Me—A Professional Journalisthttp://times.postech.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=20735Reporter Yoon Seok-sang From Reader to Reporterhttp://times.postech.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=20737Reporter Choi Eun-je Fresh Start as a New Reporter of The Postech Timeshttp://times.postech.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=20738Reporter Kim Min-gyu “Literary Girl” Becomes A “Reporter” http://times.postech.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=20739Reporter Park Jee-won

For three years in high school, my nickname was “Literary Girl”. I wrote in Korean rather than in English, and wrote sentimentally rather than rationally. No matter who, everyone thought I was a student more suitable as a novelist or a poet than as a journalist. It may seem strange that I, who is not talented at English, became a new reporter of The Postech Times. The reason why I decided to apply as a new reporter for The Postech Times was that I want to write helpful writings. Literature could entertain readers for a while, but often it is written to express writer’s feelings to others and g

English newspaper. My oldest memory of an English newspaper comes from a time when I was an elementary school kid. My school had an English newspaper of its own. The paper selected a few from the students who finished the puzzles there handed out presents; that was my weekly fun as an elementary kid. Not only that, I really liked reading my friend’s articles. I still remember my best friend’s article. It was about her life in the U.S.. She made her articles so interesting that, when reading them, I felt like I was experiencing what she had experienced. I promised myself that I would oneday wri

Ever since I was able to read, I read all the articles around me even if I did not know what they meant. I loved reading and newspapers were like a heaven of articles. As my knowledge of society grew, I could understand more parts of the newspaper. Even though there were still many economic and political terms that made it hard to read articles, they stimulated me to study more about society. Extending my knowledge of the economy, politics, and diplomacy was one of my pleasures.Through this, I could form my own views on social issues. I used to share and discuss critical social issues with fri

It is a great honor to become a journalist of The Postech Times, a highly established press in POSTECH. I express my gratitude to my senior colleagues, Professor Im Gyeong-soon, and President Kim Doh-Yeon for granting me this excellent opportunity. As a new member of the newspaper, I wish to assimilate knowledge and skills, blend into this community, and employ my abilities to further the eminence and history of The Postech Times.In order to work with purpose, I must identify what being a journalist means to me. I was a writer ever since I was in middle school. Being a journalist required a hi

Freshmen orientation (OT) was held from Feb. 9 to Feb. 14, lowering a curtain by matriculation ceremony on Feb. 15. 46 people worked for advisory committee for freshmen OT. There were 15 classes accompanied by four class advisors of elder students.Like no other freshmen OT of other universities, that of POSTECH is known for its comparably long period of five full days. Back then, first events started at 8 o’clock in the morning and freshmen had to wake up early to eat prepared breakfast. Due to past feedbacks on the tight schedules, first events started average of 10 A.M. this year and breakfa

POSTECH Course for Civilization Citizens will be inaugurated in March 2019. It was arranged to broaden the humanities of Pohang citizens and POSTECH members by providing high-quality lectures. The theme of the first semester of the course, which starts on March 7 and offers seven lectures every other Thursday until the end of May. has been planned as “I am a writer.” In the sense that the general public has the potential to become a writer, lectures are given on the connection between major and writing, and the meaning of writing. They were also composed of prominent writers. Six lecturers, in

Graduate students say that when choosing labs, one should consider not only the research level and the professor’s dissertations, but also the professor’s personality, since there are many who misuse their authority. Three years ago, a professor was sentenced 8 years of imprisonment for physically and mentally harassing a graduate student - forcing him to eat ‘human waste’ and chocking him with a plastic bag - and recently, a professor from Hanyang University was arrested for embezzling graduate students’ payments worth 600 million won. There are still many victims of such abusive behaviors un

The most important energy policy of South Korea, which imports most of its energy is a stable supply of energy. However, the government is struggling with supplying stable energy as conditions of both internally and externally have become increasingly difficult, including deteriorating national acceptability of nuclear power plants, limits on the expansion of new renewable energy, and increased pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the new climate regime. Energy conservation and efficiency improvement are essential for smooth supply and enhanced national energy security. In particu

