hree Bilkent Universityfaculty members haverecently received grantsfrom the EuropeanResearch Council (ERC). Assoc.Prof. Mehmet Bayındır and Asst.Prof. Ömer İlday were awarded ERCConsolidator Grants, and Asst. Prof.Ebru Erbayreceived an ERCStarting Grant.The EuropeanResearch Councilaims to enhancethe dynamiccharacter, creativityand excellence ofEuropean research.Since the agency’slaunching in 2007,more than 3,860projects have beenselected forfunding fromamong more than43,000applications. TheERC counts sevenNobel laureatesand three Fieldsmedalists among itsgrant holders.Including this year’sthree Bilkentrecipients, only sixTurkish researchershave received ERCawards since the program’s inception. ERC funding programs are opento top researchers of any nationalityor age who wish to carry out theirpioneering research in any field ofscience, engineering and scholarshipin the 28 EU member states orassociated countries. (Continued on Page 3)

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ssistant Professors ÖzgürŞahin and Deniz Atasoy,members of the Departmentof Molecular Biology andGenetics since September 2013, havebeen awarded the prestigious EuropeanMolecular Biology Organization(EMBO) Installation Grants. Dr. Şahin’s research activities arecentered on breast cancer. Togetherwith an international team of scientistsin computational biology, genetics andmedical oncology, he will investigate themechanisms of resistance againsttargeted therapy and identify noveltargets for the prevention of metastasisin breast cancer. The international teamis composed of experts from the US,Germany and Turkey.Dr. Şahin graduated from theDepartment of Molecular Biology and

Genetics at Middle East TechnicalUniversity in 2003. He then earned aPhD in cancer systems biology at theGerman Cancer Research Center(DKFZ) and the University ofHeidelberg in 2008. He held positionsas a group leader at DKFZ and as aresearch faculty member at theUniversity of Texas M. D. AndersonCancer Center (MDACC). He is arecipient of the MDACC SpecializedProgram of Research Excellence CareerDevelopment Award, and the WilhelmSander Foundation Grant in CancerResearch. He has published more than25 research articles in highly regardedinternational journals.Dr. Atasoy’s research focuses on theneuronal basis of innate behaviors.Using cutting-edge techniques involvingmanipulation of electrical activity in

selected neuronal populations andbehavioral analysis, he will explore thebrain circuits regulating hunger andsatiety in normal animals and in thoseserving as models for diseases such asobesity or eating disorders.Dr. Atasoy graduated from theDepartment of Molecular Biology andGenetics at Bilkent University in 2001.In 2007 he received a PhD inneuroscience at the University of TexasSouthwestern Medical Center (Dallas),working with Prof. Thomas Sudhof,2013 Nobel Laureate in Medicine. Hewas until recently a postdoctoralresearcher at the Howard HughesMedical Center in Virginia. He haspublished over 15 research articles inhigh-impact journals such as Natureand Science.EMBO Installation Grants are

awarded annually for the purpose ofstrengthening science in selectedmember states of the EMBC, EMBO'sintergovernmental funding body. Eachscientist receives 50,000 euros annuallyfor three to five years to help themestablish research groups in theEuropean scientific community.Grantees are also integrated into theEMBO Young Investigator Program,which provides networkingopportunities and a range of careerdevelopment programs.

MBG Faculty Members Receive EMBO Installation GrantsA

his month, the BilkentTheater will be staging“Çıkmaz Sokak Çocukları”(Orphans), a three-character play by the Americanplaywright Lyle Kessler. The play isabout two orphaned young brothersand their encounter with a rich but

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enç Akademi (YouthAcademy) is a nationalconference for universitystudents organized by theBilkent University Operational ResearchClub. It takes place every year and hasgrown to the point where it attracts over800 participants from 80 departments at60 universities.At this two-day symposium,attendees meet and listen to leadingfigures from business, politics, the arts,sports and the media. The purpose of

Genç Akademi is to enlightentomorrow’s leaders by putting them intouch with today’s leaders.Speakers at this year’s Genç Akademiwill include Hakan Alp, FinansBank vicegeneral manager of Human Relations;Nihat Özdemir, Limak Holding

chairman of the board; Hakan Polatoglu,ETI CEO; actor Erdal Beşikçioğlu; andNurten Öztürk, founder of OPET. The event will take place December21-22 at the Congresium InternationalConvention and Exhibition Center inAnkara.Tickets for the 9th Genç Akademimay be purchased at the desks in the ABuilding entrance area and in front ofthe Speed and Kıraç restaurants onMain Campus, and also from thewebsite www.gencakademi.org.

GOperational Research Club Presents 9th Youth Academy

Mehmet Bayındır

Ebru Erbay

Ömer İlday

Deniz Atasoy Özgür Şahin

Bilkent NewsBY CEREN TURAN (CS/IV) shady businessman, and is set in adilapidated row house in NorthPhiladelphia in the 1980s.In the play, Treat, the elder brother,played by Melih Efeçınar, supports hisyounger sibling through petty thievery,creating a protective environment forthe seemingly simple-minded Phillip(Koray Alper), who never leaves thehouse. The dramatic tension starts

one night when Treat kidnaps a richolder man, Harold (Aytek Şayan), whohas his own motives, but eventuallybecomes a much yearned-for fatherfigure to the boys.Directed by the acclaimed Americandirector Jason Hale, currently a visitingassistant professor in the Departmentof Performing Arts, “Çıkmaz Sokak (Continued on Page 2)

