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Bilkent Archers Take Gold and Silver at Hacettepe Competition
On October 7-8, Hacettepe University held an archery festival as one of the events marking the university’s 50th anniversary. Bilkent students Zeynep Kantav (MAN) and Yağmur Tunç (COMD) took first and second place respectively
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International Center’s First Events for New International Faculty This Year
Each year, the International Center helps new international faculty members and their families settle into life at Bilkent. Besides overseeing an orientation program, providing administrative assistance and offering advice, the Center organizes social events
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Another Design Marathon Starts: LAUD Students Visit Cappadocia and Çanakkale for Studio Projects
The Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture curriculum includes design studio courses organized around three different themes: context, form and concept. Each semester, these studios choose a different urban area as their case
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Macro Seminar Under the Trees
Last week, students from the Department of Economics had a chance to listen to a guest speaker from the University of Warwick, Asst. Prof. Giovanni Ricco, in an outdoor setting canopied by sunlit foliage.
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A Word From the Wise: Seniors’ Advice to Freshmen
BY ALİ ADEEB (ARCH/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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Falling Against a Curtain
There once was a man who fell against a curtain. As his body began to tilt, his stomach kicked out and his heart dropped down. His panic became debilitating as he felt nothingness stretch
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94 Years As the Capital
Once upon a time, there was a large expanse of land, full of nothing: Anatolia. It was empty, desolate and uninhabited. No one would expect that one day, the area would be among the
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Büyük Ev Ablukada: FIRTINAYT
To establish new frontiers within the confines of tradition can often be discomforting and eventually disastrous, but for a select few artists, it can be infinitely rewarding. The spectacle of renovation is like quicksand
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