Thursday: Foggy October 31, 2013 5°C / 22°C Friday: Partly Cloudy Volume 20 4°C / 21°C Number 6 Saturday: Partly Cloudy 4°C / 21°C Sunday: Partly Cloudy bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr İLKENT EWS 5°C / 21°C B Weekly Newspaper of Bilkent UniversityN th COMD Brings International Audio Bilkent Mourns the 90 Anniversary Technologies Conference to Bilkent Loss of Mehmet of the Turkish Serhat Azgur ilkent University lost Republic Mehmet Serhat Azgur, instructor in the Department Happy Republic of Computer and BInstructional Technology Teacher Education and the Department of Day! n October 31 and ATMM 2012, held at Bilkent, was the Computer Technology and November 1, the first international conference in Programming in the Faculty of Department of uniting the fields of audio, Education, on Communication and music and media technologies. Monday, Design (COMD) is hosting ATMM Following upon the success of last October 21. O2013. ATMM (Audio Technologies year’s event, ATMM has returned to A respected for Music and Media) is an this week. academician in interdisciplinary international ATMM 2013 features a tightly- his field, Mr. conference that focuses on the packed program with an even wider Azgur graduated various aspects of audio, audiovisual range of topics than last year’s from the Middle and music technologies for music event. (Please see the insert for the East Technical and media, and also on the detailed schedule.) University relationship between sound, music The opening session and keynote and image in both traditional and address take place on Thursday, Department of Management in 1979. new media. October 31, at 12:30 p.m. The He received his master's degree from ATMM was, in a sense, born at keynote is being delivered by Lennie the same university’s Department of Bilkent, with COMD faculty Moore, a composer, orchestrator and Computer Engineering. Mr. Azgur members Ufuk Önen and Ahmet arranger of music for video games, was also one of the first students to Gürata being among its founders. (Continued on Page 2) graduate from the MA Program in Curriculum and Instruction in the Graduate School of Education of IE Graduates Awarded INFORMS Research Prize Bilkent University, in 2011. He worked at a number of leading ew graduates of the Department of Industrial companies, including Savunma Engineering Nazlı Akar, Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş., Başak Kepir, Çağıl Koçyiğit, Ortadoğu Rulman Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş., Işıl Koyuncu, Melis Beren Özer and ALCATEL Austria Gesellschaft N M.b.H. and ITT Telecom Products Tunca Türkoğlu have been awarded the 2013 INFORMS Undergraduate Corporation, and as a part-time Operations Research Prize for their IE instructor for eight years before 477-478 System Design project entitled joining Bilkent University as a full- “Flight Scheduling Optimization and time instructor in 2006. Automation for AnadoluJet” conducted In addition to his professional under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. accomplishments and abilities, his Bahar Yetiş Kara. The Institute for personal qualities made him a beloved Operations Research and the colleague and mentor. His courteous, Management Sciences (INFORMS) is kind-hearted and modest manner, along the largest professional society in the with his reliability and perseverance, world for individuals in the field of drew a response from students, staff operations research, management and fellow academics alike. He was science and analytics. each year to honor a student or group of or management science and/or original, devoted to his family, which includes his The Undergraduate Operations students who conducted a significant important theoretical or applied wife Aynur Azgur and two children. Research Prize Competition is held applied project in operations research (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) Packard Fellowship, NIH “New Bilkent Innovators Take Step to Combat Innovator” Award Go to Bilkent Graduate Global Warming ilkent graduate frontiers in their fields of emal Apaydın (IE/’13) and Özgür Şahin study. Each year, the Ömer Can Gökdere (EE/’01), an foundation invites 50 (CS/IV) have established a associate professor universities to nominate two solar power system that in the Columbia University faculty members for Kproduces its own energy from BDepartment of Biological consideration. Dr. Şahin was sunlight by using solar panels Sciences and Physics, has among the 16 individuals installed on campus. They have been recently received two awards: a chosen to receive the 2013 working on the project for six Packard Fellowship in Science Packard Fellowships for months. The system, constructed on and Engineering and an NIH Science and Engineering. the rooftop of the mescid in the Director’s New Innovator The NIH award was given corner of the Spring Fest area, has Award from the US National Institutes of for his project entitled “Novel Sub- been producing energy during the Health. Cellular Chemical and Mechanical last few months. The David and Lucile Packard Nanoimaging.” The NIH Director's New The panels were manufactured in Foundation established its fellowships Innovator Award addresses two South Korea. According to energy program in 1988 to provide young important goals: stimulating highly production data, the project should scientists with flexible funding and the innovative research and supporting cover its cost in 6 years. Since the freedom to take risks