(Continued from Page 1)Çocukları” is being produced as thegraduation project for senior studentsmajoring in theater at Bilkent. “‘Orphans’ is a play that hascaptured the hearts of world audiencesbecause the play is able to conveyuniversal emotions within thecircumstances of these very Americancharacters,” says Mr. Hale. “I am veryproud of my student actors for theirability to let the audience enter intothis extraordinary emotional journey.”“Orphans” has enthralled criticssince its debut in Los Angeles in1983. It has had successful runsacross the US and continues to bestaged in theaters throughout theworld, from Mexico to Japan toTurkey.Translated into Turkish by AliNeyzi as “Çıkmaz Sokak Çocukları,”the play is being staged at Bilkentwith the assistance of productionteam members Meltem Keskin Bayur(assistant director), Yılmaz Ertekin(lighting design), Duygu Gökalp (setdesign), Gülçin Kültür (stageassistant) and Adnan Atalan (technicalsupport), who, along with the threestarring actors, are fourth-yearstudents in the Department ofPerforming Arts.“Çıkmaz Sokak Çocukları” will haveits opening night in the BilkentTheater Hall in the Faculty of Musicand Performing Arts Building on

Thursday, December 19 at 8 p.m.The show will run for four additionalperformances, on Friday, Dec. 20;Thursday, Dec. 26; Friday, Dec. 27;and Saturday, Dec. 28, all at 8 p.m. Tickets are available for general saleat MyBilet for 10 TL. There will bebus service to the Tunus bus stop inthe city, departing from in front of theFMPA Building following the end ofeach performance. For more information, please seebilkenttiyatrobolumu.weebly.com,or call the department at ext. 1620.

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group of Bilkent Universitystudents initiated a boycotton Monday, December 9 infront of the FEASS Buildingto protest the table d’hote mealprices on campus. Students who aremembers of the Federation ofThought Clubs organized thedemonstration, with protestorsbringing their own food rather thanentering the dining halls, andstationing themselves near the MainCampus alley to call for lower prices.The basic student meal plan atBilkent is a table d’hote system,offering students set meals forbreakfast, lunch and/or dinner.Purchase of the meal plan is optional.Prior to this month, students couldbuy a prepaid food service plan to

cover their meals throughout asemester or academic year. Duringthe week preceding the boycott, achange in this system wasannounced. Under the new system,students may purchase credits for asfew as five set meals at a time, at aprice of 3.15 TL/meal. The protesting students statedthat the meal prices on campus aretoo high for student budgets. “Westarted our boycott on December 9with our homemade sandwiches infront of the main alley fountain,” saida spokesperson for the group. “Webelieve that by acting in unity, we canresolve the issue. We want a decreasein the fixed menu price and wewould also like to see vegetarianalternatives on the menu.”

Student Boycott Protests Food Prices

A ilkent University Library hastwo special events this week.On Tuesday, December 17,we will host the first of our“Bilkent'te KütüphanecilikSeminerleri” for this year. The seminarwill address the important subject ofOpen Access publishing, from both theacademic and library perspectives. Ourguest speakers will include Prof. BülentKarasözen (METU), Prof. Yaşar Tonta(Hacettepe University) and Dr. BurcuBulut (İpek University Library). Theseminar will be in Turkish and will takeplace at 1 p.m. in the Art Gallery. Formore information, please see ourwebsite:http://library.bilkent.edu.tr/tr/oglensoylesileri/kut_sem.html.Also, on Wednesday this week, Dr.Nilgün Olguntürk (chair of IAED) willdeliver the third and final LunchtimeLecture for this semester, entitled“Color Design in the BuiltEnvironment.” In her talk, Dr.Olguntürk will discuss how color is aninherent property of building materialsand an inseparable component indesign. It is used in all surfaces andelements, including everything fromlight and paint to art and ambience,from aesthetics to functionality. Theuse of highly reflective surfaces and

monochromatic schemes is known tobe problematic for visually impairedpeople. Due to multiple renovationsand change in use, older environmentsbecome similarly complex, with highlevels of “visual noise.” Both public andprivate spaces can benefit fromknowledgeable color design andlighting, affecting the feelings ofbuilding occupants and influencingattitudes and behavior. The negativeeffects of a poor-quality visualenvironment are apparent as increasedsensory deprivation, visual monotonyand boredom. Improving the ambiencewith color design elevates morale andcontributes to well-being. Functionaluse of color coding and landmarking inbuildings contributes to wayfinding.Moreover, color increases legibility ofthe environment, helping elderly andvisually impaired people navigate thespace. Research to establish somemechanisms from the complexity ofthose environments and to understandhow color design affects people whooccupy different types of environmentswill be discussed in contexts fromhomes, schools and hospitals to prisonsand transport environments. Thelecture will take place at 12:40 p.m. inthe Main Campus Library Art Gallery,and refreshments will be provided.

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n Wednesday, December 11, Dr. Defne Günay (University of Sheffield,UK) gave a talk to IR faculty members and postgraduate students. Hertopic was "Europeanization and State Capacity: Turkey in the Middle East." One of the many arguments Dr. Günay put forth during herpresentation was that the process of Europeanization in Turkey has beenaccompanied by state transformation, offering state agents new opportunities as wellas constraints in the pursuit of their policy objectives. Shedding light on Turkey'srelations with the European Union, Dr. Günay outlined the mechanisms of EUenlargement and emphasized the point that Europeanization does not necessarilymean adopting EU standards, rules and codes of behavior, but can lead to theopposite effects as well. In the second part of the talk, Turkish relations with the Middle East werereviewed in detail and the salient role of state actors in opening up businessopportunities was discussed. The state, Dr. Günay stressed, has beeninstrumental in pushing for more trade links with the Middle East and has usedEuropeanization for purposes of trade expansion in the region. As at all IR talks,the presentation was followed by a lively and enlightening question and answerperiod involving staff and students alike. By Arlinda Pllana (IR/II)

