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AnalyzingtherealityofsmokingproblemsatHUFS
W
ith the start of a new semester,
taught, or even they major in that
there are lots of advertising
language. For example, students, who
Smoke-freeloungingareaindemand
posters on the board or walls. Among
have lived in Japan, take Japanese
them,studyingabroadpostercaughtthe
courses as their second language
students’ attention. It is no surprising
requirements. Students asserted that
issueanymorethatmanystudentswent
these surroundings enforce them to
abroad in order to learn a foreign
make a decision to study abroad. The
fornonsmokers
language. The number of HUFSans
main problem is that more and more
leaving for their language study has
students think it necessary to once go
increasedsteadily.
abroadduringtheiruniversitylife.
Forthequestionaskingagoodreason
When a student has a firm resolution
for going abroad, students have a
and a clear study plan it must be quite
A
fewyearsago,theEducationMinistry
areaswhereallpeoplearegatheringsuchas
commonanswer:tobegoodatthetarget
usefultostudyabroad.However,ifyou
sent an official document saying that
restareasorcorridors,nonsmokerseitherare
language in the native environment.
choosetogomainlybecauseeverybody
smoking is prohibited within the buildings.
damaged by passive smoking or get
MostuniversitystudentswenttoU.S.A
elsegoes,itisverylikelythatyouwaste
After the announcement, some schools
annoyed. Cho Mo-ran (E-02) said "I am
or England, which are the two main
time and money. Just be sure that it is
reacted positively: they provided smoking
very displeasured when I come to the rest
Englishspeakingcountries.
possible to learn a foreign language in
roomsorsmokingareas.Ontheotherhand,
areas because there are full of cigarette
That
more
Korea as well,
have passed a few years HUFSans are
smoke. My whole body and clothes are
students from
only if you are
smoking without hesitation at the public
impregnated with smoke only in a few
HUFS than those
determined and
Pandora’sBox
areassuchascorridorsandevenclassrooms.
minutes.Actually,thereisnoareatorestfor
from
other
doyourbest.
nonsmokers at the library. I am unhappy
universities are
Let’s take Prof.
None of "no smoking" signs at the
whenIwalkthroughthecorridorsbecausea
leaving is not
Choi Jung-wha,
HallofliberalartsinWangsan
lot of students gathering together smoke
surprising if we
at
the
TheArguschoseeachthreebuildingsthat
untilhallwaysarefullofsmellsofcigarette."
consider the rate
Interpretation and
students visit the most frequently in Imun
Fallof2002,afirebrokeoutataroomof
ofHUFSstudents
Translation
Nowill,
and Wangsan campus and checked the
men's dormitory in Wangsan and three fire
who are involved
Graduate School.
number of "no smoking" signs focusing on
engines went out action. One room burned
in one of the
She said she had
corridorsofschool.
completely and the fire nearly spreaded to
language-related
never
been
Among them, especially, there is not any
nexttworooms.Itoccurredduetoalittered
departments.
abroad until she
noway
smoking signs at the Hall of liberal arts in
half-smoked cigarettes. Someone threw it
Their destination
graduated from
Wangsan.ItshowsthatHUFSdoesnotpay
away, which still has a fire on it, into a
varies: English
the HUFS. Her
OhSae-hoon/TheArgus
much attention to this matter. In the library
plastic trash bin and a fire which burned
s p e a k i n g
excellent French
AstudentissmokingintheNoSmokingarea.
of Wangsan campus, there is only one "no
wholeplastictrashbin.Thefireoccurredin
countries, not to
and
English
smoking" signs on each floor. People can
bothImunandWangsancampus.
speak
of,
abilities were
alsoseethesamesignattherestareaonthe
People cannot avoid these dangerous
Students Council should make efforts and
compared with HUFS which does not have
Germany, China,
obtained
in
third floor, even though there are two rest
situationswhencigarettethrewawaywitha
organizeantismokingcampaigntocarryout
smokingsigns.Inadditiontothis,irontrash
Japan,Russia,EastEuropeanCountries
Korea. Continuous efforts toward the
areasonthethirdandtheforthfloor.
live coal. There is no sprinkler in HUFS.
to prohibit smoking. It needs substantial
bins with an ash tray are prepared in
and so on. This certainly reflects the
goalofmasteringlanguagesinheryouth
However, the students actually feel that
Thereisnotregularscheduledtocheckfire
actions which can prepare smoking rooms
smokingareas.
characteristicsofHUFS.
gaveherasuccessandfame.
thesesignsareuselessbecausenoonepays
extinguisher.Ifweconsiderthesethings,we
and designate smoking areas to protect
HUFS should take care of details to
InHUFS,consequently,therearelots
At least, HUFSans need to ask
attention to them and smokers enjoy
cannotprotectinfromafire.
smokers'freedomandnonsmokers'rights.
prevent a fire, for example, the university
of students who have experienced
themselves the following questions: Do
smoking there without hesitation. The
Notonlynonsmoker'sunpleasantnessdue
Many universities prohibit smoking
checksfireextinguishersregularly.
