On May 13 - 15, the Sunrise Festival was held. For the festival, several departments’ freshmen prepared dances while the sophomores of each department prepared a bar with a unique concept and particular alcohols, mostly based on soju, makgeolli (raw rice wine) or beer. Most of the Postechians, surveyed for this article, answered that during the festival they enjoyed bars of the departments of CSE, LIFE, EE, and CE. Total 79 people surveyed for this article.Alcohol & food : The Department of CSE mixed chocolate, sparkling apple juice, and coolpis, a non-alcohol drink with juicy flavor, with soj

A place of Harmony and Communications, Festivals Around the WorldThe most obvious difference between the Sunrise Festival and other university festivals is the theme. This year, the theme of Sunrise Festival was “Still Alive,” meaning that the festival of POSTECH is still fun and enjoyable, opposing the existing opinions that the Sunrise Festival was boring for the past few years. As most Postechians know, the theme of the Sunrise Festival changes every year. It is determined by the students who prepare for the festival.Festivals from other universities usually have unique themes and remain co

When companies were first established, most of them focused on profit regardless of social problems. But financial experts later began to insist that a company must create not only profit, but also values in finance and society simultaneously. Professor Mark Kramer and Prof. Michael Porter suggested Creating Shared Value (CSV) and the notion led to Cause Marketing. Marketing is a systemic management relating to the whole distribution of the product done by producer. Cause Marketing is one kind of marketing handling social issues (like depression and suicide), economic values, and public values

Human being has desire to keep things that exist in their lives. As a result, human invented camera, and as a medium that stores those images, computer was invented. At first, people used film camera that when used, it saves on the film. After computer being invented, people developed digital store method using computer. Now, most of images are on the computer with digital store method. Digital store method includes Bitmap image expression method and Vector graphic expression method. Computer being developed, the images are not just to be what these are; people adjust the images into their cha

How interesting would it be if you could take class from world-famous universities like Standford, Harvard, or MIT? How interesting would it be if we could offer courses for others even though they are not Postechians? This concept has actually been implemented since 2012, as a form of online courses called MOOC. Main providers include Udacity, COURSERA, Edx, and FutureLearn. MOOC is an abbreviated word for Massive Open Online Course. Above all, the main difference of MOOC from traditional courses is the number of students. Previously, each class has face-to-face method for learning, so the nu

In modern society surrounded by the weird combination of genes and environment, a disease called antisocial personality disorder is emerging. Sociopaths are included in this disorder. In the word ‘sociopath’, ‘socio’ means ‘social’ and ‘path’ means ‘a pain from a disease’. In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSMMD), it is defined as a wide pattern of ignoring or disturbing others’ right. Core characteristics of sociopaths are that such people do not feel a guilty conscience, are paranoid about lies or fraud, and do not follow the social norms.A sociopath can look attr

Every society has economic, political, and cultural problems. Every time the problems accumulate, people try to solve the problems but the manners in which they have been solved differ. In Korea, university students have tried to outst the dictators and reform the Constitution. Compared to university students now, they were so active even though the media through which they could link to each other was narrow and limited. Wondering how they were so effective and why current university students are different, The Postech Times interviewed Minister Choi Jun Soo, who was a student activism leader

In the 1970s-1980s, military dictatorships had people completely under their control. When they suppressed major newspapers to hide problems in the government, university newspapers informed people and exposed the irrationalities of government. University newspapers had enormous power of influence. But now, many university newspapers are in troubles with public indifference.The Postech Times interviewed Professor Nak Gyun Na (Chairman of Korea Communication Association) to identify current problems and how they could be overcome.TroublesFirst, every newspaper gets a budget from its university

What kind of color did you choose to wear this morning? Why did you choose to wear that color? Did it affect others’ perspective of you? According to the book “Colour Your Life: How to Use Colour Reflection Reading for Insight and Healing” by Howard Sun and Dorothy Sun, color has power. It can either stimulate or calm people. Also, it may deliver agony or joy. In other words, it affects people’s mind. For example, the President Park frequently chooses to wear pink clothing. Commonly, people do not wear pink when they have formal meetings. However, she chooses this color to counter strict image

Many people have heard about the swimming suit that was modeled after shark’s skin. That is a prime example of science-applied sportswear. Modern sportswear was first produced in nineteen century in America. There are two types of sportswear: active sportswear designed to be worn while swimming, golfing, playing tennis, etc. and spectator sportswear developed as leisure wear in the 1920s. In the early the 1960s, fashion-oriented sportswear became popular. The modernization of sportswear began in the 1950s. Swimming suits were made of latex, parkas were made of water repellent cloth, and one-pi

