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JUNE1,2001
OPINION
http://maincc.hufs.ac.kr/~theargus
Onchangingnamesinuniversity
ESTABLISHED1954
T
TheArgus,theoldestcampusEnglishnewspaperinKorea,pursuesthe
he name “Hankuk University of
judgefromthenumerouscomplaintsposted
“teachers.”
language, at the younger campus of a
Foreign Studies” is a mistranslation of
on the school Internet board, many of the
Therecanbenoquestion,then,ofaltering
university nominally devoted to foreign
higheststandardofcampusjournalismandacademicexcellence.
what in the original Korean would literally
university’s clients seem to find the
the sacred name of Hankuk University of
studies.Theuniversitycanandshouldkeep
?President,Publisher
mean “Hankuk University of Foreign
“software” side of the university equally
ForeignStudies.Norcanoneeverdreamof
its renowned title, even despite its physics
ChoKyu-chul
Language.” Like other universities in the
meager.
changing the ancient titles of its pigeon
and computer science departments. Harvard
?ProfessorEditor
SungKyung-jun
world, and like all historical beings in this
Professors are supposedly not delivering
holes, I mean, its departments. A
kept the name of the small divinity school
?EnglishAdvisors
FredBlair,LindaFitzgibbon
and other parts of the globe, Hankuk
satisfactory goods to their customers,
Department of Finnish or Yiddish, for
from which it evolved, as did Yale and
?HeadEditor
JeonKyu-man
University is riding the current of change,
althoughtheygladlyreceivegiftsfromthem.
instance, should always remain a
Princeton. Universities of Oxford, Paris, or
?EditorialConsultant
LeeSang-jin,SeongKuk-hwan
naturally triggering a dispute between those
The administrative staff, boasting their
DepartmentofFinnishorYiddish.
Bologna simply use the name of the town
?Editors
ChoHongJoo-hee,SongHye-min
who wish to resist and those happy to float
security as permanent fixtures of dingy
Butthat’sthepointwheremysterycomes
theyhavetheirbuildingsin.
?AssociateEditors
KamEun-jin,KimNa-hyun,LeeMin-a
along the tide. The central point of
concrete buildings, are also suspected of
in, for this Department of Finnish or
HankukUniversityofForeignStudiescan
?Reporters
contentioncanbesummedupratherneatly:
beingrathertoowell-paidforwhateverlabor
Yiddish, in the case of Hankuk University,
retainitsoldname,whatevernewacademic
KimJae-hyuk,KimMi-ji,
should one hold on to the title of a
they’reperforming.Ifsuchisthesorrystate
has two bodies, each residing in two
programsitmayaddtoitsmenu.Buttogive
KwonHye-mi
“university of foreign language (or foreign
ofthisinstitution,wecanforgetaboutnames
differentlocations,separatedbyavastriver
solid substance to its official title, or to
studies)”ornot?
andattendtothebodyfirst.
andtwocrowdedcities,anddivided,forthat
salvage its identity and tradition from the
270,Imun-dong,Dongdaemun-gu,Seoul,Korea(PostalCode130-791)
What’sinaname,though?Doesitreally
Yet names count a lot for Koreans in
same reason, by scores of points in the
vicissitudes of time, it should have
Tel:961-4153,4467 Fax:962-7128
matter? With Shakespeare’s Juliet we can
general, and to an exceedingly noisome
national aptitude test. Now that Hankuk
departments of foreign studies as well as
San89,Wangsan-ri,Mohyun-myon,Yongin,Kyonggi-do,Korea(PostalCode449-791)
agreethatanameisreallynothing,thatthe
degree for those Koreans who earn their
University wishes to slightly change the
departments of foreign language. Hankuk
Tel:(031)330-4113 Fax:(031)330-4581
fair shape of the person is what matters.
bread at universities. One shouldn’t call a
name of one of the siamese twins, the
University of Foreign Studies, perhaps, has
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Similarly, a university can be designated
professor “Mr X” but always address the
pundits and mandarins are protesting, for
notbeeninventedyet.
withwhatevercollectionofwordsaslongas
personas“ProfessorX.”Followingsuit,the
they breathe the air of mystification and
Editorial
ithasalovelybody.
administrative workers also insist on being
drinkthenectarofprevarication.
This is all true, no doubt, except that the
called, in literal translation, “Teacher X.”
