Recently, there have been some conflicts among Donggukians in Dongguk Bamboo Forest, a Facebook page that students share their ideas and discuss any topics they want to base on anonymity. This time, there were arguments after a report of a male student sitting on the seat for the pregnant was posted
In Dongguk University, there are people who take snapshots of Donggukians about their daily university lives. They are called “Bamboo Forest Photographer Team.” They take pictures for their applicants and upload them on SNS. The team gained popularity among students so that their monthly schedule us
Eventually the time came. For two and a half years, I have never imagined the moment I would complete my task as a student reporter of The Dongguk Post. Recalling my life until now, in fact, I still do not know how things turned out to be. Almost every time, I was overwhelmed with a lot of work to d
Recently, as the information-oriented society with significant advance of electronics industry develops, it is quite difficult for people to live without using smartphones. Smartphones, which are convenient to hold in one hand, account for a substantial portion of human life exceeding the means of c
Recently, one professor’s words in her class are being controversial among Donggukians. She said, in the case of sexual violence, the victims are responsible for the result of the crime, giving former provincial governer, Ahn Hee-jung as an example. Her attitude was criticized in that it is the seco
General Motors (GM) announced the plans to shut down the factories in Gunsan as part of restructuring strategy. For years, there have been speculations that GM will leave South Korea. GM acquired Daewoo Motor, subsidiary of Daewoo group in 2002. State-run Korean Development Bank (KDB), the second la
Last month, an e-mail was sent to some students by the school notifying that the off-campus work-based aid halted because of the lack of the government subsidy. 85 students suffered material loss because they cannot receive any more financial aid in this period. This sudden cease of work-based aid m
“I cannot afford the university tuition fee. It is too expensive for me.” This is a common worry that many university students have, and so do I. Such thought has been generalized among the students and has continuously been demonstrated for several years. In order to help students who have difficul
There is one thing in team sports that you should never do: leaving a teammate behind. On February 19th, at the 2018 Winter Olympic held in Pyeongchang, Korea, there was a case of abandoning a teammate in Women’s Speed Skating Team Pursuit event. In the race against Netherlands, Korean team pursued
1. An Apartment in Parisby Guillaume Musso In this novel, two residents of the apartment in paris, a detective and a playwriter, search for a dead artist’s lost artworks and his son who was kidnapped. The readers can come to know the agony and passion of artists and paternal love towards the son. 2.
Recently, virtual currency has been receiving a lot of attention and many people started to invest in it. The statistics released by the biggest virtual currency information website, Coinmarketcap, shows that the market capitalization of the virtual currency, in total, holds about 563 billion won. N
This November, the elections for the student councils took place and many Donggukians exercised their rights to vote. There had been only one candidate in each section except the College of Police Administration. It seems that this issue is a certain problem and I regard such phenomenon as undesirab
The abolition of university admission fee was one of President Moon Jae-in’s campaign promises in 2017. In the middle of July, as the advisory committee announced its administrative agenda including the content of admission fee, the abolition of admission fee has been formalized. However, the propos
After two months, South Korea is planning to hold 2018 Winter Olympics. This event will take place in Pyeongchang and is scheduled from 9th to 25th of February, 2018. The Olympics will feature 102 games in 15 kinds of sports, which qualified participants from about 85 nations. Sport has frequently b
On November 16th, the second open hearing of the candidates for the General Student Council (GSC) and the General Coed Student Council (GCSC) took place at Bio-Medical Campus (BMC) at 6:30 P.M. “Turning Point” party (Kim Jung-do, Song Su-hun and “Moving” party (Yun Won-jeong, Kang Hyeon-ju) particip
Generally, many people regard the subway as a stifling space so that they cannot help but be swept along in the crowd every morning and evening. Especially, some university students who commute to school by subway also think the same. Additionally, according to the survey conducted by Korea Informat
Recently, some of the Donggukians have raised the question of whether or not the General Coed Student Council (GCSC) is a worthwhile student organization for Dongguk University. The question quickly spread through the Facebook Page “Dongguk Bamboo Forest.” Students pointed out that it was improper t
In the previous article published on August 28th, 2017 in The Dongguk Post, we looked into the art education system in countries from Eastern Europe and came to the conclusion that it is important to perceive art as something that is always breathing with us in our daily lives. Here, we will broaden