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Editorial
Speechlesssides
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hesizzlingweatherispassingandacoolerbreezeisintheair.Oncampusstudentsaregettingreadyforthis
new air. Contrary to these vivid scenes of campus, there are some out-dated posters still attached with an
ongoingissue.
LastMay,theGeneralStudentCouncil(GSC)madeanopenrequestforcorrectionofthetoparticlepublishedon
Oedaehakbo.ThearticlewasaboutthecarelessadministrativeworksofGSCwhichwasinchargeofmanagingthe
studentfestival,Daedongjae.
Aftertheopenrequest,thepressissuedarevisedversionofthearticle.However,itseemsthatthewranglingisnot
overandthestudentbulletinboardisstillclamoring.EventhoughOedaehakboissuedtheirrevisedversion,GSCis
still demanding -after over three months since the paper came out- further corrections on some parts of the article.
Aftertheannouncement,thepressisremaininginsilence.
IfOedaehakbowroteandmadeefforttowardamoreobjectivearticle,theyneedtoclarifytheirpositionaboutthe
article.Thatistheonlysolutionwhichcanhushupthecouncil’sclaim.Now,however,Oedaehakboisholdingtheir
tongue.ThiscanrathermakeHUFSanstorecognizethemassomewhatanarrogantorganization.Hence,Oedaehakbo
shouldreasontheirpositionandspeakout.Itwouldbeafundamentalsolutionaswellasatemporarystephandling
thisproblem.
On the other hand, who is acting worse is the GSC. In an official document written by GSC, some statements
includeexpressionswhichtrytoappealemotionallytothereaders.Forinstance,thereisasentencewhichcontradicts
theOedaehakbo’sarticlewiththeGSC’sadministrativeworks.Itsays,“ThearticleofOedaehakbohurtthosewho
hadvoluntarilyparticipatedinthecouncil’sworkassupportersoforganizers.”Itwouldhavebeenproperiftheerrors
inthearticlewerepointedoutbyanonGSCstudent.However,theissueiswhethertheerrorisbasedonfactsornot.
Emotionalreactionshavenothingtodowitheffortsontruthfulnessinthearticle.GSC’sexpressionscanrathermake
theissuevagueandsetOedaehakboasiftheyweretryingtodoharmonGSCmembers.Fromthispointofview,the
GSC’sresponseseemstobebasedonpersonalfeelings.
Thisisnotonlyforthe“Daedongjaearticle”issue.Relationshipbetweenthecouncilandthepresshasbeengetting
worse in the past days. GSC rejected all of Oedaehakbo’s interviews and reporting requests. This is not a proper
reactionasaleadinggrouptowardsapressorganizationbecauseofanarticlethathavegottenontheirnerves.Itis
possiblethatthisactioncanraisemoreproblems.ThatisbecauseHUFSansobtaininformationaboutGSC’sactivities
throughthemediainHUFSlikeOedaehakbo.IfitcannotcoverissuesfromGSC,thewholequalitytheyhavewould
be degraded. Even though GSC’s behavior can lead to these problems, it seems that GSC will not change their
attitude.Thisisnotadesirableaspectofthestudentsrepresentative.
IfthereisnoharmonybetweenGSCandOedaehakbo,itwouldcauseharmnotjustfortwoorganizations,butfor
allHUFSans.HUFSanswillbeencounteredbyclashesgettingfrustratedtowatchbothsidesbarkingateachother.
GSCaswellasOedaehakboexistsasHUFSans’representativeandspokeperson.Theyworkawaytheirdutyfor
student’swelfareandrights.Nowtheyshouldsitdownandthinkabouttheirownpositionsandseekabalanceable
communication.
Afewdaysago,adogfightbetweentheChongwadaeandthepressbrokeoutowingto“advancedcoverageand
reportingsystem.”Thegovernmentassertedthatitssystemwillofferadvancedchangestothepress.Onthecontrary,
mostreportersclaimedthatthenewsystemwouldseriouslyrestrictthefreedomtospeak.Likewise,twogroupsin
HUFSshouldpulloffthelabelsattachedontheirbacks,“excessivereaction”and“prideandprejudice.”
EditorinChief
ChaHyun-jin
SEPTEMBER 2007

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