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THEARGUS,APRIL1,2000
OPINION
VisitingParkKyo-soo,aprofessorofDongkukUniv.
UtopiaTreeBearsFruit:
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
EnormousNaturalResource
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
?EnglishAdvisors
SuhKyung-hee,TimothyWatson
?HeadEditor
KimYun-jung
“
T
hisisallIhavedreamedoffor64
breaking up the branches and destroy the
?EditorialConsultants
KimJae-young,YoonYoung-nam
years.Itisanewkindoftreecalled
wood.
?PlanningDirector
the Utopia Tree and is described as a new
Althoughhewarnedtheculpritstodesist,
KimJin-young
multi-genomespecies,producingamultitude
they continued their hooliganism until he
?AssociateEditors
JeonKyu-man
of natural resources and a pleasant living
wasforcedtotakelegalaction.Thefinancial
KimJeong-eun,KimJi-yoon
environment.”
damage was great as well the emotional
KooSung-chan,ParkEun-ji,ParkWon-jae
Park Kyo-soo, the director of Korea
shock.
?Reporters
HongJoo-hee,LeeJae-hwan,LeeKyong-min
Institute of Not Tree Science and professor
Therewerealsoagreatmanyobstaclesto
SongHye-min,YeoJee-yeon
of Dongkuk University, announced that he
his research, such as financial problems.
hadsucceededinimprovingtheUtopiaTree,
There was an opportunity to get some
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
which is suited for the Korea climate and
financialsupportfromthegovernmentatone
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
well-adapted to extremely cold weather, on
point for the development of his private
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
Tel:(0335)330-4113 Fax:(0335)330-4581
March10th.
institute, but an objection was raised, that
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Tomakehisdreamcometrue,hedevoted
supportforpublicinstitutes,shouldhavefirst
alleffortstoimprovetheUtopiaTreeovera
priority.Thisopinionwasendorsed,scuttling
periodof36years.Whenhewasyoung,he
any assistance he hoped to gain from the
Editorial
likedtoplayoutsideafterclassandsoonfell
government.
under the spell of nature. What is even
ParkKyo-sooisregardedasthepioneerof
luckieristhenatureboy’slaterinterestinlife
genetic engineering and Breeding. To say
itself, which led to his study of genetic
that this field is now firmly established
science.
would be no exaggeration. All of the new
UnitetoLive
JeonKyu-man/TheArgus
Whenhewasamiddleschoolstudent,he
specieshehasdevelopedarenotedfortheir
faceddeathduringtheKoreaWar.Prof.Park
highnutritionalvalueanddeliciousfruit.The
wasindangerofbecomingdisabled,butwas
research.Thenameoftheinstitutehesetup
GenictechandtheplanningofKoreanGenic
pioneer did not confine himself to research,
able to recover due to a new remedy,
in 1965 is the Korea Institute of Not Tree
ResourcesResearchCenter(KRRC).
but spread the results of his research
T
hemovementagainstrisingtuitionfees,whichbeganevenbeforethebeginningof
fortunately. He later decided to devote his
Science. The institute is located in Suwon
The final result of his efforts is the
throughout the agricultural sector. He said,
thespringsemester,isreallyflaringup.25universitiesacrossthecountrydeclared
energy to helping other people such as Dr.
and is an experimental base for the first
development of the Utopia Tree. The tree’s
“As buildings grow higher and higher, tree
thattheywillbecompelledtostartjointsuspensionofclassesonthe23rdand24th,if
Woo Jang-chun, who was in the process of
UtopiaForest.Atthesametime,hefounded
value is twofold: It grows quickly. Farmers
height should follow in kind, allowing the
the government does not agree to calls for negotiation. Universities such as Yonsei,
developing a seedless watermelon. There
an organization exploring genetic
don’t have to spend much time and money
office worker an opportunity to enjoy his
KyungHee,Soongsil,Ewha,andSungKyunKwanhavealldecidedtoparticipateinthe
was an agriculture high school in his
engineering.