Whatever may be the outcome, I for one
ByYoonHye-joon
said Hankuk University, architecturally at
Nevermindwhattheyteach.Theyworkata
see nothing amiss with having departments
least, looks rather shabby. Moreover, to
teachingshopandallshopkeepersarecalled
offoreignstudiesaswellasthoseofforeign
AssociateProfessorofEnglishDivision
Let’sdonateabuilding
“Intellectualsarebeautifulonlywhentheythink”
A
t present, the students in universities are making a disturbance over whether a
parents’ contribution to a university can provide entrance for their sons or
daughters.Theproblemofadmissionbydonationisnotaproblemthathasjuststarted
“
I
today,butbecauseofacertainuniversitybringingittothepapers.
amnotsatisfiedwiththelecturesIam
He described himself as a “hearty man-
LeeMin-a/TheArgus
Before, the majority objected on how can people buy entrance to a university;
giving,” Professor Tak Seok-san
next-door” and welcomed all students who
however, today many think that if the money donated is used for development of a
shrugged,butsoonheadded,“Oratleastat
wanted to talk about things whether they
university more students can benefit from it. According to a document made inside a
this school, I am not.” Professor Tak
wereonacademicissuesornot.“ButIprefer
certainuniversity,iftheuniversityaccepts80studentsbycontributionataminimumof
answered briefly and continued with his
lighter topics when I am not in class,” he
twobillionperstudentthentheschoolisgainingatleasthundredsixtybillionwonof
lunch. His response was rather bewildering
grinned.Thisheartymanhasbeen,however,
financialsupport.Ofcourse,consideringtherealityintheKoreaneducationsystemthis
while he has been known for his witty
understood as somewhat eccentric to those
ideaispersuasive.Someevensaythatiftheprocessofusingthemoneyissupervised
remarks and profound answers as he gives
whohavereadhisbooksorlistenedclosely
thoroughly,itmightopenupafuturefortheprivateuniversities.
lectureson“LogicandCriticalThinking”at
tohisremarksinclass.
Thefundamentalproblemofenteringauniversitybycontributionisthatitbreaksthe
HUFS.
Once,hesuggestedtheideaofdeveloping
“surfaceareaofequality”ineducation.LookingintoeducationinKoreatoday,itishard
Ittookawhilebeforehebegantosharehis
nuclear weapons in Korea to confront the
to confidently say that everyone has an equal opportunity to learn, or to gain an
ideas. “I don’t think my students are very
bigger countries such as the US, which,
education.TheoffspringoftheupperclassintheaffluentareaofKangnaminSeoulhas
enthusedeither.Theymaylikemeasaguy
unquestionably, brought controversy. The
formed their own clique called the Eighth School Group and is showing it off. In
whoisnotboringinclass,butIseldomsee
opposing side contended that there were
addition, a large number of these students are aiming at being transferred to famous
students actually interested in the subject I
universal truths before any arguments on
universitiesinKoreaafterstudyingoverseas.Itisnotsayingtoomuchwhentheysay
teach.Iwonderiftheyeverthinkabouttheir
nuclear weapons can start concerning the
these students are in a better position in gaining education than normal students.
livesseriously.”
environment,worldpeaceandhumanrights.
Statistically the students in the Eighth School Group have the highest percentage of
Logic and Critical Thinking is a class
So,hisideaofmakingnuclearweaponswas
childrenenteringthebestuniversitiesinKorea.
guiding students to think with reason.
outofthequestion.
Wearefamiliarwiththeseinnerinequalities.Still,oursocietydoesnotwanttoadmit
Professor Tak admitted that, first of all, he
He scoffed at the counter attacks and
TakSeok-san
theseinequalities.Wepickonthosepayingenormouslyforextracurriculartutoringand
was teaching this subject just because it
explained in detail. “Let’s look at the
LecturerofLogicandCriticalThinking
Logic
of
LecturerofLogicandCriticalThinking
LecturerofLogicandCriticalThinking
of
Critical
and Thinking
Lecturer
Logic
Lecturer
andCriticalThinking
of
LecturerofLogicandCriticalThinking
LecturerofLogicandCriticalThinking
Logic
we criticize the parents that send their children overseas as an alternative. This is
encompassespartofthewesternphilosophy
proposition that “nuclear weapons threaten
because people have a vague idea of what education is. That is, education should be
whichhemajoredin.“ButIamsurethatthe
peace”. There is something missing in this
dealtintheperspectiveofthepublicdomainandnotbyprivatepossession.
answeryoumightwanttohearisthatIwant
statement. Does this possibly mean that
“I don’t want to push my ideas on my
exercises that Korean students did in their
Yet, entering a university by contribution will break this idea. It will make the
mystudentstoponderonthings,”hepointed
nuclear weapons can threaten peace only
students, though. I listen to what they are
high schools or learned from private tutors.
inequalityofeducationalopportunitypublicandjustifyit,tellingpeoplethatifyouhave
outsmiling.
except when developed countries have
saying and I try to help them to say their
Young people should think more deeply
money,thenyoucanlearn.Ifyouhaveaparentwhocanthroughoutafewbillionwon,
Professor Tak, also known as a
them?Ifnuclearpowercanbesodangerous
wordsmorelogically.”
