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THEARGUS,APRIL1,2000
CULTURE
Debateontheuniversityculture
HopingforUniqueCulture,
SupportingOurSociety
I.Presentsituation
droveDong-a-ristoreconsiderthematterof
S
ome people say that the period of
popularity. So the university culture have
ideology has changed into that of
some inefficient aspect as a ‘receiver’
culture.Theanti-ideologytrendthataroused
culture. The separation between producer
inoursocietyafterthecollapseofsocialism
and receiver makes the lull in
in east europe had a direct influence on the
communicationintheuniversity.
publicandevenonthestudentsinthesphere
Andlastbutnotleast,thestronginfluence
of activism. As for the culture, there are
ofthemasscultureoncampusisserious.In
briskreflectionsonthesimplifiedopposition
thepreviousyears,theuniversityculturewas
betweentheexistingMinjungcultureandthe
far from the commercial, capitalistic one.
popular culture. Moreover, the society is
That used to pursue the sound Mingjung
nowchangingeverymomentalongwiththe
community.Itwasformedthroughtheseries
LeeHyun(SC-95)
development in media technology. We are
ofhistoricaleventsofKoreaandthemassive
KooSung-chan /TheArgus
goingtolookintothefeaturesofuniversity
numberofstudentshadsupportedit.
culture which have lost their true color in
However, these days, N-generation are
ToShareIntelligent
thisperiodofgreatchanges.
more familiar with closed cultures like
Actually,theterm‘universityculture’was
Noraebang and PC room. They are
coined in the early 90’s. In the 80’s, the
controlled by the mass media and become
PropertieswithOthers
movementsrequireduncompromisingbelief
more individualistic. They don’t have
and self-sacrifice for the political struggle.
enough open mind to embrace and
TheArgus
These days they need broad understanding
participate with the activity of the
Most of the performing Dong-a-ris now have some difficulties owing to the
A
about politics, economics, society, and
performancegroupsoncampus.
sthenewacademicyearcommenced,webegantomakenewplansbasedonour
decreasedinterestofstudents.
culture. Due to the inflow of the popular
Thisindifferenceofthestudentsinevitably
personal concerns, such as reading many books to raise our cultural level,
culture, it is hard to make a distinction
makes them consider the diversified
studyingtogetgoodmarksandlookingforromanticpartnerstocureourloneliness.
between popular culture and university
‘New wave’ was organized in 1979 with
1994,theydealtwiththeproblemrelatedto
approaching ways to the public. With their
Thistendencytobetooabsorbedinourowninterestsisaworryingtrend.
culture. Students’ interests became
the explosive advance of a student
openingricemarket.
efforts, they happened to take some
Whatisunfortunateisthatit’snotindividualismthatistoblame.Still,itishardto
diversified and more individualistic.
movement.LikeotherMinjungsongDong-
However, the vast number of students’
commercialstyledusingfactorsofthemass
see it as a healthy trend. In light of this, there is someone The Argus wishes to
Moreoverthevaluesystemoftheuniversity
a-ri, in the 80’s, they led the public on the
interestshavebeenchanged.Thesedays,due
culture, which definitely wander from their
introduce,whohasplansforHUFSandistryingtomakeadifference.
studentshasbeenchangedalot,forexample
spots of demonstration to agitative purpose.
tothedecreasednumberofthestudentsand
firstintention.
Lee Hyun who is one of those attempting to establish the progressive information
in their appearances-free styled outfits, a
For that reason, naturally, the contents of
their decreased interest, a stagnant
Theyarenowfallingintoadilemmaasan
center and is now writing a white paper about the Learned Society of HUFS. This
thick makeup, various hair coloring, and
their songs were swept by criticisms on
atmosphere prevails; the students prefer
outsider who is estranged from those old
reporter’s first impression of Lee Hyun was exactly as he had expected. He wore
theirthoughtonsex,love,culture,andlife.
political and social issues. And in order to
being an “observer” to being a
dayswhentherewasastrongupholdbaseby
glassesandhadshorthair,whichmadehimlooklikeanormaluniversitystudent.He
BetweenexistingMinjungcultureandthe
convey the message clearly, they
“participator”. As for now, New dawn has
thepublic,orthestudents.
evenseemedsomewhatdemureandtimid.
flood of the popular culture, many students
occasionally chose the form of drama that
performedmostlyonarallyorschoolevents
Afterwetookourseatsandexchangedhellos,thereporterstartedbyaskingwhatthe
begantodefine“Whatistherealvalueofthe
has a plot. They also accompanied mass
and are planning to make their own
IV.Alternativeproceedingways
main objective was of founding the progressive information center. He said that the
universityculture?”Inthispointofview,the
gathering such as mask dance, Pungmul,
performance. “We want to pursue the form
Oncampus,therearesomeeventsthatare
main purpose of the progressive information center was to provide freer access of
term ‘university culture’ should contain
dramaandsonginone.
which all students can enjoy, and we lay
held regularly every year. They are the
information on the social sciences to all HUFS students. If you wish to undertake a
somealternativemeaning.
However, as time passes by, they’ve
emphasis on sharing our thoughts with the
orientation workshop, 4?19 memorial
studyinsocialscience,itwillinstructyouinhowtostudyaparticularsocialstudies
changed a lot. These days, they prefer the
students.” The representative of ‘New
marathon, May day, Daedongjae, rurla
subject. Compared with the Learned Society, the progressive information center is
II.TheperformanceDong-a-rionthe
concertstyleandvariousgenresfromfolkto
dawn’,SongJung-min(BA-98),said.
activity, election and so on. As for now,
more inviting to shy students and has more appeal for those who dislike the
campus
rock.They’recontinuallydealingwithsome
these events are considered to belong to
phenomenonof irregularandsporadicmeetings.
