In order to develop The Postech Times, I will try focus on three things. The first is obeying the basic rules of The Postech Times. Basically, The Postech Times is the place where I make the newspaper with other people. The important thing is that I don’t make it alone. Thus, keeping the promises I make with others is the most important thing I should do. The promises include meeting times, deadlines for finishing articles, the number of letters in articles, and so on. The second is writing good articles. Unlike magazines, books, or other reading materials, a newspaper is relatively independen

If I join The Postech Times, I think the most important thing to have is responsibility. As a representative The Postech Times, I will do my best with a strong sense of duty. I think it is important that I have to have the objective attitude as a reporter of POSTECH when I write the newspaper. There will be many things that can be written in a newspaper. Because I want to write articles that are related to people around me, it is easy to write an article with subjective feelings. Nevertheless, I will be more objective when I actually write the articles.In order to develop the newspaper, there

As one of the reporters of The Postech Times, I will use my merits to make it better. In my high school life, the most important thing that I did was a club activity. The club was made by me and my friends. We organized events like classic concerts, celebrity lectures, and so on. The common theme was “conversation”. Through those events I was able to converse with adults, friends, and even children. I believe that the ability to communicate with a variety of people is one of my merits. I will use this merit to effectively communicate with Postechians through The Postech Times, and conduct usef

An article in The Postech Times reminded me of a past experience. The article’s title was “What Can Be Done for Society”. I spotted a picture of volunteering in Ethiopia, so I thought the article would be a review written by foreign volunteers. But the article mentioned how numerous volunteering opportunities exist in our university and scolded the readers about how we can use our knowledge to contribute to the society. I was dumbfounded for a moment after I finished reading. I’ve realized that I haven’t participated in any volunteering activities since acceptation into our school. Then I reme

Inequality within a country, poor or rich, can be remedied effectively through an income tax system- by taxing the rich and redistributing the resources directly or indirectly to the poor. Perhaps surprisingly, many rich countries have less inequality than poor countries partially because the poor in these countries are relatively rich compared to the poor in other countries and partially because votes in rich countries generally elect to take a larger fraction of income from the rich and give to the poor directly or indirectly. A popular measure of inequality in all countries is called the Gi

After reading the last page of The Postech Times, I could take a trip to China sitting in my room. This article was about their training camp to Shanghai, China. The article shows cultures, history, and college system of other universities of different culture. Reading those three articles, I could not only understand and compare other universities with POSTECH, but also have a chance to think about the precious history of Korea.On that page, the first article was about foreign students’ convenience in campus. Since I’ve never been to foreign universities before, it aroused my curiosity what i

If one were told to describe what they know about Malaysia in one sentence, one would probably say, “A poor country in South East Asia blanketed with thousands of acres of tropical rainforest” or anything along this line. Such simple responses are not at all surprising because it is merely a stereotypical view of Malaysia or any South East Asian country from a Korean’s perspective. Having graduated from an international school in Malaysia, I was asked countless times by my Korean friends if I lived in a dilapidated hut in jungles, depicting an uncivilized person from the past. Sadly, such ster

Welcome to POSTECH! 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. Today is a momentous occasion that officially initiates you as an undergraduate or graduate student at POSTECH, which will become another home away from home for you for the coming years. POSTECH was founded in 1986 as the first ever research-oriented university in Korea with a vision of becoming a wo

After Postechians graduate POSTECH, many enter a graduate school. This may be because they have a goal that they want to study and make huge achievements in that field. I also hoped to research in life science; so, I thought about entering graduate school. In good time, I read an article that was in the last issue and received a lot of advices through it. Moreover, I can apply these tips in not only graduate school, but also dream and life.First, the article said to find what to research. Reading this sentence, I wondered what I want to heartily do and realized what I want to research. All of

One of the benefits of POSTECH is its isolated location. For Postechians who need to focus on their studies and research, it is a place full of peace. There are no extreme factors that will distract them from their work. At the same time, however, it can also be a disadvantage. Its isolation can prevent Postechians from communicating with and becoming part of the society. Without its connection, it is difficult for Postechians to realize what kind of research needs to be done for the society. In addition, staying in an enclosed area can prevent Postechians from learning social skills that are