OIR Talk Focuses on Turkey-Europe-Middle East Triangle

"Orphans" Opens at Bilkent TheaterThis Week

Photograph by M. Furkan Akýncý (LAW/IV)

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ast week, on Wednesday,Bilkent Library hosted aninteractive workshopentitled "You Too CanQuit!" for Bilkenters who smoke butwould like to stop. The aim of theworkshop was to offer participantsadvice on how to quit and activeencouragement to do so.On December 11, Dr. S. BaşakSoyluoğlu from the East CampusHealth Center provided some basicinformation about smoking and itsdangers and underlined theimportance of getting support duringthe process of quitting. Dr. Soyluoğlustated that it is only possible to quitsmoking through the desire of thesmoker and the help of a doctor.The meeting was an interactiveone, in which participants had achance to share their ownexperiences and talk about thepsychological and physical problemsrelated to nicotine addiction. Inaddition, a questionnaire was given toall participants to assess theiraddiction level.If you want to get more help,please contact the Main CampusQuit Smoking Clinic, run byneurologist Kamuran Kuş. The clinicis trying to raise awareness of thedangers of smoking, especially amongthe young. At the East CampusHealth Center, students andpersonnel can ask Dr. Soyluoğlu forhelp in quitting smoking.Printed here is the FagerströmTest, the questionnaire that Dr.

Soyluoğlu handed out during theworkshop for those wishing to assesstheir addiction level.Fagerström TestHow many cigarettes a day do yousmoke? 10 or fewer (0 points); 11-20 (1 point); 21-30 (2 points); 31+ (3 points)How soon after you wake up do yousmoke your first cigarette? Within 5 minutes (3 points); 6-30minutes (2 points); 30+ minutes (1 point)Do you find it difficult not to smoke inplaces where smoking is not allowed,like in the library or at the movies? No (0 points); Yes (1 point)Which cigarette would you be mostunwilling to give up? The first one in the morning (1 point); Any other (0 points)Do you smoke more during the firsthours of the morning than during therest of the day? No (0 points); Yes (1 Point)Do you smoke when you're ill and inbed all day? No (0 points); Yes (1 point)RESULTS0-2 Low Dependence3-7 Moderate Dependence8-10 High Dependence

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International Student Skits Show FunnySide of Life in Turkey

n December 11,international and exchangestudents who are takingTurkish 111 and 112performed short plays in Turkish astheir end-of-semester presentations.The students impressed the audiencewith their creative, entertainingscenarios. The event, which alsoincluded a talent show and some shortfilms, took place in C-Block Auditorium.The skits depicted amusing incidentsexperienced by international students in

Turkey due to linguisticmisunderstandings or unfamiliarTurkish customs. One sketch featured a“Romeo and Juliet” scenario, withRomeo as an American exchangestudent and a Turkish Juliet. Other playsdepicted students ordering food in alocal restaurant, applying for a residencepermit, getting used to life at Bilkentand watching Turkish television. In addition to the skits, the studentsput on a talent show, giving them theopportunity to demonstrate a variety ofskills, and screened short films they hadmade.

On Wednesday, December11, the Bilkent UniversitySeminar Series on Polity,Society and the Worldwelcomed distinguished politicalscience scholar Prof. Sabri Sayarı, whodelivered a lecture on “Turkey’sExperience with Democracy.”The talk started with an overview ofTurkish political developments from1945 up to the present time. Prof.Sayarı characterized Turkey as acountry of early transition and lateconsolidation. The transition todemocracy was relatively smooth,especially compared to the disruptionsexperienced elsewhere in Southernand Eastern Europe. But despite thepromising start, Turkey suffered fromthree regime breakdowns, in 1960,1971 and 1980, which hindered theconsolidation of democracy. Prof.Sayarı noted that Turkey has beensuccessful in institutionalizingelectoral democracy -- a politicalsystem of free, fair and legitimateelections coupled with a resilientparty system. Yet, he observed,Turkey is still lagging behind in itsefforts to institutionalize liberaldemocracy, recording manyshortcomings in terms of freedom ofthought and expression, human andcivil rights, protection of the rights ofcitizens from the state, judicialindependence, and rights of ethnicand religious minorities. Prof. Sayarı offered invaluableinsights on the future of Turkishpolitics, focusing on two opposingtrends Turkey has evinced these last10 years. On the one hand, thenormalization of civil-militaryrelations and the steps taken towardresolving the Kurdish issue shouldmake us optimistic about the future.On the other hand, recentphenomena such as the dominationof politics by a single person, theimposition of an extremelymajoritarian understanding ofdemocracy and the use of excessivepolice force constitute what he calledthe “democratic backsliding” ofTurkey. Finally, Prof. Sayarı warned ofthe perils of a possible transition topresidentialism, which will fail tomake the political system moredemocratic and could pave the way forauthoritarian rule in Turkey. By Julinda Hoxha (POLS/PhD)

