Is there anybody who has been around Dongguk University (DU) longer than our campus barber? "During my service as campus barber, the DU president has been replaced seven times," Lim Ji-chi, director barber of the Yi Beauty Salon, said.Since April 1968, Mr. Lim has been cutting students' and staff me
Washington Post article written by Dough Struck appeared last December and revived the sad scandal surrounding Baek Ji Young, a pop diva.The scandal was a useful topic for me to use in my group-discussion evaluations for English Conversation because choosing a random topic that all of the students i
When I was wasting most of my time sleeping or watching TV during the semester I skipped in 1999, one dream gave me an idea to travel to remote countries like India, Australia or Russia.South Korea is not different from North Korea in terms of freedom, identity or imagination. I needed more inspirat
The government designated this year as visit Korea Year 2001.Many international conferences will be held and those attending will need activities separate from the conferences. However, many people have still little understanding of the convention industry. Click on Job in this issue will lead you i
The American moviemaker Tim Burton, who is famous for such films as Edward Scissor hands,Batman,and Nightmare Before Christmas,signed an ambitious animation production contract with the software company Shockwave (www.shockwave.com) last February. It will produce an unconventional work of animation
he 322nd Dongguk Post already reported on the incorporation of Dongguk University (DU) Cooperative. (http://dgucoop.dongguk.ac.kr) After that report, some problems blocking the incorporation were highlighted when the committee for promoting incorporation was dispersed last November 27. This Campus I
The special admission problem swept over the whole Korean university system a few months ago. Kim Eu-gene, a member of the top female trio S.E.S, was expelled by Korea University, to which she had special admission in 2000, and she and the university are in a face-to-face standoff. As this issue wil
Orientation for freshmen! As for me, two kinds of activities are impressed on my memory about the orientation. The first one is drinking, and the next is playing games, such as "the Game of Death" that force other students to drink unwillingly. Those were my first experiences of campus culture as a
From February 21 to 26, the 2001 orientation for new students was held on and off campus.The orientation by the School Authorities (SA) was held from the 21st to 23rd. On the first day, an advertisement for DU was shown on a large screen, lectures were given by alumni and club performances were stag
Autumn colors are everywhere on campus. The landscape is dotted with the browns, oranges, and yellows of autumn leaves. In this most beautiful season of the year, when you have a break for a couple of minutes, why don't you take a sentimental journey through the past old days, in which everything, i
How can it be that George W. Bush, a mediocre man of middling achievements as Governor of Texas, may just be the next President of the United States of America?It is because his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, was a President. And when you are a scion of a privileged Yankee family like the Bushe
I look at myself in a mirror and see a woman with a care-worn face. She looks shabby and tired. I cry out "Put forth your strength!" at her with all my might, but it seems that she is not aware of my voice. Yes, my will wants the face in the mirror to do something. My heart always sinks because She
I am sitting at my desk in The Dongguk Post office. I'm carelessly turning over the leaves of a book and doodling on empty paper. While listening to Yeuhangsketch's third track, I recall my childhood. My hometown is Youngduck, Kyoungsangbukdo. I lived in a small village not far from the sea. I have
Nowadays, many NGO groups are active trying to solve problems, which are generally spread on society. One of the problems is environment. To protect the Global Commons, an international environmental group, the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), was created by the United Nations Development Prog
We can't put up with it any longer. We will fight for our human rights and for the sovereignty of the Puerto Rican Island of Vieques.?Last Sept. 22, many international civic groups, including five Korean civic groups, staged a demonstration in front of the White House in support of the Vieques islan
Sogang Univ. is in turmoil over the Campus Opposition Party's (COP) criticism of the current General Student Council (GSC). But why should The Dongguk Post deal with another school's dispute? Because the problems of the Sogang GSC, which were pointed out by the COP, are similar to those problems bes
Color! It makes our life beautiful and interesting. Do you remember chanting the seven colors of a rainbow when you were children? Do you know that there is a nice job concerned with color? Colors are widely using in various fields, such as art, architecture, interior design, fashion and so on. And
Kim Jin-myung has an excellent ability to draw readers into his novels through strong messages based on a speedy and powerful style. He has published five works: A Rose of Sharon Bloomed, Kazuo's Homeland, The Korean Peninsula, Heaven and Earth and recently Korea.com.The Post met with Kim Jin-myoung
The following is a fable of one man's love and farewell.There was a man whose lover had died. He could not even conceive of living alone without her in this world and decided to follow her to the after-life. He got to that world through suicide. But he couldn't meet his lover because he had committe
he present essay is concerned with the problems of conflicting truth claims among the world religions and the Buddhist attitude toward religious pluralism. Most religions have a exclusive attitude toward other religions. The exclusivism insists that final salvation is to be found only in a specific