and explore new (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 3) Bilkent News 2 NEWS Nâzım Hikmet Symposium Held Ready to Study Abroad? he Student Exchange The application deadline is at Bilkent Program gives students the November 28, 2013. opportunity to study abroad. Qualifying students will be The application process for selected for initial interviews, which studentT exchanges during the next will take place on December 10, 11, academic year (2014-2015) has now 12 and 13. Successful candidates will started. Here is your chance to experience be announced on December 20. a different culture. Students currently in All students who plan to apply for their third or fourth semester of the Student Exchange Program registration who have a minimum CGPA should visit of 3.00 and a TOEFL score are eligible to http://www.bilkent.edu.tr apply for the program. /outgoing_exchange_aroundthew Applicants must submit a CV, a orld or contact the Office of statement of purpose and a TOEFL International Students and Exchange score sheet along with the application Programs in the Registrar's Office at form to the Office of International [email protected] for more Students and Exchange Programs. information. Bilkent Team Takes Third at TUSİAD Competition eam INVISO from Bilkent help of TÜSİAD members. took third place in the Bu Robandroid is an intelligent Gençlikte İş Var '13 security robot that was developed he Bilkent University and Yalçın Armağan. competition held by as a part of the GE401-402 Nâzım Hikmet The presenter for the entire TÜSİADT (Turkish Industrialists’ and Innovative Product Design and Symposium, organized by symposium was Dr. Nermin Yazıcı. Businessmen’s Association), with Development course by Team the Center for Turkish Dr. Oktay Özel, Prof. Onur Bilge their project Robandroid. In the INVISO members Mustafa Akın TLiterature, took place on October 24 Kula, Dr. Ahmet Gürata and Dr. İlker competition, teams from all over (CS), Buket Koyuncu (EE), Çağlar and 25 at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium Aytürk served as session chairmen. Turkey presented their ideas and Tunç (EE), Öykü Arkan (IE) and and C-Block Auditorium. Planned as Interspersed in the program were prepared business plans with the Esra Aşçıgil (IE). an academic tribute to Turkey’s Nâzım Hikmet documentary films. internationally famed poet in One of the speakers was M. Melih observance of the 50th anniversary of Güneş, who has discovered several his death, the symposium was the Nâzım Hikmet poems hitherto largest Nâzım conference ever held unpublished in his complete poems at a Turkish university. or any other source in Turkey. Mr. Keynote speeches were delivered Güneş is the curator of a photo by novelist Nedim Gürsel, Prof. exhibition entitled “Nâzım at Age Murat Belge and eminent literary 111 – My Country in the Furrows of translator Prof. Aron Aji. Renowned My Brow,” which opened at the writers Refik Erduran and Orhan Bilkent University Library Art Karaveli spoke about their Gallery on October 23 and will run reminiscences of Nâzım Hikmet, through November 6. and Bilkent faculty members Prof. Another symposium event was a Semih Tezcan, Hilmi Yavuz and recital of Nâzım Hikmet poems. Prof. Talat Halman delivered papers. Produced by Eren Aysan, this special The symposium also featured program featured stage personalities stimulating presentations with new İpek Çeken and Murat Atak. insights by younger academics, The Nâzım Hikmet Symposium, including Murat Cankara, Nilay conceived and organized by Prof. COMD Brings International Audio Özer, Öykü Terzioğlu Özer, Emrah Tezcan, was praised by attendees as Pelvanoğlu, Fatih Altuğ, Bahriye “extremely effective” and Technologies Conference to Bilkent Çeri, Göksel Aymaz, Erkan Irmak “memorable.” (Continued from Page 1) ATMM welcomes not only film and television for 25 years. His academics, professionals and students, credits include “Star Wars: The Old but all those who have an interest in Republic,” “Kinect Disneyland music, sound and media technologies. Adventures,” “The Walking Dead For more details, please see the Motion Comic,” “Watchmen Motion conference website: Comic” (2008 G.A.N.G. award winner) http://atmm-conference.org and “Dirty Harry” among many others. Conference sessions include a panel on “Game Audio Theory and Practice” by Mr. Moore and Stephen Harwood Jr.; a presentation on contemporary opera production techniques by mastering engineer, producer and composer Pieter Snapper; a mixing clinic by audio engineer Mehmet Uğur Memiş; a panel on audio education moderated by Assoc. Prof. Liz Teutsch of the Berklee College of Music; a seminar by bass guitarist Cem Tuncer; and a session in connection with the collective project “Remote: Relocating Sound,” featuring artists from Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany, Greece and Bulgaria. Bilkent News 3 NEWS Bilkent Innovators Take Step to Combat Global Warming Bilkent Mourns the (Continued from Page 1) “So we all have to try in some way solar panels are guaranteed to to be the solution to this problem. We Loss of Mehmet produce energy for 25 years, this means should start with energy usage, since Serhat Azgur 19 years of free electricity will come it is both the basis of the problem (Continued from Page 1) from sunlight, making the project not and the solution. At this point, solar When Mr. Azgur applied to enter only environmentally friendly, but also panels can make a key contribution, the MA program at Bilkent, he