The old adage goes, ‘You are what you eat’. College is bad for students’ health. They feel way too busy to eat right, exercise, and get enough sleep. For most students, maintaining a diet on a college campus can be extremely hard task.Whereas most graduate students have lunch with lab members, undergraduates have complete freedom of what they eat. In most case, however, freedom of eating is wasted for several reasons, leading to severe health problem. “I got up at 2 P.M. I had no time for lunch, not to mention breakfast,” said a sophomore named Kim. Sleeping late leads to waking up late. Accor

International students make a requestRecently, the Dormitory for International Cultural Exchange (DICE) adopted a new policy for its third floor lounge. As shown in the picture posted, the Muslim community in DICE has received permission to use the room for five specific time periods each day, as Muslims have a religious obligation to pray five times each day at a specific time, which changes depending on the movement of the sun. The third floor lounge is a place where those entering have to take off their shoes. Though prayer can be performed anywhere that is not morally filthy, the Muslim st

“What did you do while you were in Korea?” This was the question I was sure everyone would ask my friend when he went back to the States. To make sure he had a decent answer, I took him several places I thought a visitor must see. I’m sharing this in case you find yourself in a similar situation. Whether you’re visiting or hosting, enjoying your first days here or simply looking for a break from the ordinary, here are a few things you might want to try.*The model in the pictures is James Kent from Kansas (U.S.A.). He also provided the foreigner ratings. An-Dong Traditional Village, Mask Museum

A student wakes up at 1:30 PM, 30 minutes before class. He quickly washes his hair and packs his class materials. With his hair still damp, he runs up to his classroom. After all his classes and clubs, at 10 PM, he calls his friends and orders food delivery with a bit of chat. From midnight, he begins to study. His bedtime is unpredictable. Though it is an extreme case, an irregular lifestyle such as this is very usual in POSTECH.Among both undergrads and grad students, the largest percentage, around 40%, responded that they go to sleep at between two in the morning and three. People with thre

In Korea, a ceremony named “Gosa” is performed for new businesses to ensure safety and goodwill. While some might question whether science and faith can coexist together, in POSTECH, ranked as a leading science and technology university, tradition harmoniously mixes together with technology. On Mar. 17, Haeoreumsik, the annual Gosa ceremony hosted by the Student Union, was held at Atlas Hall at lunch time. Eight student bodies including the Student Union gathered and displayed their panels for advertisement.A typical Gosa ceremony consists of a memorial address by the ceremonial master and a s

As it was predicted in The Postech Times last year, an overall change of the university curriculum is happening with the start of the 2011 class, after the last change in 2000. The gist of the reform is a stressing of education in humanities and leadership, and promoting comprehensions on other majors’ subjects. In detail, the change includes a launching of the Activity-based General Education Curriculum (ABC), a reorganization of the educational system in the fields of humanities, arts, and social sciences, and shortened term for degrees.Under the new curriculum, students who show advanced pr

The POSTECH Times has specially planned a series of articles to give basic information that would help freshmen to adjust to the university life. The first of the series is about alcohol. In March, anxious high school graduates enter universities. To make them feel welcomed, student organizations host various events. They often, if not always, involve alcohol. Alcohol has become an essential part of social life in both university and real world settings. POSTECH, for an instance, there are several drinking meetings such as Lost Memories just in the first month of entering the university. Becau

Professor Emeritus Sooyoung Chang of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, an authority in the field of electromagnetic compatibility and control theory and the former president of POSTECH, retired at the end of last August. The Postech Times met him at his office, even though he already retired, and had an interview with him.“Retirement does not mean finishing the relationship with the school,” he said. “Koreans commonly think that retirees stop working, but in many countries retirees remain active in their field and this is more efficient. In many advanced countries, retir

What is the selected thesis about?As optoelectronics have been highlighted for a future device technology, the light-matter interactions have attracted much interest. Particularly how novel optoelectrical properties are dependent on the device structures and materials at nanometer scale is a main research focus in the field of nano photonics.The subject of thesis is local photodetection characteristics of Si1-xGex alloy nanowires which have very small diameters. Novel optoelectrical properties which are not seen in the bulk materials are often observed in semiconductor nanocrystals based on th

How did you start studying science?Since I was little, I hated memorizing. It led me to study science at first and I was good at it. I first applied to Math because a university application cut-off point for Math was lower than that of Physics. But I failed and had to study for one more year. The condition of spending an extra year to prepare for college was applying to a lucrative major of electronic and electrical engineering. In the year, I was accepted to POSTECH as electronic and electrical engineering. At the fourth semester, I decided to change my major to Math. As one reason, I always