III. Problems of the performing
As a part of the analysis of university
big social issues like national unification.
university culture. Those events become
As to the question of how he embarked on his quest to establish the progressive
students’culture,wearegoingtotakealook
Furthermore,theyarealsotryingtoapproach
cultureinuniversity
meaningful only when they are fully
informationcenter.Hesaid.“SinceIwasahighschoolstudent,Iwasconcernedabout
at the performance culture on campus. We
theresistantagainstsurroundingproblemsin
Most of the performing Dong-a-ris now
supportedbythestudents.Thepowerofthe
it.Itseemedtorelatedirectlytothesocialsituationoftheearly90’s.WhenIwasa
tooksomecirclesasthemainobjectsofour
people’s daily life. ‘New wave’ is now
have some difficulties as less and less
80’s lies in the campus community culture
high school student, I had access to the progressive information center, operated by
study. Through their history, trends on
seeking their true color and trying to vary
studentsjoin.Comparedtothepast,itistrue
ratherthanralliesandmeetingsthemselves.
KoreaUniversity,whichwasclosetomyplace.Ioftenvisitedbecauseofmyintense
contentsandformsalongwiththeages,and
theirperformance,whichmakesustoexpect
that the university is becoming more like a
Consequently, there must be a daily
interestinbooksandasIcontinuedtovisited,Ibegantorealizethetruemeaningofthe
throughtheresponseandparticipationofthe
thenewleapofthecircle.
private academy for getting a job. Affected
communicationintheuniversity.Nojasaeso
word“library”.Alibraryisnotjustaplacewherewereadorreturnbooks.Itisaplace
audience,wewouldliketoseethedirection
‘New dawn’ is the first formal group for
bythetimelysituation,theIMFcrisisledthe
is a good example as an alternative culture
wherewecanexchangeideasonhowtoimprovesociety.Thisisoneotherdifference
theymaypursueon.
rhythmic movement in HUFS. It started its
students only to concern on their own
oncampus.ItbeganthreeyearsagoinSeoul
theprogressiveinformationcenterhasfromotherlibraries.WhenIfirstenteredHUFS,
Among many divisions, there is
activityin1996.Studentmovementsthrough
problems.Theirbiggestgoalbecametogeta
National University. There are certain
therewasnoorganizationlikeit.So,Idecidedtoestablishone.”
performance division which includes
rhythmical dance was a kind of sensational
jobaftergraduation.
agenda every week and various Dong-a-ris
Before the meeting, the reporter heard that he was an learned person and has
Minjung song Dong-a-ri ‘New wave’,
issue in those days. They have adopted
This overall atmosphere of the society
takeaperformanceunderthatagenda.Itcan
concerned for social problem. Especially, a problem concerning the women. So, the
Rhythmic movement group ‘New dawn’,
different forms but there were not much
doesn’tallowanyextraactivitiesbuttaking
inducestudents’interestoncertainissueand
reporteraskedaboutthat.Hesaid“Ithink,inpartofitstruisticvalue,theFeminismis
FederationofPungmulinHUFS,Traditional
changes in the contents which goes along
classesoranythingrelatedtotheirfuturejob.
formthe‘receiver’cultureonthecampus.
similar to Marxism. That is to say, in spite of the Feminism has some defects, the
MasqueStudy.
withthespiritofthetimes.Forexample,in
For that reason, many students don’t have
Today’s university culture succumbs to
theorybringsoutseveralrevolutionsinthewayoflife”
any interest in Dong-a-ri and the students
the commercialism. Nothing is wrong with
Concerningthequestionofhowheoperateswithrespecttoyoungpeople,hesimply
whoparticipateincirclearemostlyfreshman
the inflow of commercialism. The problem
said,“Thatisnottrue,Inaturallyoperateit.Assoonashesaidthis,hisfaceturned
andsophomore.
is whether university culture is on the right
redder.Becauseifhismodestattitudelikethis,thoughheaccomplishedseveralgood
Ontheotherhand,dayafterday,students’
track. What is certain is that university
workstoHUFS,hewasunknowntoHUFSstudents.
level of expectation is becoming rather
shouldbeadrivingforcethatcanchangethe
Before saying good-bye, I asked him if there was anything he wished to say to
ARTICLESWANTED
higher. It is largely because of the strong
society. They should have some
HUFSstudents.Headvisedustopursueourownidentitiesasopposedtoapositionof
influence of mass communication. N-
experimentalfeaturesonlytheamateurscan
statuswithinsociety,becausefindingoneselfhadgreaterrelativevalueinthelongrun.
generation, so called, who had relatively
hold. We hope that the unique culture
TheinterviewleftthisreporterwiththeimpressionthatLeeHyunwasamanwho
littlechancetojointhecommunitycultureis
becometobeastrongpillarthatsupportour
thought very deeply and has the ability to persuade you with his logic. The reporter
TheArgusisnowwaitingforarticlesfromreaderson
onlyusedtohighqualityofmusic,nicestage
society.
wisheshimluckintheestablishmentoftheprogressiveinformationcenter.
manner, and humorous factors rather than
anysubjectson-and-offcampus.
anyseriousthinking.Insteadofparticipating
The Argus gives designated contribution fee to the
intheperformance,theyjustwanttoobserve
andjudgeit.
articles.
ByLeeKyong-min
They came to consider the performance
ByHongJoo-hee
argusnatl@maincc.hufs.ac.kr
Dong-a-ris as one of special category in
argusculture@maincc.hufs.ac.kr
popular culture. This situation naturally
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