studying in foreign countries. It is no
Ireallyneedtostudyabroad?DoIhave
situation in Imun campus is better than
toairqualitybutalsodirtyindoorcausedby
indoorsasarule.InKookminUniversityand
doubt a good experience for those
a firm determination to study hard
Wangsan.Thereareeachoneonthesecond
half-smoked cigarettes and the ashes is a
Kyunghee University, they have smoking
HUFScannotmakeacleanenvironment
studentstohavesuchachance.Toother
abroad? What could studying abroad
floor, a rest area on the forth floor, and the
seriousproblem.Ifstudentsthrowitawayon
rooms and smoking areas. Kunkuk
byherself.Andstudentscannotmakeitby
students,however,whohaveneverbeen
giveme?Therefore,studentshavetogo
sixthfloor.Atthecornerofrestareaonthe
the second or the third floor of buildings,
University,YonseiUniversity,andDongkuk
themselves. Both of them must cooperate
to foreign countries before, this trend
studying abroad with serious
sixfloor,thereisasmokingroom.Ajanitor,
they are not easily checked by janitors.
University designate smoking areas. Their
together to achieve the goal. Not only
bringsafeelingofbeingunfairlytreated.
consideration so that wasting of money
however, said that he find always half-
Therefore, they are not removed. Many
buildings without smoking rooms, smokers
smokers' freedom but also nonsmokers'
They complain that there are some
andtimewillnothappenagain.
smokedcigarettesandtheashesonthefloor
students complained about these. And they
go outside of the buildings to smoke.
rightsareveryimportant.Itistimetomake
Professors who gave a score
even though there are many "no smoking"
say that and a clean environment creates a
Students of these universities have
effortstoprotectthem.
discriminatively to the students on the
signsandthesmokingroom.
cleanimageofHUFS.
antismoking awareness, smokers in these
basis of whether they had lived in
universitiesdonotsmokeindoors.
foreign countries or not. Besides, there
Noantismokingawareness
Needsmokingrooms
KimSeo-won,senioroftheDepartmentof
seems to be a tendency that those who
BySeoEun-jin
Infringing on nonsmoker's rights is the
Weneedstudents'antismokingawareness
Theatre in Dongkuk University, said "We
arefluentinaforeignlanguagetakethe
ByKimKyu-young
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
most serious problem when students are
inpublicareasthatpeopleneedmosttocarry
mustnotsmokeindoors.Iamasmoker,butI
classes in which the very language is
ReporterofCampusSection
smokingindoors.Whentheyareinsmoking
outprohibitofsmoking.HUFSandGeneral
alwaysgotosmokingareas"Thisattitudeis
Tea Talk
Reporter’s Note
Universityshouldhavemoreautonomy
RecollectionofArgusyears
T
ime flies. It is unbelievable how the
reporters who
Incheon University in 1989. He is now
Now we have heated buildings but the
theydothethingsmentionedabove.
days tick off the calendar. Eight
have
gone
teachingEnglishatourschoolasaprofessor
lengthofthewintervacationisstillthesame.
months have passed by since the day I
throughhustleand
oftheEnglishdivision.
I believe the government should be careful
R: One of the major goals under
steppedintotheofficedoorofTheArgus.
shift together, the
andsureinchangingeducationalpolicies.
Mr.Yoon’s projects is reducing the
Now, I have “The Reporter of Cultural
common notion
Reporter: The educational system in
schools capacity and closing down the
Section”undermynameonmynamecard.
that “making true
Korea is near a collapse. Especially,
R: How should HUFS apply the new
departments that are not competitive
In retrospect, uncountable things have
friends
in
university students have suffered from
educationpoliciesinourownfield?
enough. What do you think about these
taken place over the last half of the year.
university
is
irrational policies. To solve these
B: Universities in general should have
plans?
Somemademesmilewhilesomemademe
impossible”
problems, do you have any ideas for
more autonomy. I mean they should have
B: Individual universities should do that
cry. However, they were all precious
becomes false.
bettergovernmentpolicies?
independence from the government and at
ontheirown.Imeanautonomy!Thereisno
memoriesthatIwillneverforget.
They are priceless treasure that I was able
Prof.Blair:Hereismyopinion,citizens,
the same time they should have more
need for the Ministry of Education to
“What?Youareareporterofthecampus
togain.Iamwillingtokeepintouchwith
ByYooHa-na/TheArgus
especiallystudentshavebeenveryconfused
financialsupport.Thegovernmenthastolet
interfere in the domain of university
press? Whatever!” This was the usual
themevenaftergraduation.
and stressed with the constant and sudden
theuniversitiesdecideontheirownpolicies
governance.
response of those who know me. Nobody
Ifeelabouttenfeettall.Ialmostbursted
P
resident Rho Moo-hyun last month
changesofeducationpoliciesinKorea.