In 2010 a program introduced an old woman. She wears a Hanbok everyday even when she sleeps. But when she walks around, most people that see her are surprised. It shows wearing a Hanbok these days is rare. Koreans wear Hanboks only on big holidays like New Year’s Day and Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving day) or for weddings and funerals. The Hanbok market is just two percent of the total fashion industry in Korea. By contrast, in Japan it is common to see people wearing Kimono or Yukata. They often wear it in festivals and holidays and even on weekdays. Japan and Korea both belong to Eastern cultu

Q. Many people say humanity is very important for a scientist or an engineer. What systems or efforts are given to students to raise their humanity in Tsinghua University?Well, painting with a broad brush, humanity is in short supply, particularly to Asian countries. It’s because every Asian country has underwent a modernization, a period of time in which engineering and science dominated the course of modernization. However, by this modernization, a lot of Asian countries lost their own tradition and China is facing a problem. So we do whatever we can whenever we can, trying to exert and tryi

Difficulties, international students facedTsinghua University is a national university and most classes are conducted in Chinese. The international students have learned through Chinese, not through English or Korean. It is like learning through English lecture for Korean students in domestic university. Every time they heard lecture, they felt exhausted. Interestingly, even lectures for developing English proceed through Chinese. Students also experience financial difficulties, living in China. In Beijing, if students fail to enter the dormitory, they have to live in expensive off-campus hous

In POSTECH, there are several Chinese exchange students who have experiences in Chinese and Korean universities. Therefore, they can explain to other Postechians about how different life is between China and Korea. Liu Qian wen, an MSE sophomore last year, and Gao Liang jie, an MSE junior this year, told their impressions about their life in Korea compared to China.Liu Qian wen: Chinese students get up early to study. In contrast, Korean students stay up late to study. I went to bed before 12A.M. when I was in China but I always went to bed at 2A.M. or 3A.M. while I was in POSTECH. Shops and r

The Postech Times visited Beijing, China from Jan. 19 to Jan. 22. While in Beijing, we visited Peking University and interviewed an international student, Yoo Hey Yeung, who is currently an M.S. candidate of Chinese Politics. She graduated from Ewha Womans University, majoring in Political Science & International Relations. After graduation, she applied to Peking University in order to get a master’s degree. She eventually got in with a scholarship from the Chinese government. We asked her few questions about life in China as an international student.Q. What difficulties have you experienced a

Nowadays, China is very powerful in political, economic, technological fields of the world. There are many Chinese in every attraction in Korea and around the world. Chinese power is apparent in nearly every country. Then, how does China view East Asia? A Chinese graduate student, Zhou Huiping, who is majoring in political diplomacy in the Peking University Graduate School, explained China’s perspective.Q. How does China view political states of East Asia countries?Here is what one of China’s major foreign policies states, “Great powers are key [to China’s diplomacy], periphery is a priority,

In the world, there are many tourist spots people should see before they die. These spots are spread all over the world, so seeing them all would require an enormous amount of money. But in China, people can see lots of them with no need to go to many countries. China has a London Bridge, Stone Henge, Eiffel Tower, and even the great Sphinx. Besides, from products such as smartphones and cars to characters in Korean dramas, there are extensive imitations available in China. The Postech Times interviewed Choi Eel Hyun, Professor of School of Economics and Finance in Young Nam University, to kno

Now, people experience symptoms of a disease and then go to a hospital. A doctor diagnoses the disease and prescribes medicine. But, in the future, the system will be quite different. In the future, the focus will be on prevention. Since researchers discovered all the information of the human genome, medical technology has rapidly advanced. The cost of knowing the genome has decreased steadily, under $1000, and in the near future ordinary people can have their own genome information. The future health care trend revolves around this point. For details, The Postech Times interviewed Professor S

The realization of 3D printing was hotly issued this year because of its unbelievable ability to realize something as you imagine, like science fiction. If you design and input what you want to print, it gives you the product as same as a real one. Furthermore, it is followed by 4D printing, which adds some functions to 3D printing.4D printing is the technology to print a product that changes its shape and assembles itself reacting to the specific external stimulation like light, temperature, moisture, time, and electromagnetic field. The idea originated with Skylar Tibbits (MIT self-assembly

People continue to crave convenience and an improved standard of living where dissa- tisfactions and inequa- lities are absent. Such a utopian, ideal society was merely a dream that was impossible to achieve. Fortunately, rapid technological advancement has provided greater oppo-rtunities in many aspects that led to the world we live in today. But there is obviously more room for development. The following technologies are a few of the many spotlighted technologies that would brighten up the future: optogenetics, self-treatment of autoimmune diseases, 4D printing, auto-transportation system, a