From Feb. 10 to Feb. 14 the freshman orientation (OT) for the class of 2019 was held. Just like any other major events, there were bumps in the road during the event. The ban on the orientation fees that senior students used to pay was a big issue. To get more insight on such matters, The Postech Times interviewed the lead organizer of the orientation, Kim Jeong-won (LIFE, 14).“What is so special about this Freshman Orientation?”We focused on various complaints that have been raised in previous orientations. To improve and better the 2019 OT, we delayed the first event back two hours every mor

When reporters of The Postech Times arrived near the red gate of the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Jung Bum-jun, the undergraduate representative of the Korean Student Association at the University of Tokyo (TokyoKSA), welcomed. He led reporters to the first floor of the Engineering Building 11, near the Starbucks.When asked to introduce himself, Jung replied, “I’m Jung Bum-jun, and majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Tokyo. 2019 is my third year at UTokyo. I had to spend last two years at the College of Arts and Sciences as a student of Natural Sciences I stream.” When req

It is the first time of The Postech Times, consisted of eight reporters, to communicate with the readers. We reporters, looking back 2018, spoke a few words inside our minds. “The Postech Times has come a long way to report useful information and messages. The reporters will work with the zeal for the newspaper in this winter vacation too. We promise to provide decent news to our readers as for the new year. 2019 is the year that The Postech Times marks the 10th anniversary.”“For the past years, The Postech Times team all worked with pride and a sense of responsibility, having weekly meetings

The majority of Postechians must have seen the Campus Police (CP) at least once. Students who have had difficulties walking up and down the 78 Stairs rode the CP car to and from classes; those who were injured riding motorbikes were brought to emergency rooms by the CP; a few who were a bit too drunk from a heavy night out were escorted to their rooms with the CP’s help. However, not many of us know a lot about these helpful people. That’s why The Postech Times interviewed Ahn Ho-won, the Security Chief, and Son Gil-ho, the Patrol Chief. “How large is the staff of Campus Police?” Chief Ahn exp

The two main organizers of the STadium, which was held on Nov. 10 and 11, seemed to feel much better before the event. Kim Chae-yeong (IME 17) and Lee Seung-gyu (EEE 15) brought back the memories of the days of organizing and managing the event. The final winner was KAIST, but POSTECH won the soccer event.While talking about how fun the event was, Kim and Lee mentioned the difficulties they encountered while organizing the event. Lee said, “What I was somewhat annoyed at was, at the meetings, people (including myself) were not well-acquainted with the results from previous meetings. Therefore,

From 2019, the “Oversea Korean Admission” is to be abolished, and to gather opinion on the matter, a fellow student, Yoon Cho-hyun (Mueunjae 18), a student that got into POSTECH through the ‘Oversea Korean Admission’, was interviewed.When asked to give a brief explanation on what are the requirements on oversea Korean admission are, he replied, “A student needs to meet the one of three categories in order to apply. The first category is students who have been living with their parents in a foreign country for more than two years. However, these students must have attended a foreign school with

This semester, many foreign students have joined our life in POSTECH. Many remark that it might be the most so far. The question is: how are they in POSTECH? The Postech Times interviewed Hanno, an exchange student from Germany, to share his challenges as an exchange student in POSTECH. How is POSTECH for you as an exchange student? “First of all, I mostly like POSTECH. I like it that many courses are in English. It is more than my university in Germany since POSTECH is officially a bilingual university, unlike mine. But it is still not as much English as I would like it to be. Many of the pro

After replacement of old equipment, there looked more people in the gymnasium fitness room than before. There was a freshman in sweatsuit of POSTECH rowing team, Lee Do-hyun (Mueunjae 18).“Today was the first day for my class to go the gym for Physical Fitness class (GEDU151). You know, the main entrance is closed except for special events and we should use the side entrance. By the way, only I and my two friends went to the side door and I realized that many students seldom use the fitness room.”“When I decided to enter POSTECH, firstly I searched for the library and the gymnasium. I also fou

“Hello, I am Han Sang-hyeon, majoring in mathematics. I am the director of finance for this year’s Sunrise Festival Preparatory Committee (PCSF). I joined SGNN last year and learned how preparatory committees work. However, I felt that there is a limit to what you can learn from words, and I applied for the PCSF this year.”“PCSF does a wide variety of work. We arrange all facilities, contact enterprises for the stage and stalls, and agencies for celebrities. Meanwhile, we plan our programs, such as the haunted house and room escape games. Decorating the campus for the festival is also our job,

In addition to undergraduate students, there are many graduate students in POSTECH. The Postech Times met one of them, Kim Young-kwang (MSE 13). “Do you have regrets regarding your undergraduate studies?”“Generally, I was satisfied my undergraduate school life. However, one thing I regret about my past is health. During my first year of campus life, almost every day I ate delivery food, stayed up late and woke up late. That made my life cycle irregular, and ruined my body. Including that problem, I got really sick, and in the end I had to rest at POSTECH for years due to my health problem.” “W

Sunlight filtered through the windows of the Jigok Community Center in the late afternoon. There, in the school cafeteria, some of the staffs were resting, after the wave of hungry students looking for lunch.“Are there any memorable episodes during work?”“Oh, and this is something a bit old. Were you there? On Parents’ Day, the students used to hang carnations on our chests. That was very emotional. Even though the students didn’t hang them directly on our chests, they gave us carnations at the entrance, here at the cafeteria, and up there, at the snack bar. In my case, at that time, one of th

Since POSTECH focuses on science and technology, most Postechians don’t know how professors of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences work and what processes are required in their research. Some students don’t even know professors are writing theses. By comparing humanities to science and technology, Prof. Jin Woo Lee, the chair of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, explained how and what humanities scholars research.What is the field of humanities? Humanities in a broad sense is the academic field studying the heritage of human civilization recorded in a language, researc

Prof. Dong-Pyo, Kim ( CE )What inspired you to carry out this research? The motivation of my research on new material based lab-on-a-chip (LOC) device came from strong limitation of the current microreactor systems in terms of materials and fabrication: low stability of silicone rubber but facile fabrication, durable glass / Silicon(Si) / stainless steel devices but high manufacturing cost. And there has been strong demand for easy fabrication and durable LOC devices that combine advantages of plastic and glass chips. What were the main challenges you had to overcome? The main challenge to ach