la posibilidad de cambiar y
de cambiarnos, de hacer y de hacernos en el proceso. Somos los hijos de
un tiempo de incertidumbres, pero también de la fe en que hay un futuro
posible.

Este julio es otra vez una experiencia renovadora, plena de sol y
libros, música y teatro, encuentros esperados e inesperados, noches de
diversión y conversación.

Para quien no ha perdido su poder de observación en medio de este baño
de sensaciones y contradicciones, esto no es suficiente para disipar las
inquietudes por el presente, pero habrá que seguir confiando, como me
enseñaran hace quince años en una Armenia tan alejada y tan próxima de
ésta, en que “Verje lav gelini” (`todo estará bien al final’)

©©©

Epígrafes:

— El piano que Aram Jachaturián tocara en la Argentina, donado por la
Fundación `Boghós Arzoumanián’
— Vartán Matiossián habla durante la presentación del libro `Armenios
en el cine mundial’. A la derecha, su autor, el Dr. Artsví Bakhchinyán.
— Un grupo de integrantes del coro de cámara `Hover.’

PRESS RELEASE
A.G.B.U. Alex & Marie Manoogian School
Lawrence Technological University
Contact: John Miskelly or Carolyn Assarian
Phone: (313) 982-1400

Unique Educational Partnership Begins Between A.G.B.U. Alex & Marie
Manoogian School and Lawrence Technological University

1/25/05

SOUTHFIELD, MI – At the A.G.B.U. Alex & Marie Manoogian School in
Southfield, an exciting partnership was officially formed as
administrators from the Manoogian School and Lawrence Technological
University participated in a signing ceremony (photo 1 attached). Titled
INSPIRE (Inspiring and Nurturing Students – A Partnership for Innovative
and Rewarding Education), the new program outlined in the signed
agreement offers Manoogian School seniors the opportunity to take
courses at Lawrence Tech for college credit.

In his remarks at the ceremony, Dr. Charles Chambers, president of
Lawrence Technological University, recalled a previous discussion with
Manoogian School founder Alex Manoogian. Dr. Chambers said, `(Manoogian)
believed in educational opportunities for young people,’ and he believes
the INSPIRE program follows the same lines Manoogian had intended for
the school. Dr. Chambers encouraged Manoogian students to apply for the
program in the future.

Dr. Nadya Sarafian, principal of Manoogian School, urged students to
take advantage of the chance to take courses at such an esteemed
university.

The ceremony also included the introduction of Manoogian’s three INSPIRE
students, who have already begun classes at Lawrence Tech: Vatche
Bassmagian, Avak Kahramanian and Mihai Untea. They were presented with
certificates and Lawrence Tech sweatshirts by Dr. Chambers.

In addition to Drs. Chambers and Sarafian, signing the agreement were
Dr. Lewis Walker, executive vice-president and provost, Lawrence
Technological University, Hosep Torossian, vice-principal, and Dr.
Richard Marburger, chair of the board of education, Manoogian School.
Also in attendance were several Lawrence Tech faculty members and staff;
Manoogian School board members, PTO members, parents, friends, faculty
and staff; and representatives from the Mayor of Southfield’s office and
Central Michigan University’s Charter Schools Office.

The Manoogian School is located in Southfield, Michigan. Established in
1969, the school was chartered by Central Michigan University in 1995.
Its curriculum follows the Michigan State Board of Education guidelines
for all schools, in addition to emphasizing the study of the Armenian
language, culture, history and arts.
Lawrence Technological University, also located in Southfield, is a
private university with a reputation for excellence. It boasts a
well-respected faculty in the fields of engineering, architecture and
design, arts and sciences, and management.

(1) Signing Ceremony Photo: Administrators from Manoogian School and
Lawrence Tech University sign the agreement outlining the new IGNITE
partnership, which allows Manoogian students to take college courses at
Lawrence Tech for college credit.

(2) INSPIRE Students Photo: Pictured with Dr. Nadya Sarafian, principal
of Manoogian School, and Dr. Charles Chambers, president of Lawrence
Tech University, are the three Manoogian students taking part in the
INSPIRE program: Vatche Bassmagian, Mihai Untea, and Avak Kahramanian.

Contact: John Miskelly or Carolyn Assarian
Phone: (313) 982-1400