Coming Full Circle

At the beginning of this semester, I made a small yet profound request of my readers: that we not let the years we spend getting our education go to waste. That was certainly not

Gilgamesh the Student of Bilkent University

Tablet 1. Introduction There was a student, who used to be very lazy; He wasn’t studying, or doing any activity; He was as poor a student as there was at any Turkish university And

Black Hippy Movement

In some of my previous columns, I have mentioned that I think we are witnessing the rebirth of socially aware hip-hop and will in the future remember this era as the second wave of

How Do You Get Ready for Midterm Exams?

The International Chronicles

BY AMNA KARA (MAN/III) Name: Kamila Karimli Department: MAN/III Country of Origin: Azerbaijan What do you like best about Turkey? I would say the different cities with varying traditions, values, landscapes and touristic offerings.

The Cinematic Prescription

Over the past week, I’ve been sick. Being sick, I had some time to re-watch one of my favorite movies: “Stranger Than Fiction.” In my family, the domination of the living room couch by

On Youkai

Mizuki Shigeru passed away last week, so I suppose at least some of you saw this column coming—leaving aside his substantial volume of nonfiction work (including “Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths,” a semi-autobiography about

What Was Genesis Like Before the Sell-Out?

After dedicating a whole column to Yes in a previous week, it felt unfair not to do the same for their counterpart, Genesis. In every internet forum about progressive rock music, there are more