The landfill filled with food waste which has increased annually. According to the Dongguk University Press, Donggukians throw away 1.5 tons of garbage per day. It is higher than other universities which have more students than us. Our garbage which costs makes many environmental problems, which cos
Ring Ring Ring...... Donna: Hello. Yun: Hello. Donna. This is Seul-ki. Donna: Oh! Hi. How are you, Sweety?Yun: Perfect! How about you? Donna: I'm good. What's new? Yun: Ah! Now, I'm a university student. Donna: Oh, really? What is your major? Yun: English literature. I told you I wanted to major in
Nowadays, the majority know the universal and general differences between all nations and that they vary according to their language, culture, usage, etc. Therefore, I figured out there would be no point of distinguishing the well known facts of our country and another. Instead of rattling on about
"Knowing our language is the best way to deal with globalization." This is what Ngugi said to the question, "how we should think of the hierarchical relation between the dominant English language and our native tongue in the process of recent globalization?" Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a prominent Kenyan wri
While surfing the Internet I came upon an article about Koreans in The Guardian (London). This piqued my curiosity because it was not about the North Korea nuclear impasse that dominates the global media coverage of the Korean peninsula, but about Koreans’ peculiar interest in blood types, and type
The lantern(Deong;燈) is called a D?pa in Sanskrit. It stands for the enlightenment that light the ignorance in our mind like driving back the darkness. So what we light up a candle means that we enlighten the darkness of anxiety, and also express our wisdom mercifully. The Buddha turned up in this w
I read past three issues of The Dongguk Post.Reading closely each article, I could realize how devotedly have the editorial staffs poured their energy to The Post. Every article seems to have gotten sufficient care and fully supervised. First of all, the cover stories looked very appropriate to the
The Korean economy is assessed to be continuing its steady recovery albeit the modest pace and extent. Growth in exports and manufacturing slowed largely due to a base effect from the first half of last year when both exports and manufacturing were robust. Private consumption, which has been the maj
Every student pays a school fee and has access rights to school facilities such as the library, computer rooms and laboratory tools. But these facilities are our personal not property. Nevertheless, some students regard school facilities as their own. We can find them easily within the campus. They
Ready! Go!!!!!!!!!!!!! We started to rush and rush towards our dreams, and now we reach our another destinations. Gathering knots of 37th the Post reporters, we are talking about our precious mementos.#Delight Jin-lee: When were you delighted during the our reporters' term? I was very pleased, when
Employment is one of the stressful worries that most seniors in the universities have. One of the reasons is because when a student applies for a job interview they have to prepare to answer questions not only in Korean but in English as well. Here are some few tips that Professor Dewberry would lik
In the middle of March, when the Dokdo issue clouded over Korea-Japan relations, my Japanese friend K. Toru sent me a letter by e-mail. As a scholar of African American literature including Richard Wright and Toni Morrison, his primary concern has been the social injustice that black people have und
The using of anabolic steroids is so common among American professional baseball players that steroids has entered the lexicon of America’s national pastime. Some of the biggest names of the game ? Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Jose Canseco ? were summoned recently to appear before a Congressional commi
Being a student at University of California of Davis appears to be on a complete opposite side of the spectrum when compared to Seoul; however, I feel that Seoul and its citizens have offered me a great memory; good and bad. The mass transit system in Seoul is by far the most impressive thing I have
"Huk, huk. It is so hard, is it?" "Yes, it is harder than I expected. Oh, look! There's a temple. Let's take a rest over there. Come on." Two students went for a pleasant mountain walk. Even though they started it for pleasure, it was a hard climb. So, they took a rest at a temple. "I'm like breathi
The Dongguk Post would like to introduce a few foreign students who want to share some of their experiences, why and how they came to become Dongguk University (DU) students, and their feelings on what it is like to attend DU as foreigners. Although their nationalities and the cultures of their home
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Coming from another form of english campus press, it was inevitable to look at The Dongguk Post from Ewha Voice's viewpoint. There were many aspects I could relate to and compare with, therefore much to learn from. A cover-to-cover look at the past four issues of your magazine brought many thoughts
"Take care of the house; we'll be late. You can play after finishing your homework." "All right, mom. Have a good time." As soon as his parents left, a boy goes to a television and changes channels over and over. Finally, he stops at one channel and focuses on the scene of a bloody battle. The boy i
As a foreigner attending Dongguk University, I havealways had a hard time finding out what was going on around the school. Reading the school newspaper I can know what is going on, but I have a hard time understanding it because my Korean is not very fluent. Sometimes I would have to read an article