Prof. Han Woong Yeom (PHYS), the Director of the Center for Atomic Wires & LayersSettling Down 2010, and Making Outcome 2011 Professor Han Woong Yeom of the Department of Physics came to POSTECH this year after a distinguished career at the University of Tokyo and Yonsei University. As many as his previous achievements as a successful researcher were, the change he was eager to have and experienced is quite large. To introduce a personal impression of the director of a new-born research center, The Postech Times asked him about the closing of 2010 and the upcoming 2011.Prof. Yeom began, “Of co

Bilingual CampusRaising Global Leaders With much worry and expectation, POSTECH President Sunggi Baik officially declared the Bilingual Campus at the matriculation ceremony on Mar. 2. In order to stand among the world class universities and to raise global leaders, the Bilingual Campus began with a matriculation ceremony conducted in English. Not only will all of the lectures be delivered in English, but also will the administrative documents circulating among the departments. After a full academic year has passed, many changes have been implemented, such as school announcements uploaded in bo

The Business Affairs branch of the Health, Safety and Security Management Team posted an announcement on POVIS in October asking students to refrain from posting notices on school buildings. The claim was that many visitors to campus like the clean facilities and landscapes that make the campus look like a research lab instead of a university. However, various posters and notices on the walls of school buildings make the campus look messy, they said. Instead of using student-made paper posters which are untidy and a waste of resources, they encouraged using the newly installed LED display, tex

“They took pictures in my room when my roommate and I went outside. It was totally an invasion of privacy.” Each semester, the Dormitory Union conducts an inspection of the dorm rooms on campus. Housing staff and resident assistants check rooms for safety hazards such as flammable materials, drying racks in the corridor and unauthorized items such as rice cookers. In the latest dorm inspection, more than 140 students earned black marks, and some of them are in danger of having their right to reside in the dorm taken away.“Although we would prefer students to be in the dorm while we do the insp

Guess which office is beloved by outsiders, but which Postechians are uninterested in. If there is an office which you have not been to after you entered POSTECH, that would be the answer. Yes, it is the Office of Admission Affairs, which works to select qualified students as new Postechians. Different from admission of undergraduates, that of graduates largely depends on the views of particular departments and laboratories. Nevertheless, the Office of Graduate Admission Affairs performs a lot of activities in order to attract better students.In actual admission, the Office concentrates on dis

When you stay in a foreign country for a long period of time, it is natural to seek people from your own cultural or national background. They form a community and comfort each other during occasional bouts with homesickness. This community also functions to organize and celebrate national holidays and festivities. An example is the Indian student association that embraces students from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. They celebrate Indian Independence Day and Diwali annually. In order to achieve its goal of joining the ranks of top 20 world universities by 2020, POSTECH is doing its best to

It’s the time of the year when you feel like going outside to enjoy seeing the falling of the leaves and time in solitude. People say that the season of autumn no longer exists, but the feeling and the mood always return in this time of the year. However, such a time-demanding school schedule often keeps Postechians from going out of town for air. So when you feel restless or need a break from studying, it would be a good idea to check out these places around the school campus, and relieve your stress. Only the prettiest spots on campus are captured so they would be especially good for spendin

In the next spring semester, a partially modified class time table will be executed. The main change of the amendment is a deletion of lunchtime and a time range change of afternoon classes. Under the new slot, fourth period classes will start at 12:30 P.M, after 15 minutes of break behind third period classes, not an hour of lunchtime. Then, all afternoon classes will be conducted 45 minutes earlier.The item was first suggested last July in the POSTECH Academic committee, which takes charge of main issues about education and its organization. To reflect opinions of undergraduates mainly depen

On Sep. 30, a group of the Japanese students and professors walked out from Gimhae International Airport. Some of the POSTECH students from the Department of Material Science and Engineering (MSE) rode to the airport and escorted them to POSTECH. There was an academic exchange between the members of POSTECH MSE and those of Tohoku University.After a good night sleep on the second day of the exchange in the POSCO international center, the participants of the two schools performed the three presentations - academic, industrial and cultural.The exchange officially began in 2001. The primary purpo

Many Postechians are night people. They prefer to work at late night and sleep until the outside is fully bright. However, there are people who work hard for university members from dawn through the early morning, when only a few people can be seen. They work for public welfare, health and security. Without them, the daily lives of Postechians could not last even for a day. They are also contributors to POSTECH’s 28th place at the 2010-11 world university ranking by Times Higher Education. This story is about service providers of dawn whom many people are not aware of. University Patrol (5:40