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OCTOBER1,2000
OPINION
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VisitingJoSoon-hyungoftheNewMillenniumDemocraticParty
“Don’tDoasRomansDo
ESTABLISHED1954
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
WheninRome”
?President,Publisher
ChoKyu-chul
?ProfessorEditor
LeeSun-woo
?EnglishAdvisors
TimothyWatson,LindaFitzgibbon
K
nowing the ideograph frame written
hisfamily.Hisfather,adoctorJoByung-ok,
“Originator of the Split
?HeadEditor
KimJin-young
Bamboo”
byPresidentKim,JoSoo-hyungsaid,
wasthepresidentoftheDemocraticPartyin
?EditorialConsultant
KimYun-jung
“The article is my view of life that a
the 1960 presidential election. He was the
This is his other nickname. As
?Editors
JeonKyu-man,KooSung-chan
gentleman can keep company, but should
only person who could stop the long-term
we know, there were many
?AssociateEditors
HongJoo-hee,SongHye-min
never allow himself to be assimilated. That
dictatorship by Lee Seung-man, however,
politiciansnamed“splitbamboo,”
?Reporters
is,tokeepgoodcompanyinlifeisimportant,
the dream of the memorable hero was
however, they were only
KamEun-jin,KimNa-hyun
but to be assimilated by other people isn’t
shatteredwhenhediedofcancerintherun
opportunists who catered to
LeeMin-a
necessary.”
uptotheelection.
popular tastes. Not so with Jo
ThememberoftheNationalAssembly,Jo
Succeeding his father, his two brothers
Sun-hyeong.Hisrulesandbeliefs
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
Soon-hyung, has demonstrated his
joined the opposition party. His uncle, Jo
are already famous among other
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
philosophythroughhisachievements.Since
Yoon-hyung,alsotookthesamelonelyroad
politicians, who view them as an
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
the1981dictatorshipperiod,hestartedtosee
by becoming the Speaker in the National
extremeformofstubbornness.
Tel:(0335)330-4113 Fax:(0335)330-4581
themembers’livesasbeingindependentof
Assembly.Heassertedthattoomanyfamily
Above all, he holds fast to his
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any party. He has been active in politics in
members in politics is bad, but the political
own views whether the platform
times of crisis like “the affair in front of
situationcalledfornewblood.Andthenew
of the party is favorable to the
Editorial
KoreaUniversityin1985”,butdoesn’twant
blood put up more of a fight against the
government or not. The recent
tobeassimilatedasjustanothermember.
government than they expected. “The affair
stubbornness he has displayed is
He has held consistently to the same
in front of Korea University” in 1985 is a
sending out rays of light again.
policies for local constituencies without
typicalexampleofhisintegrityandcourage.
This concerns the introduction of
WatchYourStep
regard for politicians with partisan support.
This situation was as he stated above. The
a system of appointing special
He,also,becameastarofinspectionofthe
studentmovementwasagreatwindin1985.
prosecutors.Theintroductionwas
administration by his keen indication.
Thegovernmentwasdeeplyintimidatedthe
formerly a party platform before
Elected to the parties’ highest committee in
movement. At the time, some opposition
theDemocraticPartybecamethe
BeforeYouLeap
August,hetooktheinitiativeinpushingon
party members with Jo went to Korea
rulingparty.
fortherevolutionofelection,whichdoesn’t
University in an effort to participate in the
After several absurd affairs, of
JeonKyu-man/TheArgus
use the money and the block. His recent
studentrallyattheinvitationofstudents.
