29 POSTECH students took up the challenge to volunteer for three weeks at schools in Ethiopia. What did they teach and what did they learn?From Jan. 12 to Feb. 2, POSTECH students volunteered as teachers at schools in Ethiopia. This three week projects kicked off based on the idea of “We share the future,” which encouraged students to learn about the humanity of humans and equipped them with the right sprit so that they can lead the future global world through sharing and volunteering. The project was conducted with the help of COPION, INC., an non-profit and non-governmental organization, and

‘‘‘Teacher, please don’t go.’ were the last words that the Ethiopians cried out, wiping their tears while trailing along our vehicle’s pathway.” said Lee Dagam (CE M.S.-Ph.D integrated), a team leader. During community service, students often believe that they are the only ones providing the deeds. However, Lee felt that she was the one who had learned more from the students.The community service was performed in two schools, Vera School and Deya Elementary School. Postechians were divided into two groups so that each group could teach at one school and swap after about ten days. For each scho

On Jan.3, the Food Service, and Undergraduate Student Association organized a survey to evaluate leased stores in POSTECH for the year 2012. There were a total of nine targeted leased stores, including Burger King, Kyobo Internet Bookstore, Woori Bank, Stationery Store, POSTECH Souvenir Shop, Optical Shop, Laundry, Printing Station (CheongRamSa), and the Travel Agency. The poll asked the members of POSTECH to evaluate the leased stores in the categories of friendliness of the employees, appropriateness of price, quality of the product, and the environment of the store. For each category, the t

For a program of POSTECH Activity-based General Education Curriculum (ABC), a ABCH lecture “Understanding of Dokdo Issues based on International Law” is was delivered by Professor Pae-Keun Park of Pusan National University, School of Law at POSCO International Center on Nov. 23.The following survey was conducted at Student Union Building during Nov. 28 to 29 in order to figure out people’s understanding on Dokdo issues. The survey consisted of five true-or-false questions. For each question 59 people can answer as “true” or “false” or “unknown”. The questions were (1) Dokdo was incorporated to

This manuscript is a contracted English version of the author’s article written in Korean and published in Dokdo Research Journal, Spring. Vol 17 (2012), pp. 4-9. < Editor's Comment >Changing Aspects of the Dokdo ProblemBefore the 1990s, Korea and Japan managed the Dokdo Problem with the so-called “quiet diplomacy." Nowadays, it has become impossible for the authorities in Seoul and Tokyo to cope with it through such kinds of diplomacy. Japanese statesmen who hesitated to argue something about Dokdo have disappeared. New politicians and bureaucrats who have no sensitivity to the burden of hist

The Postech Times met Prof-essor Jae-Yong CHOUNG of the De-partment of Management Science in KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

In The Postech Times 47th newspaper, students’ opinions were gathered on the necessity of the Female Student Association. To elaborate on the matter, an expert’s opinion was sought from Professor Chang Phil-Wha, Ewha Womans University.

The Postech Times met Son, Byoung-Ho, the director general of Office of Future Strategy in KISTEP (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning.)

As effective methods of education have been emerging, integrated education across areas of study, called horizontal integrated education (HIE), is becoming a common concept to people. HIE may be familiar to POSTECH students, since POSTECH encourages students to learn humanities, arts and other subjects besides one’s major, to help students develop broad knowledge. However nowadays, along with HIE, a new concept called vertical integrated education (VIE) is being raised. Though concept of VIE is unfamiliar to Koreans, it is a well-known method in many western countries. As HIE is defined as int

As effective methods of education have been emerging, integrated education across areas of study, called horizontal integrated education (HIE), is becoming a common concept to people. HIE may be familiar to POSTECH students, since POSTECH encourages students to learn humanities, arts and other subjects besides one’s major, to help students develop broad knowledge. However nowadays, along with HIE, a new concept called vertical integrated education (VIE) is being raised. Though concept of VIE is unfamiliar to Koreans, it is a well-known method in many western countries. As HIE is defined as int

Science and Technology has enriched all public lives. Most people feel wonder when they contact science. It is obvious that technological progress is making people’s lives more convenient, but science and technology shouldn’t be considered sacred. As science often has greatly negative effects on society, science ought to be criticized. This idea is related to the field of science, technology and society (STS).

