What kind of memories were special to you in 2014? The Postech Times selected a few memories from all Postechians, including faculty, staff, and students, to share their subtle yet special memories of 2014.

The dormitories of POSTECH can accommodate up to all Postechains. Freshmen and sophomores live in Residential College (RC). Juniors and seniors live in Student Dormitories (SD). After each semester, everyone has to leave RC because high school students who participate in camps held by POSTECH live in RC. So during vacation, RC and another dormitory (dormitory #20) for freshmen and sophomores are completely empty, except the 11th floor in RC. Then Housing Services cleans the rooms and regulates RC. But the situation of SD is quite different. The password of room is not programmed so new residen

For new experiences people usually take trips. Korean university students often plan a trip using Rail-Ro, which provides unlimited access to trains for seven or five days at a low price. The Rail-Ro is managed only at summer and winter within fixed regions, including Daegu, Seoul, East and West of Seoul metropolitan region, Chungcheongbuk-do,Gangwon-do, Jeollanam-do, Jeollabuk-do, Gwangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do and Chungcheongnam-do. Users must be 25 years old or younger and tickets of Rail-Ro are sold at every station. Though this is a popular form of vacation, most people (incl

There are many religions in the world and each religion is especially popular in specific areas. For example, Christianity and Catholicism are famous in western countries, and Hinduism and Islam are popular in southern Asia and Arab countries. Most Eastern Asians, including Koreans, practice Buddhism or Christianity. In addition, there are also folk-beliefs in each country.POSTECH has many students from diverse countries and they may also have their own religions related to their home countries. The survey of religions of foreign students in POSTECH shows the prevalence of each religion. A tot

Postechians wearing blue and green zip-up hoodies were often seen in front of the 78 stairs, POSCO International Center, or the school cafeteria. They had performances, including songs, dances, and speeches, about their commitments to students. From Oct. 28- Nov. 3, the election campaign for student government took place and the election was on Nov. 3-4. This election was unique in that students voted for a president and vice-president together. Lee Won Jong (IME) and Kim Tae Hwa (CiTE) were elected as the president and vice-president. The Postech Times interviewed Cho Jae Yeon (CiTE) and Lee

Student governments are autonomous school bodies created to deal with problems and improve the campus environment for students. The biggest role of the student government is to represent students’ opinion to school or other organizations. POSTECH has more student governments than most Postechians expect. Among those governments, four governments have been discussed heavily on the bulletin board after the student government elections on Nov. 4-5. We conducted a survey to gauge how students think about Student Club Association (SCA), Dormitory Resident Association (DRA), Female Undergraduate Ass

As bilingual campus, POSTECH has many foreigners. In Korean holidays such as New Year’s Day and Chuseok, many Korean Postechians spend holidays with their family, but most Postechians who come from foreign countries are alone during the holidays. Foreign holidays have some differences with Korea’s, so foreigners can think it is a little distinct. Some foreigners have experience about Korean holidays and Professor Raymond Close (HSS) and Jared Dittmer (HSS) were interviewed by The Postech Times about their Korean holidays and holidays abroad. Both professors have Korean wife and they have lived

Hackathon, a compound of hacking and marathon, will be held on Nov. 7-8 in Tae-Joon Park Library. In Hackathon, participants can make services or programs like web pages, applications, or games in 24 hours. It is already spread over the world IT companies. For example, it started with Facebook at first. Facebook made the “Like” function in its Hackathon, which is very famous for the company. Hackathon is also held in Kakao and Evernote with comfortable environment for participants to do free developing. Unlike other companies, Evernote Hackathon is open to the public, so many interesting peopl

In today’s society, most people are busy studying or doing their work, and they have many values to chase. They often say they are obsessed to something. Obsession is defined as spending too much time or effort thinking about something. Though the denotation of “obsession” is “a state in which someone thinks about someone or something constantly or frequently especially in a way that is not normal” (Merriam-Webster dictionary), there are various connotations of the word. Some people may accept obsession as a positive meaning and relate it to passion or responsibility. Obsession is used to expl

POSTECH always needs students’ opinion when they decide or change policy. If students actively voice their opinions to POSTECH actively, they can enjoy a college experience more suitable for them. But Postechians show low participation in surveys or presentations organized to collect their opinions. ExamplesIn October, POSTECH tried to change the food services to an external enterprise. So POSTECH sent emails about the detailed progress and suggestions of each company. POSTECH also held a presentation at lunch time and 5 p.m. so many students would be able to participate. Lunches were provided

