Concert Review: Post-Hiatus Swans
Last Saturday, I had the chance to see one of my recent favorite bands. Swans is an experimental post-punk/noise rock band from New York. The band was first founded in 1982 and released 10
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The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/II) Name: Soo Youn Kim Department: Tourism and Hotel Management (THM/I) Country of Origin: South Korea What do you like best about Turkey? I like the people, especially those who understand
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The Graduate
No, the title above does not refer to the movie, although given that I had been writing about movies in the past few installments, it is reasonable for one to make that assumption. But
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A NWOBHM Masterpiece + An Exceptional Collaboration of the Gods
This week I am going to talk about two albums from completely different genres: the 35-year-old eponymous album by Angel Witch, and a breathtaking collaboration between Ulver and Sunn o))) (pronounced, simply, “sun”) from
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The International Chronicles
BY AMNA KARA (MAN/II) Name: Nashiha Ahmed Department: Computer Engineering/I Country of Origin: Pakistan What do you like best about Turkey? I like how Turkey is a crossroad. It has brought together people of
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Unknown Armies
There are sentences that can break down one’s suspension of disbelief regarding reality. Here’s one: “Soldiers of [Tuberaphis] styraci defend the colony on the inner and outer surface of the gall and attack predators
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La Fin
Each ending carries a beginning within, but some good-byes are harder to say than the others, as exciting as that new beginning might be. This is the last column I’m writing for Bilkent News,
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Faces on Campus
By Banu Korkmaz (CS/III) Name: Efe Tunçgenç (CS/III) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “The Matrix” b) Book: “Improbable” by Adam Fawer c) Song: “Be Yourself” by Audioslave Can you describe yourself in three
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