When I introduce myself as the Director of POSTECH Leadership Center, many people respond curiously. Some have peculiar expression of questioning “POSTECH Leadership Center?” “Engineering students and leadership?” Even members of POSTECH sometimes walk away with baffled expression, “how is leadership related to Postechians?” Our tenets, however, proclaims “POSTECH was established … to produce select young talents into the future global leaders…” Therefore we should not neglect leadership as something irrelevant to us, but should ponder upon the leadership referred in the tenets.Leadership has

Postechians almost always follow their undergraduate major to decide postgraduate and job options. For example, if they study chemistry in undergraduate days, they choose jobs developing fuel or medicines, which are related to chemistry. Although when people were high school students they dreamed their university life would provide various experiences to help them pinpoint their talent and find their future jobs, they are studying only with regulated curriculum now. However, people themselves make this trend of pursuing one major for a whole lifetime. In contrast, there are Postechians who mak

After amazing development of industries, the environmental problems have always been an issue among serious matters. This article introduces the reasons we have to consider the Earth. There are a lot of ways to protect the Earth, from big scale solutions like creating green technologies to small scale ones such as recycling garbage. At the moment when people in the world have the duty to protect the Earth, Postechians also actively participating. This article shows how Postechians have tried to preserve the environment through the examples of two prized works. I already knew about the POSTECH

In 2014, I wish that all the members of POSTECH, such as students, staffs, researchers, and professors, will be happy and can mature even more in their responsibilities. Regardless of Eastern and Western boundary, exchanging New Year’s greeting is wishing for a happy and prosperous year to each other. It is ceremonial for those who meet at the beginning of the year to give words of blessing, but I propose that people just stop and pause for a moment and try to think what I can do to make others happy. In my experience of traveling and living in several foreign countries, the Korean level of ha

The Six Sigma is the innovative corporate management strategy for renovating the quality of goods and enhancing the level of costumers’ satisfaction. The name come from the fact that a fraction defective is below 3.4 parts per million (PPM) or the number of a fault generations is below 3.4 defects per million opportunities (DPMO) by achieving the level of quality by six sigma. Six Sigma is the innovative quality movement started from Motorola (an American multinational telecommunications company) in 1980. After that, it became a crucial strategy of the excellent companies, such as General Elec

The article “ISSS, To Be a Bilingual Campus” in the No. 61 of The Postech Times covered how POSTECH is making an effort to make POSTECH a better place to stay for the international students. The office responsible for this work is the International Scholar and Student Services office (ISSS). About 30 ? 40 foreign exchange students visit POSTECH every semester and the ISSS assists them by providing them with the information necessary to study at POSTECH and by inviting them to engage in activities to make them feel more at home at POSTECH.Specifically, before the foreign students arrive, the IS

Have you ever heard of “the Nudge Effect”? It is changing people’s behavior or choice by slightly prodding their side. It is not compulsion, but their free will. The effect is used in various fields like sociology, economics, environmental campaigns, etc. When politicians make a policy and a government wants to change people’s behavior at low cost, they consider the effect. In 1986 Congress enacted the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Companies and people have to report the amount of hazardous chemicals that they have and have released into the environment. Everyone can see

One of the founding philosophies of POSTECH (POSTECH Visions) is “training well-rounded future global leaders through outstanding education”. POSTECH has selected talented students every year, and all members of POSTECH have been doing their best to nurture them into global talents. Then, Postechians need to question themselves regarding what effort they are making to become global leaders.Until now, many offices of POSTECH, including POSTECH Leadership Center, conducted various research and investigations targeted at the graduates and enrolled students of POSTECH. There is a remarkable outcom

The article “Assortment of Participants & Media” provided fresh analysis about the 2nd POSTECH Cultural Content Contest in Science and Technology, which took place on Oct. 25. The writer focused on the hardship for international students to obtain useful information and participate in enjoyable campus events held in POSTECH. I believe the article well represents the point of view of international students in POSTECH. According to the article, international students who are not proficient in Korean and not familiar with POSTECH Vision Information System (POVIS) must have resistance toward openi

These days, when I sit on my chair in the office of The Postech Times (3rd floor of the Student Union Building), I can feel the enthusiasm of Postechians. On all the floors of the building, students sing, dance, and play in a band even after midnight. Those are usually practices for regular concerts of their clubs, or just for their own fun. However, the practices are really hard and long, so it makes people think that “Is it that fun?”.I participated in the training camp of KAISER (POSTECH soccer club) during the summer vacation. Whether to prepare for the POSTECH & KAIST Science War or just