Tuesday: Rainy October 14, 2014 10°C / 20°C Wednesday: Rainy Volume 21 10°C / 21°C Number 4 Thursday: Rainy 11°C / 19°C Friday: Rainy bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr İLKENT EWS 12°C / 19°C B Weekly Newspaper of Bilkent UniversityN IAED Instructor’s Project Takes First Prize in International Bilkent Loses Competition Serdal Elver ilkent Interior Architecture and Environmental Design ilkent University lost PhD student and part-time Serdal Elver, assistant instructor Zeynep Öktem manager in the Bhas won first prize in the Procurement Office, on “Rediscovering Traditional BOctober 4, 2014. Materials” category of the Mr. Elver InnoMatnet competition. served the InnoMatnet, open to Europe-based university architects, engineers and designers, from 1989 focuses on the use of materials in the until his building industry. untimely The winning project, “Bird's death. We Nest,” is a concept for a self- would like to sufficient, demountable living unit express our that can be articulated on the roof of profound a building. The project was designed condolences by ONZ Architects, founded by to his family, friends and the Ms. Öktem and Onat Öktem. The Bilkent community. award ceremony was held in the He will be sadly missed not Design Terminal in Budapest on only by his family, but also by his September 17. friends and colleagues at Bilkent. Bilkent Archaeology Bilkent Youth Symphony in Germany ast month, the Bilkent Youth Graduate Student to Symphony Orchestra traveled to Germany as the partner Be Invited Speaker orchestra in “Beethoven ile at Swiss Buluşma – Encounter with Beethoven,"L performing concerts in International Berlin and Bonn as part of the Orchestra Campus project sponsored jointly by Symposium BeethovenFest Bonn and Deustche Welle. elim Yıldız, a second-year The focus of "Beethoven ile Buluşma – student in the Department of Encounter with Beethoven," now in its Archaeology graduate third year, is on musical partnership with program, is one of this year’s . This year, the BYSO came At their BeethovenFest concert at the in Berlin, where the program included invited speakers for together with alumni and musicians from Beethoven Halle in Bonn on September Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. A new S music schools around Turkey to perform 23, the BYSO, conducted by Işın Metin work commissioned by BeethovenFest an international symposium on at BeethovenFest 2014. The youth and joined by a quartet of German and and composed for the occasion by “IAW Excavations orchestra also took part in street music Turkish soloists, performed Beethoven's FMPA Asst. Prof. Tolga Yayalar in Asia Minor” to events and hosted children from Ninth Symphony. premiered in Bonn and was repeated in be held at Bern elementary schools for a special concert. On September 25 the orchestra played Berlin. University in Switzerland at the beginning of UNAM Research Highlighted in Eight Journal Covers December. eflecting the dynamic research and optical logic gates, as well as a Selim will talk about the Hellenistic environment fostered in nanowire-based take on the ever- occupation of the Lower Town at Turkey’s first national research popular lab-on-a-chip microfluidics Sirkeli Höyük, a huge multiperiod site center, eight articles by applications; while a long-running settled over almost 5,000 years, located Rresearch groups at UNAM have been collaboration between the groups of in the Cilicia region about 40 km to selected as cover pages for eminent Dr. Necmi Bıyıklı and Dr. Ali Kemal the east of Adana. His work at the site, journals in nanoscience, materials Okyay resulted in the design of a which is also part of the work for his chemistry and optoelectronics. Ranging method for the low-temperature master’s thesis, has gained from composite photocatalysts that blast fabrication of III-nitride thin films, international recognition over the past away at organic dyes to surface-etched allowing their production on two years, now cumulating in the channels that allow lab-on-a-chip materials with low melting invitation to the symposium in Bern. applications on the edges of microwires, temperatures. In addition, Dr. Volkan Demir’s team, in their turn, “We are proud to have students in cutting-edge research at UNAM has Okyay’s group designed and synthesized published a manuscript on a system that our graduate program who are, been highlighted on the covers of the a novel structure to enhance efficiency substitutes the commonly used despite being in the very early stages journals Nanoscale, Advanced Functional in dye-sensitized solar cells, based on a polymers PEDOT and PSS for a layer of of their academic lives, already Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, composite nanowire of the photoactive wolfram oxide to enhance QLED recognized as excellent researchers by Nanophotonics, Small, Laser & materials ZnO and TiO2. performance, and contributed to two the international archaeology Photonics Reviews and the Journals of Dr. Tamer Uyar’s and Dr. Necmi reviews on the optical properties and community,” says Asst. Prof. Thomas Materials Chemistry A and C. Bıyıklı’s research groups took the same energy transfer dynamics of quantum Zimmermann, acting chair of the Six of the highlighted publications two