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Pandora’sBox 21
Consensus Comes First
ByYunJi-hun
EditorialConsultant
n early 2005, the newly-elected General Student Council (GSC) of the Seoul campus reported
the former GSC executives to the police as they found documents left by the outgoing executives
thatlookedtobestudymaterialsaboutJuche,theNorthKoreannotionofstandingonitsownand
strengthening the Kim regime. This case sparked a storm of discussion about the GSC’s ideology and
political activity. The next year, the HUFS labor union went on strike for 215 days. As the 2006 GSC
rejected participating aggressively in political activities and placed high value on student welfare, they
continuouslyaskedthelaboruniontocalloffthestrike.Theyalsofacedalotoffrictionwithacoupleof
groupsofstudentswhosupportedthestrike.Throughoutthestrike,manystudentssoughtanonpolitical
council,andsorelativelynonpoliticalcandidateswonthefollowingtwoelectionsin2007and2008.
A concern over political activity of the Global campus GSC is still coming up for heated debate.
Accordingtotheannouncementofallstudentpresidentsofeachcollegeinthecampus,theGSCjoined
the Hankuk University Student Association (HUSA) without other representatives’ consent. HUSA is
a university student body that aims to strengthen university educational publicly. In fact, all of these
political activities seem necessary and maybe students would agree that a tightly organized university
studentopiniongroupshouldplayacrucialpartinraisinguniversitystudent-specificissues.
Theproblemistherangeofpoliticalactivity.Thesedays,mostuniversitystudentcouncilstendtovoice
pros and cons on university student-specific issues such as tuition fees, employment, and education.
Each student council needs to respect their voters’ positions. That is why a procedure for building
internalconsensusamongallstudentsshouldcomefirsttoclarifywhatthosecouncilsareentitledtodo.
However,attheGlobalcampusonApril5,anopportunitytodiscusswhetherornottheGSCtakespart
inpoliticalactivitywithHUSAslippedawayasthestudentgeneralmeetingfailedtohappen.Oneofthe
reasonswhythemeetingdidnottakeplacewasthatstudentpresidentsofeachcollegediscouragedtheir
studentsfromattendingthemeetingtoavoidanunexpectedapproval.
Thishotdisputewillnotsettledownsoonduetotheopendiscussionfiasco.Eventhoughpeoplepoint
out that current university students lack political consciousness, concrete political actions of the GSC
should be based on a justifiable consensus of all students. The shortcut, then, to resolve this internal
conflict,wouldbetoholdatemporarystudentgeneralmeetingassoonaspossibletodebatetherangeof
politicalactivities.
maga723@hufs.ac.kr
MAY 2011

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