In recent days, many people are calling a city an ash-colored forest, because it consists of a huge number of tall buildings like trees. Due to this characteristics, people living in the city are not able to see colorful architecture easily. However, the make-over of container allows people to see s
Even in hot weather, everyday there is a long line for a new store next to Gangnam station. A huge number of people are waiting outside for one to two hours to enter this store called the “Kakao friends” pop-up store. The store sells a variety of products based on the Kakao Corporation’s emoticons.
On May 17th, in front of the Main Hall, the General Student Council and the chairperson of Student Council of Postgraduate held a press conference regarding the questions raised about the doubts on the plagiarism of President Han Tae-sik’s doctoral thesis. There has been an inquiry of plagiarism fro
“She is the one with courage. She is the one who speaks her bright mind; she is the one who encourages the young and the old to do the same.” It is from a poem, “She” by Alice Walker. Alice Walker has focused on the talents or the individuality of women. She, needless to say, is a feminist and has w
Every year during springtime, the campus turns into the garden of flowers. It would not be an exaggeration to say that freshmen are truly noble flowers: the blossom of youth. As college students, they face the statue of the Buddha everytime when they pass the campus’s central square. Once, in front
On April 15th, 2016, the General Student Council and Student Council of Postgraduate held the 4.15 Jogye rally. The rally was also held in the last year with the same objectives. Goals of the rally are to criticize Jogye Order for its responsibility on Dongguk University’s present conflicts related
According to the Office of Student Services, the former 47th General Student Council, “Baek-bal-baek-joong”, has not returned the enrolled students’ name list, which was needed for the Student’s General Meeting held on September 17th, 2015. The Office of Student Services asserted that only the name
On March 16th at Paljeongdo, Wednesday demonstration for comfort women was held by Donggukians who support Foundation of Justice and Memory. A protest for comfort women is held on every Wednesday in front of Embassy of Japan in Korea. Although many university students pay attention to an issue about
In early March 2016, Center for Teaching & Learning Research will release four potable books for freshmen. Those books may help new Donggukians adjust their university lives more easily. In particular, they guide new students on how to keep up with their university lectures. Books from Center for Te
On a subway, Student A is watching something on her smartphone and smiling. Despite smiling to herself, nobody is looking at her in a very strange way. This is because many of people around her are doing similar. What is she watching actually now? She is enjoying entertainment such as short videos,
On a comedy program, “People who look for laugh”, one woman wants her boyfriend to buy her some macarons, while she is not even thinking of giving any present for her boyfriend’s birthday. This woman is a character that appeared in a Korean show, but has also been generalized as one type of Korean w
At 1:00 P.M., November 10th, GSC and Pan-Donggukian Ad Hoc Committee held a press conference regarding the intervention of Jogye Order and the opposition to re-election of Ven Ilmyun Sunim as a chairman of the board. Kim Geon-jung, the vice chairperson of GSC, who has been on a hunger strike, said,
Korean and foreign researchers developed a new material of an electronic board by minimizing an interaction among metal materials, improving the performance of subjects. On November 3rd, Dongguk University announced that Kim Ki-kang, a professor from the Department of Fusion Energy Materials Science
Due to the recent unfortunate death caused by a firearm accident of a Donggukian, Park Se-won, a student in the Department of Philosophy, the school and the Department of Philosophy have expressed their condolences through several efforts such as filing two different petitions, making an incense alt
Dongguk University held an autumn festival for two days, from October 1st to 2nd. On the first day, the General Student Council held the 2015 Mokmyuk Song Festival (Acquaintance’s story). It also newly implemented the Seoae-ro project for this year. For the second day of the autumn festival, Dongguk
Dongguk University is planning to establish Global MBA Course and Global Entrepreneurship MBA Course starting from 2016. Along with those courses, it will offer various activities from business administration lectures in English and Chinese for global placement to the lectures for the students who w