Thursday: Snowy December 10, 2013 -4°C / 1°C Friday: Cloudy Volume 20 -9°C / -3°C Number 11 Saturday: Snowy -8°C / -2°C Sunday: Partly Cloudy bilnews.bilkent.edu.tr İLKENT EWS -12°C / -4°C B Weekly Newspaper of Bilkent UniversityN Voting for Bilkent TV Awards Begins December 16 New Books by Bilkent Authors riter and poet Vedat Yazıcı, an instructor in the Turkish Unit of the Faculty of Humanities oting for the 2014 Bilkent ceremony at a single place and time as winners between January 11 and and Letters, has published a new book.W "Ormanda Şenlik," a novel for TV Awards, organized by is usual, the Bilkent TV Awards Group February 5. Sanatsal Etkinlikler (made up of SET and Media Society Bilkent students, graduates and staff young teens, is recently out from Topluluğu (SET) and the members) goes to the winners’ places can vote on www.bilkenttvodulleri.com. Yediveren Kitaplar. MediaV Society, will start next week. of business to present the awards. The (Detailed information about the Mr. Yazıcı's previous works have This is second year the event has award presentations are filmed and event can also be found on this spanned a been held. then published on the Internet, for website.) Please note that after wide range of Last year, the first Bilkent TV viewers to access whenever they like. voting, you should go to your webmail literary Awards introduced a new and different This year, voting will be held and confirm your vote so that it is genres, from format for this kind of competition between December 16 and January 3. counted. If you want to have a say in criticism and with its unique online awards The awards, to be given in 20 Bilkent’s choices for the best of essays to ceremony. Rather than holding the categories, will be presented to the television, be sure to cast your ballot! diaries as well as poetry and numerous Orhan Güvenen Receives Gusi Peace Prize New Table d’Hote stories and rof. Orhan Güvenen, chair of worldwide who have distinguished novels for the Department of themselves as brilliant exemplars of Payment System children and Accounting Information society or who contributed toward the teenagers. Systems, and director of the attainment of peace and respect for Announced Asst. Prof. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis Institute of World Systems, human life and dignity.” The P here have been some of the Department of Political Economies, and Strategic Research, foundation, based in the Philippines, changes in the table Science has published a volume has recently received the Gusi Peace also honors “exemplary entitled “Instilling Religion in Greek Prize in the fields of economics and contributions” in various academic d’hote payment options for students, effective as and Turkish Nationalism: A ‘Sacred fields, including economics, as well Synthesis.’” The first comparative as in journalism, religion, of December 12, 2013. TThe new “pay as you go” table study to examine the role of religion philanthropy, business, the arts and in the formation of Greek and other areas. d’hote system for students will Turkish nationalisms, the book The Gusi Peace Prize Philippine operate as follows: argues that the shift to an and International Committees 1. Instead of the previous meal awarded the 2013 Gusi Peace Prize to plan options, students will now be increasingly religious paradigm in Prof. Güvenen “for his untiring able to purchase and upload to both countries can be explained in efforts, working for people’s their IDs credits for as many terms of the exigencies of amelioration, to find peaceful individual meals (minimum of five) consolidation and the need to appeal solutions for people’s welfare through as they wish. to grassroots elements and account Academe (Economics & Strategic 2. Each meal will cost 3.15 TL, and for diversity. Research) & Diplomacy.” students can use a one-meal credit The work has earned praise from Prof. Güvenen has also been at breakfast, lunch or dinner. reviewers elected as chairman of the European 3. Students who have previously such as Affairs section of the Gusi Peace purchased a meal plan will not lose political Prize International Committee for their prepaid meal plan rights. scientist 2014-2015. Arrangements will be made for Hercules In 1988, Prof. Güvenen founded them to use the new system. (Iraklis) the Institute of World Systems, 4. There will be no changes in the Millas, who Economies and Strategic Research way meal plans operate. (Note that writes, (DSEE) at Bilkent University. He has there is no time limitation for using “This strategic research and diplomacy. continued to serve as the Institute’s prepaid meal credits. Also, the new inspiring The Gusi Peace Prize foundation’s director since that time. Prof. comparative main objective is “to give proper Güvenen has chaired the Department system of credits can be used for both the fixed and alternative case study is recognition through the conferment of Accounting