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Tales From My Travels: A Camping Nightmare
This story may deviate from my usual style in travel writing, but it’s a travel memory nevertheless; one of those unprecedented events that eventually become dinner-table anecdotes, told with much enthusiasm. While they’re unfolding,
Read More »On Life and Its Future
I have a friend who’s a great proponent of the mechanization of the human body. Eyes gleaming, he tells anyone who’ll listen about this new, invulnerable self, exquisitely constructed, free of death. Sometimes he’ll
Read More »On the Psychedelic Edge, Part 3
I’ve been listening to reggae a lot lately; it hasn’t taken long for it to become my second-favorite genre. Still, I don’t feel confident enough to write about it just yet, so here’s some
Read More »Student Club to Lead Bilkent Celebration of International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, Bilkent Kadın Çalışmaları Topluluğu will be organizing an event on Wednesday, March 8, set to begin at 12:40 p.m. with a gathering in front of the Faculty
Read More »Uniting in Ankara to Support Women–Men Equality in Computing
The Women in Computing (BilWiC) Club is organizing the ACM-W Ankara Celebration of Women in Computing, to be held on March 11-12, to support the equality of women and men in computing. The Celebration
Read More »PUZZLE… PUZZLE… PUZZLE…
Games Editor: Aleyna Kof (IE/III) SUDOKU Here are three puzzles: a Samurai Sudoku, and two regular Sudokus. The Samurai Sudoku puzzle is made up of five smaller Sudoku puzzles: one in the center and
Read More »March 7, 2017 — March 13, 2017
SEMINARS Wednesday, March 8 “Girişimcilik ve Ar-Ge Destek Programları,” by Dr. Hakan Özdemir (Bilkent TTO), at East Campus Conference Hall, 9 a.m. Organized by CTIS. Wednesday, March 8 “Türkiye’de Eğitimin Durumu ve Gelişimi: PISA
Read More »This Week’s Film at Bilkent Cinematics: Sunset Boulevard
Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic “Sunset Boulevard” will be Bilkent Cinematics’ next screening on Wednesday, March 8. The story of aging silent film star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) and her relationship with struggling screenwriter Joe
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