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THEARGUS,SEPTEMBER1,1999
OPINION
InterviewwithKimYung-jae,thereunificationdirectorofKCTU.
WorkersScoredtowardReunification
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
T
he first South-North labor¡¯s
wall of the separation. And we
sung. We, of course, did a floral
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
football gathering for
hope that this would be a starting
tribute as a usual event of the
?CopyReader
ParkJeong-woon
inspiration of reunification was
pointoflong-timedesiredpeaceful
visitors.
?HeadEditor
YoonSe-kyong
held under the sponsorship of
reunification. It was also intended
?Editors
KimYoo-nie,LeeChang-nam
KCTU, Korean Confederation of
to inspire the reunification mind
R : That¡¯s why the public
Trade Unions, and the North
into the hearts of labors and to
prosecutors office investigated
ParkHyo-joo,
Korean General Confederation
encourage them to lead the
the event. What do you think
?AssociateEditors
KimJin-young,KimYun-jung
Labor(KGCL)inPyungyangfrom
nationalreunificationmovement.
aboutthat?
?Reporters
ChoiYu-mi,JeonKyu-man
August12to13.
K : There is really nothing to
KimJeong-eun,KimJi-yoon
About 60,000 North Korean
R:Whatwastheprocedureof
talk about it. The whole program
KooSung-chan,LeeEun-young
spectators who roared in the
preparingthisgame?
andthescheduleweresubmittedto
ParkEun-ji,ParkWon-jae
Pyungyang stadium cheered both
K : Last year, the KCTU staff
and approved by the government.
teamswithawishofreunification.
decided in a meeting to hold the
We really don¡¯t understand such
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
Since Chung Ju-young, who is
game. And in January, this year,
anaction.Ithinkithassomething
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
thehonorarypresidentofHyundai
we officially suggested the match
todowithapoliticalproblemsuch
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
Tel:(0335)330-4113 Fax:(0335)330-4581
Group, sent a herd of cattle to
totheKGCL.Afterwards,weheld
as
calming
down
the
PrintedbyHONGDESIGNTel:464-5167 Fax:464-5168
North Korea, many exchange
a preliminary tournament to select
conservatives. We don¡¯t believe
activities have continued.
teams to participate in the game.
we did any illegal thing or broke
Futhermore, this activity which
Asaresult,HyundaiMotorslabor
the law. Thus, the chairperson of
was the first non-government
union won the tournament. The
the
KCTU
Reunification
Editorial
activity has an important meaning
meeting day was decided on
CommitteeLeeKyu-jae,whowas
to the South-North relationship.
August 3. And our government
taken by the police, must be set
Thismeetingwasnotonlythefirst
approvedtheschedule.
freeinashorttime.
TuitionConflicts
visual exchange activity between
South andNorth,butit wasalsoa
R : What was the major
R : What are the future
nonprofitactivity. Anticipatingthe
obstacle in processing this
activityplans?
A
bout160Wangsanstudentswhohaveplacedtheirtuitionfeeona courtoflaw,
reunification, people except such
activity? Did the East Sea
K: Wehaveaplantoholdthe
hadreceivedanoticefromtheschoolauthoritiesinJuly.Thecontentswere¡®the
activities to bring about better
conflicteffecttheprocedure?
2nd South-North Labor¡¯s Football
worst¡¯forthestudents.Iftheydon¡¯tgiveupthedepositionregardingtuitionpayments,
relationships.
K : Yes, in fact, the match was
Gathering for Aspiration of
theycannotregisterforthe2ndsemesterorhavepermissiontotakealeaveofabsence.
TheArgusmetthereunification
planned to be held on August 10.
Reunification in Seoul next year.
Moreover, all documents, including certificates of attendance will not be issued.
directorofKCTU,KimYung-jae,
But the conflict made it possible
We will also plan to hold several
Students may be expelled from the school as ¡®non-registered¡¯ students if they do not
who was in charge of the
for the meeting to be canceled.
other events for laborers. We do
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
withdrawthedeposition.Presently,WangsanGeneralStudentCouncil(GSC)instituted
administrativework.