wrote a very profitable as an investment. because the yearly energy potential of personal statement. His statement Kemal explained the story behind sun is larger than the total of all the encapsulates his philosophy of the project: “Due to technological energy resources in the world. So I teaching, his eagerness to advance his developments over the last three years, believe this will be the technology of professional skills, and his own the cost of solar energy systems has the future. We thank Rector Abdullah modest and quiet approach. He wrote: decreased very quickly. Many Atalar and Yeşim Erdoğan (USİM) “I am neither an experienced companies have entered this segment for their support of our project.'' teacher nor have I received a formal of the energy sector, and many After establishing their solar panel education in this field. But I started European countries have enacted laws system on campus, Kemal and Ömer giving ICT-related [courses] in 1998 at and policies to increase solar energy created a website to show the results Bilkent University. And I loved the usage. of the project, which can be found at profession, and have been continuously “At the same time, global warming is bilkentsolar.bilkent.edu.tr. They searching for different and better getting very to be a more serious have also founded a company, ARTI methods of teaching since then. problem every day. The tremendous Innovation, with offices at Bilkent “I started as a part-time instructor; increase in CO2 emissions is a result Cyberpark. They are continuing to after 25 years of professional of the huge growth in population and develop additional projects in the experience, I quickly become addicted in energy usage at the same time. energy sector as well as to work on to teaching and could not leave the The outcome will be very destructive their innovative solar power system at University. Eventually, I understood for life on earth. Bilkent. that the important point is not ‘teaching’ but ‘learning.’ BIM Students Attend International “Thus, instead of re-inventing the Le Piment Rouge wheel, I applied to the Faculty of Conference on Reputation Management Education for the MA program to Restaurant learn education. And to discuss new methods and ways to make my Menu students ‘learn’ better and faster, October 30 - November 8 which would also let me accomplish my job better.” Mexican Menu He ended his statement: “Above all, I am searching for answers to two Appetizers questions: Sopa de Papas con Chile Verde “How can I increase motivation in Gusto the classroom and maximize student Potato soup with green chile peppers learning outcomes? Secondly, how can tudents in the Department of management courses. Seminars at and cheese I increase the quality and use of time Business Information the event were given by professionals to become a better role model for my Management have attended from various sectors and academics Spicy Meat Empanadas students?” the International Reputation from Turkish and foreign Mehmet Serhat Azgur will be Chile Salad with Red Beans Management Conference held in universities. BIM students gained greatly missed by everyone at Bilkent. S Served with vinaigrette dressing We would like to express our profound İstanbul by the Reputation Institute new insights by participating in in conjunction with their public discussions and workshops during condolences to his family, friends, Main Courses relations and strategic brand the conference. students and the Bilkent community. Beef Quesadillas You may offer your condolences at Served with guacamole, sour cream and http://www.taziye.bilkent.edu.tr/ tomato salsa MehmetSerhatAzgur Drive Time Hits and News Cheesy Chicken Burritos adyo prizes. 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Dr. Şahin is developing specialized microscopes to investigate biological IE Graduates Awarded INFORMS Research Prize molecules and cells that function under (Continued from Page 1) papers have been of exceptional quality, Bilkent students, who traveled to physically extreme conditions, like research in operations research or with a few being published in highly- Minneapolis in the US for this year’s confinement to very small spaces and management science while enrolled as regarded academic journals. meeting, received additional travel subjection to high pressures. The an undergraduate. The submissions A prize of $500 and travel support to support from the university and resulting observations reveal significant vary from single-authored theoretical attend the INFORMS annual meeting Turkish Airlines with the help of phenomena, to which Dr. Sahin applies research papers to applied projects are awarded each year to the University-Industry Collaboration, engineering insights to address conducted by student teams. The coauthor(s) of the winning paper, who Practice and Research Center (USİM) medical, environmental and energy- overwhelming majority of submitted share the prize and travel support. The Coordinator Yeşim Erdoğan. related problems in novel ways. Bilkent News 4 OPINIONS her. But he couldn’t, because “it’s that talk about so-called true love and a because of its take on feminism in perfect. He’s proud, she’s prejudiced.” Prince Charming. Austen’s books have a general. At the time, there were It made me laugh, coming out of different feeling to them. They are emerging female authors who preached Sheldon’s mouth, but it is actually very about women. She doesn’t just create extreme measures and the true. Which