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Editor Marine Vardanyan Layout Barlow Der Mugrdechian Photographers Ovsanna Simonyan Barlow Der Mugrdechian Staff Writers Lauren Chardukian Marina Chardukian Tatevik Hovhannisyan Aramayis Orkusyan Michael Rettig Emma Shaljyan Haverj Stanboulian Advisor Barlow Der Mugrdechian barlowd@csufresno.edu

Marine Vardanyan Editor Birthright Armenia. Two words that represent a program that is beyond description. This summer, I had the amazing opportunity to experience Armenia in its entirety. Not as a tourist, but as an Armenian, returning to her roots on a journey of self-discovery and enlightenment. Birthright Armenia helped make my dream into a reality. To return to Armenia ...

Haverj Stanboulian Staff Writer Seroun Mouradian Senior Major: Environ. Science I believe maintaining Armenian identity in the United States is dependent on speaking our language first and foremost, following the values our parents instilled in us, keeping the family close, going to Armenian church and to Armenian functions such as festivals and bazaars, and wanting to know and learn more ...

Marine Vardanyan Editor The news arrived at a time when Armenians around the world were in celebration. It was September 21, the 23rd anniversary of Armenia’s independence. A day to celebrate the enduring nature of the Armenian people, a people who have persisted through great periods of subjugation, war, and massacres. On September 21 reports were received that the Islamic ...

Michael Rettig Staff Writer Armenia’s Famous Persons http://www.persons.am/en/ The influence of Armenians around the world might seem surprising considering the size of the country. The Armenian people have had the ability to thrive in any society that they have adopted and have been able to add their unique threads to the tapestries of many different nations. The website Persons.am makes ...

EMMA SHALJYAN – Staff Writer What expectations do you have for the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide? Julia Aghayan Senior Major: Psychology The deaths of over 1.5 million Armenians is unrecognized in many countries around the world today. It is essential to me, for Armenians and non-Armenians alike, to continue disseminating facts of the Genocide, simply so the world ...

Denise Altounian – Staff Writer Many people are familiar with American Ambassador Henry Morgenthau’s account of the Armenian Genocide in his work Ambassador Morgenthau’s Story (1918). In the years following its publication, it has become one of the primary sources in studying the Genocide of 1915. However it is safe to say many people are not familiar with an equally ...

Staff Report www.hyesharzhoom.com The Armenian Studies Program announces the launching of a new website, hyesharzhoom.com, dedicated to the Hye Sharzhoom newspaper. The new website is the home of Hye Sharzhoom, the newspaper of the Armenian Students Organization and Armenian Studies Program, now in its 35th year of operation. Featured on the website is an archive of the back issues of ...

Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian, Prof. Sergio La Porta, and the Armenian Studies Program would like to thank the donors, authors, and publishers for the following books, periodicals, videos, and archival gifts, either offered personally, or to the Program. Armenian Numismatic Society, Pico Rivera, California, for a collection of books related to the study of Armenian coinage. Books by Paul Z. ...

RUZAN ORKUSYAN – STAFF WRITER The Fresno State Armenian Students Organization (ASO)has blossomed into a thriving Armenian community charac-terized by a fierce love of Armenian culture and an undying passion for bringing justice to the victims and survivors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. On no day is this clearer than on April 24, the fateful day marking the start of ...