Their hesitation was quite
stronglybelievethat thesetypesof
aprovisionaldepositionsuit,andisfightingagainsttheschool. But,over60%ofthe
understandable if we think about
KGCL requested us to send 30
K : The game was fully
participation in non-government
studentshadalreadygivenupthedepositionandtheresthaveintentionstogiveitup.In
Reporter:Whatwasthemain
their damages including a loss of
peopleatthemaximum.Wecame
supported and welcomed by
relationship activity help better
addition, they have been disappointed with GSC because they don¡¯t seem to have a
purposeandthemeaningofthis
thirty soldiers. But I guess they
to an agreement of 37 people: 22
enthusiastic Pyungyang citizens.
communicationwiththeNorth.So
concreteplanagainstthisproblem.
game?
also couldn¡¯t deny the importance
playerswhowontheSouthKorea
Thematchwentonsmoothlywith
we¡¯ll continue, encourage, and
Thetuitionfeestrugglehasbeengoingonwith14universitiessincetheendoflast
Kim : The game was a non-
ofthegamebecauseofthehistoric
championship,14staffmembersof
a good sportsmanship, longing for
participateinsuchactivities.
year. Now, the struggle has reached midway. The beginning of the 1st semester, the
governmentrelationshipactivityof
meaningithas.
KCTU and 1 nurse. That¡¯s why I
a national reconcilement. The
GSC said that the results of this struggle will be known this summer. However, this
South-North laborers for national
couldn¡¯t be one of the visitors.
game successfully ended with
tuitionfeestrugglekeepsfallingintoamaze.Beforesolvingthisproblem,weshould
reconciliation and great solidarity.
R : I¡¯ve heard there was a
(laugh)
KGCL leading the game 5 to 4.
findoutwhythisstruggledoesn¡¯tseemtoend.
Thenationalreunificationisawish
limitation on the number of
Ourteam arrivedinyungyangon
InKoreansocietytoday,over540thousanduniversitystudentsleaveortakealeave
ofourlaborersandofallKoreans.
visitors.
R : How was the atmosphere
August 10. They went to the
ByJeonKyu-man
ofabsencefromschoolbecausetheycannotaffordthetuition.Thisnumbercorresponds
Webelievethatourmeetingcanbe
K : That¡¯s right. We originally
in the North? And What other
National Cemetery of North
Reporterof NewsSection
tooneoutof3studentsnationwide. Moreover,therateoftuitionincreasehasdoubled
a warm wind which can melt the
plannedtosend50people.Butthe
activitiesdidtheteamdo?
Korea, and the statue of Kim Il-
ortripledsincethebeginningof1990s.Infact,thefeeincreasedby69.4%onlyin1995.
Furthermore,presidentsofprivateuniversitiesnationwidehadagreedontheintegration
LettertotheArgus
Reader¡¯sVoice
of¡®compulsorysupportingfee¡¯and¡®lessonfee¡¯inaseminaronJuly11.Therefore,the
tuitionfeestruggleisfacinganotherobstaclewiththiscase.Thestudentsarenotjust
fighting against expensive tuition payments but also trying to protest against the
NaturalVoiceof
About
compulsorysupportingfee.
HowtoImproveYourself
Initially, compulsory supporting fee was a kind of a donation to the school for its
development. The fees were collected as a membership fee paid by the parents of
TheArgus
CellularPhone
studentswhojoinedparents¡¯associationforschooldevelopment.Butnow,theprivate
universitiesaredemandingcompulsorysupportingfeesregardlessofparents¡¯opinions.
Infact,theschoolauthoritiesdidn¡¯tgiveanynoticeabouttheassociationorthefeeto
A
T
D
theparentsbeforehand.Moreover,theparentsaregivennorightsto participateinthe
s if the summer did not seem to
oday a lot of Korean using cellular
uringthissummervacation,Iattended
The most big advantage of all is that it
administrationoftheschoolatall. Also,thefeeratioofnationwideprivateuniversities
withdraw, the heat made the people
phone.Thosewhopossesscellphones
theEnglishclasswhichwassponsored
makesgoodtermswithforeignersespecially
isprettyhigh.Itsabout30~40%amonggeneraltuitionfee.InthecaseofKoreaUniv.,
toss about during the nights this year. Yet,
numberin12million.
by Konkuk University. The English class
in conversation class. In conversation class,
theratiois28.1%,HanyangUniv.is30.0%andHUFS¡¯sisfixedattheratioof34.2%.