brings me to the point that the ideal female character that everyone transformation of the entire social Jane Austen, contrary to popular belief, can relate to, who has minor structure. Mary Wollstonecraft was one did not write the literary equivalent of idiosyncrasies that make her appear of the most prominent writers, BY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/II) “chick flicks.” In fact, her first fans were distinctive. She constructs women who publishing “A Vindication of the Rights male scholars of the time, who were the have character flaws and are faced with of Woman,” a manifesto urging women [email protected] only ones who knew about her books. challenges that are remedied or resolved to free themselves. This kind of They even called themselves “Janeites,” during the course of the story. propaganda usually led to the usten 101 a term still used today by fans who One aspect of her works that does understanding of “victim feminism,” declare themselves admirers of her work remind me of the traditional romantic which I don’t much agree with. This The “Austen” I’m referring (including me). comedy story plot is, apart from the concept basically presents women as to is, of course, Jane: the It just so happened that a new movie guaranteed happy ending, that the girl being victimized by society, making Ainfluential 19th-century writer. She is and a novel based on her books also resolves her issue. The guy then realizes them out to be superior to men in how not influential in the traditional sense; came out this week. On top of the how amazing she really is, and they can they put up with the situation. In my what she wrote did not invoke an feeling of shock I experienced half- get married. Despite what I mentioned opinion, this is exactly the kind of immediate reaction -- it did not listening to “The Big Bang Theory,” about them featuring real characters, distinction we need to avoid; women stimulate a social movement or when I saw that “Austenland” had finally and real women, the novels do seem to should not be put on a pedestal, just as singlehandedly begin a new literary come out, it felt as if the universe itself be focused around marriage, and the they should not be treated as if they genre. She is subtle, but effective. Her wanted me to reread one of her books. need for marrying above yourself. were subhuman. Even through her male masterpiece, “Pride and Prejudice,” is “Austenland” is about Janeites of the However, many critics think she did this characters, Austen points out the lunacy possibly the most widely read romantic 21st century visiting a kind of Jane on purpose. It seems to me also that of these extreme perceptions and novel in the English language. She Austen fantasy house, where they can she presents girls with mothers and/or implies that the sexes are equal in terms published a total of six novels, and left live under the conditions of those times: friends who can think of nothing but an of their vices and virtues. She especially behind the unfinished manuscript of a the clothes, the rooms, even the social “advantageous marriage” to criticize does this through her first male hero, seventh. There have been countless environment. And then, I saw that a new women’s place in society. She is one of Henry Tilney of “Northanger Abbey.” It variations on and adaptations of her novel called “Longbourn” has been the most subtle feminists: she mocks is as if he is her ally on the inside, works, which is the reason I am writing published, in which the author, Jo Baker, the societal situation and expectations helping Austen explain the situation. this piece for you. explores the lives of the servants in the regarding women in 19th-century To anyone who wants to understand Strangely, all through the past week, I house of Elizabeth Bennet, Austen’s Britain through exaggeration. A woman how women think and what they want, I have been coming across Jane Austen most famous heroine. So what choice was not respected unless she got recommend reading Austen. To the references. The first one was quite did I have but to return to my Austen married, and poorer ones could find other Janeites already out there, good on surprising: I was watching the latest novels? I started with “Pride and themselves out on the street because you! In fact, let’s get together and talk episode of “The Big Bang Theory” Prejudice”: “It is a truth universally very few had money/land to their names. about it. As this piece was a sort of (spoiler alert), and suddenly Sheldon acknowledged, that a single man in Property would be transferred to the “Intro to Jane Austen,” I have to make a said that he could not use “Pride and posession of a good fortune must be in son. Even in the absence of a son, it did little note: if you want to get to know Prejudice” to retaliate against his want of a wife.” not go to the wife or daughters, which is about the stories without reading all the girlfriend Amy. Supposedly, he was Despite being a girl, I am not why Elizabeth Bennet’s mother in books, “The Jane Austen Book Club” is trying to get back at her for ruining a particularly impressed by the romance “Pride and Prejudice” is so worried a wonderful movie to acquaint yourself movie for him, so he read Austen’s genre, generally speaking. I’m not into about her daughters getting married. with the Austen world (beware of novel to ruin something she loved for romantic comedies, or unrealistic novels Jane Austen’s subtlety is significant spoilers, though). Enjoy!