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European ResearchCouncil Award(Continued from Page 1) The ERCConsolidator Grant, which was awardedseparately to Dr. Bayındır and Dr. İlday,aims to support researchers inconsolidating their own independentresearch teams or programs. The grant isavailable to researchers of any nationalitywith 7-12 years of experience sincecompletion of the PhD and a scientifictrack record showing great promise.Dr. Bayındır, a faculty member in theDepartment of Physics and actingdirector of UNAM, received his grant fora proposal that focuses on thedevelopment of a novel fabricationtechnique based on top-to-bottomiterative size reduction innanotechnology. Inexpensive, high-throughput, multi-material nanowirearrays pave the way for novel applications,including nanowire-based large-areaflexible sensor platforms, phase changememory, nanostructure-enhancedphotovoltaics, semiconductor nanophotonics,dielectric metamaterials, linear andnonlinear photonics and nanowire-enabled high-performance composites.Dr. İlday, assistant professor in theDepartment of Physics, and his teamhave developed a method that allowscreation of self-organized nanometer-scale patterns on material surfaces usinga femtosecond laser. Their techniqueaddresses a well-known problemregarding regularity of such self-organized pattern formation that had notbeen solved since the 1960s, allowingthem to achieve unprecedented levels ofregularity, even on curved or flexiblesurfaces. Dr. İlday has been awarded anERC Consolidator Grant worth 2 millioneuros, which will provide the opportunityto develop these concepts further. Withthe grant, Dr. İlday aims to demonstratelaser-controlled self-assembly of aplethora of 2D patterns, crystals andquasicrystals alike, eventually assembledlayer by layer into the third dimension --an important development in thedirection of a 3D material synthesizer.The ERC Starting Grant supportsup-and-coming research leaders who arepreparing to establish teams and beginconducting independent research. Thisgrant program is for researchers with 2-7years of experience since completion ofthe PhD and a scientific track recordshowing great promise. The 1.5 millioneuro Starting Grant received by Dr. Erbay,assistant professor in the Department ofMolecular Biology and Genetics and aresearcher at UNAM, recognizes hercontributions to understanding themolecular basis of atherosclerosis, avascular disease that is the leading causeof heart attacks. Dr. Erbay’s researchgroup will explore the close molecularintegration between the metabolic andimmune systems that is required forsystemic homeostasis and dysregulated inatherosclerosis, diabetes and obesity.Using a wide range of interdisciplinaryapproaches such as chemical genetics,transgenic mice, proteomics and RNAsequencing, they will aim to identify theprecise molecular mechanisms linkingmetabolic stress to immune activation,discoveries that would pave the way tonovel therapeutic approaches to thisdevastating disease cluster.

Bilkent NewsBY GONCA ARAZ (MAN/III)

Bilkent NewsBY GONCA ARAZ (MAN/III)

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ct 1, Scene 1When you read this, ourplay will have been long over.But as I’m writing my piecefor this week, there are less than tenhours to go before our opening night.Sounds like a suicide note at firstglance, doesn’t it? Well, I can assureyou that it’s not. The reader familiar with my pieceswill recognize that this opening israther different from my usualintroductions. Instead of focusing on atopic related to the arts and analyzing itin relation to personal experiences, Ihave decided to do something evenmore personal this time. I will take mywriter mask off for a day and tell youabout the little journey I’ve beenmaking for over a year now.About two years ago, I wasn’t muchdifferent from any computer sciencestudent. I was also minoring in Englishlanguage and literature (something itwas very hard to believe anyone woulddo), but apart from that I was focusedon my major study. This all changedwith a Shakespeare course I was taking.

c_turan@ug.bilkent.edu.trBY CEREN TURAN (CS/IV)

I’m sure you’re assuming that I fell inlove with Shakespeare and decided tocontinue with literature after Igraduated, but there’s a lot more to itthan that. If it hadn’t been for a girl Icouldn’t place, but who seemed awfullyfamiliar, coming up to talk to me andmentioning the play our instructor wasstaging that semester, I might havespent two boring years and still havebeen struggling with what I wanted todo for the rest of my life.So it started with that play. Unlikemost of my friends in the cast, I had noprevious acting experience. I didn’t evenknow that I enjoyed acting. But on theday of the first performance, Iunderstood what they say about theater.It is a very tiring and a stressfulbusiness, but the moment you hearpeople clapping, all your wearinessfades away and you remember why youlove theater so much.After that production was finished, Ifocused on reading plays for a couple ofmonths. It was really interesting to findout that I was having so much fun doinganything related to theater; it was as ifmy whole life had prepared me for this,and now it was time to sit back andenjoy.As graduation came closer, I startedto think about whether I wanted tocontinue with literature and writing. SoI got a few of those books people oftensay you shouldn’t bother with, becauseyou can’t learn “how to write” from abook: you need a massive amount of

practice for that. They couldn’t havebeen more wrong! That description Iread about the craft of the playwright,which focuses on the character’s way ofthinking -- the playwright is interestedin how thoughts are conveyed throughspeech, whether in monologues,dialogues or other forms ofconversation. When I read this, all myshort stories containing very briefdescriptive passages and very longconversations made sense: I was meantto write plays! Of course I wasn’t thatsure at the moment, but you neverknow if you don’t try.Then came a period that I’m lookingforward to experiencing again. I don’tthink there is any other feeling moresatisfying than putting the story in yourmind on paper, or in my case giving mycharacters an opportunity to be seen, totalk, to touch, to be. This stage, whichgenerally takes longer, for me took onlya couple of months. When I think aboutit now, I think the reason why I finishedwriting a play in three months wasbecause this story had been in mymind, trying to find a way out, for solong that when I gave it an opportunity,it immediately began emerging as Ityped. I’m about to explain why you’rereading this autobiographical statement.When I took my play to some of myinstructors -- and I should say that theyhave all been very supportive -- my lifechanged for the second time. One ofthem said something that I hadn’t even

thought of: “The good thing aboutwriting plays is that you can always getthem staged!” Yes, I could! At Bilkent?Why not? And six months after I talkedto the chair of the English Languageand Literature department about it,“Sirens of Lachesis” is to be staged forthe very first time this evening. The reason why I wanted to share allthis was not to offer lessons like, “If youwant something a lot and do all that isin your power to get it, you willeventually be happy.” In fact, there aretwo reasons. The first one is to relatethe background story of our play, whichI’m hoping at least a few readers willhave seen. Theater is often a selfishbusiness; it demands that all attentionbe focused on the performance. Sopeople generally judge according towhat they see on stage for two hours,and that is what they should do. But tobe an even better judge, I think oneneeds to see the whole picture. The second reason is to show myappreciation for the little coincidencesof life: a girl I was not even sure I knewasking me whether I wanted to be apart of a theater production, aninstructor being more supportive thananyone could have asked when heheard that I had written a play, and mylovely cast, who have helped methrough the good and the bad for thelast couple of months. Now, setting aside my Oscar speech,I should get going to the theater. I havemy opening night this evening!

