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

ENP (Entrepreneurs’ Network of POSTECH) is a student body organization with the ultimate vision of all its members becoming entrepreneurs of their own dreams through the three sub-visions of innovation, action and networking. “Innovation” stands for the development of the insight to approach extant problems with the perspective of creative destruction through study of actual business practices of innovation and ongoing trends in the fields. “Action” represents the development of decision-making skills through actual experience. Last, “networking” promises itself to promote the future collabora

① Mobile CampusAt long last, the University signed the ‘POSTECH Mobile Campus Agreement’ with SK Telecom on Sep. 6. From now, the two institutes will build a cooperative system to construct the Mobile Campus, which applies mobility to campus education, administration, and living welfare. The agreement is composed of three details: the supply of smart phones to campus members, the production of a mobile groupware such as POVIS for users, and the installation of wi-fi zone across the campus. Supplying smart phones has already started, and is planned to be finished by the end of October. With the

“One and two and three and four. Remember to drop those shoulders to the floor when performing your shoulder isolations. Okay, here we go.” It seems like normal dance practice but there is one thing different. This whole conversation is going on in English. In the last summer, an exchange student joined Ctrl-D; since then, the other Korean students are also practicing dance with English notation.The Postech Times had an interview with an exchange student from last semester, Hugo Janssens from Universite de Technologie de Troyes. How did you get to know about Ctrl-D. As far as I know, you are t

The long-awaited KAIST-POSTECH Science War ended with POSTECH’s full-blown domination. South Korea’s two finest technology schools went head to head at POSTECH on Sep.17-18 for the 9th Science War. This victory is especially meaningful for more than one reason. After POSTECH’s victory, the record is now 4:4; POSTECH gets to keep the flag because they have been victorious for three Science Wars in a row. The athletes had been honing their skills for two years due to last year’s abrupt cancellation. POSTECH was expected to win traditionally strong events such as hacking, but they proved to be po

A full semester has passed since President Sunggi Baik officially declared the Bilingual Campus. But what has changed for foreign students? We’d like to spotlight their experiences resulting from the language barrier.During the summer semester, The Postech Times reporter was on his way back to his dorm from the Student Center around 9:30 p.m. As he was passing by the ATMs, two Indian men were discussing something looking very concerned. The guys grabbed the reporter and asked for help. One of them explained with a strong Indian accent that his ATM card got stuck in the machine. He looked impat

POSTECH provides numerous opportunities for its students to experience the wideness of the world over the walls of the university and the borders of the country. Unfortunately, many of the students are not aware of these programs and do not take advantage of them. This section is focused on the brief introduction to eight overseas programs at POSTECH. Although some programs do not require many qualifications, others have strict requirements. For these programs, long-term preparation is rather necessary. One of the exemplary ways would be to maintain a good GPA and to prepare for the IBT TOEFL

Postech’s Residential College (RC) was founded in part to encourage extracurricular activities among freshmen and sophomores. The RC has held events like culture programs and voluntary services. RC days, with events planned before the semester, is especially designed for overall participation of residents, and until now, various programs like a cocktail bar, a field competition, and rural activities have been conducted.For the fifth RC day, a traditional culture trip was held to give residents a new. Events included a one-day tour of the traditional Hahoe Folk Village, viewing of the famous Ha

On May 21, in celebration of Buddha’s Birthday, the Residential College (RC) of POSTECH invited seventy orphans from three institutions - the World in Paintings Child Center, Rainbow Child Center and Ray of Light Child Center - to hold a sports day. The whole event took place in the POSTECH Gymnasium with laughter and love for another.According to Lee Wonji (IME 08), the director of the sports day, the event has usually been held on Children’s Day on May 5 for the past three years. For this year, the day has been postponed to Buddha’s Birthday instead of Children’s Day, for another event was h

The 2010 POSTECH Spring Festival was held from May 13 to 14. The festival included an event on the eve of the opening and was considered successful and to have surpassed the previous one in both quantity and quality. This year’s festival motto was “on” which means “continuing” in English and “everyone” or “whole” in Korean, meaning that during the time of the festival everyone should “switch on” and enjoy the festival with passion and strength.The festival was divided into three parts, the eve’s event, the first day, and the second day. The eve’s event included the opening announcement and wor

Among the many ongoing activities in the Dormitory of International Cultural Exchange (DICE) at POSTECH in May, the one that was on everyone’s lips was the iPub. As many clubs and departments prepared for their own booths to represent themselves or to enjoy having time with peers usually by cooking and selling during the Spring Festival, DICE residents came forward to take part this year also. The name iPub is short for “international pub.” This pub, by far, stood out from others in that the iPub offered relatively differentiated dishes all from distinct countries. This is the third year of iP

The 3rd annual Presentation and Debate Competition sponsored by President Baik Sunggi and supervised by the Leadership Center was held from May 12 to 14. Any Postechian interested in presenting and debating was welcome to participate. This three-day event consisted of communication school on the first day, coaching in procedures and preliminary rounds the next day, and the finals and awards ceremony on the final day. The competition began in order to help the students to hone their communication skills as it grows to be a very important tool in the real world, as explained by Prof. Park Sangjo

“In Vino Veritas” or “There’s truth in wine”, the famous Latin phrase said by Roman natural philosopher Pliny the elder, refers to the often confessional loquacity produced by getting drunk. Wine has inspired all sorts of emotions during 10,000 years of human history. Before now, it was once an exclusive property of the western hemisphere; nowadays it is supplied worldwide and has become popular in Asia, too. To follow the trend, the POSTECH Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology (GIFT) has held a ‘Wine Class’, a brief lecture of learning and tasting wine. The Postech Times visited its site.

The POSTECH Orchestra, first established in February of 2006, had as its purpose the building of a culture unique to POSTECH, which would mix together music and science and also provide an extracurricular cultural element for POSTECH members. The POSTECH Orchestra gave a successful concert at POSTECH’s 20th anniversary, only one and a half years after its foundation. The concert that they gave on March 25th was their fourth periodical concert after 2007’s first concert in the POSTECH cultural program.Even though it has been only four years since its foundation, the POSTECH Orchestra is buildin

Because all the international students in POSTECH inhabit the Dormitory of International Cultural Exchange (DICE), people often regard DICE as the only place where international English is used officially. However, there is another English-speaking space in the POSTECH dormitory. It is in the highest floor of Residential College building - the newly built residence of 13 floors, simply called Dormitory 21.The Residential College (RC) for freshmen and sophomores was founded to offer practical education and support to help young students adapt to living alone. The life of Korean high school stud

POSTECH is eager for globalization and has declared itself a bilingual campus, which is now in its first year. However, to succeed in the globalization of POSTECH, it is important to attract foreign students to POSTECH but also to provide them with comfortable services during their stay in POSTECH. Yet, there have been several cries of complaint concerning the food from international students. The Postech Times had an interview with the Director of the Welfare Division and the nutritionist in charge of the student restaurant concerning food problems that foreign students have during their stay

Like Mark Twain, an American novelist in the 19th century, said, “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Cooking or eating a mouth-watering meal is the one of the biggest joys in life that applies to perhaps every human being regardless of one’s nationality. Sharing delicious food bonds people together to become friends and dining at a fancy restaurant channels the way for social networking. As crucial as food is as a primal necessity of life, a stay in a foreign land can turn out to be quite miserable if the food does not suit the