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26 Pandora’sBox
Communication with
Neighbor Universities
ByYunJi-hun
EditorialConsultant
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ix universities--Yonsei, Hongik, Myongji, Kyonggi, Chugye, and Ewha Womans University
hostedajointuniversityfestivaltogetheronMay12atShinchoninsupportwithSeoulCityand
Seodaemun-gu.AmerchantassociationalongwiththeSeodaemun-guofficehasheldanannual
streetfestivaltheresince1991,butitwasthefirsttimefortheuniversitiesintheShinchonneighborhood
totaketheleadinthejointfestival.Astrongconnectionbetweenthoseuniversitiesandtheprosperous
commercialdistrictmadeforasuccessfulfestival.Thisstudent-ledfestivalprovideddiverseeventssuch
as street music performances and photos and painting exhibitions for those who enjoyed the festival.
Thankstothis,thoseuniversities’studentscouldpromotegoodfellowshipandanticipatestrengthening
bonds with each other. Supposedly, that kind of a joint festival might be achievable only in Shinchon,
whereuniversitiessharewidecommunalspacesbasedonproximityandinter-universitycooperation.
HUFS has also two neighbor universities near Imun-dong: Kyunghee University and Korea National
University of Arts. Although these two universities are within walking distance (ten-minute-walks-
awayfromHUFS)interactionamongstudentsofthesethreeuniversitiesisrelativelyminor.Itwouldbe
helpfulinbuildingmutuallystrongtiesthattheymakeajointplanforsomethingspecial.Forinstance,
one of the three universities can invite music performance bands or photo exhibition teams of the
other universities during their festivals, or individual performance teams can take turns opening joint
performances regularly at their universities in rotation. Associate circles also can play a crucial part
by advertising themselves at each university through their joint members. Sharing information about
special lectures could work because students would get more opportunities to attend the lectures and
then have more chances to mingle with each other, which will result in increasing exchanges among
studentsatthethreeuniversities.
UniversitiesinKoreatendtobegradedfromtoptobottom--totheextreme--accordingtothepublic
profileandthescoreoftheCollegeScholasticAbilityTest,whichisdesignedtomeasurethestudents’
scholastic ability required for college admissions. This intensifies an inter-university sense of rivalry,
andsometimesmakesstudentshostiletocertainuniversitiesonasociallyequivalentlevel.Thesekinds
of invisible walls that push counterparts away begin to be instilled in students after they enter their
universities. Therefore, to tear down these barriers and achieve harmony with other students of other
universities,promotinginter-universitystudents’autonomouscollaborationisdemanded.Thatcanstart
withcommunicationamongneighboringuniversities.
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