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unch vs. Warhol Anyone been to theMunch/Warhol exhibit atCerModern? I just managed to go this pastweekend. As a student in the Facultyof Fine Arts, I’ve gotten quitefamiliar with Andy Warhol: avisionary artist who expressed someof the challenges faced by his society,which was soaring in economic well-being and post-war optimism withoutrealizing how everything could comecrashing down as soon as thefollowing decade. Personally, I hadn’theard of Edvard Munch. Only when Iwent to the exhibition did I realizethat he was the creator of “TheScream,” a very famous paintingdepicting an agonized, distortedfigure set against a starkly coloredlandscape. As it turns out, Munchwas an important late 19th-early20th-century artist who influencedmany others, including Warhol. This show featured the commonpoints between the artists: theMunch prints that inspired Warhol,and Warhol’s expressions orinterpretations of them. Both artistsworked with prints, so most of the

exhibition was in fact composed ofvariations of the same few pieces.Among Munch’s works were his self-portrait and the “Madonna” series.This section of the gallery was mostlyblack and white, contrasting with theorange walls and the colorful Warholsthat one gets a sneak peek of beforeactually moving on to that part of theexhibit. Warhol’s works werevariations on the Munch prints justmentioned, as well as “The Scream.” As I later found out, Munch’s lifewas filled with a tension that he wastrying to depict, as seen in his mostfamous painting. Warhol’s life, on theother hand, was set in a time filledwith diversity. What especiallyfascinated him was the glamour ofhis society and the consequences ofthat glamour. He was quoted assaying that life feels like watchingtelevision, it is unreal -- so it’sunderstandable that he wouldquestion the value of certain thingsand elevate others, even if doing sowas controversial. Maybe preciselybecause it was controversial. As EdieSedgewick puts it in “Factory Girl,”“It may just be a painting, but it’s anidea, and the man behind that idea iswhat’s interesting.”“Factory Girl” is a thoroughlyintriguing movie about EdieSedgewick, one of Andy Warhol’ssuperstars. These “superstars” werebohemian, counterculture New YorkCity eccentrics. They were promotedby Warhol, who generated publicityfor his work in this way. They alsoproved his idea of “15 minutes of

fame”: that everyone will be famous,even if just for a glorious moment. This movie really got to me onseveral levels. The first is that Icannot see or hear anything aboutWarhol without immediately beingreminded of the way he was portrayedby Guy Pearce. This was controversialand received mixed reviews, some ofwhich criticized the way Warhol wasdepicted as being the one who ruinedSedgewick, who entered a downwardspiral after she met him until herdeath at the age of 28. The film ismore about Sedgewick and herexperience of the Factory (Warhol’sstudio in New York) than about theartist himself, but he is presented asan integral part of her life.Furthermore, he is shown as a greedyand selfish man who uses her lifeenergy and her family’s money for hisown purposes, mainly tocreate his “art.” Becauseof this, and his rejectionof her when, straying everso slightly from his circle,she befriends Bob Dylan,he and the environmenthe creates are implied tobe the causes of herdownfall.Now, I haven’t doneextensive research onWarhol and the pop art period; I don’tknow to what extent these depictionsare true. Actually, they seem likeexaggerations aimed at portrayingSedgewick as a victim, even if itmeans villifying other characters,above all, Andy Warhol. Still, Sienna

Miller’s portrayal of Sedgewick as atormented young woman was sopowerful and, from what I’ve foundout since, so accurate, that I can’thelp but be drawn in by this account.Possibly because they were somarginal, people don’t seem tohesitate before judging and blaming“members” of the Factory. Ironically,that was Warhol’s point: we will all befamous, but for what, and at whatprice? His paintings are not justrepetitions in different colors. Theyshow the different lenses throughwhich we see celebrities or therealities of everyday life. To go backto Warhol’s idea, life is so unreal, solike watching something remotelyrather than actually living it, that wecan see it in fuscia or bright green oryellow, and it won’t be any lessridiculous or any less transient. The exhibition showed hiswork from a time later thanthat of his most famouspieces. However, these laterworks feature the samevariety and courage in colorsand tone, while maybe beingmore grounded in theory.Since most of the Munchpieces displayed atCerModern were black andwhite, it made a greatdifference to see them in outrageouscolors. These tones can instantlytranslocate the images from thegrave-looking 19th-century editionsto the psychedelic pop art period.Well, the ones other than “TheScream,” anyway.

Msena.kayasu@ug.bilkent.edu.trBY SENA KAYASÜ (ARCH/II)

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Name: Kaan Vural (ELIT/I)What's your favorite triple?a) Movie: “Scarface” b) Book: “Tol” by Murat Uyurkulak c) Song: “2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” by 2PAC Can you describe yourself in three words?“Angry, carouser, helpful” If you could be anyone from the past, whowould that be?“Charles Bukowski”Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Batman”If you were a superhero, what super power(s)would you have?“Wolverine’s regeneration capability”The place on campus where I feel happiestis... “Coffee Break in front of A Building”I have never... danced in publicWhat would be your last message on earth?“Live fast, die young”

