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Armen Melidonian Staff Writer Dr. James Russell, Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University, spoke on “Misak Medzarents: Songs of Freedom, Defiance, and Joy” on Wednesday, March 16th, as part of the Armenian Studies Program Spring Lecture Series. Much of the Western Armenian poet Medzarents’ work is a reflection of his life experience. Medzarents was born in 1886, in ...

Ruzan Orkusyan Staff Writer The 96th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide has passed and yet some still deny its very existence. Nonetheless, Armenians remember, honor, and fight for recognition every year. This year, as for the past forty years, the Armenian Student Organization at Fresno State, in cooperation with the Armenian Studies Program, decided to participate in that cause by ...

Evelyn Demirchian Staff Writer There was a celebratory and cheerful atmosphere in the Fresno State University Dining Hall, on a rainy Sunday, March 20th, when the Armenian Studies Program held its 23rd Annual Banquet. The decorated hall was filled to capacity with students, their proud families, Armenian Studies Program faculty, administrators, and supporters from the Armenian community, and honored guest ...

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Armen Melidonian Staff Writer The City Council of Kars has decided that the Turkish-Armenian Friendship Statue in the Kars Province of Turkey, whose existence was subject to political debate, will be demolished. The statue is of a human figure divided in two, with each facing one another and one extending its arm to the other. Currently unfinished, it is 100-feet ...

Staff Report Longtime California State University, Fresno friend and benefactor Alice A. Peters passed away Monday, Jan. 24. She was 97. Mrs. Peters was the widow of business leader Leon S. Peters, who died in 1983. After Mr. Peters’ death, Mrs. Peters served for many years as board president of the Leon S. Peters Foundation, a charitable organization that has ...

Armen Arikian Staff Writer Internationally recognized performer and teacher Hasmik Harutyunyan led an exciting Armenian Dance and Song Workshop for more than twenty-five students and community members on Saturday, March 5. She taught traditional Armenian folk songs such as Koon Yeghir Balas, Garun A, and Sona Yar, and also the steps to many traditional Armenian dances. Dances included the Gyovend, ...

Tamar Karkazian Editor Considering that Fresno State is three-quarters done with the 2010-2011 academic year, I feel that now is a good time to reflect upon ASO’s goals and accomplishments. The main goals for the Armenian Students Organization (ASO) for the 2010-2011 school year have been to 1) bring more young Armenians together 2) increase cultural awareness on the Fresno ...

Staff Report The late Walter Sepetjian of Fresno has bequeathed $25,000 to the Armenian Studies Program to establish a scholarship fund in his name. The income from the fund will benefit Fresno State students taking courses in Armenian Studies. Mr. Sepetjian passed away on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Walter Sepetjian was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts on November 2, 1933. He ...