By Barlow DerMugrdechian Hye Sharzhoom Advisor The future of Armenia could be seen in the excited faces of students from the Armenian Agricultural Academy (AAA) who arrived in Fresno on Wednesday, February 11 for a two week visit to California State University, Fresno.  They are the future because it is with their knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm that Armenian will be ...

Staff Report ï     February 3- President Ter-Petrossian Announces   Resignation ï     Prime Minister Robert Kocharian is Acting    President ï     Kirk Kirkorian Establishes $100 Million Small   Business Loan Fund in Armenia ï     March 16 Set for Presidential Elections ï     Five of the 12 presidential candidates, including   acting President Robert Kocharyan and    Vazgen Manukyan sign pledge to ensure that   the 16 March election ...

Canadian Scholar Dr. Isabel Kaprielian Appointed The appointment of Dr. Isabel Kaprielian to the Henry S. Khanzadian Kazan Professor of Modern Armenian and Immigration History at California State University Fresno adds a different perspective to the university’s Armenian studies courses. The Kazan Endowed Professorship is intended to develop a major emphasis on studies of Armenians in the diaspora, their immigration ...

By Barlow Der Mugrdechian Advisor A recent offer by the Turkish government to set up an endowed Chair in Ottoman and Turkish History at UCLA has engendered a firestorm of controversy.  The proposed $1,000,000 donation would establish an endowed Chair in an area of study which has already caused much debate over the past twenty years at UCLA, most notably ...

By Jennifer Keledjian Staff Writer On September 6, 1997, Californiaís oldest Armenian Church celebrated itís 100th Anniversary.  The centennial celebration for First Armenian Presbyterian Church of Fresno (F.A.P.C.) was held at the Centre Plaza Holiday Inn. Almost 1000 individuals within California and throughout scattered parts of the nation, gathered in unity, to commemorate this historic event. The prepared program included ...

By Michael Kazarian As an assignment for Armenian Studies 120T-Armenian Cooking Most people in the world, who have been exposed to an Armenian community or are themselves Armenian, know that food is a very central part of the Armenian culture and tradition.  My family is typical of the ìtraditionalî Armenian family whose home life revolves around foodóthe preparation of food, ...

Matthew Maroot Staff Writer Yalanchi, Kufta, Paklava… as Armenians we are all familiar with these culinary delights, however, not too many college students spend as much time preparing these dishes as they do enjoying them. But this was not the case on the weekend of October 17th and 18th, 1997 as a group of 20 students gathered to take part ...

By Sosi Thomassian Staff Writer Levon Shahnazarian doesn’t accurately remember his date of birth, but believes that it was on June 30, 1913.  He was born in Erzerum, in Western Armenia, the son of Serpouhi and Khatcho.  My grandfather  had two sisters and a brother.  Even though he doesnít remember much about his family, he will never forget the day ...

Michael Harutinian Staff Writer My great-grandfather Karekin was born in 1875 in Erzurum, the ancient capital of Armenia as well as the capital city of the province of Erzurum.  It is a city which has been renamed throughout  the centuries as Garin. Karekin’s grandfather was born in Kghi, one of the most distinguished districts in the province of Erzurum.  In ...

Matthew Maroot Staff Writer “As Armenians, whether we like it or not, if we donít pursue this [the true history of the Armenians] the American Government certainly wonít and the Turkish Government will write something counter-factual about it and we will be erased from history.  History does not write itself.” In this, the third lecture in the Armenian Studies Program’s ...