Name: Muhammed Dönmez (ELIT/I)What's your favorite triple?a) Movie: “The Lord of the Rings: The TwoTowers” b) Book: “1984” by George Orwell c) Song: “The Islander” by Nightwish Can you describe yourself in three words?“A dancer, cold, a survivor” If you could be anyone from the past, whowould that be?“Harold Godwinson”Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Master Roshi in ‘Dragon Ball’”If you were a superhero, what super power(s)would you have?“Mind reading”The place on campus where I feel happiestis... “the pool in front of S Building”I have never... seen the one who is closest to me What would be your last message on earth? “Don’t wait too much for death”

Name: Doğan Gül (EEE/IV)What's your favorite triple?a) Movie: “Back to the Future” b) Book: “The Lord of the Rings: The Returnof the King” c) Song: “Pervane” by Yüksek Sadakat Can you describe yourself in three words?“Patient, creative, loyal” If you could be anyone from the past, whowould that be?“Mustafa Kemal Atatürk”Who is your favorite cartoon character? “Aang in ‘Avatar’”If you were a superhero, what superpower(s) would you have?“Mind reading”The place on campus where I feel happiestis... “the lawn in front of Dorm 76” I have never... “ridden a jet ski”What would be your last message on earth?“Love each other”

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

ORE THANINSPIRATION?Like theircounterparts in everybranch of art, it is quite common tosee musicians inspiring each other.When it comes totheir music, thisbecomes even moreapparent. Thisweek I am going tolist some of those“inspirations” thatI've encountered.I’ve used quotationmarks for the sakeof being politicallycorrect, since in thelist below you’re likely to findsomething more than inspiration. SoI’ll let you decide whether it'sinspiration or something else. I’veorganized the list in the followingmanner: the first band/song is the oneinspired by the latter. Metallica/Enter Sandman –Excel/Tapping Into the EmotionalVoid

ozgun@fen.bilkent.edu.trEge Özgün (PHYS/PhD)

Excel was one of the inventors ofthe “crossover” genre, together withD.R.I, Suicidal Tendencies, NuclearAssault and S.O.D. The song “EnterSandman,” which is the opener forMetallica's 1991 album “Metallica”(aka Black), has a strange similarity toExcel's “Tapping Into the EmotionalVoid” from their '89 album “TheJoke's on You.” I was really shockedwhen I first noticed how much alikethese two songs sound.Deep Purple/Child in Time – It's aBeautiful Day/Bombay CallingThis one was a really bigdisappointment for me. I used to havea special liking for Deep Purple, butafter noticing this“inspiration”(unfortunately there arealso others), I lost all myrespect for them. It's aBeautiful Day is anAmericanpsychedelic/folk-rockband, and I can say theyare very underrated. Intheir self-titled debutalbum released in 1969, they have thisgreat instrumental song, “BombayCalling.” It seems to have been quiteliked by Deep Purple keyboardist JohnLord, so that in the latter band’sfamous 1970 album “Deep Purple InRock” one of their most famousworks, “Child in Time,” appears. Deli Gömleği/İçtenlik Öldü –Fang/Money Will Roll Right InDeli Gömleği is a Turkish

alternative rock/grunge band. To behonest, I don't really know many songsby this band, but “İçtenlik Öldü”somehow reminded me of Californiahardcore punk band Fang's “MoneyWill Roll Right In.” Actually I firstheard a cover of this song byMudhoney & Kurt Cobain and thenlistened to the original one. But I canassure you that the song by DeliGömleği is not a cover, and sadly youcan even find the feedback in the introof the song.Teoman/Kardelen – UriahHeep/Lady in BlackWell, this one is again from aTurkish musician. He was “inspired”by the British progressive rock bandUriah Heep’s widely known song,“Lady in Black.” There’s not much tosay about it -- just listen to the songs,and you decide.The Offspring/Why Don't You Geta Job – The Beatles/Ob-La-Di Ob-La-DaThe Offspring is a band that I reallylike (especially their first threerecords), but I have to be unbiased.The song “Why Don't You Get a Job”from their album “Americana” (withwhich they have, regrettably, started tobecome an MTV band) definitelyreminds me of “Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da” by the Beatles. To be fair, mostbands have really gotten inspirationfrom them, but yes, there is a “thinline” regarding this inspirationbusiness.Led Zeppelin/Stairway to Heaven

– Spirit/TaurusThe last example is a very famousone, coming from the legendary LedZeppelin. It’s again sad to have toaccept this, but the intro part of thegroundbreaking song “Stairway toHeaven” from their fourth album“Led Zeppelin IV,” released in 1971,has something in parallel withpsychedelic/progressive rock bandSpirit's instrumental song “Taurus”from their self-titled debut in 1968. Bonus: Ayna/Aşık Oldum Anne –In Flames/Cloud Connected As a bonus, we have a special guest.This one is not a musical inspiration;it’s in visual form. Turkish band Aynashot a music video for their song “AşıkOldum Anne,” which seems to havebeen strongly inspired by the video ofIn Flames's “Cloud Connected.”Unfortunately, the former videodoesn’t even display the use ofadequate technology and seems tohave been shot very sloppily comparedto the perfect stop-motion scenes thatcan be seen in the “CloudConnected” video. I am almost surethat this “inspiration” is not theband's fault but their producer's. This list is open-ended, but I wantto stop here because I guess I'vealready demonstrated what I wanted topoint out. Of course musicians andbands have always inspired and willcontinue to inspire other musiciansand bands, but one should evaluatethe thickness (or the “thinness”) ofthe line. See you next time.

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Sports Ad is an ad column for allBilkenters who play sports. If you playtennis, squash, badminton, tabletennis or any kind of sport needing twoor more players and can’t find apartner whose schedule fits yours, thenSports Ad will help you find a sportspartner. All you need to do is send ane-mail containing your schedule andcontact information tobilnews@bilkent.edu.tr. We lookforward to hearing from you.