metal oxides in a different direction, dots. Department of Archaeology. “They are detailed the fabrication of novel coating a nanowire core with a thin shell In addition to these highlights, the not only paving the way for a nanomaterial architectures: Dr. Mehmet layer to create an effective photocatalyst research output of UNAM to date has successful career in their field—they Bayındır’s group reported a method to that produces electron/hole pairs under included more than 450 journal articles are also serving as envoys who produce polymer-embedded, light, uses the electrons for and has received 52 awards and 24 represent as a chalcogenide-based optical cavities with photocatalysis and “dumps” the excess patents since the time of the center’s center of academic excellence.” potential applications in mid-IR sensors holes to the material core. Dr. Hilmi founding in 2008. Bilkent News 2 NEWS Orhan Uludağ Wins International BELS Students Attend Roboschool in Award Germany

ecently, two Bilkent Ahmet and Mustafa also examined Laboratory School students programs that are used to design participated in the robots in 3D. They programmed a Roboschool program held at robot, Nao, that can dance and speak ludağ Architecture, reinterprets the use of building ChemnitzR University of Technology by like ASIMO (an advanced humanoid founded by Orhan Uludağ materials, technology and art to the German Federal Ministry of robot designed by Honda). In order to of the Department of integrate modern principles into this Education and Research. The program see the use of robots in daily life, Architecture together with building type. It was inspired by the offered students an introduction to Roboschool students went to the UZeynep Uludağ, has won the movement of the whirling dervishes, existing robot technology, its current Volkswagen motor factory, where prestigious “World Architecture fulfilling all the requirements of a use and its future potential. robots are used to produce motors. Community 16th Cycle” award for mosque in an experimental, exciting BELS students Ahmet Sedat Kargın In addition to learning about their design for the new Konya way. It proves that religious values do and Mustafa Necati Ayaz traveled to robotics, the BELS students Selçuklu Mosque. not have to be foregone for the Germany to attend Roboschool. experienced another culture, made The design they submitted was modern to be embraced. There, they learned about the new friends and improved their one they had completed for the World It is also worth noting that the fundamental features and working German by conversing with native Mevlana Year (as declared by Uludağ firm was shortlisted for the principles of robots, and applied their speakers. They toured some of the UNESCO) in 2007. In honor of the “World Architecture Community 17th knowledge by soldering with hard facilities at TU Chemnitz and also 800th anniversary of Mevlana’s birth, Cycle” awards with their sports solder and connecting devices to a traveled by high-speed train to a mosque was to be built in Konya. complex design for the Mersin circuit that had the basic structure of a Dresden, where they saw both natural The Uludağ firm’s design Mediterranean Games. robot. and historic landmarks.

Faces on Campus By İsmail Kerimov (CS/II)

Name: Hasan Bayram (AMER/III) Name: Doğaçhan Dağı (IR/II) Name: Kamran Bayramov (MAN/III) What's your favorite triple? What's your favorite triple? What's your favorite triple? a) Movie: “3 Idiots” a) Movie: “Mandarinebi a) Movie: “Scent of a Woman” b) Book: “The Overcoat” by Nikolai Gogol b) Book: ”Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor b) Book: “The Count of Monte Cristo” by c) Song: “Gangsta” by Kat Dahlia Dostoevsky Alexandre Dumas Can you describe yourself in three c) Song: “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” by Pink c) Song: “Ta Fete” by Stromae words? “Imaginative, determined, the boss” Floyd Can you describe yourself in three words? If you could be anyone from the past, Can you describe yourself in three words? “Creative, strategic, independent” who would that be? “Henry Ford” “Progressive, emotional, empathetic” If you could be anyone from the past, who If you could be anyone from the past, who Who is your favorite cartoon character? would that be? “Ernest Hemingway” would that be? “Otto von Bismarck” Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Bugs Bunny” Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Johnny Bravo” If you were a superhero, what super “Papa Smurf” If you were a superhero, what super power(s) would you have? If you were a superhero, what super power(s) would you have? “The ability to fly” “Mind reading” power(s) would you have? “Teleportation” The place on campus where I feel happiest The place on campus where I feel The place on campus where I feel happiest is... happiest is... “my dorm room ” is... “wherever I’m listening to Pink Floyd” “the Sports Center” I have never... “gone skydiving” I have never... “seen Star Wars” I have never... “gone skydiving” What would be your last message on What would be your last message on earth? What would be your last message on earth? earth? “Stay young” “Veritas vos liberabit” (The truth shall set you free) “Life is good” Bilkent News 3 NEWS Bilkenters in