This winter holiday, The Postech Times had the opportunity to visit Japan and explore prestigious Japanese universities, one being the University of Tokyo (UTokyo). UTokyo is one of the most reputable research-oriented universities, and The Postech Times was fortunate enough the interview one of the most insightful professors, Professor Yukiko Matsunaga, Associate Professor of the Institute of Industrial Science (ISS). After specializing in Biomedical Engineering, Prof. Matsunaga actively conducted researches on ‘Microvasculature tissue model for drug development and regenerative medicine’. La

From Jan 19th to 22nd, the members of The Postech Times visited Tokyo, Japan. On the third day, we stopped by one of the most prestigious technology university in Japan, Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT). At TIT Suzukakedai campus, we had the honor of interviewing professor Nobuhiro Nishiyama at the Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science.Prof. Nishiyama’s main research is on the biomedical application of synthetic polymer. In other words, he aims to use polymers in nanomedicines. When asked about his motive for the researches in the polymer-based nanomedicine, Prof. Nishiyama underscored

‘The 4th Univer+City, University and City co-progress forum’ was held on Dec. 20 by Pohang city, Ulsan city and Gyeongju city.Those regions are called Haeoreum Alliance and they cooperate with regional universities. Univer+City forum is held annually to contribute to the vitalization of economy and development of universities for sustainable progress and innovation of the region. 150 officials were from universities such as POSTECH, Ulsan university, Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Dongguk University Gyeongju Campus, etc. as well as people of Haeoreum Alliance.“I sincerely h

Christmas Movie SpecialsIt was the second to last meeting for the semester. During the entire meeting, all ideas for articles were dark and gloomy. To brighten up the mood, it was suggested to use a whole page of the newspaper to do a Christmas movie specials, introducing three movies that represent Christmas. The article didn’t come into fruition for obvious reasons. However, let The Postch Times shortly introduce them.These movies were selected from the ‘The 50 Best Christmas Movies of All Time’ list given by Rotten Tomatoes. The first movie is ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, a movie follo

Nov. 19 to 23 was officially POSTECH’s Human Rights Week. For five days, MODAM, the Student Minority Human Rights Council, hosted Human Rights Week as a period where POSTECH students and staff can ponder upon the topic ‘Human Rights’ and participate in events that can aid in the creation of a human right-friendly campus environment. Campus events such as human rights movie screenings, MODAM talk shows, ‘Find the Barrier’ event, Human Rights themed exhibitions, and lectures can all help create this type of campus. Each and every event hosted promotes active and further contemplation on the them

PAM, an abbreviation for Postechian Activity Mileage, is the system for encouraging students to actively engage in Postechian Activities. Postechian Activity represents meaningful experiences that are planned to improve students’ competence during their university life, including student activities, volunteer work, reading activities, culture and art activities, and other extracurricular activities. The plan for the PAM system was disclosed on Feb. 20 through the POVIS Announcements board, and the guidebook for PAM was uploaded on Sep. 5 by the Innovation Center for Education (ICE). There were

The structure of the Jigok Community Center and the Student Union Building has changed by small degrees since it’s opening over 20 years ago. In 2017, March 21 the previous Student Cafeteria of the Jigok community center was remodeled into Haedong-Aurum Hall. After the remodeling of the Jigok Community Center, now the Student Union building is also undergoing remodeling work to further enhance students’ convenience and satisfaction.The Food Court, Café Serio, Kyobo Bookstore, stationery store, and convenience stores were temporary closed during construction. However, Woori bank and Atlas Hall

The fifth TEDxPOSTECH took place on Nov.10. Four speakers were invited to share their ideas on the theme ‘pioneer’. A representative of vegan fashion brand ‘Not ours’, Shin Ha-na cast questions on existing companies which exploit the animals with no critical considerations. A photographer, Hong San who takes pictures that will be used for funerals, helps people confront the notion of death. Based on the affection of struggling individuals, she criticizes the fact that the driving force of modern society is the guilt of the individual. A former student president of Seoul National University, Ki

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