I have been working here at The Dongguk Post for two years. Although every semester and every year felt like a fresh start, it has been a long journey for sure. Taking the job as the editor-in-chief has, of course, been hard, but it has been the period I enjoyed the most. Moreover, this was the time
The history of journalism in Korea is not long, because of a poor history of autocracy. This is mainly why Korean journalism still has a long way to go for a better function. Despite this poor background and condition, a few presses have survived and found their ways to act as an observer of the soc
The general election is just around the corner. Everywhere, people are stressing how important it is for young people to vote. It is not a surprise to hear this, since it is a well known fact that the voting rate among 20’s is lower than any other age groups. For the last, 19th general election, the
From January 29th to February 5th, a team of reporters from the Dongguk Media Center went to Taiwan and Thailand to visit and report about international universities and landmarks as an overseas special project. Through this report, the team were looking to gather information about these countries a
There is only about a month left for this semester, and many Donggukians are starting to plan their winter vacation. Because transportation and accommodation are crucial for travelling, the demand rises fast, and so does the price. However, compared to the past, the number of choices has increased,
The school has started; the campus is full of students and has become lively again. On the other hand, this is also when the school’s biggest concern arises: the issue of safety and security. In order to keep the campus and the housing area safe, many universities introduced Campus Police programs,
The Central Library at Dongguk University held the first of its planned regular exhibitions of themed books from March 30th to April 10th. The theme of this year is “Writers who brought honor to Dongguk.” This exhibition, which was held on the third floor of the Central Library, was the first one of
The students of the College of Education and Graduate School of Education are going to go for their teaching practicums for four weeks this April. For this teaching practicum, the school is providing supports such as giving students a chance to visit the professors and get some advice. However, stud
On the first day of school, student A headed to computer lab to print out his paper for class. Unlike the last semester, however, every computer had a note saying, “No printing.” For lack of other option, he went to one of the “Standing PCs.” Yet, using it was also very hard because the waiting line
In the grim dystopian world of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, reading is outlawed. Anyone who reads a book is severely punished. Fortunately, this does not apply to Dongguk University. However, the reading rate of South Korean university students has significantly decreased since the past years. Acc
Fox network (FX) premiered the first 10-episode series of American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson in February-April. American Crime Story is based on the double murder trial of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife Nichole Brown Simpson and her boy friend Ronald Goldman at Los Angeles on June 12th, 1994.
Mr. A is going to leave his house for three days to travel. He enters “HomeChat” to talk to his smart home monitoring system. He let it know that he is leaving. “Home” answers, “Have a nice trip. I am going to miss you!” Then it asks Mr. A, “Switch to vacation mode?” As soon as he says “Ok.”, it cha
Starting from September 2nd to November 28th, every member of Dongguk University, including students, faculty members and professors, is invited to ‘Aromatic Morning’ hosted by the Jeonggakwon. This program runs every Tuesday to Friday, starting at 8:45 A.M. for about ten minutes. A professor from C
2014 is known as the year of the ‘Korean hip-hop Renaissance.’ It is undeniable to say that hip-hop has become the hottest trend recently. Compared to the past, hip-hop music can be heard more than ever on a variety of media channels such as music charts and television shows. In particular, the hip-
Since the visit of Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis’ visit to South Korea from August 14th to 18th marked the first visit of a Pope in 25 years. On March 13th, 2013, after the sudden resignation of Pope Benedict XVI due to health reasons, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pope of the Rom
During this summer vacation, the International Seon Center had two classes which practiced asceticism, Ganhwaseon. They took place at Daegakzeon and the director of International Seon Center, Subul Sunim taught the trainees a traditional Korean Buddhism way of Zen training. This practice, which has
The Seoul Donghaeng Project is looking for college student volunteers. This project is to help the elementary, middle and high school students academically and also to provide instruction in art and physical education. The program will also cover special education schools in Seoul and also any venue
The Center for Student Counseling is planning to carry out a test, MLST, Multi-Dimensional Learning Strategy Test, developed by the Guidence, to evaluate self-initiated learning level of all the freshmen. This test is divided into four parts; characteristic, emotion, motivation, and behavior. Since
The Dongguk Japanese Summer School, supported by the Office of International Relations, provides Japanese students to experience Korean culture for two weeks. This is a third year; last year, 59 students visited Seoul but this time the expected number of students is 60 to 70. This program will take
During the summer vacation, a class to practice asceticism Ganhwaseon, supported by the International Seon Center will take place at Daegakzeon twice. This class is held twice every vaction and it is the 10th one since it began. Ven Subul Sunim, who is also the director of the Center, will teach the