Public Service Meet “at Home" ast week, Bilkent graduates opted to work in the public sector, she working in the public sector stated. The major public institutions participated in a networking employing the highest number of event organized by the Bilkenters are the Ministry of Foreign Career Center and held in the C-Block Affairs, the Ministry of the Economy and Lauditorium. Rector Abdullah Atalar, the Undersecretariats of the Treasury. speaking to the gathering, noted that Ms. Öztürk also related how the center our alumni have been able to bring had started public sector recruitment new ideas and insights to their work in projects around the end of the 90s, public service as a result of the broad noting that although considerable knowledge base and critical thinking progress has been made so far, the true skills they gained here at Bilkent. potential for employment of our Bilkenters, he said, will undoubtedly graduates in the sector is greater still. make their presence known in this One of the alumni working in the field in the near future; meanwhile, we public sector is Hüsnü Ada (IR/01’), should work in close collaboration with head of section at the Ministry of the our graduates and increase the number Economy. Mr. Ada briefed the attendees Photographs by Elif Tosun (ECON/I) of Bilkenters in the public sector. about future collaboration between Career Center coordinator Yıldız graduates and the university. Starting this experiences with students and mentoring question and answer session on how Balamir Öztürk, as host of the event, academic year, Bilkenters working in the prospective candidates for public service. Bilkenters could contribute to career- gave a brief presentation about a public sector will be making a substantial He also called upon alumni to be more related projects at the university. After prospective project of the center contribution to the various career involved in building bridges between this, the alumni in attendance enjoyed targeted at doing just that. Only three programs on campus, serving as guest their institutions and the university. networking and sharing memories of percent of Bilkent graduates have speakers in courses, sharing their career The presentations closed with a their Bilkent years at a reception. Undersecretariat for Defense Industries, Bilkent ARCH Goes to "Arka" Bilkent University Hold Workshop on Architecture Center Collaboration

joint workshop organized by specialists. Bilkent University and the During the workshop sessions, 17 Undersecretariat for Defense Bilkent researchers and 2 research Industries (SSM) took place centers presented their project ideas to SeptemberA 24 on the university’s Main the SSM representatives. Workshop Campus. participants received information he Department of students. Since Bilkent’s department Bilkent’s provost, Prof. Adnan Akay, regarding opportunities for cooperation Architecture represented was the youngest among those and associate provosts Prof. Cevdet with SSM and were also briefed about Bilkent University in a participating in the exhibition, with Aykanat and Prof. Hitay Özbay, along some of the latest developments in the unique exhibition held by with more than 30 Bilkent researchers, areas of information technologies, its first students now entering only the Turkish Architecture Association, participated in the workshop, with SSM sensors, advanced materials and energy. T their third year, it was represented by TSMD (Türk Serbest Mimarlar represented by R&D and Technology It is expected that the number of second-year projects and photographs Derneği). The exhibition, called Management Department Head collaborative projects involving the of the students at work. The projects Zübeyde Kın Çağlayan and 16 other Undersecretariat and Bilkent University “Steps 2014: An Exhibition of were displayed by means of models Undersecretariat officials and will increase as a result of the workshop. Architecture Students’ Projects,” and jury boards. featured works by students at the The students who prepared the seven architecture schools in submitted pieces were Eda Bozkurt, BilWrite at Your Service (Atılım, Bilkent, Çankaya, Gazi, Cansu Coşkun, İrem Çeri, İris Gül, he 2014-15 essays, reports, abstracts, METU, TED and TOBB). It was Sena Kayasü, Alp Giray Köse, Feyza academic year is statements of purpose, CVs, sponsored by Tepe Betopan and took Pehlivan, Zeynep Soysal, Pelin already in full internship reports and other place September 17-23 in the “Arka” Sökmen and Pınar Ural. swing, and written work to take Architecture Center. BilWrite is ready to make the advantage of their services. The purpose of the exhibition was T to allow architecture students from current semester another (Please note that they are fruitful one. As in previous not able to provide support different schools to interact, thus years, the Faculty Academic to students in the Prep contributing to the field’s educational English program is providing one-on- program or ENG- and ELS-coded endeavors and network in Ankara. It one assistance through BilWrite in courses.) was also intended to celebrate the order to promote Bilkent students' BilWrite’s comfortable, bright and progress of all of these schools. The success. inviting central location is Room G-159 reception