In the Sumerian mythology, humans were created to free the gods from difficult and unending labor. The low-ranking gods, Anunnaku and Igigu, had undertaken the toil to provide a decent living for the other gods. After a long and grievous suffering, these lesser gods eventually rioted, and the High Council of Gods ordered the Mother-goddess, Ninhursag or Nintu, to ‘create human beings to bear the yoke.’ To serve gods better, these human servants needed to have some degree of intelligence.History repeats itself. Now it is the humans who are creating intelligent servants to serve their own societ

To start with, I would like to say that I am honored to have a chance to suggest my personal opinions in The Postech Times, POSTECH’s representative English newspaper. As I do so, I would like to offer some feedback with honesty. I liked how the contents of the newspaper in overall are focused on POSTECH-KAIST Science War. As it is probably one of the biggest annual festivals held both in POSTECH and KAIST, it is an important job for reporters and editors to let people know about the existence of the festival, and furthermore, any interesting information about the festival that the students mi

Almost all scientists publish research papers to announce their research results or interesting scientific discoveries. Also the published paper itself works as criteria of the scientific activity of scientists. There is famous saying in scientific fields: “publish or perish”. Due to the burden of publication, some scientists violate research ethics. Early last year, there was a tremendous discovery in the field of biology. A Japanese scientist, Haruko Obokata, developed the Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of Pluripotency (STAP) technique, which can generate pluripotent stem cells from ordinary

Each one of us is the sum of all of our life experiences put together. This world and life are dynamic. Everything exists in a state of flux. Our experiences keep on adding up as we move through life. You are young (relatively speaking), dynamic and have impressionable minds, embarking on this journey of life. These four years at POSTECH will be your “transformative” years. Most of us who have been through the university phase of life would agree about the “transformation process” and relish the nostalgia associated with the university years. Some of us would say, “Those were the best years of

As Postechians are really busy during semester, it is natural for them to eagerly look forward to the vacation. Also, university students can have long vacations for about two months unlike those of high school students. However, it is hard to feel satisfaction in having a nice vacation for many people. At that time, I saw an article concerning how Postechians spent their vacation and how many goals Postechians achieved during vacation. It seemed useful for many students including myself.In the article, there were seven stories which were all different from each other. As I expected, some peop

In this POSTECH-KAIST Science War, POSTECH got second, which could also be considered failing to win against KAIST. Maybe, people who have watched the result of POSTECH-KAIST Science War think that POSTECH always loses in the festival. However, if they understand the situation more clearly, they will realize the result is not just losing the game. Potechians did their best.Since I am a sophomore Postechian, I saw POSTECH-KAIST Science War both last year and this year. In both festivals, POSTECH failed to defeat KAIST. Last year, POSTECH’s loss was determined on the first day. POSTECH was defea

This time of the year, it is very common to see students falling asleep in class. The situation is understandable since POSTECH students do not have much interest in learning English, which in many cases requires boring, repetitive memorization and considerable time and effort to reach a high level of proficiency. The lack of interest in English, however, appears not to be enough to explain why students doze or try to take a nap during my energetic, enthusiastic lecture. Rather, it seems like many of them suffer from insufficient sleep as they do a lot of activities which are not directly rela

A recent feature & culture in The Postech Times covered “cause marketing,” or “doing business concerning humankind.” It explained the concept of cause marketing by providing readers a few successful and unsuccessful examples. It concluded that there were three things to be aware of when designing cause marketing. Firstly, as shown from the failure of Domino’s, people still wish to get a similar product while helping others. They do not want to get half of their pizza chopped off even for the sake of donation. Secondly, there should be a relationship between the product the consumers buy and th

When I was in the 8th grade, my dad asked me if I wanted to go to America with him. I could not answer right away because it was a difficult decision for me. I knew I would have to start all over again in America: new school, new friends, new language, new culture, etc. I was young and I knew nothing about the country so I was afraid that I would fail to adjust. Also, at that time, I was preparing to enter a science high school and if I were to leave, I would miss the opportunity for higher education. However, I thought it would be a unique experience to face new challenges and I knew it was a

I. What is art? We would go to museums or galleries to see artworks, expecting them to be “beautiful” to look at. We believe that art should be beautiful and truthful so as to enhance our soul to a higher realm of the ideal. However, in the museums of contemporary art, we would encounter an empty canvas, a rotten steel cube, or even a pile of plastic baskets that mommies threw away ages ago. With frustration, we would ask ourselves: “What is art?” Since the beginning of the 20th century, a number of artists have posed the same question. The question was provocative in and of itself, as it chal