Information Systems not on two of awards of excellence and since 2000, and is also a member of menus; the alternative menu counts as two meals.) nations only distinction to individuals or groups (Continued on Page 3) but on two religions too. The shift from Prof. Levent Gürel Named UIUC Distinguished Alumnus secularism to a synthesis that incorporates religion in both Greece n September, Prof. Levent Gürel Computer Engineering) Alumni Board and Turkey can be read as an visited the University of Illinois of Directors as a recipient of its enriched model that widens our at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Distinguished Alumni Award. Given to analytical perspectives on nation- his alma mater in the United only a few alumni each year to honor building and identities.” States.I Having visited UIUC and highlight outstanding professional numerous times before, he was no and technical contributions, this was stranger to the twin cities of the highest and most prestigious Champaign and Urbana. Nevertheless, award that could be bestowed on Prof. this visit was markedly different from Gürel as a UIUC ECE alumnus. He In seed time learn, all the prior ones. This was a was selected on the basis of his in harvest teach, in homecoming as an award recipient -- contributions to parallel computing, and that no ordinary award! fast solvers and accurate solutions of winter enjoy. Earlier in 2013, Prof. Gürel was the world’s largest real-life problems in Prof. Levent Gürel (back row, left) attending the selected by the UIUC ECE formal awards banquet together with the other 2013 computational electromagnetics. William Blake (Department of Electrical and UIUC ECE Distinguished Alumni Award recipients. (Continued on Page 3) Bilkent News 2 NEWS UNICEF Fair Raises Funds for Children Bilkent’s First Public Institutions and Organizations Career Fair to Take Place Next Week n December 4-6, the appliances and decorative items. UNICEF Volunteers They also prepared various items of Committee held a fair in their own, from cookies, honey, jam Dormitory 69 to raise and cakes to jewelry, magazines and fundsO for UNICEF. Committee books to sell at the fair. The large members were gratified by the amount of interest in the event community's response to the event, proved very encouraging for the with the participation of everyone organizers. Smiles shone from many involved helping to make this year's faces, as all participants understood sale a resounding success. the difference their efforts would his year, the Career Center organizations taking part in the fair Volunteers sold donations of lightly make in the lives of children they had is holding a Public will be included in the following used and new clothing, electrical never met. Institutions and issue of Bilkent News. Organizations Career Fair In conjunction with the fair, a Tfor the first time. panel discussion entitled “Bilkent The event will take place on Alumni in the Public Sector” will Tuesday and Wednesday, take place on December 17 from December 17 and 18, between 10:30 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Room FFB-22 of a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Conference FF Building. During the discussion, Halls Foyer of the Faculty of Arts, Bilkent alumni working in the public Design and Architecture’s FF sector will share their experiences Building. This will be a great and offer insights. opportunity for Bilkenters to meet Also, be sure to mark your representatives from various public calendars for a company presentation institutions and organizations and by representatives of the Reckitt learn about their recruitment Benckiser Sales Department on schedules and policies. If you are December 10 at 12:40 p.m. in looking for a career in the public Room FFB-06 of the FADA building. sector, the fair will be an excellent Please note that tips on writing a CV place to explore possibilities. Profiles and preparing for an interview will be for all of the institutions and part of the presentation. Young Entrepreneurs Club and Bilkent Cyberpark to Hold Start-Up Summit “Sirens of Lachesis”: A New Play at he Bilkent Young Bilkent Entrepreneurs Club and his Friday and Saturday, Bilkent Cyberpark will be the Departments of holding the fifth Ankara English Language and TStart-Up Summit on Saturday, Literature and American December 21. The goal of this Culture and Literature will present annual event is to encourage Internet theT premiere performances of "Sirens entrepreneurship in Ankara. of Lachesis." Written and directed by The summit will provide a forum Ceren Turan, a senior student in which programmers, Internet majoring in computer science and entrepreneurs, investors and minoring in English language and university students can meet, as well literature, the play will feature ELIT as an opportunity for entrepreneurs senior Erolcan Talas in the role of who have been selected from among Noah, the male lead.