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Upgrade Yourself with Pilates
BY MURAT MOLDOBAEV (CHEM/I) Pilates is a set of exercises used to improve posture, concentration and endurance. Pilates also provides coordination and balance training, which is why its founder Joseph Pilates originally called it
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The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/III) Name: Bana Maskoun Department: MAN/II Country of Origin: Syria What do you like best about Turkey? I like Turkey’s culture and nature the most. That might also be one of
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Faces on Campus
By Banu Korkmaz (CS/IV) Name: Volkan Kahriman (BF/I) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “Star Wars” b) Book: “The Martian” by Andy Weir c) Song: “Sunset” by the xx Can you describe yourself in
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When a city is to host the Olympics, it is endowed with new sports arenas, residences and other buildings to make it look successful, even glamorous. The arenas are enormous structures, designed to hold
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Morituri te Salutant
I voiced my adoration for Japanese Bug Fights in my last column, but it now occurs to me that, in doing so, I may have sounded excessively cruel toward insects—and so I will try
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On Floyd Before the Commercials
Pink Floyd can easily sit in the same room with the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, etc. in terms of popularity. “Another Brick in The Wall” is pretty familiar to almost every teenager, and
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Picnic Welcomes New International Faculty to Bilkent
The International Center started off the new academic year with its annual “Welcome Picnic,” which took place on September 20 at the Spring festival area. The annual event offers incoming international faculty members the
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Health Centers Offer Flu Vaccinations
Each year as fall begins, the number of flu cases increases. Because of this, a flu vaccine campaign is now underway in our health centers. Staff and students wanting to get vaccinated can do
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