for the exhibition was held BilWrite's goal is to support all (just above Garanti Bank). Please e-mail on September 20, during which a Bilkent students who would like help them for an appointment: plaque was presented to the with or feedback on their writing in [email protected]. The BilWrite department by TSMD. English. They encourage those who instructors look forward to assisting you The projects on display were those need advice on written assignments, with your work. of second-, third- and fourth-year Bilkent News 4 OPINIONS French movie starring David Belle and within and between cities. But parkour There is something exhilarating Cyril Raffaelli, a fight choreographer. explores something else entirely: about that word, isn’t there? It has a pretty basic plot: a post- moving with your body. With only your Freerunning. FREErunning. The apocalyptic environment (but only in body. Except it’s fast. You don’t have to ability to be free in an urban setting, District 13, where all the bad guys are stick to preordained paths. This was where everything is supposed to have left free to roam lawlessly among a developed by soldiers and inspired by been dictated and prepared for you to handful of innocents—somehow the obstacle course training, and the behave in predictable patterns by BY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/III) rest of Paris is still doing pretty well) whole point is to assess your structures and suggestions. Trust me, [email protected] where our heroes try to save helpless environment and move around as I’m an architect (well, kind of). People eaping Over Handrails civilians from a rather large bomb. quickly and stealthily as possible. You who can move like that have evolved to and Jumping Off There are, as there must be, personal have to evaluate not only which the point where they completely Buildings stakes involved, but I won’t give you constructed paths to take, but also belong in this consciously constructed I don’t know how many of any spoilers. I’ll just tell you that the every window you can crash out of, habitat. I would almost say that they you have heard of parkour. Probably a only weapon our protagonists wield is every railing you can use to heave show new instincts, except that that L their superhuman ability to move yourself up and gain momentum. fearlessness, that urge to go ahead and lot. In any case, here’s a small introduction: around in a concrete jungle faster than Momentum is paramount. If you stop jump off the ninth floor is actually an Once upon a time, there was a you can watch them. And there are moving, you’ll never pick up the same old instinct: the instinct to jump to the French soldier who was really good at practically no cars involved. speed in time to get away from Taha’s next branch and look for delicious gymnastics. He taught his son what As it turns out, it’s not men. You can’t have time to think. bananas. he knew. His son also became a superhuman. It’s amazing, it’s What would happen if you did? You It’s quite far from being a cinematic soldier who was really good at incredible, but there were apparently would start seeing again. You would masterpiece (very, very far), but I’m gymnastics. Then he left and no computer effects involved in the see the pathways and behavior still going to go ahead and recommend developed his technique until he and escape and fight scenes. There were patterns that you were taught to follow. this movie to you, if for nothing else a friend perfected it to become “le no stuntmen either, because for once, If that happened, who would leap off a than the chance it gives you to watch parkour.” The son is named David the stuntmen were the actors. They balcony in the hope that they would better thought-out parkour stunts Belle. His friend is Sébastien Foucan. jump off roofs and kick themselves off land on another one two floors below? than you can find on YouTube: it’s a Today, this form of “urban walls, and make a dance of it. It really For the sake of efficiency, sequence, and can gain momentum in exercise” is enjoying a lot of attention. is choreography, and extremely fun to practitioners of parkour get down to a way those five-minute videos do not. Like many famous disciplines, it did watch. the fundamentals. No patterns, no There is also a sequel called “Banlieue not gain its popularity easily. But it It’s not just entertainment, though. previous compositions. They have to 13: Ultimatum” and an English was helped by its founders’ efforts to I find that this movie is food for see the environment in its basic remake starring Paul Walker, called promote it in ways that aren’t, strictly thought. The discipline of parkour, elements so that they can form new “Brick Mansions.” speaking, advertising. also known as freerunning, is a conclusions and cut new corners. I’d just like to leave you with a little For example, I know about parkour checkpoint in our evolution. Cars, Otherwise, they cannot reach the main more food for thought: people who do because of a movie called “Banlieue trains, subways and boats are all well target of efficiency. That’s why parkour are called tracers (les 13” (District 13). This is a 2004 and good. They are great ways to travel parkour is also called freerunning. traceurs). Can you guess why?