twice the number of people going to the seem to be able to let them go no protesters, were trying to walk to one of theater than there were ten years ago. matter how much we are being forced the main streets of , I saw other The reason why I focused on theater in to do so? This question makes me think actors playing their parts as members of Turkey instead of any other country -- of the path followed by theater over the security forces. They tried to apart from the fact that I’m currently time, a path that is full of ups and disperse the protesters with pepper living there -- is because unlike in many downs: from the highly exaggerated spray, and though it wasn’t really pepper other countries, theater here exists Greek theater concerned mostly with spray they were using, people coughed against the wishes of the current the gods and people’s interactions with and some fainted because our scripts BY CEREN TURAN (CS/IV) government. Taking that into account, them, to Shakespeare’s heartbreaking told us to do so. Some people didn't [email protected] the numbers are extremely surprising. tragedies, to Victorian plays that one make it, because the lines telling them The discussion regarding the needs to struggle to understand, to to exit were replaced with ones telling privatization of state theaters has been finally today. them that they die. Then some went tate of the Theaters, going on for years, and in 2012 the Where does theater stand today? home, backstage, and some stayed. It Theater of the State government (AKP - Justice and Setting aside the restaging of earlier was such an amazing performance. Development Party) announced that plays, I think that theater today is a There was even a little play within a Turkey, a nation that is still “Giving government funding to events mirror not only to one’s own personality play: a couple of people who didn’t Sin the development stage, is also related to arts has become expensive but to reality itself. There are no longer belong to the protesting party were improving in the area of theater. and inefficient due to the following huge stages with elaborate decorations. there in disguise and did all that was in Anyone who has been following recent facts: employing more artists than the The actors no longer speak in theatrical their power to provoke the crowd. And it updates in the field would think that required number, lack of efficiency of voices; they sound like the audience. went on; it’s still going on. Apparently this is a sarcastic remark; but according the artists, not being open to They don’t wear clothes that make it’s quite a long play we are a part of. to research done by the Turkish competition and not following the latest them look like French courtiers; they As fun as acting is, it makes one Statistical Institute (TÜİK), there has developments in arts.” It should be look like us. Often, they don’t even miss the effortlessness of reality. So not only been an increase in the noted that the budget set apart for state stand on a separate and elevated place when we yearn for reality, we go to number of theaters, but also in the theaters is 0.04 percent of Turkey’s called the stage; they stand among us. theaters. That is why no matter how number of productions per season, and entire budget. Even leaving aside how So attending a play is nothing more much the budget gets cut, or what the the number of people who attend the small this amount is compared to the than listening to a friend who talks a bit government says about it or how small performances. The research focuses on whole, and simply looking at the AKP’s too much and doesn’t give you much the community is, theater in its the period from 2001 to 2011, and the statement, it must come as a shock that time to answer back. And this is present form allows the audience to exact numbers are given in the figure the country’s theaters are improving precisely why we, as Turkish people, are have an experience that is more real below. They show that there are five instead of closing down. holding onto theater more strongly than than their lives outside the theater. “Is times more theaters in Turkey, six Even if one accepts that governments ever, because it is the only connection it possible to say that theater as it is times more plays being staged and never fully reflect the opinions of the we have to reality at the moment. today is in a better state compared to people they govern, it’s still quite The feeling of living in a play first what it was a few centuries ago?” No, it impressive to have a public exactly occurred to me a few months ago no longer takes you to new amazing at the opposite pole from the during a series of protests against the places you’ll probably never get the governing body. But what keeps the demolition of Gezi Park in Istanbul to chance to visit; yes, it takes you to the theaters going? I mean, what is so build something more profitable most amazing place you can ever find: special about them that we don’t instead. While we, in the role of your own life. Bilkent News 5 MUSIC months ago in Ankara when they avant-garde elements to the genre Hestnæs (ICS Vortex) in their latest performed at Voodoo Blues. It was a with their never-ending one, “Sideshow Symphonies.” great gig, and I had nearly two hours experimentation. The band members, Interestingly, Garm was also replaced to chat with them. Along with being and Lars Are by Vortex after his appearance in great musicians, they are also very Nedland (Lazare), have played with ’s first two