andcurricula.IhopethatHUFScaninstitute
There is one more thing that I want to
wouldhavethoughtthatIwouldcomethis
into tears when the first newspaper was
appointed Yoon Deok-hong, president
Generallyintheworldeducationpolicyis
effective policies and improve its facilities,
point out. In Korean universities, students
far.Franklyspeaking,I,myself,althoughI
printed. If felt like as if all the effort and
of Daegu University, as deputy prime
very conservative. Let me give you an
increasethenumberofprofessorsandbuild
have a guarantee to graduate which means
am an ambitious real go-getter, did not
timepouredhadpaidoff.Iamsoproudof
minister in charge of the Ministry of
example:IntheU.S.A.allschoolshavelong
dormitoriesforthestudents.
it’spossibletograduatefromcollegeevenif
expect that I would become a member of
thefactthatIamcontributingtoproviding
Education and Human Resources. It should
summervacations.Alongtimeago,children
they didn’t study hard. So schools should
any group, especially strict one like The
usefulinformationtoHUFSans.Inspiteof
be welcomed that Mr.Yoon has started to
had to help their parents on the farm in the
R: Facing the new era of international
make a policy for students to maintain a
Argus, where great devotion is demanded.
the immense time and effort sacrificed, I
handle education issues with his strong
summer so they needed a longer period of
competition on the education market
certainGPAstandardandmeetcompetency
Because I am rather an individualistic
strongly believe they are worthwhile and
belief.Theremightbemanydifferentfactors
time for vacation. However, now most
Korean domestic institutions cannot but
standards to graduate. Students should be
person who dislikes being forced to finish
thechoiceIhavemadeisneverregretable.
that affect our educational system, so the
peopleliveincitiesandstudentsdon’tneed
develop their own educational programs.
accountable,andtheywillbehappierifthey
pilesofworkwithinaduetimeandhaving
This is the one last word for those who
public does seem to pay much attention to
to help with farm works. However in
Whatwouldbesomeofthewaystomake
study more. I think this is one way to
myprivatescheduledisrupted.
arereadingthisarticle.Donotslipthrough
thenewpolicies.
modern days, Americans still have a long
local schools distinguished from foreign
improveuniversities.
It became a habit of mine to have my
your fingers the chance to become an
The Argus interviewed Prof. Blair on the
summervacation.
schools?
hand full and to burn the midnight oil
Argusian.
subject of the government’s new education
This seems very inefficient but society is
B: My opinion is the coming of foreign
practically everyday. Preparing for next
policies.ProfessorFredBlairhasbeenliving
slow and too conservative to change its
universities is not a threat if Korean
month’s edition much earlier or getting
inKoreaforalmost16years.Hefirstcame
educationpolicy.ItsthesameinKoreawith
Universities would improve and stay
ready for the future in advance has been
toKoreain1966asamemberofthePeace
long winter vacations that originally were
competitive. They have to employ more
woven into the fabric of my daily life. It
BySeoEun-jin
ByLeeJi-yong
Corps. After he returned to his country, he
instituted because buildings weren’t heated
professors, increase the school facilities and
was not easy for me to fit in the small
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
ReporterofCultureSection
came to Korea again to teach English at
inthewinter.
soon.Ithinkitisnoproblemcompetingif
society, but once I blended in, fellow
Talkstoincreasecollegestatusheld
I
n the April issue, The Argus held a
In 1982, the reform of education policy
the problems caused by the increase of
bonds with the General Student Defense
round-table talk with the college
enforced by the government had a serious
students. Sang raised the question of
Corps (SDC) and maintaining a state of
representatives to discuss the matter of
effect on the university education
overcrowded and noisy library saying that
equilibrium.SDCECbelievedthatbydoing
increasingthestatusofeachcollegeandthe
nationwide. First of all, the number of
the scarcity of seats and the lack of books
so,thestatusofeachcollegewouldberaised
actions necessary to ensure that all students
students rose tremendously during this
were the major problems that needed
andthequalityofeducationwouldincrease.
exercise their rights to quality education.
period of time and HUFS, not unlike other
attention. Lim complained that while other
Therepresentativesagreedthatuniversityis
They were the members of the Student
universities, faced the problem of
universities endeavored to expand the
a place of self-actualization and that the
Defense Corps of Each College (SDCEC)
overcrowded classrooms and study rooms.
amountofscholarshipfortheirstudentsand
studentsmustunderstandit.
and included the following representatives:
The sudden rise in the number of freshmen
providepart-timejobinformation,HUFSdid
Shin Il-seung (College of Occidental
put a great strain on the administration,
little to satisfy the needs of its students.
Languages), Park Se-keo (College of
which was faced with the daunting task of
Others added that making HUFS, a private
Oriental Languages), Park Young-sik
providing equal quality education to all
property, into a public institution was
BaekMi-sun/TheArgus
(CollegeofLawandPolitics),LimSung-sik
studentsregardlessoftheirnumber.
idealistic,althoughnearlyimpossible.
ByParkJi-yeon
The22ndOedaeWorldCupisbeingheldinImunCampusfor12days,starting
(CollegeofTradeandEconomics),andSang
The representatives each expressed their
The most important thing the SDCEC
fromMarch24.
AssociateEditorofCampusSection
Seung-won(CollegeofEducation).
opinionsontheissueaswellasremediesto
needed to focus on was strengthening its

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