novels, I wanted to mention the Objects” and “Dark Places” (which in particular to talk about Gillian name of the mighty Agatha Christie, is currently being produced as a Flynn? Aside from how her brilliant as she is one of the most popular movie, the lead being Charlize style and considerable success have female thriller writers of all time. Theron—an odd choice considering inspired and encouraged many Every once in a while I enter this the physical attributes of the main (including me) to pursue their slightly dull and rather depressed character of “Dark Places”), and dreams to continue writing—and phase in which the books I read having read a couple of articles about maybe one day get published— BY SERA ULUSOY (MAN/IV) somehow don’t satisfy me or make her and interviews with her, I feel “Gone Girl,” Flynn’s best-selling [email protected] me feel intrigued enough even to it’s hard not to admire her writing novel, has just been released as a Gone Girl” finish reading to the end—I do finish skills. She is quite “ritualistic,” as movie with the likes of Ben Affleck, What are the first names that them, though, either out of respect the majority of writers are during the Rosamund Pike and Tyler Perry cast come to your mind when you’re or out of the feeling that I might writing process. While writing “Gone in the leading roles. I had been asked about your favorite thriller have missed the very thing that Girl,” she pretty much locked herself waiting for the movie to come out for “writers? Be it the psychological or makes the novel interesting in the in the basement, almost never quite some time, and I was so the mystery thriller, I have found minds of others. Still, when I hit this leaving until she felt convinced that enthusiastic about the novel being that the majority of us associate the phase, I feel miserable for not the characters were depicted fairly turned into a movie that I even thriller genre mostly with male enjoying books enough, and my and justly, and that none of them was lashed out at people who criticized writers. This may be largely based reading rate decreases a bit as I favored in any way—except for maybe the casting of Ben Affleck as Nick on the fact that there are more male dread reaching the end. Occasionally, the incredibly irritating Ellen Abbott Dunne, not because of how much I thriller authors out there—or let’s what gets me out of that stage is (though even she was justified in like Affleck as an actor but rather just say that there are more male rereading a classic I have enjoyed certain ways). However, I must add because I really didn’t want people to thriller authors whose books have very much, such as “The Great that despite this, Flynn is sometimes take this excitement away from me become more popular—or maybe Gatsby,” or reading an enticing criticized for being a misogynist. by bashing the lead actors. it’s just that I am mostly surrounded newer book for the first time. Gillian And—again, as the majority of great My advice is that despite how great by people who happen to know more Flynn’s “Gone Girl” falls into the writers do—she gives a piece of the movie is, you should read the of the male names in the genre. Still, latter category; it was that “enticing herself, her life, to the characters, novel—preferably before you see the even when I am asked about my new book” that got me out of one of regardless of how dark or moody they movie, as you should experience the favorite thriller writers, the first few those dull stages. I was once told that are. In her first published novel, feelings that Flynn elicits in her names that pop up in my mind are the greatness of a writer is hinted at “Sharp Objects,” the main character readers. It’ll enable you to further Dan Brown, Stephen King, Dean in the very beginning of a book; you Camille had so much in common comprehend each and every Koontz, Sidney Sheldon, Tom can tell whether or not the author is with her that it got me wondering character, and even relate yourself to Clancy and so on—or at least that great by reading just the first whether some of the events in the one of them, as you will get a better was the case until I came across the paragraph or even the first line. novel had actually occurred. Camille sense of their backgrounds, and Nick novels of Gillian Flynn, who is, I While this does not apply to every was from a town in Missouri, and Dunne, as the underachieving, believe, not only the best living novel, as I’ve read quite a few books Flynn is from Kansas City, Missouri; cheating protagonist of the novel, will female thriller writer but also one of that began with a brilliant line but Camille was trying to make it as a seem more likeable. Plus, you’ll get the best overall. And quite frankly, in did not have a very sophisticated crime reporter in Chicago, though the chance to see how thorough and my opinion—although the majority ending, I believe it is one of the she felt she didn’t have the stomach successful Flynn is when describing of you will protest—Flynn’s style is a things that makes Flynn’s style for it, while Flynn realized that she each character’s psychology before, lot more intriguing than Agatha superior. She knows how to get the was too “wimpy,” in her own words, during and after the “events” that Christie’s. Despite the fact that audience hooked from that very first to become a crime reporter after occur throughout the novel. these two authors cannot really be page and makes you wonder how the having studied journalism in And if you are not keen on reading, compared, due to the difference in story is going to end. Having read all Chicago. have yourself a treat and go see the their eras and the subjects of their three of her novels, including “Sharp Now why have