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BTO Seeks New Student Guides
Bilkent’s Information Office for Prospective Students, or BTO (Bilgi ve Tanıtım Ofisi), is seeking new volunteers for its Student Guides Team. This team of Bilkent students plays a major role in providing high school
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FACULTY Q&A: Interview with Jedediah W.P. Allen
BY AFSHAN NABI (MBG/IV) Jedediah W.P. Allen is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and co-director of the BIL-GE developmental lab at Bilkent University. An associate editor for the journal New Ideas
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A Word From the Wise: Seniors’ Advice to Freshmen
BY DANIYAL ADMANY (CTIS/II) 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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On “Mysteries,” Part 1
This is the first installment in a four-part series on Knut Hamsun’s novel “Mysteries.” Having read Hamsun’s “Mysteries,” I am trapped in a delicious state of complete cluelessness as to what has happened to
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The Past Inside the Present: Music, Memories and a Look at Hauntology
Among all the arts that humankind has created, music in particular has the ability to revive our long-forgotten memories, which we seem to bury deep beneath the layers of our consciousness. Sounds we hear
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Dutch Interactive Designer Hayo Wagenaar Visits COMD
ÜLKÜ AKKUZU (POLS/III) Bilkent students recently learned about design from an unusual perspective when Dutch interactive designer Hayo Wagenaar visited campus to give a talk for the Department of Communication and Design. In his
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The Sporting Life
Name: Denizhan Kemeröz Department: CS How often do you exercise? Three times a week. How has regular exercise affected your life? I feel much more energetic and alive. What do you suggest to those
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Sports as a Way of Life Swim Festival Winners
On October 11, the Bilkent swimming pool hosted the university’s annual Fall Swim Festival. Organized by the Sports Center as part of the Sports as a Way of Life program, the event attracted 68
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