Democratic Party the forcible
criticisms of the ruling party aroused the
The security government, however,
styleoftheleadersrepelledtheotherparties
from partisan politics, forming political
R
elationsbetweenthetwoKoreassincethehistoricJunesummithavesomethingin
sympathyofalargenumberofpeople.
blockaded their access over worries of a
andmanypeople.ButtheDemocraticParty
cliques and accepting bribes. In this
common with the Shanghai joint declaration between Richard Nixon and Mao
HisserviceontheNationalAssemblyfor
union between students and the opposition
membersfellsilentatthePresident’swords
situation, his prominent activities have
Tse-tungin1972,whichturnedouttobearealmilestoneintheinternationalpolitical
20 years began under the dictatorial regime
party and proceeded to prosecute them for
withtheexceptionofJo’sspeaking.Hesaid,
created a great sensation to the convenient
scene. Nixon’s bold decision to make a political overture to China, which had no
of Chun Doo-hwan. In the 1981 general
violation of the Law concerning Assembly
“Idon’tobstinatelymaintainmybelief,butI
politicians, causing a chain reaction among
diplomatic relations with the West, made the meeting possible. This is the same bold
election, his uncle Jo Yoon-hyung, was
andDemonstration.Thetrialovertheaffair,
think that the introduction of such a system
young NA members. Of course that is not
strokethatKimDae-jungmadeinreachingouttoNorthKorea.NorthKoreanleader
banned from running against other
which took place over a period of three
is needed for the sake of national
all. He was also selected by many
KimJong-ilhassomesimilaritieswithMaoTse-tung’sintermsofopennesstodialogue
democratic politicians by law under Chun’s
years,washardonhim.However,theaffair
development.Toaltermyviewsinorderto
newspapersandcivicgroupsasthebestNA
anddiscussion.
iron rule. The government responded by
triggered more struggle against the
comeintolinewiththepartyplatformisan
member. Nevertheless, what grants his
The June summit was the beginning of a process that can change the deep-rooted
creating the pretended opposition party.
government. After the democratization
actoftreasonagainstthenationandmyself.”
reforms meaning, more than any
distrustplaguinginter-Koreanrelationsintooneofmutualreconciliationandeventual
Wishing to halt the conspiracy, the
struggle in 1987, his activities were full of
He, also, criticized the “money election”
achievement of his, is his durability. The
reunification. Recently, like the previous arrangement under the Shanghai joint
democratic front needed a more competent
energy in many sectors including the
with the motto: “No money-organization
durability based on rules and beliefs offers
declaration,theexpectationsofbothKoreashavebeenrealizedintheformofpolitical
person,soitturnedtoJoSoon-hyung.
parliamentaryinvestigation.
election”.Hewasnotelected,admittingthat
hopeforpoliticreform.
andeconomicalcooperation.ItistruethepoliticalandsocialatmospheretowardNorth
After much agony, Jo yielded to the
His acute perception in the 5.18
itissomeaningful.
Koreahaschanged,andthosechangeshaveresultedinmanyhistoricevents,suchas
persuasionofhisuncleandagreedtodothe
investigationiswellknowntomanypeople.
“Statesmanastextbook”
reunions of divided families, ministerial talks, cross-border railroad links, and a joint
work. He was indifferent to politics at first.
Also, he introduced several reform bills to
parade of participants from the two Koreas in the opening ceremony of the Olympic
Because his family has always been deeply
overturntheunjustlawsofgovernment,and
Hisstandagainstthepartyplatformisvery
ByJeonKyu-man
Games.Theworldwatchedas180athletesrepresentingthetwoKoreasmarchedsideby
connected with politics he did not feel the
nowispromotingmanyreformprojectsasa
awkward in the current politic situation.
EditorofNewsSection
side under a single flag, depicting an undivided peninsula in blue on a white
same commitment to politics as the rest of
memberoftherulingparty.
Koreanpoliticiansstillhaven’tbrokenaway
background.Thejointparade,thefirstsincetheterritorialdivisionofthepeninsulahalf
acenturyago,signifiedahistoricmomentfortheKoreanpeople,whoarestrugglingto
Teacher, oh My Teacher
overcomethelegacyoftheColdWar.
In addition, the agreement to build a cross-border railroad link, as well as the
ProfessorontheMoveforHUFSans’BetterEnglish
constructionofanadjacenthighway,hascreatedasocialatmosphereofreunification.