I chosen this week movie this week! Bilkent News 5 MUSIC vast musical diversity made everything iTunes users without asking their them, either directly or indirectly. Even clear. permission or even notifying them in such a massive and long-term case, “This Is All Yours” kicks off with a beforehand. Depending on their device these companies do not openly declare very colorful introduction that has settings, some users of Apple devices that they are choosing, for the ordinary beautifully layered vocals on top of woke up one morning to find the U2 listeners, what music they will be synths, which are tied to various album having been automatically exposed to. In addition, one can easily instrumentals toward the end of the downloaded to their devices without avoid or ignore the TV and radio BY ALTUĞ KARAKURT (EE/III) track. I think this track is pointing out their knowledge. playlists, just like I do. However, Apple [email protected] what is to come. The song represents Roughly 500 million people were was courageous enough to do what the musical and thematic variety and the affected by this 100-million-dollar ad music companies were afraid to try. It lt-J Going Experimental new experimental tendencies of the campaign, making “Songs of Innocence” turns out that those companies had a If you have been following band that are present throughout this the biggest album release of all time. reason for their fear, considering the my columns for some time, album. It resembles the more But, insofar as the campaign intrusively massive negative response from the you might have noticed that I minimalistic and relatively plain track inserted an album into the music users. Instead of providing the content Atry to introduce various musical “Interlude I,” a resemblance I think is libraries of 500 million people, I also see automatically, Apple might have offered movements and ideas or promote intentional, in order to hint at the new it as the biggest violation of digital the album for free and notified the interesting non-mainstream bands. direction in which the band is heading. privacy and the most disrespectful customers about the gift. In that case, I Since my intention is to cover as many One of the strongest aspects of “An attitude toward the art of music in don't think the majority would have had different things as possible, I generally Awesome Wave” was the harmony and history. such negative sentiments about the avoid writing about a particular topic consistency among the songs. The basic The download was declared to be “a campaign. more than once. However, this week I musical characteristics of the album gift,” even though the device users I think that Apple's intention was to will make an exception and review the were conserved throughout the entire perceived this as spamming and felt as make its users feel special by providing recent release by record. However, in their second release, though the album had been forced on them an extra feature, but the type of alt-J, “This Is All alt-J chose to go a little bit experimental them. If I were an Apple user, I would privilege should have been less personal. Yours.” and provide a more dynamic musical have shared the same feelings, and It is not really possible to find musical Back in approach. The pace, theme and throughout the rest of this text, I will be content that the majority of 500 million February, I wrote instrumental arrangements are all trying to express the frustration I would people will like. Being offered the choice about their progressive and unique in most of the have felt and to explain why this was a of a general-purpose mobile application groundbreaking tracks. wrong move. or a digital service would have been debut album “An If you haven’t listened to either appreciated by more people. Although Awesome Wave” and ended up with a album, I would suggest starting with music has a convergent aspect, such an really positive review. “An Awesome their debut release to become familiar effect is valid only for a select group of Wave” was a very creative, enjoyable and with the actual sound of alt-J, and only people, who already have a certain ambitious album, introducing the band's then moving on to “This Is All Yours” in musical common ground or mutuality in characteristic sound and interesting order to witness the evolution of the musical taste. musical choices, such as using drums band’s musical style into a more In spite of all that I have just without cymbals, or the unique singing experimental and profound means of mentioned, if we think about the matter style in their vocal recordings. When the expression. In my opinion, alt-J have realistically, it is quite obvious that the release of their second album was successfully satisfied the high negative response will not have a announced, I was curious as to whether expectations they created with “An permanent effect on either Apple or U2. they would continue with this musical Awesome Wave,” as well as going beyond First of all, a person's musical taste is Both are very large brands that can get character or go in a different direction. it and expanding their musical their own, and even though many people past this in the long term, but I think in The band issued a few tracks from spectrum. This is a great follow-up welcome suggestions or other opinions, respect to contributing to their their second album before its actual album, with brave musical choices and not many would appreciate it being popularity or brand imagery, the release date. The variety of musical just enough experimentation. determined or edited by others. In the campaign has failed for both. styles of these songs was really The Issue of Musical Privacy: The music industry, mainstream music has * I currently run a personal blog, confusing to me. Their themes and Ultimate U2 & Apple Blowback been under the control of certain big where you can find my music reviews, musical approaches were so unrelated Recently, at around the same time as music companies and record labels for including the track review of “Left Hand that it felt like they came from different the release of the iPhone 6, as part of quite some time. The music being Free” from “This Is All Yours.” albums by different artists.* However, Apple's promotional activities, the new played on the radio and the music videos http://altugkarakurt.blogspot.com.tr/ when the album actually came out, its U2 album was copied to the clouds of being aired on TV are determined by search/label/music