albums. modest. Interestingly, they have really many other bands. For example, Arcturus offers very energetic different tastes in music, but when Cornelius has a solo project called music, with strange yet melodic they are on the stage as SJ5, they are G.U.T., while Lazare has been playing keyboard patterns combined with Ege Özgün (PHYS/PhD) in perfect harmony. with Borknagar since 2000. rapid drumming, well-written [email protected] “The Linear Scaffold” would be a structures and, of course, Garm's “Michael Collins Autograph” and good choice for new listeners. magical voice. AIL TO “So Many Cowboys, So Few Indians” If you ask me, their best work is This week I have (again a sign of their sarcastic nature, ARCTURUS their second, “La Masquerade three Norwegian bands combined with criticism) are nice Arcturus Infernale.” But specifically for new on the menu for you, all songs for getting acquainted with SJ5. has a style listeners, I recommend “Alone” (the of them quite similar to lyrics of this song are a poem by Edgar H Solefald's at Allan Poe) from that album and extraordinary dishes – sorry, I mean bands. first glance. “Nightmare Heaven” from “The However, I Sham Mirrors” -- both Arcturus THE SAMUEL JACKSON FIVE would say that classics. Arcturus is Now, as a dessert, I ought to make less some concluding remarks. One thing I experimental want to emphasize is that so many but more genre-bending bands have come up progressive from Norway, like Solefald and compared to Arcturus. The list can be continued The Norwegian avant-garde duo the avant- with and many others. Also, I Solefald (an Old Norse world for garde duo. Their original line-up consider SJ5 an underrated band; I The Samuel Jackson Five (SJ5) is a sunset) is considered to be one of the features band members from Ulver think they would be more famous if post-rock band. They have the mellow most innovative bands to mix black together with the drummer they were American. But of course guitar sound typical of post-rock, and metal elements with many different Hellhammer (Jan Axel Blomberg), being famous or popular does not their songs are mostly instrumental, styles, opening new horizons for their whose name can be encountered quite have any importance in terms of which is again a post-rock signature. successors. Actually, in most of their often in the scene. musical quality, and in fact these They sometimes use violins, cellos songs one cannot really find Kristoffer Rygg (aka Garm, things usually have a negative effect and even the theremin, generally traditional black metal sound, and that Trickster G. and many more on the music itself. So I want to say played by guest musicians on their is why they are generally referred as a pseudonyms), who sang on the band’s “hail to Norway” once more. I hope albums. post-black metal/avant-garde band. first three albums -- “Aspera Hiems you’ve enjoyed the meal. As you can guess from their name, Their debut “The Linear Scaffold” Symfonia,” “La Masquerade In the following weeks, I plan to they have a sarcastic nature. I was started a new trend within the Infernale” and “The Sham Mirrors” talk about the jazz/fusion movement really lucky to see them live about five extreme metal scene. They introduced -- has been replaced by Simen in the early 70s.

Faces on Campus By Hazal Koptagel (CS/IV) & Ömer Karaduman (ECON/IV)

Name: Mustafa Umut Dulun (HART/IV) Name: Ufuk Alparslan (ECON/PhD) Name: Sezin Sayar (PHIL/IV) What's your favorite triple? What's your favorite triple? What's your favorite triple? a) Movie: “The Big Lebowski” a) Movie: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” a) Movie: “Music and Lyrics” b) Book: “The Fall” by Albert Camus b) Book: “Atomised” by Michel Houellebecq b) Book: "The Little Prince" by Antoine de c) Song: “Starless” by King Crimson c) Song: “Frozen Rainbow” by Saxon Saint-Exupéry Can you describe yourself in three words? Can you describe yourself in three words? c) Song: “Know How” by Kings of Convenience "Aloof, funny, calm" “Unconventional, intuitive, blunt” Can you describe yourself in three words? If you could be anyone from the past, who If you could be anyone from the past, who “Cheerful, warm, excited” would that be? would that be? “The guy who invented beer” If you could be anyone from the past, who "Jesus Christ" Who is your favorite cartoon character? would that be? “Audrey Hepburn” Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Genzo Wakabayashi in ‘Captain Tsubasa’” Who is your favorite cartoon character? "Mad Jack in ‘Mad Jack the Pirate’" If you were a superhero, what super power(s) “Alice in ‘Alice in Wonderland’” If you were a superhero, what super If you were a superhero, what super power(s) would you have? “Utility maximizing” power(s) would you have? “Mind reading” would you have? "The ability to persuade" The place on campus where I feel happiest The place on campus where I feel happiest is... “the newspaper reading room in the library” The place on campus where I feel happiest is... “the benches in front of B building” is... “the lawn in front of A building” I have never... “been able to understand my I have never... “used a gun” I have never... "had enough" superego” What would be your last message on earth? What would be your last message on earth? What would be your last message on earth? "Get pretty, boy; for now, you are standing until "Don’t sit on a rock, or you won’t have kids" “You are doing it wrong” your death" Bilkent News 6 SPORTS Get Ready for the Why Don’t You Dance? Fitness Challenge BY NAZLI HİLAL KAYA (LAW/II) able to attend the classes. When the Which dances do you teach in the Bilkent News exam period starts, participation courses? re you ready to compete in decreases, but there are still students SS: Salsa and Argentine tango. In Bilkent's annual "Sports as a id you know that there is a who never miss a class. Students from previous semesters, I have taught rumba, Way of Life" Fitness Ballroom and Latin Dance many faculties and departments take the cha-cha, swing and Viennese waltz. It Challenge? The challenge course at Bilkent? Did you course. depends on the students’ interests. beginsA on Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. ever think of attending? Yes, Sorry, but I’ve never taken a dance Am too I late to start the course? 