Therailroadisabouttoplayanimportantpartinopeninganewchapterinournational
history.ThisshouldremindKoreansoftheoldsayingthatajourneyofathousandmiles
startswithasinglestep.
very early, so he did his best to
these experiences in English have
publishes. He also has an interesting and
Considering the previous historical landmark made by Richard Nixon, however, he
studythegloballanguage,English.
contributedtotheideaofanEnglishcontest.
impressive anecdote: A student of the
succeededinholdinganhistoricsummit,butfailedtobringanendtotheColdWardue
He used to read the Korea Times
In addition to the English contest, this
Spanish Department who takes his class
to domestic confusion. It is time to turn our attention to domestic politics and the
and felt angry because of the
professorhasanotherschemeforincreasing
cametohimandaskedhimifhecouldwork
economybeforeitistoolate.Urgentproblems,whichhavecausedtremendoussuffering
foreigners’ misunderstanding of
the students’ English ability, while at the
at the office of computation & calculation.
for the people, have caused the people to lose confidence in the government to a
Korea, so he wanted to correct
sametimepayinglotsofattentiontoHUFS’
There,thestudentlearnedthecomputerfor
dangerousextent.Therearemanypeoplewhohavesufferedasaresultofchangesinthe
them by sending contradictory
development. He insists that there must be
years. At present, he gives lectures on the
medicalsystem,andthesoaringpriceofoilandeconomiccrisishasleftmiddleandlow
articles against the column to the
oneclassinthedepartmentwithlecturesin
web-master at several conglomerates and
income people in a hopeless situation. The government should find a way to end
company.
English to make HUFS more international
companies.
people’spainasquicklyaspossible.
Oneday,theKoreaTimesasked
and to improve its image. He, himself,
ThereasononnotwearinganecktieThe
Skepticspointtothepossibilityofthecountryslippingbackintoaneconomicmorass.
himtowritearegularcolumn.His
delivers a lecture at the graduate school of
reporter met him at the professors’ lounge,
LeeYoung-hwan
The looming fear of a second economic crisis is perceived as an injustice by the
articles have been carried once a
global business. Another way is to make
where he was neatly dressed in a suit and
DeanofBusiness&CommerceCollege
majority of people, particularly at the grassroots level. The financial crisis inflicted
week for about a year and a half
almost all HUFSan get acquainted with
sports shoes without a tie. After being
enormouspainonmiddle-andlow-incomegroups,whonowfacethefearofanother
after he agreed to do that. As a
nativeEnglishspeakersinordertoexchange
receivedthequestionofwhyheworesport
A
crisisbeforetheyhaveevenbeguntoreapthebenefitsoftheeconomicrecovery.
n English contest was held from late
result of these constant efforts, he was
letters regularly. To make use of HUFS’
shoes with a suit was raised. He answered
TheUShadspentsevenyearssettingupdiplomatictieswithChinaaftertheShanghai
September on. Any student from the
picked up as a student to receive a
special resources, school authorities should
that it was comfortable for his daily
jointstatementbecauseofinternaldisorder.Promotingforeignpolicyinitiativesrequires
Business & Commerce College can
Fulbright-Hays grant from the US
offer part-time jobs to students who speak
activities, which included jogging every
domesticstabilityandthesupportofpublicopinion,butthegovernmentofSouthKorea
participate in it. The winner of the contest
government with an offer to pay all his
Englishasanofficiallanguagetocorrectthe
day. Even though it was a short time with
has lost the confidence of the people. Thus the present situation also threatens future
receives a scholarship. The Dean of the
expenses during his stay in the US. Two
student’s mail. He also claims to have
him,hegavetheimpressionofbeingwarm-
relations between the two Koreas. If the loss of political stability results in social
Business & Commerce College, Lee
important facts that made him so lucky
exchanged e-mails with pen pal friends for
hearted and kind unlike other professors.
disorder,thebenefitsoftheinter-Koreanjointdeclarationwillbelost.
Young-hwan, introduced the scheme after
emerged from his story. As a college
severalyears.