about their future, commented this
youcanlearnanythingyouwant.Secondly,withmoneyyoucangoanywhere.Youcan
philosopher, thinks college students indeed
toallhumanbeings,howcanweknowifit
ProfessorTakwasalsoastudentofHUFS
philosopher.
go to even the best university in Korea if you build them a building. And thirdly,
havetheabilitytoleadlogicalarguments.He
issafeunderthepossessionoftheFrenchor
whenhewasincollege,andoveradecade,
“IthoughtaboutmylifeasIgazedintothe
without money you can gain general knowledge by studying hard. If your parents
found that out during class when students
the US governments? Why isn’t North
he saw the changes this school was going
sunset in my younger days, I read more
cannotdonateabuilding,youjusthavetostudyinacloset.Atthesametime,thosewho
were asking questions. They were all good
Korea or Iraq allowed to carry these
through. “I hate to admit it but HUFS isn’t
books and discussed philosophy with my
haveeverythingwouldbesmilingwhiletakingextracurricularlessonswiththeleftover
questions and he was amused by their
weapons? Just because the US government
themosteliteschoolinKoreanow.Fromthe
friends. I am hoping that students spend
money.
creativity.
judgedthemas“roguestates”doesnotmean
statistics, it is rather easy to figure that out
some time on themselves instead of just
The thought of going to university by contribution is very dangerous especially in
He,however,sawthatstudentswouldnot
thattheycanplayunfairgames.”
anditgrievesmetoseethatnothingisbeing
crammingEnglishgrammar.”
Korea.Inthecountrythatevaluatesapersonjustbytheiracademicclique,thisisjusta
speak up just like the way they were
He was sometimes misunderstood by his
done when something can be done like
movement to send their children to the top universities. For our true education, we
“trained” to do, to listen and obey, like in
exceptional proposals on social issues.
gettingabetterlibraryorteachingstaff.”
shouldstartbythinkingonwhateducationreallyis.Weshouldthinkofthefundamental
their high school days. He wanted his
Heated responses were raised from every
HUFS tended to become like an after-
thoughtofgivingequalrightsforthosewhowanttolearn.Beforewedebateonthese
students to express their ideas freely and if
side;nonetheless,hewouldmakehispoints
school institute teaching foreign languages.
problems to come including this admission by contribution movement, we should
they were scared in any way “Logic and
on a logical basis. And that was the reason
Because it is concentrated mainly on the
ByLeeMin-a
understandanddebateonthesignificanceofeducationinoursociety.
Critical Thinking” might be just one of the
why students were soon agreeing with
practical uses of a language, students of
AssociateEditorofNationalSection
coursestohelpthemspeakup.
ProfessorTak.
HUFS were often found memorizing
LettertoTheArgus
todo.
Nowadays,AmericaisproceedingtheMD
talents.
Wangsanchanged
Leadingstudentactivities
Mypresidencystillhasonesemesterleft.I
project. Their persuasive reason to succeed
Therefore,Ithinktheatmosphereofsuch
don’tknowifIcancompletemyplanornot.
the MD to keep the world peace. However
an event should be full of excitement, fun ,
However,I’mreallygladtobetakingpart
therealtendistoearnenormousamountof
andenthusiasm.Butitseemsthatthisyear’s
withoutany
E
ndofsemesterseemstobenearasthe
likeitis.
in student activities. I will try to do a good
money from their ally like Korea and
Daedongje couldn’t reach to that point.
hotweatheriscoming.Recallingback
Workingwiththestudentbody,Icouldget
job for the students of the Department of
becomethesuperiorovertheworldmilitary.
Peopleseemedtohavelosttheirinterestsin
opinionfrom
on this semester, there were lots things
close to students more than before. What I
English.
They even designated the North Korea as a
Daedongje.Manyofmyfriendschosetogo
which we experienced such as strikes, and
feltwasthattheyfoughtforcertainpurposes.
terrorist country. Therefore, our peaceful
tootherschool’sfestivalinsteadofstayingat
theWangsanAthleticFestival,andsoon.At
ButsometimesIfeltthattheyignoredwhat
atmospherebetweenNorthandSouthKorea
ourschoolandparticipating.Andthatshows
students
the beginning of this semester, there were
otherswerethinking.NowIunderstandtheir
is disturbed. Overall, I think our duty as a
howmoststudentsaredisappointedwithour
MoonHyuk(E-96)
many plans about my department in my
struggle is for us. With a lack of
university student is to think and know the
Daedongje.
mind.
understanding, their struggle is hardly
factabouttherealaspectofAmerica.
