With the advent of Mueunjae Undergraduate Studies, POSTECH has decided to implement the Pass/No Record policy (PNR) starting with the first Mueunjae students. Hoping it will help the freshmen adapt to their college life, the Office of Educational Affairs and Records (OEAR) brought up the PNR policy on the ground that such policy will ‘prevent any hesitation to explore various classes that arises because of the pressure to get a higher GPA.’With the PNR policy, professors of classes including General Chemistry Lab. I (CHEM102), General Physics Lab. I (PHYS103), General Life Science Lab. (LIFE10

On Oct. 1, five Postechians started the first day of ‘Life of Vegetarian’. It is a project by MODAM, Student·Minority Human Rights Council, for students to understand and appreciate the vegan lifestyle by experiencing their vegetarian lifestyle and lifestyle. The participants lived as lacto-ovo vegetarians for five days, thus not eating any animal products except milk and eggs. Additionally, they carried out several missions such as asking whether foods served in school restaurants included meat or not, eating a vegetarian meal at Burger King, and finding a snack that a vegetarian could eat at

POSTECH’s Source of Information: In-Po-StackSouth Korea is known for its advance food delivery culture. Most cuisines- Korean, Western, Japanese, Chinese, and even Vietnamese- are available at home. To follow this trend, many applications are offering convenience to users. POSTECH Application Development Club PoApper developed the In-Po-Stack App to aid students and others in catering and other needs.In-Po-Stack is an application and website that offers students the daily menu of each student dining facilities, such as Jigok Community Center and RIST, number and menu of various restaurants tha

During the 2018 KAIST- POSTECH Science War (KPSW), POSTECH succeeds to defeat KAIST in basketball but fails to win the two games: baseball and soccer. Competitive Match Ending in Regretful LossAs the opening game of the KPSW, the soccer game was held. After a game that went into overtime, our university was defeated by a score of 1 to 2. Because of the downpour, the condition of the field and the overall situation was not good. It was KAIST that scored the first goal. About 10 minutes into the game, the ball passed through the goalkeeper after a free kick.About 5 minutes after that, a free kic

There were several difficulties about the 2018 Sunrise Festival. The first one was the strengthened crack down of the liquor tax law governing the sale of liquor. The Ministry of Education sent an official document ‘Cooperation for guiding compliance with the liquor tax law about undergraduate’s selling liquor’ to each university. According to the liquor tax law, a person without a liquor sales business license would be sentenced to up to 3 years in jail or fined up to 30 million KRW. Because all of the booths selling liquor during the Sunrise Festival are street stalls, the owners of booths c

For some time, there has been complaints that the residential college (RC) 20 is much inferior to RC 21, a newly built dormitory. To clarify such conflict and look for feasible solutions to the problem, a survey targeting undergraduate students was conducted. 42% have never lived in RC 20 but heard about the condition. 30% of students who have experience with RC 20 voted for 1, 65% voted for 2 and none voted for 5 in the scale of 1~5 which represents satisfactory level of RC 20. The scale clearly illustrates trend towards unsatisfying experience in RC 20 among the residents.When asked for deta

Starting from spring 2018, freshmen are no longer in the same department as the rest of the student body. All freshmen; until they decide their majors after the 3rd semester; are part of the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies. Since all students have not declared their majors, it is crucial to elect a new leader who can represent the freshmen body and speak for their needs.The Mueunjae Undergraduate Council Election Commission received candidates from April 2 to 8, and on April 9. It was declared that two candidates would run for president of the first Mueunjae Undergraduate Council (MUC

On March 9 and 10, elections for the Undergraduate Association (UA) were held. Last October, the undergraduate association election stumbled as a result of the resignation of certain candidates, and the re-election was frustrated due to the lack of registered candidates. As a result of the ballot count, Kim Dong-seok (CSED 12) and Jeong Jin-a (CHEM 14), whose campaign, ‘Better Together’, were elected president of the UA and vice president respectively. Since this election was composed of just a single candidate, it was carried out by calling for yeas and nays. According to the official total o

Q. Regarding the improvement of smoking areas, please give specific details. Last year, the 31st UA installed a fire hydrant. Since the budget was fixed last year, we are striving to get support from school. Also, involving the Dormitory Union, enhancing the student perception toward the smoking areas is thought to be important. Several smoking booths with a simple roof are planned to be set in specific areas. The application for an unmanned information desk within the school district is under consideration with the General Affairs and Safety.Q. Since the cross-country march is outside the bud

POSTECH made industrial-educational cooperation contract with GS Retail in Jan.26. By developing data analysis methodology through agreement, GS Retail has business competitiveness and POSTECH gains industrial data so as to contributing to improving industry environment and exploiting it as research resources. The agreement contains articles such as improvement of big data analysis algorithm, application of high-end analysis techniques of academy to industrial field, contributing to development of analysis methodology by exploiting high-end analysis techniques. These articles aim for advanceme