coolbreezeinthemorningalreadytellusthe
The Ministry of Information and
was specially made for the students who
we talk much. We talk about movies,
Therefore, the students are demanding the supporting fee to be voluntary while they
fall comes. At this time, we make up our
Communication says, ¡°In Korea an
want to make a improvement in English. I
musics, computer games and so on in
carryoutthistuitionfeestruggle.Ofcourse,iftheprivateuniversitiesmakethempay
mind newly for better, looking back last
economicindividualhasacellularphone.¡±In
had many other plans for the summer
English.Wealsotalkaboutserioussubjects;
the fee voluntarily, they will suffer financial difficulties because the management of
semester.ThisissametoTheArgus,Ithink.
other words, this comment means, ¡°Korean
vacation,butIdecidedtoattendtheEnglish
economycrisisofKorea,dreamsofpeople.
schooldependsonthefee. However,theuniversitiesarenotevenattemptingtofind
So,asareaderwhoisveryinterestedinthe
who keeps economic relations-at large-
class, above all, to overcome my defect in
On the writing skill class, we read and
othermeasurestoovercomethissituation.
development of The Argus, I would like to
activelyandcontinuallyhashisownphone.¡±
English.
analyze the article from our text. The first
Inha University is a good example. This university had created a handbook of
givesomesuggestions.
In fact, the number of Korean cell phone
126 hours for 7 weeks were planned to
time, when I attended to the conversation
statistics this summer. This handbook shows the financial statements, tuition fee
From the tabloids for local society to the
user ranks the fifth all over the world.(1st
spendinthere.Thereare4classes;3ofthem
class,Iwasnervous.
situation,generalsituationofeducationalfacilitiesandcampusorganizationsfrom1996
international magazines, there are
U.S/ 2nd Japan/ 3rd China/ 4th Italy).
wereforthejuniorand1wasforthesenior.
Because I had not enough time to spend
to1999. Inaddition,itexposestheneedfordonationsforscholarshipsanddevelopment
uncountable reading materials. Comparing
Cosidering the populations of other
The class consists of 3 major lessons;
withforeigners.However,onetooneteach-
fund. This system was also introduced in Aju Univ. and Sungkunkwan Univ. As all
withtheseotherspecializedjournalism,itis
countries, this number in Korea (over 12
conversation lesson with native speakers,
method helped me to increase my pride to
financeresultoftheschoolopened,financialadministrationoftheschoolwillbemore
natural The Argus has many shortcomings.
million) is amazingly high. Also the higher
writing skill lesson, and TOEIC, TOEFL
speak in English. And as the time goes, I
clear.Thatcanbeoneofthegoodsolutiontothisuncleartuitionfeeproblem.
Still, The Argus has published every month
this number grows, the more frequently the
lessonswithKoreanlecturers.(But,Ihadto
accustomedtoit.Itbecamethenaturalthing
Another suggestion could be found in foreign university¡¯s case. In the case of
ceaselessly.Maybe,becausewe,thereaders,
occasionsthatthebellringsinimpropercase
choose one; TOEIC, TOEFL) Each lessons
topreparebeforetheclass.
Germany, government supports the educational fee for the students. All German
needourownpaperswhichmeetourdesire.
happen.
werecontinuedfor90minutes.
This summer vacation was meaningfully
universitystudentscanstudyfree.Therefore,therearenocaseswherethestudentsleave
Easytosay,TheArgusisexpectedtostand
Now,weshouldconsiderhowtousecell
Attending to these language summer
madebyEnglishclass.Irecommendyouto
schooltoworkbecausetheyhavenotuition.Thisexamplecanbeanimportantreason
students¡¯ side and show us something
phones. Above all, we should make use of
school gave me a lot of advantages.
participate in the classes. And I feel some
whyKoreangovernmenthastolookdeeplyintothissystem.ItisclearthattheKorean
differentandcreativefromgeneralpress.
cell phones without anyone¡¯s complaint
Participation helps students not to be lazy
kind of pride to do the things well, coming
educationbudgetismuchlowercomparedtoothercountries.Universitiesshouldaskfor
Sometimes, however, I feel disappointed
towardus.Thatis,noneinhisworkshould
and make students life busy and fully.
out.
more funding from the government. Otherwise, universities could devise other means
with the articles which do not differ very
bedisturbedbyuseofyourowncellphone.