While 68% of POSTECH undergraduates think they will go to graduate school, slightly over half (38%) of the students in Life Science major have continued their career path in research during the last five years. The other half of those students find themselves in medical, dentistry or pharmaceutical schools.It is not a new trend that talented science and engineering major students give up going to graduate schools and enroll in medical or dental schools, instead. Several years ago, a POSTECH student who graduated with honors made headlines by transferring to a medical school.“About half of my c

The 11th KAIST-POSTECH Science War was held from Sep. 14-15 in POSTECH. Since 2002, POSTECH and KAIST have celebrated this festival, known as the ?cience War,” every year for mutual interaction. Science War is composed of athletic competition, e-sports, and scientific competition. As the two universities specialize in natural sciences and engineering, those who know Science War expect to have a battle of wits. What people expect is not entirely wrong. Hacking competition, science quiz competition, and artificial intelligence programming are held to satisfy expectations. However, these competit

The 11th KAIST-POSTECH Science War was held in POSTECH campus during Sep. 14-15. Although remarkable efforts of players and staffs were fully shown, whole aspects of the progress in the Science War seemed cold. In general, the number of spectators and cheering were minimal.Aloof attitude of POSTECH students in each event has been an issue for a long time, including not only festivals on campus but also external events like the Science War. To solve this problem, the Science War Preparatory Committee has provided many remembrance and cheering tools, and even held galore prize lottery in the eve

The reason to communicate The Science War has been opened to encourage interaction between POSTECH and KAIST. KAIST is a public university which was constructed in 1971. It is located in Daejeon and about 3,800 undergraduate students are currently enrolled there. On the other hand, POSTECH is a private university which was built in 1986, much more recently than KAIST. Moreover, it is in Pohang and about 1600 undergraduates attend the school. While KAIST and POSTECH differ in several other aspects, they are similar in terms of two important points: Both are considered as universities which are

All family members farmed all day long, but they earn just two dollars for that day. As no waterworks have been done in their village, children fetch water from a stream ten kilometers away from home. There is no part of their body that is left unscathed, but they have never seen a hospital before. This family is not a special example, but a rather common one. According to the World Bank, about three billion people around the world are living on barely two dollars a day. In addition, UNICEF emphasized that 400 million children have been drinking contaminated water and 270 million children do n

What is appropriate technology and why is it needed?One man, whose expertise is in environment and carbon emission, developed very efficient and eco-friendly linear compressor, which is only used in very expensive refrigerator, and agonized how to use this in good way for poor people using least efficient refrigerator. So, he used carbon tax. If carbon emission is decreased, government pays the emission difference as compensation. With support from environmental organization, he added high-end technology, and gave it to the poor people. High-tech is given to destitute poor. How delightful thin

Why is Malawi the hottest place for appropriate techn-ology? Good Neighbors is an international humanitarian and development NGO that is currently developing ten appropriate technology projects in five countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In Malawi, Good Neighbors supports four appropriate technology projects including mushroom farming, photovoltaic multi-charger, cotton sanitary pad, and cornstalk charcoal. Especially, Malawi branch is a good business model which shows the effects of boosting incomes based on a local branch. In Malawi, which is among the world’s least-developed count

It has only been a few months since I have started working for The Postech Times. Therefore I still have a long way to go. I am grateful that The Postech Times was created, and that I am given a position to report news related to our school to various audiences. In order to keep up with the standards of the The Postech Times, I have participated in the newspaper camp this summer and learned various skills required for reporting news. To exceed the standards, I promise to maintain self-discipline and strive for a new goal for each publication. In time, I hope to reach more and more readers of T

My respectful mentor said, “Keep a cool head, see life through a warm heart”. Reporter has a role not only of pinpointing trouble between society and individuals with sympathy, but also of analyzing dispassionately. So I’m ashamed that my former activity as a reporter has been too passive, inactive, and reluctant. From now on, recognizing the role of a newspaper as the most direct and traditional method to communicate with public, I’ll deliver fair, unbiased fact, and not be lazy about gathering information. Though the university may seem like a very tiny place, issues hiding here aren’t diffe