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Bilkent Debate Team Wins at Niğde, Goes on to Quarterfinals
The Bilkent University
Debate Team, part of the Management and Economy Community (MEC),
participated in the "Nigde University Debating Championship," which took
place November 10-13.
The Bilkent A team--Cüneyt
Unar (POLS) and Yasemin Satır (ECON)--and the Bilkent B team--Yiğit
Engin (ECON) and Cangül Telefoncu (ECON)--competed in the tournament,
while Çağlar Kurc (IR) served on the adjudication panel.
The Bilkent A team won
the tournament, giving it the right to go on to
the quarterfinals, while the B team took second place.
Nanotechnology Club Set Up
 A
new student organization, the Bilkent Nanotechnology Club, aims to make
people more familiar with this important area. The university's
Nanotechnology Research Center, NANOTAM, has given support during the
process of establishing the club, and the Center's director, Prof. Ekmel
Özbay, and associate director, Asst. Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir, serve as
the club's advisors.
The club
has already organized its first seminar, at which Prof. Özbay talked
about the areas in which nanotechnology can be used, and what is to be
expected in the future. On Monday, December 12, NanoFotonik'05
will take place at FADA, FFB-05 and FFB-22. Anyone who wants to
participate should fill out the form found at
http://fotonik2005.bilkent.edu.tr/kayit.html and send it to
fotonik2005@bilkent.edu.tr
Human
Rights Day at Bilkent
 The
Bilkent University Human Rights and EU Club, established by a group of
enthusiastic Bilkent undergraduates in 2003, will celebrate its second
birthday on Saturday, December 10, Human Rights Day, by
broadcasting the documentary film "Önce İnsan!" directed by the
acclaimed journalist Can Dündar. Preceding this, five short thematic
films on "Multiple Identities /Multiculturalism," "Women's Rights," "Children's
Rights," "Environment and Cultural Heritage" and "Dignified Life" plus
an introductory vignette highlighting the messages of "Önce İnsan!" will
be shown.
The one-hour
documentary itself covers a wide range of topics including civil
sensitivity, minority rights, subcultures in Turkish society, the state
attitude towards NGOs, and other human rights issues in Turkey. "Önce
İnsan!" is a story of the civil awakening in this country.
The film
will be broadcast (in Turkish and without subtitles) at FADA, FFB-05,
at 4 p.m.
Erkan
Bayır (MBG/II)
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