During the vacation, it is easy that most
forthetuitionproblem.Itistimetoconceivemoreofarealisticandpositivesolutionfor
much from others. Let me take a case of a
For example, the one bell ringing on class
students spend their time lazily; sleep late,
boththestudentsandtheschoolauthorities. Indeed,hisboringwarofattritionwithno
writing,`TheHistoryofThePoor¡¯,carriedin
cansurelydisruptjoiners¡¯-bothstudentsand
wake up late. Students also get much new
YooJa-young
realityhastocometoanendsoon.
the issue. June. When scanning the
lecturers-attention.
informations from the new school and can
headlines,Ithoughtthesubjectissomewhat
Andweshouldswitchoffthecellphones
makelike-mindedfriends.
Freshmanof CzechDept.
platitudinousatfirst,andthenIpresumedit
voluntarilyiftheuseofthemisnotpermitted
contains new-colored viewpoint. After
in public office, hospital, public
reading,myanticipationbrokedown.Itwas
transportation, etc. Unless we turn cell
good at the point of kind explanation about
phones off on plane, that can result in the
ANNOUNCEMENT
the background knowledge but, the article
tragic accident. The use of cell phones may
wasonlyarrangementofmerefacts.Besides,
disturb a safe flight. About a month ago, a
given solutions were not realistic but too
manwhodidnotfollowaflightattendant¡¯s
generalandtheoric.
command-Donotusecellphones.-isfound
TheArgussincerelyappreciatestoChoiYun-jin(Th-3),theformerHeadEditor,for
Andsomearticles,especiallydealingwith
guilty in U.K. Also, in hospital, some
her enthusiastic and impassioned work for The Argus. And also appreciates to Yoon
theglobalaffairs,lookfamiliar,notexciting.
accidents are happened, dueing to use
Young-nam(MIS-3),theformerEditorialConsultant.
Ofcourse,duetothefinancialsituation,itis
cellular phone because most medical
TheArgusreshuffleditsstaffpositionsforthenewsemester.NewlyappointedHead
impossible to go abroad and report new
instruments
sensitively
react
to
EditorisYoonSe-kyong(M-3).
topic.Atleast,thereadersarenotlefttofeel
electromagneticwaves.
ThreeAssociateEditorshavebeenpromotedtothepositionofEditors.TheyareLee
as they are reading what they once read. If
Thiscasegivestheusersoncellphonesall
Chang-nam (E-2); Editor of National Section, Park Hyo-joo (Pl-2); Editor of
then,thenewspapersdonotplayanyroles.
overtheworldthechancesforthinkingthat
InternationalSectionandKimYoo-nie(Ro-2);EditorofTheoryandCritiqueSection.
At this moment the standardized
how important a thoughtful use of cell
TworeportershavebeenpromotedtoAssociateEditorposition.TheyareKimJin-
informationforcedpeopletobepassive,we
phonesis.
young (E-2); Associate Editor of News Section and Kim Yun-jung (Lg-2); Associate
arefacingthecrisis,¡®inventionofsensational
NowinKoreatheetiquetteforcellphones
EditorofCultureSection.
press¡¯coalesceswiththeviciouspower.
should be rooted in public and be followed
FiveCub-reporterswhowererecruitedthroughanexaminationinMarch,1999have
Therefore, The Argus have to struggle to
voluntarilybythepublic.
becomefull-fledgedmembersofTheArgusafterfivemonthsofhardtraining.
taketheirowncharacteristicplace,whichis
TheyareJeonKyu-man(C-1)andLeeEun-young(Cz-1);ReportersofNewsSection,
able to offer the readers opportunities to
KooSung-chan(L-1),ParkWon-jae(Af-1);ReportersofNationalSection,KimJeong-
criticize in another way and in the plight of
eun(F-1);ReporterofInternationalSection,ParkEun-ji(Hum-1)andChoiYu-mi(F-
HUFSans.
1); Reporter of Theory and Critique Section and Kim Ji-yoon (IR-1); Reporter of
CultureSection.
The whole staffs of The Argus thanks for your readership and encouragement, and
willsparenoeffortsonliveuptoyourexpectation.
ChoYoon-joo
LeeHyun-jin
Freshmanof EnglishDept.
Freshmanof ChineseDept.
