(December 11, 2007) — It’s a cold Saturday morning, at the ungodly hour of 8 a.m. Many students are still fast asleep, but even at that same moment when most of her fellow students are enjoying their day of rest, junior Lilit Beglarian is driving up to the Pasadena Art College, where she will study figure drawing, nude figure drawing and illustration for the next 12 hours. Why, one might ask, would someone give up their entire Saturday to go to class, and pay for the privilege? “Its really fun,” said Beglarian, who has been taking art at PAC for three years. “I love being at the college. I walk around with people who are just like me.” Lilit Beglarian, who prefers to go by Calyx, has declared herself accomplished in many artistic areas: five years of vocal operatic, three years of dance and a mind-boggling thirteen years of drawing, which seems to remain her primary passion. She has created artworks to be used on business cards for two art galleries and an art store, as well as for the logo of a local Armenian television channel which is featured on flyers, tickets and clothing. Her notebook of character drawings, both fi ctional and real world inspired, shares space in her backpack with academic binders. She may often be found creating original works in her spare time, which will go home with her to be immortalized in computer graphics. Her opportunities here at Clark, according to her, have not been optimal. “We only have one art department,” Beglarian said, “and while I confess that it’s a strong art department, it’s very small.” Clubs are not an option to her either. “I don’t pursue anything other than the visual arts section in Clark.” She has chosen to forego participation in music and dance study here due to the lack of formal classes. “I would prefer classes because many of the clubs I’ve been to in those sections don’t really take what they are doing too seriously.” Beglarian is in AP Art. “Usually you can find me in her room at enrichment.” Beglarian plans to travel to London after high school to pursue her education and culturing in a more, shall we call it, liberal environment. “[There are] censures and limitations on what I can draw in school. Nudity and partial nudity are a huge part of the drawing section. [In Europe] there isn’t as much propaganda towards the body.” Beglarian plans to continue studying art wherever she goes.