POSTECH Pohang Mathematics Institute (PMI) held 13rd Ilju math school from Jan. 26 to Feb. 2 in National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS). Supported by Ilju foundation and NIMS, this Math School was chosen as winter school of NIMS. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and professors discussed ‘Banach Spaces and Related Topics’ without reserve, which is called ‘open school’.Professor Motohisa Fukuda from Yamagata University, Professor Gilles Godefroy from ‘Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu (IMJ)-Paris Rive Gauche’ and Professor Kim Jae-gil from GIST College were invited as l

This year, every freshman entered POSTECH without a major. Therefore, department activities became downsized and class activities are having bigger and bigger role. All freshmen are not allowed to attend general meetings and the MTs of each department. Some departments cancelled MT because of low participation and general meetings of all departments progressed on a lower scale than usual. On the other hand, the number of students participating in class activities is the same or more compared with other years. Under these circumstances, students have begun to question about the necessity of the

The matriculation ceremony of the 2018 academic year freshmen brought in tremendous changes to the campus, as previously announced. Freshmen could defer choosing their major for a significant amount of time. Due to that, departments have been working to adjust their curriculums for the freshmen. Even though innovative improvements were made, most of it was aimed for the newcomers; thus, the former students of POSTECH were irrelevant to the modifications.However, some new policies made it through and are influencing some Postechians. The newly introduced English Program will be partly applied.

When Postechians get sick, how many choices do they have? They usually choose going to the hospital near Hyoja market or Pohang’s City Hall. And, if they have paid for a Student Medical Co-op Plan and their medical expenses exceed 10,000 KRW, they can get a deduction for medical expenses. It is the best way, but many Postechians have schedules during the opening hours of hospitals. Even if they do not have any schedule, considering the time and expenses for traveling there, some just go to the school health room. Located in the Student Center, they usually just get some medicine from the schoo

First, freshmen entering POSTECH tour campus and meet seniors for freshmen orientation. This orientation is held on Feb. 10 to Feb. 13, and freshmen start their first semester after a 4-day long weekend. To help freshmen adapt to POSTECH, orientation involves some educational and recreational activities. To learn what is different from the last year and what has changed, The Postech Times interviewed the chairman of the freshmen orientation committee Hong Eun-seok (LIFE 16) and the freshmen guide Son Hyung-jin (EEE 17), who are planning and preparing the orientation.Q. Does the new curriculum

During candidate registration in October, Kim Namwon (LIFE 16) and Kwon Hyukcheol (CSE 16) ran for a president and a vice president of the Undergraduate Association (UA). They did not submit a few required documents and violated several regulations, so they were warned by the Central Election Commision (CEC) from the start of the election. After several days, they resigned as candidates because next year’s president of the Central Executive Committee is vacant. At that moment, the election was a week away, so CEC decided not to hold the election for UA. After the election for Female Undergradu

▲ The slogan for welcoming interviewees on the auditoriumPOSTECH decided to make major changes from the scholastic year of 2018. From next year, all students except for students majoring in Creative IT Engineering(CiTE) will start their freshmen year without their major determined. After studying for a few semesters, they can choose their major without any restraints. There will be no limitations concerning the number of students in each department to guarantee their choice. To make the transition smooth, a lot of policies are being debated, planned, and executed. To inform and introduce Poste

▲ The curriculum of CMEAs POSTECH changed its identity from a research-based university to the value-creating university, the importance of entrepreneurship gets bigger and bigger. There is an expectation that the Combined Major in Entrepreneurship (CME) will educate and inspire Postechians’ entrepreneurship. However, the number of students who have enrolled in the program is only three until now.CME was established in 2015. CME was basically designed to convert students’ ideas to real products through product exploration, business planning, research development and value chains of foundation.

▲ A picture of a popular smoking spot in the residential areaSmoking is a major source of complaints in POSTECH. Even though there are designated smoking areas throughout the campus, a lot of students complain that smokers are smoking inside non-smoking areas, and causing disturbances with the acrid smoke and unpleasant smell. The frustration especially maximizes in the residential areas. Even though smoking within 10 meters from the dormitory and smoking inside any school building is strictly prohibited, some smokers smoke inside non-smoking areas, raising especially angry voices from the res

▲ The draft picture of the Campus SlideIn August 2014, the Campus Slide project was started. It was the first funding project of ‘Geek On Campus’, the POSTECH crowdfunding platform established by PODO, the IT service team of POSTECH Graduates Alumni. At first, the project aimed to build a slide at the 78 Stairs because there was a plan to build a slide there for celebrating the Sunrise Festival (it was canceled because of the budget problem.), and necessity for the convenient use of the 78 Stairs, and according to the survey by Geek On Campus, the 78 Stairs received the most votes. The Project