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Name: Erik BoenderAge: 25Department: IRHome Country and University:Sweden, Malmö UniversityFirst word in Turkish: “Merhaba”What is your experience ofspending time in Ankara and atBilkent University?My experience of spending time inAnkara is generally good; it’s a bigcity with a lot to offer, especiallycompared to Malmö. When it comesto Bilkent, I really like it that thereare different places to go to andspend time (i.e., the Library,Starbucks, Speed).If you compare the educationsystems at Bilkent University andyour home university, what arethe differences?The system at Bilkent is completelydifferent from that at my university inSweden. In Sweden I have my coursesone by one in clusters of five to tenweeks, and then they’re finished. Wedon’t have anything like midterms orfinals. I usually finish my courses bywriting an essay and doing a grouppresentation. Do you think that the studentnetwork for Erasmus exchangestudents at Bilkent workseffectively?I think the student network worksquite well at Bilkent; they reallyhelped us at the beginning byshowing us the campus, arranging forour residence permits and organizingsome nice field trips.Where do you most enjoyspending your time on campus?I live in the city, so I don’t spend thatmuch time on campus apart fromclasses. Whenever I have some timein between classes I just get somecoffee and do some work whereverthere’s some space.

What’s It Like to Beat Bilkent?he annual Ayva Cupinteruniversity basketballtournament will take placefor the 10th time here oncampus next week. Men’s andwomen’s basketball teams fromuniversities including Başkent,Bilkent, Hacettepe and METU willchallenge each other for the cup.The Sports Center inviteseveryone to attend the tournamentgames and show their support for ourBilkent teams while enjoying somegreat basketball action! ScheduleDates: December 23-27Times: To be announcedPlace: Dormitories Sports Hall

10th Ayva Cup Basketball Tournament Coming UpT Bilkent NewsBY NAZ AKYOL (IR/IV)

lasses may be ending soon,but the Sports Center hasseveral programs plannedto take place during theexam period and the semester break.What better way could there be todeal with the pressure of exams andstay fit during these first weeks ofwinter?All programs listed below will takeplace at the Dormitories Sports Hall.AEROBİCS-STEP-YOGAStart/Finish: Dec. 23, 2013-Jan. 24,2014Fee: 40 TL/person/5 weeksRegistration: At any Sports HallFor Information: Sports Center 290-1325/1993spor@bilkent.edu.tr Monday: 12 noon-1 p.m. YOGA 4:40-5:30 p.m. YOGALATES5:40-6:30 p.m. ZUMBA FITNESSWednesday: 12 noon-1 p.m. YOGA 4:40-5:30 p.m. ZUMBA FITNESS5:40-6:30 p.m. PILATESFriday:

12 noon-1 p.m. YOGA4:40-5:30 p.m. ZUMBA FITNESSAIKIDODays & Times: Tuesday & Friday,7:30-9:30 p.m.Start/Finish: Dec. 23, 2013-Jan. 24,2014Fee: 40TL/person/5 weeksRegistration: At any Sports HallFor Information: Sports Center 290-

1325/1993 or spor@bilkent.edu.tr TAEKWONDODays & Times: Monday & Wednesday,5:30-7:30 p.m.Start/Finish: Dec. 16, 2013-Jan. 8,2014Fee: 40TL/person/4 weeks Registration: At any Sports HallFor Information: Sports Center 290-1325/1993spor@bilkent.edu.tr

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Program Your Week With RadyoBilkentTop 10 Every Mondaybetween 5 and 6p.m., Radyo Bilkentcounts down from 10with your favoritesongs in its “Top 10”program. With hostArda Orkun Aydın, Radyo Bilkent presents a brief summaryof the week’s hottest music. The Top 10 rankings are basedon voting by the audience on www.radyobilkent.com,along with the station’s detailed research.Get ReadyThe weekend starts early with Radyo Bilkent’s “GetReady” program, broadcast every Thursday from 8 to 10 p.m.Presenter Özgür Abacı gives background info on genres, DJsand producers and does live mixes in the house, deep house,nu-disco and indie dance genres. Night Flight Radyo Bilkent’s “Night Flight” program can be heard onFridays from 8 to 10 p.m. In these two hours, İhsanÇulcuoğlu and Arda Orkun Aydın bring you the finestexamples of electronic and dance music from all around theworld.

ilkent’s first Public Institutions andOrganizations Career Fair will take place onTuesday and Wednesday, December 17and 18, between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. inthe Conference Halls Foyer of the Faculty of Arts,Design and Architecture’s FF Building. Public institutions and organizations participatingin the fair on December 17 are: Bilgi Teknolojileri veİletişim Kurumu, Enerji Piyasası DüzenlemeKurumu, T.C. Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı, T.C. EkonomiBakanlığı, T.C. Kalkınma Bakanlığı, TÜBİTAK,Türkiye İş Kurumu Genel Müdürlüğü.Public institutions and organizations participatingin the fair on December 18 are: Rekabet Kurumu,Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığı, Sermaye PiyasasıKurulu, T.C. Maliye Bakanlığı, Türk PatentEnstitüsü, Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası,Türksat A.Ş.In conjunction with the fair, a panel discussionentitled “Bilkent Alumni in the Public Sector” willtake place on December 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.in Room FFB-22 of FF Building. During thediscussion, Bilkent alumni working in the publicsector will share their experiences and offer insights.

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Send in your e-mail with the rightanswer to puzzle@bilkent.edu.trand get a chance to win!Prizes will be: dessert and coffeefrom Mozart Cafe (one each forthree winners); coffee from CoffeeBreak (two each for two winners);hot chocolate from Cafe Fiero (oneeach for five winners); andchocolates from Bind Chocolate (twowinners).

