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Hürriyet Daily News
The Spring Festival, organized byKoç University Social ActivitiesClub, took place on Saturday, May22, at the Rumeli Feneri Campus.During the festival that featured15 hours of live music, famoussingers, bands and DJs took thestage and there were many enjoy-able outdoor activities with prizecompetitions.
The doors of the Spring Festi-val, whose media sponsor wasPower Group, opened at noon.Two stages including a main plat-form and an alternative appealedto different musical tastes. Therewere opportunities to listen to var-ious bands and artists. At 6 p.m.DJ Funky C took the stage. Re-markable names who rarely meettheir fans were on the main stage.
Participants were able to playvarious joyful carnival games in-cluding ATV Safari Tours, paint-balling and bungee jumping.
As a result of several studiesconducted within the frameworkof social responsibility projectssuch as the Turkish Family Plan-ning Association, LÖSEV or theFoundation for Children withLeukemia, Living Library, GreenPeace and Society for the Protec-tion of Stray Animals; the KoçUniversity Social Activities Clubtried to organize the most envi-ronmentally sustainable springfestival of Turkey.
The main stage hosted giantnames such as Ajda Pekkan,Duman, Nil Karaibrahimgil andMFÖ. Ajda Pekkan sang both oldand new songs. Thousands of stu-dents sang along with her.
Besides Koç University stu-dents and alumni, the festival wasopen to guests from outside. Thefestival hosted more than 5,300people out of whom 4,000 hadbought tickets ahead of time. Thetickets of the festival were pre-soldfor 55 liras, 56 liras through Biletixand 60 liras at the door.
KoçUniversitywelcomesspring
DIVA: The diva of Turkish popmusic, Ajda Pekkan, took the stageat Koç University’s festival Saturday.
Popularity of Turkishstudent Enes spreadsIt has been only two weeks sinceup-and-coming basketball playerEnes Kanter has been a student atthe University of Kentucky and hehas already made his impact onthe friendly city of Lexington. Asyou walk around campus on his18th birthday on May 20, you canfeel the excitement. Students likeLindsay Fair said, “We appreciateEnes so much, he is already num-ber 1 in our hearts.” Or Drew Es-posito who enthusiastically stated,“All of Big Blue Nation can’t waitto see Big Enes!”
Though it has been two weekssince enrolling for his SummerClasses at the University of Ken-tucky, Kanter already feels the love.“I already have over 1,000 friendsand have received over 2,000 birth-day wishes. It did not take me toolong to feel at home here.”
When you first meet Kanter,you notice his height of 210 cen-timeters. It only takes a few min-utes to realize his other attributes.In addition to being what manypeople already predict to be thetop basketball player in the worldfor his age, it only takes minutesto realize what a nice and caringperson he is. He is also very intel-ligent and knows that education isan important element of his life.
“I love basketball very muchbut I also know there is a life afterbasketball,” Kanter said. “I will be35 years old someday and willenter a second part of my life. Ineed to take steps to prepare forthat life and only a good educationcan help me to get there. I am sohappy to be enrolled at the Uni-versity of Kentucky. Not only arethe people kind and warm, but theeducation is excellent and I knowthis is going to help me to be suc-cessful in life.”
Many experts predict that Kan-ter (withstanding injury) would bethe best Turkish basketball playerin history. He played one year ofhigh school basketball in the U.S.and broke all sorts of records, in-cluding Dirk Nowtizki’s total
points record in the 2010 NikeSummit Game. He has an outsideas well as inside game and re-markable court sense. He is alsostill growing. He started to playbasketball at the late age of 12, atwhich time his physical educationteacher said it would be wise to doso with his height. He developedhis game when playing for Fener-bahçe in Turkey.
In the United States, not onlyare the Turks excited, but so arethe students at the University of
Kentucky. He just enrolled at theUniversity and is taking summerclasses. Though he is a shy person,the students and Professors atKentucky already love him. Seeinghow popular Kanter is remark-able. Turkish flags and T-shirts arebeing sold at his school, and somany students have bought them.Though the school’s official coloris Blue, you notice the red of theTurkish Flag as well.
Along with the Kanter excite-ment, there is also a noticeable
Turkish spirit that has hit campus.Wildcat Fans predict next year to bevery big. TheUniversity of Kentuckyis a well-known NCAA basketballteam and nearly all of its games aretelevised nationally in the U.S.Many feel that Kanter will be thebest College Basketball Player in thecountry. And since he is such aproud Turk, he is going to representTurkey like no other Turkish athletehas done before in America.
Also, his coach John Calipari is awell-known figure in America. Hehas charisma similar to Fatih Terimin Turkey. Coach Calipari also lovesKanter verymuch. You can tell fromlistening to his exclusive interviewon the Turkish student WebPortalat www.studyinamerica.com. Thevideo will help you to understandthe excitement and bond thatCoach Calipari has for Kanter.
Kanter comes from a solid fam-ily. His father is aMedical Professorat Trakya University. Because of hisfather’s doctorate study, Kanter wasborn in Switzerland before latermoving to Ankara. He also has twoyounger brothers who also are talland play basketball. Coming fromsuch a family, education has alwaysbeen very important to Kanter, andso he wanted to pursue an educa-tion in the U.S. With all the expo-sure the NCAA gets in America,Kanter feels that he can better rep-resent Turkey to the U.S. Also ex-pect Big Blue Nation to have someto have some red in it and don’t besurprised if you hear the chants of“Turk-E-Ye” when watching theWildcats play on television.
