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Dr. Jonathan Conlin Special to Hye Sharzhoom Author of the definitive biography of Mr Five Per Cent, Dr. Jonathan Conlin reflects on a fabled meeting between the oil magnate and philanthropist Calouste Gulbenkian and William Saroyan. I should begin with a confession: I did not read Saroyan’s accounts of meeting Gulbenkian until April 2019, several months after my biography was ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Reporter Take the time to be informed about the Armenian Community every Sunday afternoon, from 2:00-3:00PM, with Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian on the radio show “All Things Armenian,” airing on Multicultural 1600AM. Learn about breaking news, music, and stories happening right now throughout the world. Feel the connection between yourself and Armenians throughout the world.  “All Things ...

Sosse Baloian Staff Writer The Armenian Studies Program Minor at Fresno State requires students to complete six to seven courses in Armenian language, art, culture, literature, and his-tory. In the Fall of 2019 more than 30 students, an all-time high, have registered to complete their Minor in Armenian Studies. Matthew Mugrdechian Kinesiology-Physical Education Why have you chosen to pursue a ...

Andrew Hagopian Editor The Armenian Students Organization at Fresno State ended the Fall 2019 semester with a Neighborhood Christmas Lights Social in December, where students were able to bond over dinner, games, and a walk around Candy Cane Lane. Students also participated in an “Ugly Sweater” competition which was quite competitive to judge.  In the Spring ASO held various social ...

Dustin Vartanian Staff Writer Turn up the volume and tune in to Multicultural 1600 KGST-AM Radio. The Armenian Studies Program at Fresno State has brought back its “All Things Armenian” radio program hosted by Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian. The original “All Things Armenian” program aired in 2003-2004 through the Fresno State radio station (KFSR) but, the new program’s airing this ...

Sosse Baloian Staff Writer Early this summer, second-year Mechanical Engineering student Sarkis Tatarian and senior Landscape Architecture Design student Michaela Walkup attended the American University of Armenia’s “Summer Study” program in Yerevan. During the six-week program, both enrolled in one general education course and were housed in apartments close to the campus. At the end of each week, Tatarian and ...

Arshak Abelyan Staff Writer Armenian refugees from the Ottoman Empire, who were able to escape the Genocide, experienced another traumatic shock by settling in the new Soviet Union. “Living under a new political order necessitated a total transformation of these ex-Ottoman subjects, into loyal Soviet citizens,” stated guest speaker Ayşenur Korkmaz. On Wednesday, October 30, 2019, Korkmaz explored the question ...

  Yervand Boyajyan Staff Writer Over a hundred years has passed, and the Turkish government has yet to recognize the atrocious genocide of the Armenian people. It is a topic about which modern-day Turkey stays silent and continues to deny what the Ottoman Turkish Empire did to the Armenian people in 1915.  On Friday, November 8, 2019, Dr. Ümit Kurt ...

Andrew Hagopian Editor The Armenian Students Organization (ASO) remained very active during the Fall 2019 semester, recruiting many new members. The year kicked off with an Armenian Social Night, which had students enjoying their fellowship over traditional Armenian Khorovadz (Barbecue). The ASO’s next event was a “Halloween Costume Party,” which was a huge success. Held on October 25, students dressed ...

Staff Report Armenian Studies Program Coordinator Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian announced that a bequest of $5,000 was made from the estate of the late Mrs. Isabel (Keklikian) Lion to the Armenian Studies Program for scholarships. Mrs. Lion passed away on February 22, 2018. She was a long-time supporter of the Armenian Studies Program.  In 1946, she married Herbert Lion, who ...