Dear Editor,

I planned to go to Abant on April 23 with the well-advertised tour organized by Hakan and Nalan from FEASS. I paid some money in advance to the organizers and they told me to meet them at the time and place specified in their ads.

I showed up at the specified place at the specified time, but nobody, not even the organizers, appeared. I tried to reach the organizers but all their mobile phones were turned off. From 7:05 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. I couldn't find out what was happening. Then, after three hours, I reached Adİm Tour, which had no responsibility in this, but answered my questions kindly. I was informed that the tour was canceled due to an insufficient number of participants. However, the tour's organizers never contacted me about the cancellation.

My situation is a reminder to everyone that they must be careful about the individuals organizing a tour in which they plan to participate.

(Murat Karakaya CS-V)

Life Does Exist on Middle Campus!

Isolated on a gusty hill somewhere between the music building and the amphitheater rollercoaster is a forgotten place called Middle Campus. Observers now claim that there are resourceful survivors living there. "These people would have to be highly skilled hunter-gatherers" explains one expert, "remember, there are no supermarkets or bakkals on the whole of Middle Campus."

Shopping would be a real challenge for these people. The quest for fresh bread and milk would firstly involve crossing the mosquito-infested stream, then the first of the high locked gates would need to be climbed. Then there is a slippery, silent descent into the low valley past the highly guarded greenhouses, taking extreme care not to alert any of the huge loping dogs patrolling this territory. Attempting to climb the second gate whilst being pursued would be a very undesirable experience, but survivors would be rewarded by the welcome sight of Meteksan atop the final hill.

It would be thought that only a few days worth of supplies could be foraged in this way but there have been numerous eyewitness reports of bulky shadows, believed to be carrying grocery bags and backpacks, clambering wearily out of the valley and struggling onwards towards Middle Campus.