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Editorial
Worries about the Campus Media
Suppressed at Some Universities
A
bout50studentsgatheredatSeoul’sChung-AngUniversityonFebruary2tocallonschoolofficials
to guarantee freedom of expression for student organizations. The gathering followed an earlier
recall of the school’s magazine “Chungangmunhwa” (Chungang Culture) over a controversial
article,themagazine’seditor-in-chiefsaid. Withthenewsemestersettobegin,andasthousandsofyoung
collegefreshmenlookwithanticipationtothecomingyear,itisregrettablethatwhatshouldbeaseasonof
optimismshouldstartonsuchabitternote.
AnarticleintheDecemberissueofthemagazinereportedonthetakeoveroftheschoolbyaSouthKorean
conglomerate Doosan Corp. Featured alongside the piece was a satirical cartoon depicting the university
president.Somethreehoursafterthemagazinehitcampusstandsschoolofficialshadcollectedallexisting
copies. Not long after the magazine found that its budget had been cut and its editorial department placed
under the strict supervision of school officials. Despite calls by six other campus publications for the
universitytoeasethenewlyimposedrestrictions,theschoolhasheldfasttoitsposition.
Clearly, through its actions, the university has violated the magazine’s right to freedom of speech and
has eroded its editorial integrity. Sadly, the incident isn’t an isolated case. A school newspaper at Myongji
University ran its December issue with one page blank after student reporters had attempted to publish
an article on the school’s collective firing of teachers’ assistants. While student organizations called for a
general meeting with the university to discuss the issue, the reporters remained strangely silent, apparently
duetopressurefromschoolofficials.
Activecensoringandrepressionoffreespeechbyuniversityadministratorsgobeyondcampuspublications.
On the campus of Ehwa Womens’ University, the country’s oldest all-girls school, pictures of the school’s
presidentarestrictlyforbidden,auniversitysourcesaidonconditionofanonymity.Duringarecentstudent
bodyelection,aposterofthepresidentthathadbeenputupinsupportofacandidateforstudentpresident
wasimmediatelytakendownbytheschool,despitethefactthatitmadenoattempttocaricaturetheschool’s
leader,thesourcesaid.AtSejongUniversity,postersthatdenouncedaplantodisbandacampusorganization
calledConsumers’Cooperationwereunilaterallytorndown,studentsattheschoolalleged.
It is indeed regrettable that some universities took actions to deny freedom of speech in student media,
invading the very values that university life is supposed to instill in students and impeding their progress
towardbecomingactivemembersinourdemocraticsociety.
Freedomofexpressionisfreedomofmind,whichitselfisessentialforthedevelopmentofstrongcharacter.
Whetherexpressedinartorreligion,orintherealmofscience,freedomofspeech,ofassociationandofthe
pressarecriticaltosustainingpersonalliberty.Modernsocietyisonethatallowsforafreeexchangeofideas
andopinion,elementsthatareabsolutelyessentialtothepreservationofdemocracy.Wheresuchrightsare
absent,soisdemocracy.
Editor-in-Chief
HwangJeong-hyeon
www.theargus.org

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