ThereportersympathizedwiththatSpanish
The government should not lose any time in repairing the damages incurred by his
beingappointeddeanofthecollege.Aftera
student, he made steady efforts to study,
In general, there is a tendency for
studentwhoaskedtheprofessorforapart-
administration. Without completing the reforms in every sector of society, the
discussion with the vice-president, he
especiallyEnglish.Hescoredhighestinthe
professorsandstudentstonotbeveryclose.
timejob.
government won’t be able to prevent the country from slipping back into crisis
decided to hold an English contest to
TOEFL test recently. His habit of sending
However,thisrulecannotbeappliedtothis
politicallyandeconomically.Thiswillresultinirreparabledamagetothegovernment
increasetheEnglishabilityofstudents.
articles to the Korea Times also played a
professor.Hedoesnotwearanecktieonthe
andtothewelfareofthepeople,nottomentioninter-Koreanrelations.
Thereisareasonthathedecidedtohold
greatpartinhimbeingchosen.Becausethe
reasonwhyhethinksthattheauthorityofa
BySongHye-min
an English contest. This resulted from his
United States places a high value on
professorshouldnotcomefromthenecktie
AssociateEditorofNewsSection
recognition of the importance of English
diversity of experience as well as study,
he wears, but from the research papers he
LettertoTheArgus
Don’tcarevain
But more importantly, we must have a
200countriesareparticipatinginthegameto
“What’syourpurpose
clear idea of our goals in future. The four
show their abilities and to get the honor by
universities’rank
ofcomingtocollege?”
yearsincollegeiswhenwegetachanceto
winningthemedal.
learntodesignmostofdetailsinourlife.
KoreaisnotanexceptioninthisOlympic
A few days ago, one of the prestigious
There once was a survey comparing the
Here I challenge all of you who are
mood. Almost all Koreans are busy
press in Korea released a report in which
averageamountofstudyingtimesofcollege
reading this article, to think hard and give
watching the games of Korea on television
there are lists calculating universities’ rank
students in five countries including Korea.
yourselves an answer to the question “what
cheeringtheathletesofSouthKoreaandalso
by examining such thing as educational
The result was depressing. It showed that
isyourpurposeofcomingtocollege?”.We
NorthKorea.
facilities,researchactivities.
58% of Korean students study for less than
must remember that the freedom in college
Ifathletesbecometolosethegameatthe
Unfortunately, HUFS didn’t even rank in
two hours a week, and 32% of them don’t
life which we worked so hard to achieve,
decision of the contest although they did
toptwenty.Atfirstglance,Ithoughtitwas
study even for an hour, while in America,
must be used to enrich our future and the
their best in the game, people watching the
It’s oil
absolutely ‘Non Sense’, but ridiculously I
Germany,EnglandandJapan,66to71%of
societywebelong.
TV always put blame on them rather than
could not help but admit that it was a
studentsstudyformorethanfivehoursweek
showappreciationforaplayer’sefforts.The
possible result. In fact, our campus is too
foralecture.
winning of an athlete from other country
small,however,thatisnotall.
I wonder now why we fought so hard to
KwonMyung-ji(E-00)
deserves to be celebrated and efforts of our
HUFSans! Let’s shrug such a worldly
getintouniversity.Wasitjusttoachievethe
athletesarealsoworthyofpraising.
report off. But at the same time, each
freedomwhichwehadlongedforsixyears
Inoursociety,theabovementionedfixed
membersofHUFS,students,professorsand
of middle and high school? It certainly
idea needs to be corrected and to
Sendingcheertoall
schoolauthoritiesrespectivelytriedtomake
shouldn’tbethatway.
comprehend the real meaning of work with
koreanathletes
an all-out effort to make HUFS better. It’s
To spend four years of college life more
sweat of athletes. Concluding the essay, I
Already forgot
notforthosewhorespectearthlythingsbut
meaningfully,firstofall,itisnottoomuch
expectnicegamesoftwoKoreas.
forus.
tosaythatitdependsonhowwellweplan
TheSydneyOlympicstartedatthemiddle
soaring oil price and Daewoo car...?
outourfreetimes.Forwegettohavemuch
of September and a global world is filled
morefreetimes,sixmonthsofvacationsina
with heat and passion which comes from
yearforinstance,thanweeverhad.
Sydney. Thousands of athletes from almost
ParkWon-jae(Af-99)
ParkJung-young(E-98)
JungSu-nam/CartoonistofTheArgus

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