plantingthistree.
surroundings.
joint suspension of classes through voting, while Sungshin Women’s, Sogang, and
hometown. He became more interested in
Afterdevelopingnewfarmingtechniques,
No matter how strong the flood or
The Utopia Tree will over those looking
Hanyang universities violently protested against the policy of raising tuition fees by
natureafterstudyingatthatschool.
hetriedpromotingthenewtechnologyinthe
typhoon, the Utopian Tree will not budge a
forreposecleanairsanddeliciousfruit.Now
undertakinga‘campaigntopreventatuitionrises.
After he graduated from the Forestry
local community. He knew this would be
single inch, since its roots are so deep. The
he is planning to plant Utopian Forests
Thesemovementsarebecomingfiercerbytheday,sinceoveronethousandcollege
Department of Chungbuk University, he
veryprofitable.Ashisincomeincreased,he
tree’ssecondvirtueisthatitcreatesaspring
around the world beginning in Seoul and
studentsparticipatedincampaignsatChongmyoPlazaParklastFebruary.EachGSCis
obtained a doctor’s degree. He made an
led a campaign known as the Saemaeul
becausemostofthewatergathersatitsroots.
next will be North Korea. This is the first
tryingtoobstructthedistributionoftuitionbillsandtryingtoencouragethestruggleby
effort to study in foreign countries,
Campaign.Inthemid-1970s,hepushedfora
Another benefit of the tree is its many
multi-genome tree to be developed in the
unitingregions.Theseexamplesweredemonstratedbypayingtuitionfeesin100won
undertaking some profound research at that
forestresearchprojectseveraltimes.
uses. First of all, they are good for
21st century. Korea now leads the world in
coins at Korea University, and students who were against a tuition hike shaved their
time.
At last, his proposal was put into effect
development of immunization, protecting
thisbotanicaltechnology.
headsatEwhaWoman’sUniversity.Thefervortopostponetuitionpaymentissogreat
DuringhisvisittoAmerica,hevisitedthe
after considerable effort on his part. In the
against aging and dementia. It is especially
thattheGSCsofeachschoolareevenholdingtuitionpostponementmeetings.While
Misissippi River. It was there that he
end, he succeeded in bringing about a fast
effective in maintaining the health and
the universities’ resistance to tuition hikes intensifies, the general mood is blue, as if
conceived of a Utopia Forest, whose merits
and successful completion of this project to
beautyofskin.Thetreealsocontainsnatural
HUFSisnoteventakingpartinthisfight.Asamatterofcourse,themostcriticalmatter
includeditscapacitytoproduceoxygen.He
everyone’s surprise. It led to a complete
remedies for arteriosclerosis and heart
atHUFSrightnowisestablishingaGSCinthefirstplace.Somemightarguethatthe
thought that if a thick Utopia Forest were
reversal in the mountain resource
disease.
struggleagainstatuitionhikecannotworksincethereisnoGSCatpresent.Everyeffort
established, less people would suffer the
developmentpolicyofAugust1978.
Secondly, the tree’s fruit is rich in
has ended in failure thanks to a lack of interest among students and a lack of
effectsoffloodsandtyphoons.
Inanotherinitiative,hepromotedaproject
vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and
commitment from the GSC even when it existed. Many students seem to regard the
He then decided to make a Utopia Forest
known as the property right. The integrated
albumins.Thefruitisdelicious.Peoplewho
issueasnoneoftheirbusiness.
in Korea. To develop a new technique of
department was created at the beginning of
havetrieditfinditabsolutelyirresistible.
