Picture Challenge Is Back
BY YİĞİT GÜRSES (CS/PREP) Hello, everyone! After a six-year break, we’re resuming our Picture Challenge feature in this issue of Bilkent News. Here’s a quick refresher on how it works. The aim of the
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The International Chronicles
BY NAUSHERWAN AZIZ (MAN/II) Name: Sanan Isayev Department: Economics/II Country of Origin: Azerbaijan What do you like best about Turkey? The friendly and hospitable people I’ve come across in different cities. Especially, I like
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Love Life, Live to Love
Too simple to fit in four letters, too wide to overflow from the endless sky. Life. It is easy to pronounce, but hard to describe. It is more than a term, or at least
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On Autophagy and Living
“More servants wait on man Than he’ll take notice of” -George Herbert Autophagy literally means “self eating,” and the cells that make up our bodies do it a lot. Bubbles with double walls (autophagosomes)
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Taylor Swift: “Reputation”
Rating: ★★★☆☆ “Swear I don’t love the drama. It loves me,” the singer declares in her new album, aptly titled “Reputation,” referring to what was a three-year tabloid ride filled with gruesome celebrity feuds,
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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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The International Chronicles
BY NAUSHERWAN AZIZ (MAN/II) Name: Tabea Judith Borisch Department: Political Science and Public Administration Country of Origin: Germany What do you like best about Turkey? The Turkish people and their hospitality. Are there any
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Using Songs to Travel: Tropical House
Read the word “summer.” Now, if you’re thinking about booze, bikinis and dawdling under the sun at a beach club, sharing stories of yourself and other people wagging on a platform with a DJ
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