HahnJeong-joo/CartoonistofTheArgus
THEARGUS,SEPTEMBER1,1999
OPINION
InterviewwithKimYung-jae,thereunificationdirectorofKCTU.
WorkersScoredtowardReunification
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
T
he first South-North labor¡¯s
wall of the separation. And we
sung. We, of course, did a floral
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
football gathering for
hope that this would be a starting
tribute as a usual event of the
?CopyReader
ParkJeong-woon
inspiration of reunification was
pointoflong-timedesiredpeaceful
visitors.
?HeadEditor
YoonSe-kyong
held under the sponsorship of
reunification. It was also intended
?Editors
KimYoo-nie,LeeChang-nam
KCTU, Korean Confederation of
to inspire the reunification mind
R : That¡¯s why the public
Trade Unions, and the North
into the hearts of labors and to
prosecutors office investigated
ParkHyo-joo,
Korean General Confederation
encourage them to lead the
the event. What do you think
?AssociateEditors
KimJin-young,KimYun-jung
Labor(KGCL)inPyungyangfrom
nationalreunificationmovement.
aboutthat?
?Reporters
ChoiYu-mi,JeonKyu-man
August12to13.
K : There is really nothing to
KimJeong-eun,KimJi-yoon
About 60,000 North Korean
R:Whatwastheprocedureof
talk about it. The whole program
KooSung-chan,LeeEun-young
spectators who roared in the
preparingthisgame?
andthescheduleweresubmittedto
ParkEun-ji,ParkWon-jae
Pyungyang stadium cheered both
K : Last year, the KCTU staff
and approved by the government.
teamswithawishofreunification.
decided in a meeting to hold the
We really don¡¯t understand such
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
Since Chung Ju-young, who is
game. And in January, this year,
anaction.Ithinkithassomething
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
thehonorarypresidentofHyundai
we officially suggested the match
todowithapoliticalproblemsuch
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
Tel:(0335)330-4113 Fax:(0335)330-4581
Group, sent a herd of cattle to
totheKGCL.Afterwards,weheld
as
calming
down
the
PrintedbyHONGDESIGNTel:464-5167 Fax:464-5168
North Korea, many exchange
a preliminary tournament to select
conservatives. We don¡¯t believe
activities have continued.
teams to participate in the game.
we did any illegal thing or broke
Futhermore, this activity which
Asaresult,HyundaiMotorslabor
the law. Thus, the chairperson of
was the first non-government
union won the tournament. The
the
KCTU
Reunification
Editorial
activity has an important meaning
meeting day was decided on
CommitteeLeeKyu-jae,whowas
to the South-North relationship.
August 3. And our government
taken by the police, must be set
Thismeetingwasnotonlythefirst
approvedtheschedule.
freeinashorttime.
TuitionConflicts
visual exchange activity between
South andNorth,butit wasalsoa
R : What was the major
R : What are the future
nonprofitactivity. Anticipatingthe
obstacle in processing this
activityplans?
A
bout160Wangsanstudentswhohaveplacedtheirtuitionfeeona courtoflaw,
reunification, people except such
activity? Did the East Sea
K: Wehaveaplantoholdthe
hadreceivedanoticefromtheschoolauthoritiesinJuly.Thecontentswere¡®the
activities to bring about better
conflicteffecttheprocedure?
2nd South-North Labor¡¯s Football
worst¡¯forthestudents.Iftheydon¡¯tgiveupthedepositionregardingtuitionpayments,
relationships.
K : Yes, in fact, the match was
Gathering for Aspiration of
theycannotregisterforthe2ndsemesterorhavepermissiontotakealeaveofabsence.
TheArgusmetthereunification
planned to be held on August 10.
Reunification in Seoul next year.
Moreover, all documents, including certificates of attendance will not be issued.
directorofKCTU,KimYung-jae,
But the conflict made it possible
We will also plan to hold several
Students may be expelled from the school as ¡®non-registered¡¯ students if they do not
who was in charge of the
for the meeting to be canceled.
other events for laborers. We do
KooSung-chan/TheArgus
withdrawthedeposition.Presently,WangsanGeneralStudentCouncil(GSC)instituted
administrativework.