I think it’s time for us to think about this
S
However, shamefully I couldn’t complete
acceptabletostudentsinourschool.
problem.Andoneofthewaystoreviveit,is
inceIwasamiddleschoolstudentI’ve
“HowIsee
allofthem.TheywerenotaseasyaswhatI
Other thing that I learned from student
tospecializeourDaedongje.WhatImeanby
beenveryinterestedinstudyingforeign
thought they would be. I had not done
body work was that our school is so non -
thatistomakeanuniquefestivalofourown,
languages.SoIthoughtHUFSwastheideal
OhEun-hyuk(EC-01)
student activity work before and I had not
cooperativetostudentsandtheydon’tlisten
maximizingourmerits.
school for me. Many other students around
Americanow”
been interested in it before. I was a kind of
to us. Improvement plans for school which
As we all know, our school’s greatest
methought,sotoo.Actually,wecamehere
Lookingback
guy who “comes to school to take a class
were devised by the LG consulting firm
merit is that we learn foreign languages,
tomajorinforeignlanguages.Butourdream
andvanishesassoonaspossible”.
weremadewithoutlisteningtoouropinions.
foreign cultures and foreign politics and so
inthefuturegone.
I
I never gave any thought to those who
If they want to develop our school better
nthepast,IthoughtUSAwasafriendly
on. So why don’t we set up a stage for the
Theschoolauthoritiesannouncedthatthe
Daedongje
were working for the student body. By
whydon’ttheylistentous?
countrywhohelpedourlandandseeked
foreignersforexample.Letthemsing,dance
departments of Wangsan Campus will be
accident and forceful persuasion by my
I think that a good school means the
for the world peace. Even today, we are so
andperformtheirowncultures.Itwouldbe
changedinit’scurriculumandcharacteristic.
friends,Idecidedtostandasacandidatefor
school should have a good policy and take
interested in the America’s culture that
interesting and could gather many people’s
For example, the department of Spanish
T
an election. After doing student body
good care of student’s welfare. I absolutely
people do not seem to have adequate
hisyear’sDaedongjewasheldonMay
attentiontoourschool.
changes into department of Spain and Mid-
activities, I found it that this student body
disagreed with this improvement plan. At
criticismtowardUSA.
23rdthrough25th,aweekafterthanit
Andbypresentingmanyforeigncultures,
south America area studies. That is to say,
requireslotsofeffortandself-sacrifice.
leasttheyshouldaskuswhatwewantforthe
By studying, however, I realized that the
was held last year. Singers have come to
suchasfoodandclothes,peoplewhodidn’t
students who want to major in language
Most people in school seemed to be
school.
optimisticimageofUSAissomewhatuntrue
celebrateandboosttheexcitementandmany
have chance to go abroad would love to
should major in the regional studies.
indifferenttotheseeffortsandself-sacrifice.
To add another department doesn’t mean
anddistorted.Americaseemstobeacountry
gamesandsaleswereheldonthestreets.
come and see. That way, we can inform
Studentsarefuriousabouttheschool’sone-
When I asked about student activities to
thatitwillenhancethestudents’welfareand
who seeks for their own profit and even
However,thisyear’s Daedongjae seemed
others about our school naturally and
sideddecision.
those who are in our English Department,
social position of the school. The school
disturb another country’s sovereign and
unusually ‘quiet’. Many of you might have
improveourschool’simage.
Auniversityshouldbemanagednotonly
most people said “ No”. That’s the hardest
should listen to us. This is the only way to
rights. Throughout the Korean history,
aswellfeltthatitwaslessexcitingandfun
I hope that everyone in the school
by school authorities but also by students.
thing which I had experienced in doing
makeourschoolbetter.Wepaidtheschool
America killed about 3 million innocent
compared to last year’s Daedongje. Many
participate, and that students from other
The authorities should listen carefully what
studentactivities.I’mnotaskingstudentsin
totakeclassesanduseschoolfacilities.
peopleduringtheKoreanWarandtheyare
blamedtheGSCfornotpreparingtheevents
school want to come and see our festival
theownersofschoolwanttosay.It’sareal
our school to praise the student leaders but
So the school must pay attention to what
theonewhoorderedtheKoreangovernment
withalltheirmight.
nextyear.
bigdealconcerning7,000students’future.
understandthem.
we want from school. The student body
of the past to kill citizens and students in
IbelievethattheDaedongje,asanannual
But I want them to understand their
shouldseekforwhatstudentsinourschool
Kwangju on May 18th when Koreans
event, should play an important role in our
activities and accomplishments. Without
wantfromtheschoolandtheyshoulddeliver
desperately wanted the freedom from the
school.Itgivesustheopportunitytoexpress
JungMin-jung(DP-00)
KangHan-a(S-01)
them, we hardly wouldn’t make this school
ittotheschool.That’swhattheyareobliged
martialgovernment.
our passion for the school, abilities and

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