As our society grows and develops greater technology, it seems more and more people long for a time when things were slower, and in some cases, even a little more uncomfortable. Let’s call it nostalgia, which originally means to miss one's hometown or the past. This likely occurs because we are supp
My time with the Dongguk Post has been like one long TV series and this is the last episode of my show. I have never dreamed that this time would finally come. I really want to highlight the word ‘finally’ in the aforementioned sentence. “Oh my god, finally, it is over!!!” After two and a half years
“Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.” (Benjamin Franklin) When I began working for The Dongguk Post, I had resolved to do an exceptional job for the newspaper and the university that I love. And now, I have successfully completed my term as a student reporter. I
Passing through that period between being a child and an adult we change not only in numerical age, but more importantly in our attitudes. Like a seed, it is not an easy path. To grow strong and be a tree, the seed may be caught in a rainstorm or draught or even eaten by a worm but through it all if
Public concerns over food safety do not seem to have been alleviated following recent disasters such as the outbreak of domestic foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan that caused the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Daiichi. Though the government has
Kim Bo-YounDepartment of International Tradekimboyoun2010@nate.com Students at Dongguk University have started to wear the coolest clothes possible since spring arrived. There are several reasons for trying to look cool. However, I want to combine them with one major reason that I think most student
"I still don't have a boyfriend, but I’m interested in a boy whom I met a few days ago," says a girl to her friends at a cafe on the first day of April. If she cannot find a boyfriend by Black Day, a special day for people without lovers, she will eat jajangmyeon (black bean noodles) on April 14. Th
A few days ago, I joined a funny and helpful study group, whose members use Friends, a popular sitcom in the USA, to improve their English language skills. When I found out about the study group, which meets at the internet cafe Spec Up, I thought that it would be a great opportunity for me to great
These days phones are used for much more than just making calls. In the subway people all around me concentrate on their small handheld machines. Suddenly, someone notices my modest, outdated phone and says smugly, 'you should think about getting a smart-phone'. Smart-phones are all-in-one devices w
A few days ago, I heard a man who was once a member of a Korean pop group participated in a verbal attack on Korea. His voice was used as the main character of a video game in which the goal is to defeat Korean enemies until finally encountering and defeating the Korean president himself. It seemed
The 19th English Essay Contest was held, hosted by The Post, on 19th November. The following essays were selected from the primary among thirty six entries. Students were asked to wirte one of the topics : Physical punishment in school, What the benefits of holding the G20 in Korea and Student’s own
"The Post life will be paid off" / By Noh Yoo-raI became a Post reporter after six months of apprenticeship. I applied to become a reporter just to gain experience and to find out what kind of work they do. In other words, I applied to become a reporter with a light heart, maybe that's why I went th
Recently Koreans heard the astonishing news that one of their idols, Choi Yun-hee, killed herself. She was a famous copywriter who appeared on various TV talk shows. The reason for her suicide was because she had an incurable illness. Even more astonishing was that her husband took his own life as w
When I first visited Paris, in 1970, I didn’t expect to see a giant Elvis Presly effigy dominating a cinema district. The “British invasion” (Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who and others) had already swept America, diminishing Elvis in the eyes of a generation of white Americans who were hip to the b
Questions for Google about its applications and services most often refer to the inevitable topics of security and privacy protection. Google, of course, being a company based on user trust, takes these questions seriously and believes that it provides just that ? security and privacy. In fact, Goog
A few days ago, a fellow Donggukian called the POST and asked if we could send some of our newspapers to her. She said her senior, who was interested in becoming an exchange student, wanted to read our articles about SUNY (State University of New York at Stony Brook) that were published not long ago
A few years ago I noticed a student wearing a Franklin and Marshall (F & M) T-shirt. He piqued my curiosity because I hadn’t before seen anyone wearing anything with F & M on it. I was used to seeing students in the gear of well-known American schools - USC, Stanford, Michigan State and, of course,
If you see June on Calendar in this year, what do you think? Most of readers feel June is the joyful month because of ended in semester and opening World cup. Meanwhile, they feel some disappointed because there is no holiday except for Sunday. However, June is meaningful month more than our thought
Russians from Sochi have been visiting Pyeongchang in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Go figure. Shouldn’t it be the other way around since Sochi was chosen over Pyeongchang and other places to host the 2014 games? So what brings the Russians to Pyeongchang? Sochi was the dark-horse c
Originally founded in 1906 by the Jogye Order, Myeongjin School which later became known as Dongguk University was one of the first officially designated Universities in Korea. DU has been considered among the top education hubs in Korea and is steadily growing in order to provide its students with