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15th Year Anniversary: 1978/79-1993/94
November 1993
Vol. 15, No. 2 (46)
Supplement to The Daily Collegian
Power shortage
threatens lives
By Khajag Zeitlian
Staff Writer
The current controversy
heating up in Armenia involves the decision whether
to reopen the Medzamor
Nuclear Power Plant or to use
Lake Sevan's water for hy-
droelectricity to relieve the
energy shortage. Both options pose a danger to the Armenian people and to the environment of Armenia.
The energy blockade imposed upon Armenia by
Azerbaijan is leaving Armenia with about two hours of
electricity during theday. This
has not only made daily life
extremely difficult for the Armenian population but it has
shut down most factories and
businesses thereby hurting the
economy.
" The Ministry of Energy of
Armenia is being pressured
by the government and by tke
citizens of Armenia to do
something about the energy
crisis. The only two sources
of energy that Armenia can
afford to use are the Medzamor
Nuclear Power Plant or the
water of Lake Sevan at the
hydroelectric power plant because both facilities already
exist. Both sources of energy
can potentially present disastrous effects in Armenia.
Medzamor was closed
down after the 1988 earthquake of Armenia and hasn't
reopened since for safety reasons. Production of hydro-
electricity from the waters of
Lake Sevan was stopped in
the early 1980s because of the
decreasing and environmentally dangerous water levels
of the lake.
Medzamor Nuclear Power
Plant was designed in the late
60s and opened in the mid 70s
in a suburb outside Yerevan.
Since its opening the power
plant has been surrounded by
housing projects and residential areas.
After the disastrous earthquake in 1988 Medzamor was
See Power, Page 4
Expert gives genocide new angle
By Nina Momjian
Staff Writer
Dr. Vahakn Dadrian, an expert
on genocide and victimology,spoke
to more than 250 students at CSUF
on Nov. 4.
The lecture was co-sponsored
by the Armenian Studies Program,
Armenian Students Organization,
and the National Association for
Armenian Studies and Research.
Dadrian delivered a speech entitled "Emerging research in Europe and the near east on the Turk-
"... genocide is
defined as a
crime against
humanity."
— Dr. Vahakn
Dadrian
ish Genocide of the Armenians."
The following is an excerpt from
the first part of his speech:
"First of all I would like to make
some introductory remarks about
the topic and problems of analysis.
The second part will be about common features of the Armenian and
Jewish Genocide or rather dissimi
larities of the two cases. The third
major part will be the common features of both genocides and the
fourth part will be some concluding analytical remarks.
I would like to think that the
genocide is essentially a problem
of intergroup conflict. Without
conflict there can be no genocide,
so we have to assume the presence
of a conflict, that is there is a history of conflict between two groups:
the perpetrator group and the victim group.
The second common element in
the definition of genocide is the
disparity, the critical disparity of
power relations between the perpetrator group and the victim group.
Unless, the power relations are critically and substantially discrepant,
so no perpetrator group may extend
the ideaof victimization from genocide. So power relations, specifically disparate power relations are
critical for any definition of genocide and finally I should think that
the third critical element in the definition of genocide is that the more
powerful group seeks to resolve the
conflict by resorting to what I consider little violence.
We know the victims of genocides tend to immunize themselves
to the extent that they become to
some extent oblivious to the prob
  Matt Soby/Special to Hye Sharzhoom
See Dadrian, Page 4   Dr. Vahakn Dadrian, expert on genocide and victimology
Former congressman bashes Armenian struggles
By Lara Simonian
Staff Writer
"Armenians living in Armenia,"
or America, "are not interested in
dredging up and pursuing the old
controversies between Armenians
and Turks over allegations of genocide from seventy-five years ago."
Those immortal words spoken
by, the now former House Representative, Jim Moody in 1990,
earned him a defeat in his attempts
at running for the position of aU.S.
Senator in 1992.
For Armenian-Americans, truth
and justice has been denied for almost eighty years.
For those eight decades,
acknowledgement ofthe Armenian
genocide of 1915, was put second
best to the political and military
agendas of the United States.
Much has been written over the
years criticizing the fact that, as
one source wrote, "The American
government has unexcusably catered to the threats and demands of
the Turkish government instead of
following in its pursuit ofthe truth."
To the Armenian people, Jim
Moody, a symbol of this unbelievable neglect, is once again "...putting the Armenian-American
people to the test to see how far
people can be pushed."
Jim Moody, the former US Representative (D-WI), has openly held
anti-Armenian views in government, and actively participated in
defeating any legislation which
would have helped the Armenian
people. For example...
Moody strongly supported
Azerbaijan in crushing the drive
for self-determination by Nagorno-
Karabagh, whom he called "the
aggressors." He then followed
through by actively opposing legislation which would have imposed
restrictions on aid to Azerbaijan...
Moody has, however, supported
economic and military aid to Turkey, despite their "dismal human
rights record." He has opposed all
barriers against Turkey and has published articles stating so.
Forexample: In alerter in 1987,
he opposed the issue on whether
the Armenian genocide should be
taught in schools; in 1990, he criticized Armenian lobbyists in Washington, and in articles printed in
VISION issue #1 (The publication
ofthe Federation of Turkish Ameri
can Society), he has said, "Call
Congressman Moody' s office now
to arrange your (Turkish) fundraiser
at (202) 225-3571 and speak with
his assistant Marcus."
Moody freely used his position
in Congress to raise money for
Turkish issues, and built Turkish
support for himself by taking credit
for defeating all pro-Armenian legislation, while endorsing all pro-
Turkish issues in Congress.
In a short summary, Moody has
denied history by opposing important Armenian legislations such as:
The HJ Resolution 192 in 1985, the
HJ Resolution 132 in 1987, and
most recently, the SJ Resolution
212 in 1990.
In all instances he fought against
See Moody, Page 3