Games Editor: Nesrin Dönmez (IE/IV)

Here are three puzzles: a Samurai Sudoku and two Jigsaw Sudokus.The Samurai Sudoku puzzle is made up of five smaller Sudoku puzzles: one in the center and the other fouroverlapping the corner grids of the central one. Each of the smaller puzzles has the same rules as a classical Sudoku:each row, column and 3x3 grid must contain all of the digits 1 to 9.To complete the Jigsaw Sudoku puzzles, fill in the numbers so that each row, column and jigsaw piece contains all ofthe digits 1 to 9.Submit the contents of the diagonal going from the top left to bottom right of each puzzle to win a prize. Good luck!Last Week's Answers: Samurai Sudoku: 538 961 682 365 834 964 356 Jigsaw 1: 192 788 324 Jigsaw 2: 231 762235

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Tuesday, December 17 –Wednesday, December 18“1. Kamu Kurum veKuruluşları Fuarı,” at FADA,FF Conference Hall. Organizedby the Career Center.

Tuesday, December 17Recital, by Deniz Çağlarcan, at7 p.m. Wednesday, December 18Recital, by BurcuRamazanoğlu, at 6 p.m.Recital, by Hilal Bıçaklar, at7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 19Recital, by Oydın Alimova, at 7 p.m. Friday, December 20Recital, by DirimcanCeseroğlu, at 5 p.m. Recital, by Hazal Dönmezer, at6 p.m. Recital, by Dilan Özel, at 7 p.m.Place: Ahmed Adnan SaygunMusic Research and EducationCenterSaturday, December 21Bilkent Symphony Orchestra,Conductor: Ion Marin; Piano:Mona Asuka, at the BilkentConcert Hall, 8 p.m.Sunday, December 29 -Monday, December 30Bilkent Symphony OrchestraNew Year's Concert, at theBilkent Concert Hall, 8 p.m.Conductor: Paolo OlmiSunday, December 2215th Annual ChristmasCaroling Party, at The NorthShield (Bilkent Hotel), 6p.m. Contact Erin Maloneyat ext. 2067. Forreservations, call 266-4434.

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Wednesday, Dcember 18“Taking McLuhan Seiously,”by Assoc. Prof. GrahamHarman (The AmericanUniversity of Cairo), at FFB-06, 5:30 p.m. Organized byCOMD and CCI.Wednesday, December 25“Tea Talks with CEOs,” withPınar Abay (ING Bank), atFEASS, C-Block Auditorium,12:30 p.m. Organized byİşletme ve Ekonomi Topluluğu.

Monday, December 30“Modeling of a MicrotoolFabrication Process UsingWire Electro-DischargeGrinding,” by Ali Can Ergür(Bilkent University), at EA-409, 10:30 a.m. Organized byIE.

Tuesday, December 17“The Place of Aesthetics inEngineering,” by Prof. BarryAllen (McMaster University),at FF-Z01, 11:30 p.m.Organized by PHIL.Wednesday, December 18

Library Lunchtime Lecture:“Colour Design in the BuiltEnvironment,” by Assoc. Prof.Nilgün Olguntürk (BilkentUniversity, IAED), at theLibrary Art Gallery, 12:40 p.m.Organized by the Library.

Wednesday, December 18“Bankada Bilgi Güvenliği,” byHakan İnceoğlu (ING Bank),at CD-B01, C-Building, 12:30p.m. Organized by CTIS.Wednesday, December 18“Disjunctive Cuts for ConvexMINLP: ExtendedFormulations,” by MustafaRasim Kılınç (CarnegieMellon University), at EA-409,1:40 p.m. Organized by IE.Wednesday, December 18“Airport Prices in a Two-SidedFramework,” by Şenay Sokullu(University of Bristol), atFEASS, A-228, 2 p.m.Organized by ECON.Wednesday, December 18“Circuit Theory-BasedModeling and Analysis ofCMUT Arrays,” by H. KağanOğuz (Bilkent University), at

EE-312, 6 p.m. Organized byEEE.Friday, December 20“What Are the Changes ofWinning? The Ecology andPsychology of Competitions,”by Emre Soyer (ÖzyeğinUniversity), at the ÜmitBerkman Seminar Room, 1:40p.m. Organized by FBA.Friday, December 20“Mechanism Design: AnIntroduction From anOptimization Perspective,” byMustafa Ç. Pınar (BilkentUniversity), at EA-409, 1:40p.m. Organized by IE. Friday, December 20UNAM Seminar, by Assoc.Prof. Selmiye Alkan (SabancıUniversity), at FS, SA-240, 3:40p.m. Organized by UNAM.Monday, December 23“AI Challenges in ClickstreamProcessing,” by Marcus Schaal(Chief Data Scientist,Webtrekk Gmbh), at EA-409,1:40 p.m. Organized by CS. Monday, December 23“Split City: Democratic

Alliances at Urban FaultLines,” by Assoc. Prof. BernaTuram (NortheasternUniversity), at FEASS, A-130,3:40 p.m. Organized by theBilkent University Seminar Serieson Polity, Society and the World. Wednesday, December 25“Effects of Uncertainty andLearning in HumanitarianSupply Chains: An Applicationin Post-Disaster DebrisClearance,” by Melih Çelik(Georgia Institute ofTechnology), at EA-409, 1:40p.m. Organized by IE. Friday, December 27“New Approaches to ClassicalOR Problems (Time-SensitiveApplications),” by BaharÇavdar (Georgia Institute ofTechnology), at EA-409, 1:40p.m. Organized by IE.

Thursday, December 19“Quantitative Research: Howto Prepare and How toOrganize and AnalyzeQuantitative Data,” by NilŞatana (Bilkent University),at FEASS, A-130, 12:30 p.m.Organized by FEASS.

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