As for next year, “Go Enes andGo to University of KentuckyWild-cats!” The team that so many Turk-ish eyes will be on from this pointforward.
Founder and president of InternationalStudent Services, Tamer Türkman, is a 1967born American Citizen with Turkish decent. In1993, he launched his business idea to helpyoung Turks aspiring a life and education inthe U.S. He takes great pride in making adifference in young Turks’ lives.
Enes Kanter, who is 210 centimeters tall stepped into the University of Ken-tucky only a few weeks ago and received 2,000 birthday wishes on his 18thbirthday on May 20. As a result of this remarkable popularity, Turkish flagsand T-shirts are being sold at campus and many students have bought them
BREAKING RECORDS: Enes Kanter played one year of high schoolbasketball in the US and broke all records, including those of Dirk Nowtizki.
Britain bans doctor from practiceMARIA CHENG
LONDON - The Associated Press
The doctor whose research linkingautism and the vaccine formeasles, mumps and rubella in-fluenced millions of parents torefuse the shot for their childrenhas been banned from practicingmedicine in his native Britain.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield's 1998study was discredited - but vaccina-tion rates have never fully recoveredand he continues to enjoy a vocalfollowing, helped in the U.S. by en-dorsements from celebrities like JimCarrey and Jenny McCarthy
Wakefield was the first re-searcher to publish a peer-reviewedstudy suggesting a connection be-tween autism and the vaccine formeasles, mumps and rubella. Le-gions of parents abandoned thevaccine, leading to a resurgence ofmeasles inWestern countries whereit had been mostly stamped out.There are outbreaks across Europeevery year and sporadic outbreaksin the U.S. "That is Andrew Wake-field's legacy," said Paul Offit, chiefof infectious diseases at the Chil-dren's Hospital of Philadelphia."The hospitalizations and deaths of
children from measles who couldhave easily avoided the disease."
Wakefield's discredited theo-ries had a tremendous impact inthe U.S., Offit said, adding: "Hegave heft to the notion that vac-cines in general cause autism."
In Britain, Wakefield's researchled to a huge decline in the numberof children receiving the MMR vac-cine: from 95 percent in 1995 -enough to prevent measles out-breaks - to 50 percent in parts ofLondon in the early 2000s. Rateshave begun to recover, though notenough to prevent outbreaks.
BANNED: Dr. Wakefield sparkedan international vaccine scare.
ExpertTalk
What everycollege freshmanneeds for dorm life
JACK CHARY
College is an exciting, yet nerve-wrackingtime. Most college freshmen have a very faintidea about what they need to bring to college,such as extra large sheets for their dorm mat-tress, flip-flops for the shower, lots of snacksand, of course, money! But there are proba-bly a few things you haven’t thought about.Don’t, worry you’ve come to the right place.
List of things you would likelyhave forgotton
Here is a list of key things you would likelyhave forgotten, but would have wishedyou had:
1. Flashlight. Do you know what happenswhen the electricity goes out in a dorm build-ing? A flashlight will really come in handy formaneuvering around a dark dorm, as well asfor walking to any night classes or schoolfunctions, such as football games, that takeplace at night.
2. Fan. Dorms can get really stuffy, evenwhen it’s cold outside. A fan will help to cir-culate the air and keep things feeling fresh.
3. First-aid kit. You really underestimatehow important a first-aid kit is until you don'thave one. So, before you head to school, havemom put together a mini-version of her first-aid kit, equipped with Tylenol, ibuprofen,cold/allergy medicine, cough syrup, band-aids(in different sizes), antiseptic spray, antibioticcream, alcohol wipes, tweezers, etc.
4. All-purpose cleaner. Living in a dormcan be a messy situation. An all-purposecleaner will come in handy for all those quickclean-ups.
5. Dry-erase/bulletin board. I’m sureyou’ve seen these at the store – they are halfbulletin board and half dry-erase board.These are extremely handy for leaving notesfor your suite mates, jotting down importantappointments or test dates and tacking upyour class schedule so you don’t lose it.
6. Adhesive hooks/poster-mounting tape.No college appreciates it when you leave aton of holes in their walls, so go for adhesive,easy-to-remove methods of decorating. Ad-hesive hooks will provide extra space forhanging things, and poster-mounting tapewill come in handy when you want to deco-rate your room.
For hanging your stuff while takinga shower in dorms
7. Suction hooks. This goes along with theadhesive hooks and mounting tape, but theyare more useful in the shower. Communityshowers in dorms don’t really have a lot ofplaces to set or hang your stuff, so these willcome in handy for keeping all your things offthe floor and dry.
8. Bathrobe. This will be nice to have whenyou are going to and from the communityshowers. For one, it will keep you from hav-ing to carry all your clothes with you; and two,it will keep you from traipsing to and from theshower in just a towel.
9. A chest or footlocker that locks. This willreally come in handy for storing valuablessuch as money, jewelry and all those valuablequarters you will use for laundry. As much asyou may trust your roommate, it’s better tojust eliminate temptation by locking up yourvaluables.
10. Surge protector/power cord. Dormrooms have extremely limited outlet space,and a surge protector/power cord will provideextra plug-in space and keep you from fight-ing with your roommate over the outlets.
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