Their hesitation was quite
stronglybelievethat thesetypesof
aprovisionaldepositionsuit,andisfightingagainsttheschool. But,over60%ofthe
understandable if we think about
KGCL requested us to send 30
K : The game was fully
participation in non-government
studentshadalreadygivenupthedepositionandtheresthaveintentionstogiveitup.In
Reporter:Whatwasthemain
their damages including a loss of
peopleatthemaximum.Wecame
supported and welcomed by
relationship activity help better
addition, they have been disappointed with GSC because they don¡¯t seem to have a
purposeandthemeaningofthis
thirty soldiers. But I guess they
to an agreement of 37 people: 22
enthusiastic Pyungyang citizens.
communicationwiththeNorth.So
concreteplanagainstthisproblem.
game?
also couldn¡¯t deny the importance
playerswhowontheSouthKorea
Thematchwentonsmoothlywith
we¡¯ll continue, encourage, and
Thetuitionfeestrugglehasbeengoingonwith14universitiessincetheendoflast
Kim : The game was a non-
ofthegamebecauseofthehistoric
championship,14staffmembersof
a good sportsmanship, longing for
participateinsuchactivities.
year. Now, the struggle has reached midway. The beginning of the 1st semester, the
governmentrelationshipactivityof
meaningithas.
KCTU and 1 nurse. That¡¯s why I
a national reconcilement. The
GSC said that the results of this struggle will be known this summer. However, this
South-North laborers for national
couldn¡¯t be one of the visitors.
game successfully ended with
tuitionfeestrugglekeepsfallingintoamaze.Beforesolvingthisproblem,weshould
reconciliation and great solidarity.
R : I¡¯ve heard there was a
(laugh)
KGCL leading the game 5 to 4.
findoutwhythisstruggledoesn¡¯tseemtoend.
Thenationalreunificationisawish
limitation on the number of
Ourteam arrivedinyungyangon
InKoreansocietytoday,over540thousanduniversitystudentsleaveortakealeave
ofourlaborersandofallKoreans.
visitors.
R : How was the atmosphere
August 10. They went to the
ByJeonKyu-man
ofabsencefromschoolbecausetheycannotaffordthetuition.Thisnumbercorresponds
Webelievethatourmeetingcanbe
K : That¡¯s right. We originally
in the North? And What other
National Cemetery of North
Reporterof NewsSection
tooneoutof3studentsnationwide. Moreover,therateoftuitionincreasehasdoubled
a warm wind which can melt the
plannedtosend50people.Butthe
activitiesdidtheteamdo?
Korea, and the statue of Kim Il-
ortripledsincethebeginningof1990s.Infact,thefeeincreasedby69.4%onlyin1995.
Furthermore,presidentsofprivateuniversitiesnationwidehadagreedontheintegration
LettertotheArgus
Reader¡¯sVoice
of¡®compulsorysupportingfee¡¯and¡®lessonfee¡¯inaseminaronJuly11.Therefore,the
tuitionfeestruggleisfacinganotherobstaclewiththiscase.Thestudentsarenotjust
fighting against expensive tuition payments but also trying to protest against the
NaturalVoiceof
About
compulsorysupportingfee.
HowtoImproveYourself
Initially, compulsory supporting fee was a kind of a donation to the school for its
development. The fees were collected as a membership fee paid by the parents of
TheArgus
CellularPhone
studentswhojoinedparents¡¯associationforschooldevelopment.Butnow,theprivate
universitiesaredemandingcompulsorysupportingfeesregardlessofparents¡¯opinions.
Infact,theschoolauthoritiesdidn¡¯tgiveanynoticeabouttheassociationorthefeeto
A
T
D
theparentsbeforehand.Moreover,theparentsaregivennorightsto participateinthe
s if the summer did not seem to
oday a lot of Korean using cellular
uringthissummervacation,Iattended
The most big advantage of all is that it
administrationoftheschoolatall. Also,thefeeratioofnationwideprivateuniversities
withdraw, the heat made the people
phone.Thosewhopossesscellphones
theEnglishclasswhichwassponsored
makesgoodtermswithforeignersespecially
isprettyhigh.Itsabout30~40%amonggeneraltuitionfee.InthecaseofKoreaUniv.,
toss about during the nights this year. Yet,
numberin12million.
by Konkuk University. The English class
in conversation class. In conversation class,
theratiois28.1%,HanyangUniv.is30.0%andHUFS¡¯sisfixedattheratioof34.2%.
