No.138Written by Prof. David Lyons / Drawn by KMG Editor Lee Eun-ji
ProNovember 11 is known as Pepero Day in Korea. On Pepero Day, people give pepero, which is a cookie stick, to each other. In Korea, apart from Pepero Day, there are Valentine’s Day, White Day, and others. When special days come, people give confectionery like chocolate and candies. However, some people criticize these special days saying the special days are for business purposes and most people are taken in by them. However, these special days have many good points. People have the right to express their feelings. Nevertheless, most people cannot express their feelings because they don’t hav
Tourists give up overseas trips and instead choose domestic trips, especially Jeju Island, because they worry about H1N1. A traveler who chose a domestic trip said in an interview, “I am afraid to go overseas because I worry about H1N1.” Then, what is H1N1 and how does it influence the plans of travelers?H1N1, sometimes called swine flu, is a new influenza virus. It has a mix of genes from human, bird, and swine flu viruses. It was first discovered in America in April 2009. It spreads like the seasonal flu and moves easily from human to human. Most people have some degree of immunity to season
Do you enjoy coffee and cigarettes? We can easily come in contact with coffee and cigarettes in our daily life. Coffee vending machines are easily found in many buildings and even on the street, while we can find many cafs around us. Likewise, cigarettes are easily found in all stores. Also, wherever we go, we can see many people drinking coffee or smoking. There is a movie dealing with coffee and cigarettes. It is called Coffee and Cigarettes.Coffee and Cigarettes is an omnibus film that puts eleven sequences together to form a brief story: Strange to Meet You, Twins, Somewhere in California,
ProRecently, the face of Kang Ho-sun, a serial killer, was published in several newspapers. Since then, the issue of whether criminals' faces should be published or not has become a controversial matter. Should the faces of criminals be published? My answer is "Yes."We need to support the public publishing of criminals' faces because the public has the right to know. In other words, they have the right to know who criminals are, what they did, and what they are like. However, the mass media often show us police urgently hiding the face of criminals. The reason for their behavior is to protect
On March 25, Dr. Lawrence Taylor from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, held a special lecture in Keimyung University. Dr. Taylor is Dean of International Programs and head of the Department of Anthropology in Maynooth. In the lecture, Dr. Taylor gave some advice about studying in Ireland and some information about Irish culture. He also outlined some of the anthropological research that he has conducted in Ireland and Mexico. Many Keimyung students and a good number of foreign professors attended the lecture.
On February 12, a conferment of degrees ceremony was held in Adams Chapel. About 3000 graduates, their families and congratulators packed the campus.In the first part of the ceremony, a total of 903 graduates (677 masters, 119 doctorates, and 107 non-degrees) received their degree and/or diploma.The second part of the ceremony was the conferment of honorary doctorates. Synn Il-hee, as the 9th president of Keimyung University, awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Political Science and an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration to Kim Moo-yun and Ham Jeong-woong respectively.
On December 8, six professors from the Department of Christian Studies made a donation for Lee Chang-yeol, their student with kidney trouble.Lee has suffered from nephropathy since he was 15, so he has been treated for over ten years. Although he is not well off and labors under his disease, he studies hard. However, his condition took a serious turn recently, so he was listed for a kidney transplant. Fortunately, his brother is a compatible donor, so he is expected to get a kidney transplant early this year.He said, “The true hearts of my schoolmates and professors are extremely valuable to m
As the economic slump is continuing, most of the metropolitan universities in Korea are determined to freeze their registration fee next year. Therefore, Keimyung University decided to freeze its registration fee on December 1, making it the first provincial university to do so. President Synn Il-hi said, “Keimyung decided to freeze its registration fee because of the difficult economic situation Korea is facing. The freezing of the registration fee is to prevent a low student enrollment in the next semester due to the increased financial burden that students will suffer.”This decision to free
This year, 1100 more students applied to enter Keimyung University than in 2007, registering a competition rate of 4.61 applicants for every place. This indicates increased recognition of Keimyung's status. However, our students often seem to lack pride in their university. The Gazette chose the topic "The Best of Keimyung to show our students how much the university has to offer. Beautiful SceneryWhat comes into your mind when you think about Keimyung University? Probably it is Keimyung's beautiful campus. First, the main gate of Keimyung is a structure which brings up the image of ancient Gr
On September 23, Tuesday's Open lecture was held in Hengso museum from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jun Bong-jin, a professor in Dongguk University, came to Keimyung to give a lecture. The subject of the lecture was about 'Understanding Indian Culture and Art.' This lecture is the first one among three lectures planned from September to November with each having different subsidiary themes. In the first lecture, the subsidiary theme was 'Understanding Indus Valley Civilization and Art.'On this day, Prof. Jun Bong-jin talked about the Indus valley civilization she experienced and lectured on how the Indus
Maintenance Team 1 and the Facilities Management Team conducted renovations to enhance student welfare and the educational environment.Maintenance Team 1 constructed new parking places for bicycles and motorcycles. Spaces for 420 bicycles and motorcycles were made. The team also made a rest area south of Baekeun Hall. In addition, the team set up information boards at the Center for International Education and the College of Music and Performing Arts. The Facilities Management Team started wood-preservation work in Keimyung Hanhak-chon (Keimyung Culture Village); renovated C Wing of the Engine
In August, the prime month of summer, I took a bus bound for Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do to reach Mt. Gangcheon. It was so hard for me to bear such a dull time of three hours in the bus. However, when I arrived in Mt. Gangcheon, fresh air was waiting for me. Mt. Gangcheon is the first county park, located on the edge of Sunchang-gun, and it has various shapes and sizes of rocks, beautiful green forests, clean water, beautiful and cool valleys all of which are enough for us to call it the Geumgang of Honam. When I started to climb the mountain, what I saw at first was a big waterfall called ‘Bye
As the importance of interviews is getting much bigger, the need for interview practice among job-seekers is increasing. To respond to such needs, Keimyung University has introduced an automated interviewing machine.Students using this machine can take practice types of interviews they need by having one-to-one interviewing with an imaginary interviewer. It is estimated that approximately fifty people use this system every day.There are 2000 questions listed according to category in the self interviewing system, and it also has a database of interview questions commonly used in the actual inte
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