On January 28th, Seo Nam-soo, the Minister of Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology announced a plan to restructure the country’s higher education system. It was about classifying all universities into five grades. According to the classified ranks, the government will differentiate the num
On August 12th, a Dongguk University sophomore woke up at 8AM. He immediately went to the computer lab and logged in to uDrims to register for courses. As the lecture application period start date had approached, he had really worried about not succeeding in registration because the competition rate
A problem on the division of student union fee occurred during the two Budget Committee meetings held on April 10th and 18th due to the difference of opinion among colleges. The College of Engineering added fuel to the fire by posting slanders both online and offline. The problem still has not been
Nobody can urt me without my permissionby Barbel WardetzkiDuring our lives, we get hurt from many things in every moment. However, even if two people experienced the same thing, one hurts really big while the other does not. Barbel Wardetzki, one of the most influential psychologists in Germany, say
On July 7th, at New York University, the Post met two students who have developed their own careers in Journalism. The purpose of this interview was to hear how NYU students, especially in the field of journalism, have paved their career paths by developing characteristics and skills through a varie
Globalization, which is the inevitable trend of the 21st century, makes me recognize myself as a citizen of the world. I dream of a world in which everybody takes care of each other beyond cultural and language barriers. I dream of a future where people seek a better world for me, you and us. I beli
While Korean consumers have been patriots, companies seem to be pirates. The older generations firmly believed that buying domestic products would help our country. They even regarded buying imported goods as traitor toward the country. Thanks to this deep-rooted social atmosphere, companies have gr
“Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.” –– Hesiod (c.700 BCE), The
All writings have their own purpose. A traveler’s essay must show the progress and the feelings of that journey, an article must inform readers. If the writing is a debut essay, it must show the goals of the writer with ordered pieces of information. However, this essay would not talk about future t
The Dongguk basketball team, which ranked 4th in the KB University Basketball League, and its baseball team, which had the monumental achievement of winning three trophies in a row are both the pride of Dongguk University. However, because the university spends all of its sport budget on those profe
Dongguk 108 Leaders, a student organization that is made to foster six synthetic capabilities by Office of Career Development, started its public relations from the summer vacation for the upcoming 17th Incheon Asian Games. They cheer for the national sepaktakraw team. Han Seung-hwan, who is majorin
The Dongguk Office of International Affairs hosted Dongguk International Summer School (DISS) during the last summer vacation. DISS was a part of Dongguk University’s effort to build multi-cultural bridge between countries and to promote students to experience hands-on training and diverse cultural
From September 1st, the Information Management Team provides electronic student ID cards on mobile phones which will be combined with Dongguk University official application. Through this service, the previous Dongguk application, which was only used for searching academic calendar and grades, can b
The Dongguk Start-up Competition, supported by the Youth Entrepreneurship Center, provides a platform for students to promote entrepreneurship and develop start-up ideas. It is an initiative to welcome students to share their insights and to encourage the entrepreneurship spirit among young Korean p
University students today depend so much on SNS like Facebook, Twitter, or me2day for information. They consider political issues posted on those pages as fact, even though most of the information has no verified evidence. Accepting online opinions on political hot potatoes uncritically shows that u
Dongguk University Sports Team has been running a football class for all Donggukians regardless of gender. Kim Jong-pil, who was a formal professional soccer player and now working as a head coach of Dongguk Soccer Team, leads the class as head director and main instructor. The class is held every T