BySongHye-min
Thestruggleagainsttheschoolauthorityisnevereasytowin.Ifthestudentsdonot
cultivation, the professor required a private
1987 to protect property rights in a venture
Some wrong people have even stolen the
argusnews@maincc.hufs.ac.kr
listen to what the GSC is saying, no action can be effective. HUFS’s GSC has made
institute that could maximize the effects of
business made in concern with Elite
fruit to make money. They cut the trees,
effortsinvariousways,suchasholdingopenseminarstoprotestagainsttuitionhikes,
occupying the school’s main building, and sending mail to students. As a result, rate
increasesdidfalltosomedegree,thoughnotsatisfactorily.Thereareevenrumorsthat
the presidents of some colleges, who should be leading students to participate in the
struggle,havealreadypaidtheirtuition.Thegulfbetweenstudentsiswidening.
HUFSisgoingthroughtheworstdisasterinitshistory.Theresultsoftheelectionheld
LessExpensiveElections
onMarch21stweredeclarednullandvoid.Eveninthereelection,thecandidatesspoke
ill of each other and the school is going through something of a crisis as the new
president’sintegrityisbeingquestioned.Thefutureisunpredictable,asstudentsdonot
participate actively in this. How can HUFS develop in this kind of crisis? HUFS is
experiencingtoomanysetbackstomakeanyadvancement.
strugglingtograspachanceatvictoryatany
elections. Still, there is little doubt that the
paid, their salaries must be included in the
Students themselves should pay attention to the various bills being proposed and
The Argus Introduces ‘Log in
price.
government and ruling party must take the
permittedamountofexpenditure.Mostlocal
participateinthevote.ThestudentshaveneglectedtheGSCofHUFSforsometime.
HUFS’ every other month. This new
Now, about a week before the official
largershareofresponsibility.
party branches therefore rely on volunteer
This is not a new problem. The most serious and important problem on campus is
column is going to represent articles
campaignperiodbegins,theelectioneeringis
It is widely acknowledged that expensive
workers and concentrate their spending on
student indifference. In fact, it was due to lack of interest that the GSC was totally
aboutanysubjectwhichishelpfulto
increasingly infected with yet another
campaigns are likely to lead to corruption
advertizing.”
ineffectuallastyear.ItwouldbeamajorsetbackforHUFSifstudentscontinuetoshow
HUFSans.
....Ed
poisonousfactor-money.
and collusion between politicians and
In the ongoing campaigns, some
theirindifference.Theunfavorableattitudeshownbystudentstowardhighertuitionfees
The corruption of Korean politics was
businessmen.Inthisregard,Koreacanlearn
candidatesareshowingtheircommitmentto
wouldonlyincrease.
described as “far beyond the understanding
valuablelessonsfromelectioncampaignsin
changing the status quo by recruiting
Thebeginningalwaysmarksanimportantstage.Asthesayinggoes:‘Wellbegunis
by anyone who believes in common sense”
countries that have longer histories of
volunteers such as university students and
halfdone.’The34thGSC,whichisgearinguptoleadstudentsintothenewmillennium,
by a university professor who recently
democraticrule.
housewives. Volunteer workers are crucial
is finally gaining after unspeakable ups and downs. The seven thousand students on
resignedasacandidate.
Britain has a tradition of elections carried
forcleanandfairelectionsbecausetheyare
campusshoulduniteandgatherstrengthtomakeafreshstartforthe21stcentury.Itis
Theprofessorsaidthathehadbeennaive
out with few financial burdens on
usually attracted to healthy party platforms
nooneelse’sjobbutourstoputHankukUniversityofForeignStudiesbackontrack.
in thinking that he could help the nation
candidates, as Amb. Stephen Brown told a
andvisionsforthefuture.
The confusion and destruction of the school would be a setback for society at large.
buildasocialsafetynetforthe21stcentury
recent seminar on the British parliamentary
However,thefundamentalsolutiontoour
Demandingstudentrightsrequiresthatwediscoverwhatthoserightsare.Nomoreby
byenteringpolitics.Hesaidthathadhegone
electionsystemwhichwasorganizedbythe
shamefultraditionof“electionbusinesses”is
standersarerequired.Unitingtheseventhousandstudentsoncampusasoneistheonly
aheadasacandidate,hewouldhavehadto
monthlymagazineDiplomacy.
to revise the laws that allow politicians to
waythatHUFScansurvive.
spendanabsurdlylargeamountofmoneyon
During the last election for the House of
trademoneyforvoteswithlittlefearofbeing
hiscampaign.
