Armenians

Safran points out that with his new definition, it is possible to identify seven more diasporas: the Armenian, Maghrebi, Turkish, Palestinian, Cuban, Greek and Chinese. This is a step in the direction of inclusivity, but there is one caveat that Clifford points out: Safran sees these “new” diasporas as somehow inferior to the Jewish diaspora, which he holds…

For my concert critique, I went to Jason Terry’s Doctoral Piano Recital on Tuesday, December 1st at the School of Music in room 206. Because Terry was able to pick the pieces he played, he picked a range of different pieces to emphasize his wide range of talent. He included older and modern pieces including Bach, Godowsky, Balakirev, Zorn, and Liszt. The first piece he played was “Prelude & Fugue, BWV 872” composed by Bach. I was a little unsure about the nature and form of this piece because…

On April 22, 1981 President Ronald Reagan made a statement in his proclamation, “ Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the Cambodians which followed it, . . . the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten (Reagan).” As a matter of fact it should never be forgotten, no genocide should be taken lightly. It takes a horrible, disgusting, and soulless person to carry out such mass extinction of an ethnic group or nation. Considering there were many genocides that…

taught Vahan that you can do whatever action in order to survive, that there is no right or wrong. Vahan used this advice and convinced the group of Turkish that he was deaf and blind so he could join the Turkish group without them knowing he was Armenian. Secondly, Selim Bey shows Vahan how cruel reality is. As Vahan reacts towards Selim Bey’s answer, “I looked at him [Selim Bey] then as I might have looked at my father if he had struck me.” (137). This quote was about how Vahan was shocked…

Moving to a country across the world is very difficult to foresee, yet millions embark on this journey everyday. For my parents, communism was the one aspect of life that gave them doubt in leaving their homeland. They rocked back and forth between ideas on how to safely and securely create a better life for themselves. But what about other families in other countries. How do they go about traveling to America unscathed. Countless men and women could be halted by their lack of money or outside…

Dear Senator Pat Toomey, Hello, my name is Jessica Jung and I am from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I attend Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School, where we are required to take American Studies as a class in ninth grade. Recently we have started discussing the Holocaust, along with genocide and its multitude of negative effects. Genocide is a process that is established in ten stages that are easy to foretell, but not inexorable. The first stage is classification where people are distinguished…

United Nations in its 2015 World Report, yet North Korea continues to systematically eliminate its citizens. Unfortunately, the world has a history of infringing people’s basic human rights: the Holocaust, Soviet Union gulags, Tiananmen Square, Armenian Genocide, Apartheid policies, Rwanda Genocide, and many more. In all these cases, the government not only failed to…

Even as an ardent non-Christian/Atheist, I’m a big fan of the whole Christmas phenomenon. Staff and students get time off to spend with their friends and family. Many people get the opportunity to travel. And there’s a definite magic associated with being a child (or man-child in my case) opening presents on Christmas morning. It’s been a while since I was forced to attend church, but I think I can cover the gist of the story of Christmas for those who may rusty on their ancient history. Mary…

When Jesus was on earth, spreading the word of salvation, he chose twelve men to accompany him. We call theses men the twelve disciples.Each of the 12 disciples had a key part in the spreading of the gospel and the building of the church. The names of the twelve disciples are: John, James, Peter, James the Lesser, Matthew, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Simon, Thaddeus, and Judas. These men, for the most part, stood by Jesus, and without them we might not have the bible stories we have…

Short Paper comparing the impact of WW I on the international relations of the Middle East to that of the Cold war During the administration of George H.W. Bush with the collapse of the Soviet Union a “New World Order” was proclaimed. I would put forth that there have been at least three major world orders: after World War I which was marked by increased colonialism. Major world order two, after World War Two and the rise of the super powers, third world order which we are in now- the collapse…