The International Chronicles

BY AMNA KARA (MAN/II) Name: Mina Al-Hayawi Department: Architecture/II Country of origin: Iraq What do you like best about Turkey? I love the people here. They’re extremely sweet and welcoming. Are there any similarities

Faces on Campus

 Name: Merve Maraloğlu (POLS/IV) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie:“Léon: The Professional” b) Book: “The Picture of Dorian Grey” by Oscar Wilde c) Song:“Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” by Frank Sinatra Can you describe

This week’s movie is [drumroll]…“The Giver.” It just came out this year. If you haven’t seen it, don’t worry, because most of what I have to say is about the first third of the

Because of my relatively busy schedule, I have recently found myself almost completely isolated from any kind of activity that involves novels, movies or TV shows. My life basically revolves around my schoolwork, part-time

The International Chronicles

BY AMNA KARA (MAN/II) Name: Zoha Tasneem Department: IAED/I Country of Origin: Pakistan Why Turkey? I wanted to experience studying in another country, because I believe that helps you grow so much as an

The Art of Making Long Songs

In classical music and jazz, pieces with long running times are quite common. In rock music, with the advent of progressive rock bands, long songs nearly became standard for that era. In metal music,

Faces on Campus

By Elif Karabey (IR/IV) Name: Mert Özateş (EE/II) What’s your favorite triple? a) Movie: “Braveheart” b) Book: “It’s Not About the Bike” by Lance Armstrong c) Song: “Aşk Bitti” by Ezginin Günlüğü Can you describe yourself in

Ebola is the Least of Your Worries

Like most of you, I knew Ebola only as “that bleedy  bat disease” before it made the headlines with the epidemic of last month. Since then, the disease has enjoyed the sort of infamy