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Football and Volleyball Tournaments f you’d like to compete in the Fee: Free basketball, football or volleyball Registration: Team information form tournaments just getting should be filled out in advance at the underway as part of the “Sports Sports Center asI a Way of Life” program, now is the Team Members: Minimum 6/ time to get your friends together and maximum 9 organize a team. Team Names: Should be in Turkish Second-year students who play a minimum of three games/matches 4 on 4 VOLLEYBALL with their teams will receive 75 points Men and Women (coed) for GE 250 and/or 251. Starting Date: November 11 Starting Time: 6 p.m. 3 on 3 BASKETBALL Registration Deadline: Men and Women (separate November 9 groups) Place: Dormitories Sports Hall Starting Date: October 14 Fee: Free Fee: Free Registration: Team information form ou can experience sports, Date: Tuesday, October 21 Registration: Team information form should be filled out in advance at the dance, music and fun, all in Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. should be filled out in advance at the Sports Center one exercise program: Place: Sports Center (Dormitories Sports Center Team Members: Minimum 4/ Zumba. Next week, the Sports Hall) Team Members: Minimum 4/ maximum 6 Sports Center will be holding a Fee: Free maximum 6 Team Names: Should be in Turkish Y Team Names: Should be in Turkish Zumba party to celebrate the new For information: season. Everyone is invited to this Sports Center ext. 1993 For information: Sports Center fantastic fitness event. Students Ahsen Bilen ext. 3190 FOOTBALL Phone: ext. 1325 taking GE250/251 will receive 100 [email protected] Starting Date: October 14 E-mail: points for participating. [email protected] Place: Dormitories Sports Hall [email protected] Siyaset Platformu Kulübü Brings Registration for Fall 2014 Sports Courses he Physical Education Sports Courses: Muharrem İnce to Campus and Sports Center is Aerobics/Step, Aikido, Ballroom offering a wide variety of and Latin Dancing, Fencing, Fit sports courses this Boxing, Horseback Riding, Karate, semester,T and invites everyone to get Kendo, Pilates, Squash, Table involved. Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Wing- Although fall 2014 sports courses Tsun, Yoga and more! have already begun, it is still For more information, call the possible to register (at the Sports Center at ext. 1325, 1993, Dormitories Sports Hall, Main 3186, or the East Sports Hall at Sports Hall and East Sports Hall). ext. 5350. Health Centers Offer Flu Vaccinations flu vaccine campaign is now transplants, underway in our health Children and adolescents (6 centers. Staff and students months - 18 years) who are on long- wanting to get vaccinated term aspirin therapy, which puts canA do so at the centers. them at risk for Reye's syndrome Staff members who have following the flu, Acıbadem Insurance will pay only 30 Healthy people who might spread percent of the cost of the vaccine. the flu to groups at risk: health care n October 2, the deputy government’s incorrect policies and The flu vaccine is especially staff, family caregivers, and child chairman of the CHP actions, particularly its actions aimed recommended for: care and rest home staff, parliamentary group, at changing existing institutions in Adults aged 65 and above Women in the second and third Muharrem İnce, came to Turkey, including the judiciary, (especially residents of rest homes), trimesters of pregnancy. BilkentO at the invitation of the Siyaset parliament and the media. He All children aged 6-59 months The flu vaccine is not Platformu Kulübü to give a lecture contended that the media and the (especially those aged 6-24 months), recommended for: and answer students’ questions. A courts are highly partisan in favor of Adults and children who have Those allergic to eggs and other considerable number of students and the government. chronic diseases such as heart, lung contents of the vaccine, faculty members came to hear his At the end of the lecture, Mr. İnce (including asthma), liver or kidney Those having an illness with a remarks. expressed his gratitude for the disease, or diabetes mellitus or other fever (until the symptoms Mr. İnce reviewed several of the opportunity to speak before the endocrine system diseases, disappear), reasons why the CHP is in the Bilkent community, thanked the Adults and children whose immune Women in the first trimester of opposition rather than the Bilkent Siyaset Platformu Kulübü and systems are compromised: those pregnancy, government, on some points accepted a plaque from Prof. Metin having cancer or immune deficiency Children aged less than 6 months, criticizing his own party. He also Heper of the Department of Political diseases such as AIDS or who have Those with a history of Guillain- discussed what he considers to be the Science and Public Administration. had bone marrow or organ Barre Syndrome. Sports Ad...Sports Ad...Sports Ad...