1. It will be held at the Dormitories you did. At least once! Then you found course before. SS: Courses start again each semester. Sports Hall and is open to all students. D some reason not to. Like, you can’t SS: No dance history is needed. If you It’s too late for the fall semester, but you (Students taking GE250-251 will receive dance, right? haven’t taken ballet lessons, it’s not a can start in the spring semester after the 75 points.) When we’re afraid of trying something problem. mid-year break. Fitness events will include: cycling (30 new, we all know what to do: we find I don’t have dancing clothes and shoes. I’m not sure, but I might try dancing. minutes); rowing (30 minutes); stepper reasons not to! If we have a “reason,” SS: You don’t have to buy dance clothes, Where is the course held? (15 minutes) and cycling (15 minutes); then it’s not just fear or bias that shoes or any other accessories for the SS: The course is held at the rowing (15 minutes) and cycling (15 prevents us. Or so we believe… course. You just need comfortable Dormitories Sports Hall. minutes); cross training (30 minutes); That’s why Sanem Subaygil, clothing and shoes to be able to dance. And the course hours? treadmill running (30 minutes); one set professional ballerina and instructor of I need to lose weight before I start Every Tuesday: of strength training station exercises. the dance course at the Bilkent dancing. 7:40-8:30 p.m. Salsa The rules are as follows: University Sports Center, has taken the SS: If you’re dancing as a hobby, you 8:40-9:30 p.m. Argentine Tango Participants can do, at most, two time to answer some questions. What don’t need to be fit. I’ve had overweight 9:40-10:30 p.m. Argentine Tango different activities in one day. she says may help you see that the things students before. They come to my If I do change my mind and want to learn A participant will get 5 points for each that have been stopping you all this time classes to learn to dance and lose weight. to dance, where can I find more activity, each day that it is done. might not be such big obstacles after all. This is about feeling comfortable while information? Participants are to work out at least two I don’t have a partner, so I can’t dance! dancing. If a student is thinking of Sports Center: ext. 1993 times and at most five times per week. Sanem Subaygil: You don’t have to have a becoming a professional, of course At the end of the challenge, the partner. You can find a dance partner she/he should be fit, just as I need to stay three male and three female during the course. All you need to do is fit. This is true for all professional participants with the most points will ask another student to dance with you. athletes. receive medals. All participants who He or she is just a dance partner, after I’m too clumsy; I trip and fall even when have accumulated 120 points or more all. I'm just walking! will receive special T-shirts. I’m really busy, I’m a Bilkent student. No SS: Dancing requires visual memory, Registration continues until Nov 3. way! I can’t dance! coordination, a musical ear and For more information, please call the SS: Class sessions are once a week on concentration. These things are Sports Center at ext. 1993 or 1325, or Tuesday evenings. They last 50 minutes. important, but you don’t know what will e-mail Ahsen Küçükdurmaz, The course runs for 10 weeks of the happen if you don’t try. Maybe you’re just [email protected]. semester. Most of the time, students are clumsy in everyday life, not in dancing. Ready for the ''Sports as a Way of Life'' Bilkent Students Dance Their Way to 2013 Republic Run? Fitness at Zumba Master Class

rganized by the Physical Öztürk Ceylan, and attracted about 380 ll students, faculty, Age groups: 11-15; 16-24; 25-34; 35- Education and Sports participants, who enjoyed exercising to administrative staff, and 44; 45-54; 55-59; 60 and over Center as part of the Sports the accompaniment of a special sound- family members are Route: From East Campus to the Sports as a Way of Life program, a and-light display featuring Latin music. invited to participate in Center (Dormitories Sports Hall) Zumba master class took place on Students who took part in the event the 2013 Republic Run on Saturday, Call ext. 1993, 1325, 3186 or 5350 for O A Tuesday, Oct. 22 at the Dormitories earned points for their Sports as a Way November 9. You can register and more information on this fun and Sports Hall. of Life “mountain groups.” In addition, get a race number at any of the fantastic event for the whole family! The class featured choreography by students taking GE250-251 received Sports Halls. [email protected] Ahsen Küçükdurmaz and Fatma 100 points for that course. Sports Ad...Sports Ad...Sports Ad...

