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thisstudentsmiledatthisandsaid,“Thankstothebuddy
program, I am getting closer to other students from the
samedepartment.Whentakingthesamemajorclasses,I
sitnexttothemandaskforthemissingnotesoraskthem
about parts where I find it hard to understand.” Other
departments should follow this type of buddy program
andworkonnaturalexchangesoftheirstudents.
ISO holds many university events where Korean and
internationalstudentscanmixwitheachotherthroughout
the year. Students at HUFS should actively participate in
ISO events, including the Buddy Program, Movie Night,
▲MembersofISOgiveanorientationtointernationalstudentsatHUFS.
the Halloween Party, Cooking Day, Kimchi Making, as
a general student council for international students.
wellasotherevents,andspendtimetogether.Intheend,
The student president, He Yun supported, “Because
they will overcome differences and become united. Even
international students are foreigners, they have been so
ifitisnotforauniversityevent,theyshouldstillkeepin
lonelywhiletheyarehereinKorea.Seeingthesestudents
touch. Instead of thinking, ‘I have a foreign friend who
hurt me to think of what they must be feeling. Basically,
goes to the same college as I do,’ they should think, ‘I
they are the ones who made me create their general
havearealgreatfriendatHUFS.’Inthisway,theycould
student council. Information related with international
easilyopenuptheirmindstoadmittheyareallHUFSans
students from the university is not actually spread to
together.
international students.” She continued, “I would spread
informationtothestudentsandstandforthemevenwhen
“In fact, an international student council is not
it comes to facing the university.” Her biggest aim for
necessary.ItactuallyshouldnotexistonlywhenGeneral
her presidential term is increasing the Korean language
Student Council becomes able to manage all students. It
ability of international students and giving them many
is inappropriate to differentiate Korean and international
opportunities to meet Korean friends and professors. As
students. I hope international students think they are
thepresidentisaninternationalstudentherself,shesurely
HUFSans the same as the Korean students are.” This is
would help make a better environment for international
the last message He Yun sent during the interview with
students to study. HUFS also needs a general student
The Argus. Starting tomorrow, no more stereotypes
council that stands for international students and
against international students should exist and many
representsthem.
efforts of international students, Korean students,
The University needs to promote exchanges between
professors, and all other faculty members are needed to
international and Korean students, requiring conscious
helpinternationalstudentsbecometrueHUFsans.Forthe
effort. In today’s campus life, Korean students tend to
realglobalcampusculture,“Katchikapshida!”
view international students with innate prejudice and
suhkyungyoo@hufs.ac.kr
discriminatory eyes. Professor Kim Dong-kyu from
College of Japanese agreed and said, “Korean students
needtoimprovetheirconsciousness.”Infact,noacademic
department at HUFS has its own official buddy program
thatconnectsKoreanstudentswithinternationalstudents.
Department of Vietnamese is enforcing an unofficial
buddy program for international students and Korean
students during school events. A student participant of
this program said, “I used to feel worried when facing
foreigners. But, now I feel free to talk with them and
thereisnothingtoworryabout.Ihavefoundthattheyare
fun to be with.” The international student who was with
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