coolbreezeinthemorningalreadytellusthe
The Ministry of Information and
was specially made for the students who
we talk much. We talk about movies,
Therefore, the students are demanding the supporting fee to be voluntary while they
fall comes. At this time, we make up our
Communication says, ¡°In Korea an
want to make a improvement in English. I
musics, computer games and so on in
carryoutthistuitionfeestruggle.Ofcourse,iftheprivateuniversitiesmakethempay
mind newly for better, looking back last
economicindividualhasacellularphone.¡±In
had many other plans for the summer
English.Wealsotalkaboutserioussubjects;
the fee voluntarily, they will suffer financial difficulties because the management of
semester.ThisissametoTheArgus,Ithink.
other words, this comment means, ¡°Korean
vacation,butIdecidedtoattendtheEnglish
economycrisisofKorea,dreamsofpeople.
schooldependsonthefee. However,theuniversitiesarenotevenattemptingtofind
So,asareaderwhoisveryinterestedinthe
who keeps economic relations-at large-
class, above all, to overcome my defect in
On the writing skill class, we read and
othermeasurestoovercomethissituation.
development of The Argus, I would like to
activelyandcontinuallyhashisownphone.¡±
English.
analyze the article from our text. The first
Inha University is a good example. This university had created a handbook of
givesomesuggestions.
In fact, the number of Korean cell phone
126 hours for 7 weeks were planned to
time, when I attended to the conversation
statistics this summer. This handbook shows the financial statements, tuition fee
From the tabloids for local society to the
user ranks the fifth all over the world.(1st
spendinthere.Thereare4classes;3ofthem
class,Iwasnervous.
situation,generalsituationofeducationalfacilitiesandcampusorganizationsfrom1996
international magazines, there are
U.S/ 2nd Japan/ 3rd China/ 4th Italy).
wereforthejuniorand1wasforthesenior.
Because I had not enough time to spend
to1999. Inaddition,itexposestheneedfordonationsforscholarshipsanddevelopment
uncountable reading materials. Comparing
Cosidering the populations of other
The class consists of 3 major lessons;
withforeigners.However,onetooneteach-
fund. This system was also introduced in Aju Univ. and Sungkunkwan Univ. As all
withtheseotherspecializedjournalism,itis
countries, this number in Korea (over 12
conversation lesson with native speakers,
method helped me to increase my pride to
financeresultoftheschoolopened,financialadministrationoftheschoolwillbemore
natural The Argus has many shortcomings.
million) is amazingly high. Also the higher
writing skill lesson, and TOEIC, TOEFL
speak in English. And as the time goes, I
clear.Thatcanbeoneofthegoodsolutiontothisuncleartuitionfeeproblem.
Still, The Argus has published every month
this number grows, the more frequently the
lessonswithKoreanlecturers.(But,Ihadto
accustomedtoit.Itbecamethenaturalthing
Another suggestion could be found in foreign university¡¯s case. In the case of
ceaselessly.Maybe,becausewe,thereaders,
occasionsthatthebellringsinimpropercase
choose one; TOEIC, TOEFL) Each lessons
topreparebeforetheclass.
Germany, government supports the educational fee for the students. All German
needourownpaperswhichmeetourdesire.
happen.
werecontinuedfor90minutes.
This summer vacation was meaningfully
universitystudentscanstudyfree.Therefore,therearenocaseswherethestudentsleave
Easytosay,TheArgusisexpectedtostand
Now,weshouldconsiderhowtousecell
Attending to these language summer
madebyEnglishclass.Irecommendyouto
schooltoworkbecausetheyhavenotuition.Thisexamplecanbeanimportantreason
students¡¯ side and show us something
phones. Above all, we should make use of
school gave me a lot of advantages.
participate in the classes. And I feel some
whyKoreangovernmenthastolookdeeplyintothissystem.ItisclearthattheKorean
differentandcreativefromgeneralpress.
cell phones without anyone¡¯s complaint
Participation helps students not to be lazy
kind of pride to do the things well, coming
educationbudgetismuchlowercomparedtoothercountries.Universitiesshouldaskfor
Sometimes, however, I feel disappointed
towardus.Thatis,noneinhisworkshould
and make students life busy and fully.
out.
more funding from the government. Otherwise, universities could devise other means
with the articles which do not differ very
bedisturbedbyuseofyourowncellphone.