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IEEE Weekly Puzzle #22 – Dice PUZZLE... PUZZLE... PUZZLE... Games Editor: Merve Balcı (CHEM/IV) SUDOKU Five dice are rolled Here are three puzzles: a Samurai Sudoku, and two regular Sudokus. simultaneously. What is the The Samurai Sudoku puzzle is made up of five smaller Sudoku puzzles: one in the center and the other four probability of at least two of them overlapping the corner grids of the central one. Each of the smaller puzzles has the same rules as a classical Sudoku: having the same value? The Prize for This Question: each row, column and 3x3 grid must contain all of the digits 1 to 9. Rubik's 3x3 Cube Submit the contents of the diagonal going from the top left to bottom right of each puzzle to win a prize. Good luck! Send your answer to Last weeks’s answers: Sudoku 1: 154 612 951 [email protected] by 5:30 Sudoku 2: 578 297 438 p.m. on October 21, or visit Samurai Sudoku: 653 726 743 916 472 971 136 ieee.bilkent.edu.tr/zeka to Send in your e-mail with the right answer to submit your answer online, and [email protected] and get a chance to win! get a chance to win the prize! This question was prepared by Emrehan Halıcı, president of the Prizes will be: dessert and coffee from Mozart Cafe (one each Turkey Intelligence Foundation, for three winners); coffee from Coffee Break (two each for for Bilkent IEEE. two winners); hot chocolate from Cafe Fiero (one each for five winners); and chocolates from Bind Chocolate (two winners). Connect with SAMURAI SUDOKU Bilkent via: Facebook: BilkentUniversitesi Twitter: @BilkentUniv YouTube: BilkentUniversitesi Google+: Gplus.to/BilkentUniv Instagram: @BilkentUniv

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SEMINARS Monday, October 20 4:45 p.m. Organized by the J. Brahms, String Sextet at the Library Art Gallery, “Security and Privacy in the Center for Turkish No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 12:40 p.m. Tuesday, October 14 Age of Big Data: The Case of Literature. (Arrangement: Y. Talmi) “Dilation Theory – The Genomics,” by Dr. Erman Early Years,” by Prof. Ayday, at EA-409, 2:40 p.m. Thursday, October 23 Saturday, October 25 Submission Aurelian Gheondea (Bilkent Organized by CS. “3rd-Class Relations,” Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, University), at SA-141, 3:40 Guidelines Director: İlham Yazar, at the at the Bilkent Concert Hall, p.m. Organized by MATH. AWARD CEREMONY rticles or Bilkent Theater Hall, 8 p.m. 8 p.m. announcements are Tuesday, October 14 Organized by THEA. Conductor: Christoph Wednesday, October 15 to be written in HIST 200 (History of Mathias Mueller “At the Court of Aman-Allah: PLAYS English, no longer Turkey) Award Ceremony, Violin: Valeriy Sokolov Soviet Anti-Imperialism, thanA 200 words and related with a speech by Prof. Özer Thursday, October 30 F. Köksal, “Imaginary to academic, social or cultural Turkish Intermediates, and Ergenç (Bilkent University), “American Blues,” Director: Spaces” for Chamber events at Bilkent or the activities Diplomacy in 1920s Kabul,” at FEASS, C-Block Jason Hale, at the Bilkent Orchestra of Bilkent students, faculty by Samuel J. Hirst (European Auditorium, 5:45 p.m. Chamber Theater, 8 p.m. P. I. Tchaikovsky, Concerto members or administrators. University at St. Petersburg, Organized by HIST. Organized by THEA. for Violin in D major, Op. 35 Submissions related to a Russia), at FEASS, A-130, P. I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony specific event should also 2 p.m. CONFERENCES EXHIBITION include the date, time and No. 3 in D major, Op. 29 location of the event Wednesday, October 15 Until November 11 Wednesday, October 15 mentioned, and the name, “Anayasa,” by Prof. Süheyl Exhibition of paintings by Wednesday, October 29 “Collective Decision telephone extension and e-mail Batum (CHP Eskişehir Cevdet Kocaman, at the Violin Recital, by Taylan Making,” by Ayşe Mutlu address of the person or Deputy), at FADA, FFB-05, Library Art Gallery. Ergül, Violin, and Gulmira Derya (Bilkent University), persons to contact for more 12:30 p.m. Organized by Tokombaeva, Piano, at the at SA-141, 4 p.m. Organized CONCERTS information about the event. Genç Hukukçular Kulübü. Bilkent Concert Hall, 8 p.m. In order to be considered by MATH. for inclusion in the following Saturday, October 18 LECTURES Monday, October 20 Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, Tuesday’s issue, submissions Wednesday, October 15 “The Plague in at the Bilkent Concert Hall, Thursday, October 23 must be handed in by 10 “The Health System in Historiography and World 8 p.m. “All That Glitters Is Not a.m. on Wednesday. Turkey,” by Volkan Çetinkaya Literature,” by Emeritus Conductor and Violin: Guy Gold, Nor All That Sparkles Short event (Bilkent University), at announcements and Bil-Ad Prof. Gerhard Strasser Braunstein Silver: Ancient Anatolian FEASS, C-Block Auditorium, items may be submitted as (Pennsylvania State A. Vivaldi, “The Four Jewellery Unveiled,” by Asst. 5:40 p.m. Organized by late as 5 p.m. on Thursday. University), at FEASS, A-130, Seasons,” Op. 8 Prof. Thomas Zimmermann, ECON.

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