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The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/III) Name: Pan MuMing Department: Management/Exchange Country of Origin: Taiwan What do you like best about Turkey? Nature and the food in Turkey, I believe. Are there any similarities between your
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Faces on Campus
By Anıl Karasaç (COMD/II) Name: Aslı Sahra Altunbaş (GRA/II) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “Mr. Nobody” b) Book: “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo c) Song: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi
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In Goodness We Trust
Dear Bilkenters, in the wake of the recent tragedy that struck our very own unsuspecting city in the form of a terrible act of terrorism, causing the loss of more than a hundred lives
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How to Socialize
Being lonely is hard, but becoming a not-lonely person is harder. You have to change the way you think, talk and look. Basically, if you want to leave lonelihood, you have to become another
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Debuts of the Year
This week, I would like to talk about the recent early-career releases of two American musical prodigies. Despite their very different styles, these artists have one important aspect in common: their ambition. With their
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Erasmus Interview Series: Gizem Akman (MATH/’15) / Stockholm University
What were the main reasons that encouraged you to choose Sweden and Stockholm University? For my department, there were not many alternatives for Erasmus—only Sweden and Denmark, and I chose Sweden, but I don’t
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GE 250-251 Students Enjoy Pizza, and the Library Too!
BY MIDHAT MERAJ (MAN/II) Last Thursday evening, the Bilkent Library conducted an event in connection with the GE 250-251 program. Called “Eat Pizza and Enjoy Your Library,” it was designed to bring together students
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Fall Swim Festival Results
On October 8, the Bilkent swimming pool hosted the university’s first Fall Swim Festival. Organized by the Sports Center as part of the “Sports as a Way of Life” program, the event attracted nearly
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