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CONFERENCES FEASS Doctoral Workshops: İzler,” by Mimarlar Odası Inventory,” by Selin Akça University Teaching," by Dr. “Why Do a PhD? İzmir Şubesi, at FADA, Art (Goethe University), at the Iþýk Denizman, at Mithat Thursday, October 31 (Expectations from PhD Gallery. Opening: Monday, Ümit Berkman Seminar Room, Çoruh Auditorium, 11 a.m. - “Cumhuriyetin Dünü, Students, Difficulties on the November 4, 12:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. Organized by FBA. 12:15 p.m. Organized by the Bugünü, Yarını,” by Ömer Way),” by Asst. Prof. Nedim Organized by ARCH. Office of the Provost. Faruk Eminağaoğlu (former Karakayalı (POLS) and Asst. President of YARSAV) and Friday, November 1 Prof. Clemens Hoffmann Until November 6 Wednesday, November 13 Fatih Yaşlı (Writer, Yurt “Two Item Lot Sizing (IR), at FEASS, A-130, “Nazım Hikmet’in Yolculuk "Being a Teaching Assistant newspaper), at FEASS, C- Problems,” by Assoc. Prof. 12:30 p.m. Organized by Fotoğrafları,” at the Library in Universities," by Dr. Iþýk Block Auditorium, 12:30 Hande Yaman Paternotte FEASS. Art Gallery. Every day (except Denizman, at Mithat Çoruh p.m. Organized by Sosyalist (Bilkent University), at EA-409, Sundays) from 10:30 a.m. to Auditorium, 11 a.m. - 12:15 Düşünce Topluluğu. 1:40 p.m. Organized by IE. Wednesday,November 13 6 p.m. Organized by the p.m. Organized by the Office "Effective University Teaching Department of Turkish of the Provost. Wednesday, November 6 Friday, November 1 Workshop," by Dr. Iþýk Literature. “Deleuze and Cinematic UNAM Seminar, by Assoc. CONCERTS Denizman, in the Orientation Tragedy,” by Corry Shores, at FILMS Prof. İhsan Gürsel (Bilkent Room in the Library, ground University), at FS, SA-240, Saturday, November 9 FADA, FFZ-21, 3:40 p.m. Friday, November 1 floor, A Block, 2 - 4:30 p.m. 3:40 p.m. Organized by Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Organized by COMD. “Ratatouille,” “Otel Organized by the Office of the UNAM. Commemoration of Atatürk Provost. Transilvanya,” “Persepolis,” Concert, Conductor: Işın Wednesday, November 6 “Despicable Me,” at FADA, Friday, November 1 Metin, : Nikolai “Dynamics and Spectroscopy Thursday, November 14 FFB-22, 10 p.m. – 8 a.m. “Inventories and the Role of Lugansky, at the Bilkent of Optically Trapped "Effective University Teaching Organized by Medya Goods-Market Frictions for Concert Hall, 8 p.m. Microparticles,” by Prof. S. Prokofiev | Piano Concerto Workshop," by Dr. Iþýk Topluluğu. Business Cycles,” by Wouter Antonio Sasso (Universita No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 Denizman, in the Orientation J. Den Haan (LSE), at degli Studi di Napoli L. v. Beethoven | Symphony Room in the Library , ground Tuesday, November 12 FEASS, A-228, 3:40 p.m. Federico II), at EE-01, 4 p.m. No. 3 "Eroica" in E flat major, floor, A Block, 2 - 4:30 p.m. Architecture and Cinema Organized by ECON. Organized by PHYS. Op. 55 Organized by the Office of the Film Series: “Sketches of Frank Gehry” (Sydney Thursday, November 7 Provost. Saturday, November 16 Wednesday, November 13 Pollack, 2005), at FADA, "How Can the Library Help SPORTS Bilkent Symphony Orchestra “Enhanced Light-Matter FFB-22, 5:30 p.m. Your Doctoral Research: Interactions in Organized by ARCH and Conductor: José Serebrier Saturday, November 9 Resources and Techniques", Violin: Mirjam Tschopp Microstructured Glass COMD. “Sports as a Way of Life by Dr. David E. Thornton, at the Bilkent Concert Hall, Fibres,” by Philip Russell Republic Run,” at 11 a.m. at the Main Campus Library (Max Planck Institute for the SEMINARS 8 p.m. Organized by the Sports Art Gallery, 2 - 3:30 p.m. P. I. Tchaikovsky-J. Serebrier Science of Light), at EE-01, Center. See page 6. Friday, November 1 Organized by the Office of | Andante Cantabile 4 p.m. Organized by PHYS. “Identifying the Discount the Provost. EXHIBITIONS F. Mendelssohn | Concerto for WORKSHOPS Factor of Forward-Looking Violin in E minor, Op. 64 November 4-14 Consumers Based on Tuesday, November 12 A. Dvorak | Symphony No. 8 Thursday, October 31 “Modern ve Bellek Silinen Consumption From "Basics of Effective in G major, Op. 88

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