During the vacation, it is easy that most
forthetuitionproblem.Itistimetoconceivemoreofarealisticandpositivesolutionfor
much from others. Let me take a case of a
For example, the one bell ringing on class
students spend their time lazily; sleep late,
boththestudentsandtheschoolauthorities. Indeed,hisboringwarofattritionwithno
writing,`TheHistoryofThePoor¡¯,carriedin
cansurelydisruptjoiners¡¯-bothstudentsand
wake up late. Students also get much new
YooJa-young
realityhastocometoanendsoon.
the issue. June. When scanning the
lecturers-attention.
informations from the new school and can
headlines,Ithoughtthesubjectissomewhat
Andweshouldswitchoffthecellphones
makelike-mindedfriends.
Freshmanof CzechDept.
platitudinousatfirst,andthenIpresumedit
voluntarilyiftheuseofthemisnotpermitted
contains new-colored viewpoint. After
in public office, hospital, public
reading,myanticipationbrokedown.Itwas
transportation, etc. Unless we turn cell
good at the point of kind explanation about
phones off on plane, that can result in the
ANNOUNCEMENT
the background knowledge but, the article
tragic accident. The use of cell phones may
wasonlyarrangementofmerefacts.Besides,
disturb a safe flight. About a month ago, a
given solutions were not realistic but too
manwhodidnotfollowaflightattendant¡¯s
generalandtheoric.
command-Donotusecellphones.-isfound
TheArgussincerelyappreciatestoChoiYun-jin(Th-3),theformerHeadEditor,for
Andsomearticles,especiallydealingwith
guilty in U.K. Also, in hospital, some
her enthusiastic and impassioned work for The Argus. And also appreciates to Yoon
theglobalaffairs,lookfamiliar,notexciting.
accidents are happened, dueing to use
Young-nam(MIS-3),theformerEditorialConsultant.
Ofcourse,duetothefinancialsituation,itis
cellular phone because most medical
TheArgusreshuffleditsstaffpositionsforthenewsemester.NewlyappointedHead
impossible to go abroad and report new
instruments
sensitively
react
to
EditorisYoonSe-kyong(M-3).
topic.Atleast,thereadersarenotlefttofeel
electromagneticwaves.
ThreeAssociateEditorshavebeenpromotedtothepositionofEditors.TheyareLee
as they are reading what they once read. If
Thiscasegivestheusersoncellphonesall
Chang-nam (E-2); Editor of National Section, Park Hyo-joo (Pl-2); Editor of
then,thenewspapersdonotplayanyroles.
overtheworldthechancesforthinkingthat
InternationalSectionandKimYoo-nie(Ro-2);EditorofTheoryandCritiqueSection.
At this moment the standardized
how important a thoughtful use of cell
TworeportershavebeenpromotedtoAssociateEditorposition.TheyareKimJin-
informationforcedpeopletobepassive,we
phonesis.
young (E-2); Associate Editor of News Section and Kim Yun-jung (Lg-2); Associate
arefacingthecrisis,¡®inventionofsensational
NowinKoreatheetiquetteforcellphones
EditorofCultureSection.
press¡¯coalesceswiththeviciouspower.
should be rooted in public and be followed
FiveCub-reporterswhowererecruitedthroughanexaminationinMarch,1999have
Therefore, The Argus have to struggle to
voluntarilybythepublic.
becomefull-fledgedmembersofTheArgusafterfivemonthsofhardtraining.
taketheirowncharacteristicplace,whichis
TheyareJeonKyu-man(C-1)andLeeEun-young(Cz-1);ReportersofNewsSection,
able to offer the readers opportunities to
KooSung-chan(L-1),ParkWon-jae(Af-1);ReportersofNationalSection,KimJeong-
criticize in another way and in the plight of
eun(F-1);ReporterofInternationalSection,ParkEun-ji(Hum-1)andChoiYu-mi(F-
HUFSans.
1); Reporter of Theory and Critique Section and Kim Ji-yoon (IR-1); Reporter of
CultureSection.
The whole staffs of The Argus thanks for your readership and encouragement, and
willsparenoeffortsonliveuptoyourexpectation.
ChoYoon-joo
LeeHyun-jin
Freshmanof EnglishDept.
Freshmanof ChineseDept.
HahnJeong-joo/CartoonistofTheArgus
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