The Neverending Storyby Michael EndeMichael Ende is a well- known author for his book Momo. The Neverending Story also shows his unique and creative writing style which tells a story of a young boy called Bastian Balthazar Bux who enters the world of Fantastica in order to save the world from “Nothi
On March 23rd 2014, an anonymous student wrote an online post asking for help in saving three departments after Seoil University announced its decision to close them. It soon ranked as a top issue on the website Nate. It attracted interest from netizens and other medias. Although it was not so big t
What is money? Ever since concept of using shellfish began, money has been part of the development of human history. Today, the reason why people use paper bills which have no value by themselves, is that people believe others will also accept paper as money. Without the belief in its value, today’s
It is not hard to find some people who are always in certain emotion; gloomy, nervous, and sensitive. This book says continuing in a certain emotion state settles in the brain, and it becomes habit. That is why some people lose their control over emotions even though they know it is not good. Theref
Getting More by Stuart DiamondHow can we learn and get the most out of other people? Stuart Diamond, a renowned professor of Wharton business school, shows us his personal experience and students’ examples from his famed negotiation course. The author suggests 12 negotiation strategies with models t
An English Buddhist Ceremony is held every Wednesday of the last week of each month. For September, on 25th, Peter M. Beck, the Korean Representative for the San-Francisco based Asia Foundation, came to Jeonggakwon at 6:00p.m. The Asia Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that w
There will be a change in the Main Stadium where construction work will begin from the middle of October and completed at the end of December. It will cost a total of 98 thousand million won in complete support of Jung-gu Office. There will be a lawn ground and three land tracks installed. Water sup
There are many sports games scheduled for the second semester such as baseball, soccer, and basketball. The Dongguk baseball team is planned to participate in the 94th National Sports Festival. The team participates in this festival as a delegate of Seoul and this game will be held on October 19th,
A concert which has theme about "life" will be held at Bulamsa on 5th of October. Bulamsa is a temple located in Byulnaemyeon, Namyangju si, Gyeonggi Province. This concert is a campaign which intends people to think about respecting life. Buddhist singers and Korean classical musicians will be invi
The Central Library has planned four programs to encourage students to read more books. The first program is called “The Reading Discussion Club with Mentors.” This is a newly made program under the purpose of improving creative thinking and discussion skill through mutual discussions within a group
An award ceremony was held at Sangrokwon on September 24th at 12:20p.m. for professors of College of Social Science. The ceremony was held to encourage and praise their effort of education. Based on the first semester of 2013 lecture assessment, ten professors received the award certificate and priz
Globalization through modern technologies creates new lifestyles and brings cultures closer to each other. Language also cannot be of an exception in the face of this new and huge wave. In our daily life, we can notice that we frequently speak and write foreign words. People have even started to use
K-Pop, Korean cuisine, Korean education system, Korean technology, and Korean media: People are transfixed by Korea. Movies are no exception. For a recent example, “Snow piercer” has been released on the 1st of August and is bringing astonishing result. It was directed by a Korean director Bong Joon
“Forever 21,” one of the leading fashion brands in the world, is probably familiar to quite a few Korean women by now. But if you haven’t heard of it, just go down the street called, Garo-su-gil in Shinsa-dong, as you’ll see many walking around with the yellow “Forever 21” bags. Now then, where is t
1st BookRush (written by Todd G. Buchholz, American)Could Be Happy When Stress and Works Get Away From Life? Is Competition Bad?Todd Buchholz starts his book with those questions. It is becoming a trend to look for freedom and avoid competition. However, Rush shows how competition works in life and
India is widely known as the birthplace of Buddhism. Therefore, many imagine that India is a Buddhist country. In reality, more than 80 percent of the Indian population is Hindu; only 0.9 percent believed in Buddhism as of 2001. A study conducted in 1931 under British rule showed that only 0.1 perce
In the city of Ostrava, the city famous for mining and manufacturing industry of Czech Republic, a sister university of Dongguk, University of Ostrava Technology is located. The 4th biggest university of Czech Republic has similarities and differences with Dongguk University. From dormitories to cam
“I registered for the summer session to take lectures that I could not during ordinary semesters, since I had to manage my grade on major subjects. While searching for lectures, I failed to find major subjects for Journalism and Mass Communication. Because there were no other options, I took a simil
Teacher’s Day is the day when we celebrate our teachers for their honor and effort. In Korea, 2013, May 15th is the 31st anniversary of Teacher’s Day in Korea. Celebrating Teacher’s Day started in 1963 by students of RCY (Red Cross Youth). The Students of RCY visited teachers and Redcross establishe
The subjects for liberal arts have been changed to improve the quality for students effective from the first semester of 2013. Students can delete their grades for which they participated in last semester from a total of 33 core liberal arts subjects and 37 general liberal arts subjects because they