There was an opinion poll about whether or not there would be any inconvenience in using school society welfare tickets. The Postech Times showed a variety of statistics relating to this opinion poll.Since I have so far got 40,000 KRW of school society welfare tickets by participating in the events of the department and questionnaires and I also have the experiences of using these tickets on the campus shops, I can understand the results of opinion polls about the necessity for improving school social welfare tickets. Furthermore, I have a fundamental query about the reason why tickets instead

Maybe you have met diverse people who have different positions, duties, or authorities after entering university. When you were high school students, the kinds of people you met were limited to teachers and friends, who spent time the same way as you did. Their lives were similar to yours, and your life was uniform and simply centered around studying or other activities to prepare for university admission.However, the uniform life was broken after you graduated high school. A university is a small society from which you can learn how to manage trouble between people or between organizations, h

First of all, I would like to say that it is such an honor to be selected as one of the newbies of The Postech Times 2015. Since my childhood, I have always admired journalists and reporters because they are capable of choosing information that they want the society to know. This is a great authority, considering how the society nowadays is heavily information-oriented.However, as it is said, great power comes with great responsibility. The Postech Times writes articles about many things, such as the interviews with professors, students and celebrities, which can be read by anyone, including t

I spent a lot of time before I decided to apply for the reporter position at The Postech Times. I know that being a reporter is not just like joining a club, and I know that it brings both a responsibility and heavy workload. Every senior that I met told me about that. Anyway, I finally decided to apply and I’m so glad that I have become a new member of The Postech Times. The familiar and relaxed mood strongly influenced my decision. Now, I have become a reporter. I am excited to work hard as a new member of The Postech Times. Below are my resolutions and aspirations as a new reporter. First o

The Postech Times newspaper was the first document I saw after I entered POSTECH, if my memory serves me right. The newspaper booths were placed in various, highly noticeable spots like the Residential College (RC) and the student union building. I have read The Postech Times with sincere interest. I was interested in writing news articles so I participated in the English newspaper club when I was in middle school and high school. The reason I was interested in writing news articles was because of the fact that my articles are published and are read by numerous people. However, some limitation

I am both very pleased and honored to introduce myself to you as a new English reporter of The Postech Times. I’m in class 5 and I’m majoring in chemical engineering. I spent approximately 7 years of my life in a city named Qingdao, China. Although the figure 7 years looks long enough for me to speak Chinese like a native, I feel more comfortable with speaking English and most comfortable with Korean. Still, I believe that my experiences that I built in China and the ability to speak and understand multiple languages will be helpful if I have a chance to interview people living overseas.Will I

In “X-Men 2” characters can jump high and have supernatural power. Acts are too different than what people can do in life and the director have to depict more details in actors. So the director produced continuity in video. It takes seven months to make a forty-five-minute video and a scene of just a few seconds costs 1,000 - 2,000 KRW. This becomes extremely expensive. To solve the problem, Professor Jehee Lee’s (SNU) team developed an algorithm that makes pre-visualization easy. The Postech Times interviewed Jungdam Won (SNU), who has researched this program for one year under Prof. Lee. (Th

Recently, students of the Material Science department were very excited because a POSTECH research team consisting of professor Hansoo Kim (GIFT), Prof. Nack J. Kim (GIFT), and Sang-heon Kim (GIFT Ph.D. candidate) solved the serious problem of metal. I just heard that the result was published in Nature, but I was informed of the contents of this research through The Postech Times.When I had major class , the professor usually told us the drawback of alloys. Because an alloy is a combination of good materials, it has advanced properties, but it is hard to be mixed well. So alloys easily break d

A year ago, I became a Postechian. Over the past year, I realized two things largely. The first thing is the difference between what I expected about POSTECH and real life, and the second thing is a mistake in POSTECH life and how to overcome it.When I was in high school, I participated in the POSTECH program Adventures of Science and Engineering. In that event, I visited the MSE department, which I now belong to. Also, I thought POSTECH life would abound with club activities and various college events. After finishing the program, I dreamed about POSTECH, studied very hard, and entered it eve

I would like to express my heartfelt congratulations and a very warm welcome to the newest members of the POSTECH community. I also wish to extend my deep appreciation to the parents for having brought up and fostered these wonderful students with such loving care and support. Since its foundation in 1986 as the first research-oriented university in Korea, POSTECH has nurtured talented graduates with intelligence, character, ethics and passion, and we believe that many are on their way to become global leaders. As new Postechians, I encourage you all to continue this tradition and learn from p