Snail Tale
I come bearing good news. Some time ago, I inherited inherited a small fish tank from a fellow student in my dorm, and for the past few months I’ve been keeping an apple snail
Read More »On the Band of the Greatests
I was planning to write about Yes much later, but I decided to do it this week since I mentioned them in the previous column. In the period from 1971 to 1974, Yes was
Read More »The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/III) Name: Pan MuMing Department: Management/Exchange Country of Origin: Taiwan What do you like best about Turkey? Nature and the food in Turkey, I believe. Are there any similarities between your
Read More »Faces on Campus
By Anıl Karasaç (COMD/II) Name: Aslı Sahra Altunbaş (GRA/II) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “Mr. Nobody” b) Book: “Les Misérables” by Victor Hugo c) Song: “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” by Cyndi
Read More »In Goodness We Trust
Dear Bilkenters, in the wake of the recent tragedy that struck our very own unsuspecting city in the form of a terrible act of terrorism, causing the loss of more than a hundred lives
Read More »How to Socialize
Being lonely is hard, but becoming a not-lonely person is harder. You have to change the way you think, talk and look. Basically, if you want to leave lonelihood, you have to become another
Read More »Debuts of the Year
This week, I would like to talk about the recent early-career releases of two American musical prodigies. Despite their very different styles, these artists have one important aspect in common: their ambition. With their
Read More »Erasmus Interview Series: Gizem Akman (MATH/’15) / Stockholm University
What were the main reasons that encouraged you to choose Sweden and Stockholm University? For my department, there were not many alternatives for Erasmus—only Sweden and Denmark, and I chose Sweden, but I don’t
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