Every autumn, KAIST-POSTECH Science War is held. To win, Postechians do their best in the game, but also before the game. Every year, players of sports and other competitions prepare with special strategies.There are three sports games: soccer, baseball, and basketball. Each of those teams shared their special strategies in an interview. KAISER, POSTECH soccer club, did harder training than last year from Aug. 1 to the day just before the game started. They focused on increasing their stamina because it is the most important thing in soccer, which runs for 80 to 100 minutes. Also, they had wei

The KAIST-POSTECH Science War in 2014 was held on Sep. 19-20. Each year the War runs smoothly thanks to hidden helpers, a KAIST-POSTECH Science War Preparatory Committee (PPC). In May, the chairman of the PPC is chosen by election and the chairman chooses team leaders before collecting PPC members because it is important to be of one mind. In June students who want to be a member of the PPC apply and are able to join the team they want. The PPC consists of a chairman, a vice chairman and six teams: Design, Stage, Video, Game 1, Game 2, and Supporters. They prepare the science war as soon as va

Artificial Intelligence (AI) ordinarily indicates intelligence of a computer, which imitates and is similar to human intelligence. The AI field researches how to make computers do consideration, studying, and self-development as human do. In general, AI is related with other computer science fields. Online games are also results of computer science, and they have AI functions. Gamers can play games with their friends, but they can also play with the computer. The computer plays the game like a human being, actually much like a skilled human player.Last month, the Science War between KAIST and

In POSTECH, undergraduates often find answers to career problems by getting involved in research participation programs which allow them to have a “taste” of a life as a researcher. A survey was conducted from Sep. 3-7 to explore the impressions and opinions from 102 participants (all undergraduates) -86% male and 14% female - regarding this program. Professors’ perspectives were also covered in this article via an interview with Professor Ildoo Hwang (LIFE). Student’s PerspectiveResearch participation programs were apparently meaningful to many individuals, especially to those who had uncerta

The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) provides undergraduates with the chance and environment to apply their own ideas to real research. It began in 2000, and usually selects 30-40 individuals or teams. Up to 5 million KRW is granted for effective and vigorous research. The research support fund is usually used for participants’ research, such as for buying reference books, business trip allowance and experiment equipment.Every year, many undergraduates develop their own ideas in their major field or other areas and research them through URP. In order to encourage interchanges between parti

At POSTECH the excuse, “I had a big dream, but I had to give up due to financial difficulties,” does not work. Now there are many scholarship programs to support young people’s dreams. The Postech Times focused on what kind of scholarships graduate students are provided with to achieve their dreams as researchers. All students are given the Assistantship scholarship, while there are other scholarships that are given to further help students with their research such as the Presidential Fellowship and the Cheongam Graduate Fellowship.AssistantshipOne of the major scholarships is Assistantship, w

This year, the Department of Mathematics in POSTECH established a calculus foundation class for freshmen who are relatively weak in calculus. In the foundation class, calculus is taught at a basic level. By testing all the freshman during the orientation week, those with poor results (Grade D and below) not only had to register for the foundation course in the first semester, but also had to stay in school during the summer break for about five weeks to complete the course. This policy was executed to ensure that students would adapt to the school syllabus more easily. However, students’ opini

When a summer or winter break draws close to an end, we always hear about groups of students who went on a trip; if you have spent your past holidays chatting with friends on Kakao Talk or watching dramas like a couch potato, you will probably feel an urge to organize such trip next time.In order to find out Postechians’ (undergraduates only) values, students were encouraged to participate in a survey carried out from Aug. 11-14. A total of 130 undergraduates -74% male and 26% female - responded to the survey. 72% of participants said they travel during either summer or winter break or both, w

Nowadays, a lot of university students, including Postechians, choose to apply for a leave of attendance from school for various reasons. For whatever reason, it is obvious that quite a lot of students, who took time off from school, are having problem when they returned back to the school. These students had trouble for mainly three reasons: getting along with people, catching up his studies, and the lack of time to prepare for the graduation.First, many students, who returned to school after taking time off, are balled up because of the people around them. One of the interviewees said that h

These days, Postechians are busy doing many club activities. POSTECH has many kinds of clubs that Postechians can enjoy. Even if most clubs in POSTECH are popular and active, there were some clubs that couldn’t attract Postechians’ attention. Those clubs don’t exist now and are being forgotten by Postechians.Clubs that disappeared in 2010 were MODERATO and Haegeomji. MOEDRATO, called classic music listening association, was the club that sought to improve musical attainments through listening to classical music. Haegeomji was the kendo club that pushed Postechians to train their minds and bodi