Commons in 1997, Amb. Brown said, the
caughtandpunished.Votersneedtochoose
Fewpeoplewhoarefamiliarwithelection
maximumsumwhichcouldbespentbyeach
candidates who are serious about rewriting
campaigns in Korea would be surprised to
candidate was 4,965 pounds, or
theelectionlaws.
hear the new joke, “Spend 2 billion won to
approximately $8,000. In addition, each
LeeKyong-hee
lose but 3 billion won to win.” In order to
candidatewasallowedtospend4.2pence,or
4.13 FAILS!
fight rampant vote buying, the prosecutor’s
7cents,foreachvoterindenselypopulated
office announced last week it would deal
urbanconstituenciesand5.2penceforeach
K
orean politicians are caught in their
sternly with all violations of the election
voterinruralconstituencies.
own trap. Amending the laws
laws, including the distribution of money
“Eachcandidateforelectionmustappoint
Koreans
governingpoliticalpartiesandelectionfunds
directlytothevotersorthroughbrokers.
anagentresponsibleforrunningtheelection
has been a major task on the agenda of the
StatisticsreleasedbytheNationalElection
and controlling expenses in line with the
TheWriterisEditor-in-chief
KoreaHerald
National Assembly since the present
Commissionsupportthewidespreadconcern
laws,” Brown said. “If agents and staff are
need more
government was launched two years ago.
thattheupcomingelectionmaybeascorrupt
Nevertheless,thelawmakerswastedmostof
as any Korean election held in the last five
ANNOUNCEMENT
their time in shameful partisan wrangling
decades. Some 1,085 cases of illegal
practice!
overonescandalousdisclosureafteranother
electioneering had been uncovered as of
andshelvedthereformbillsuntilitwastoo
March 10, the commission stated. This
TheArgusispleasedtoannouncethenew9cub-reporterswhohavebeenselectedafter
late.Now,intherunuptotheparliamentary
figureismorethanthreetimesthenumberof
anexamination.TheyareAnJu-yeon(E-1),KimMin-jung(P-1),KimNa-hyun(E-1),
elections on April 13, the politicians are
cases reported during the corresponding
LeeMin-a(F-1),LeeYu-rim(L-1),YangAe-ree(EE-1)fromImuncampusandHong
sufferingtheconsequences.
periodpriortothelastparliamentaryelection
A-reum(E-1),KimMin-a(E-1),LeeSe-min(C-1)fromWangsancampus.TheArgus
The nomination of candidates for the
in1996.
expresses congratulations to the cub-reporters, hoping that they will become excellent
electionturnedouttobeadisastrousprocess
It is an irony that political campaigns are
for all parties. Decisions were made at the
growingmoreexpensiveatatimewhenthe
reporters.
highest level of the party hierarchies. Such
government talks so much about reform.
back room deals were strongly resented by
Few of President Kim Dae-jung’s election
TheArgusexpects65thcub-reporters.
those candidates who were dropped. Chaos
pledges to introduce “a small government
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reigned as the politicians parted ways with
and clean politics” were actually put into
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oldcomradesandformednewallianceswith
practiceduringthefirsttwoyearsofhisfive-
former enemies, a chronic problem in
yearterm.ItisunderstandablethatKimand
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Koreanpolitics.Newpartieswerehurriedly
his administration have made the economy
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created either by changing the name of an
theirforemostpriority.
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existing party or on the strength of extreme
Opposition parties are also to blame for
regional rivalries between politicians
failing to reduce the role of money in
JungSu-nam/CartoonistofTheArgus

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