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A Word From the Wise: Seniors’ Advice to Freshmen
BY TASNEEM AL-GHAMDI (COMD/IV) For most of us, a new role in life presents a variety of challenges and some surprises, too. Advice from someone who’s already been there can help get us through
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Lighting Up Young Lives: The Street Lamp Project
TDP’s Street Lamp Project got its start in 2004, with 30 volunteers helping 34 young students. Since that time, the project has carried out its work each year by choosing a school in one
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Çatalhöyük: A Surreal Experience
The year is 7500 BC. In the remote plains of the region now called Central Anatolia, a fairly large group of people (for that time) decide upon settling down on a wetland, where opportunities
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On the Meaning of Existence
It seems to be rather a large, important thing, but the meaning of existence is essentially a dead question. What do we mean by meaning? The meaning of a word is what it communicates.
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We Are Furious
Well, we already had every reason to be furious since this nation has disappointed the man who once said, “A nation devoid of art has lost part of its lifeblood,” in every imaginable way.
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The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/IV) Name: Shi Eun Kim Department: IR/I Country of Origin: South Korea What do you like best about Turkey? This is a hard question. Since I’ve lived here since childhood, the
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“Sports as a Way of Life” Tournaments
The intramural tournaments organized as part of the “Sports as a Way of Life” program are underway, with an impressive number of teams and participants (see below). Not surprisingly, football was the most popular
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This Week’s Film at Bilkent Cinematics: Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” will be Bilkent Cinematics’ next offering, on Wednesday, March 22, at 6 p.m., in FFB-05. Kubrick’s 1987 film is his contribution to the Vietnam epics appearing at the time,
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