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Ex Libris: News from the Library
The Library would like to welcome everyone back from the semester break, and to greet any new students and faculty! During the break, the Library opened a Twitter account to improve communication with our
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Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Warms Up February!
Saturday, February 8 at 8 p.m. Bilkent Concert Hall Işın Metin, conductor Laszlo Fenyö, violonocello A. Dvorak | Concerto for Violoncello in B minor, Op. 104 G. Mahler | Symphony No. 10 (D. Cooke
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Bilkent Leads Private Universities in News Mentions
According to the Interpress Media Agency’s report for 2013, Bilkent University leads all private universities in Turkey in the number of news items published about it, with a total of 4,246. Interpress’s findings are
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Bilkent Welcomes International Students for the 2013-2014 Academic Year
Spring semester international exchange students were guests at a welcome reception organized by the Bilkent University Office of International Exchange Programs last week. This semester Bilkent University is hosting 81 new exchange students from
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Prone to Travel
If I were to summarize my winter break in one word, I’d choose “wanderlust.” Such a beautiful word, right? It basically means “a strong impulse or longing to travel.” Well, unfortunately, traveling around is
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The August Ravages of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness
Hello, and welcome to my first column of the year! Before we get down to the story proper, I want to note that the unsightly-looking word salad that desecrates (here I had intended to
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Triangular Music
This week, I want to introduce alt-J, an English indie rock band, and review a concert by Turkish post-rock band Mauna Kea. They both use triangles as their symbols, and both have released only
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