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Editorial
Politicalapathy
inHUFS
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n November 27, presidential candidates launched their campaigns officially which is a start of
serious vote collecting. Each candidate started their campaign according to their own concept and
goal.InHUFS,anelectionforthenextGeneralStudentCouncil(GSC)washeldfromNovember20
to22.Avotingraterecorded50.43percentatImuncampusand79.76percentatWangsancampus.However,
in order to gain the rate, the Central Election Management Committee of Imun campus had to appeal for
HUFSans to vote who were passing by the Humanities Building. Moreover, the Wangsan Central Election
Management Committee chose an illegal way to get a high vote rate. The acting GSC gave out USBs, a
portablefilekeepingdevice,tothestudents.AsymboloftheGSCofthisyeariswrittenintheUSB.Thisis
illegalbecausethe2007GSCcannotactonanycausesinvolvingtheelectionbecausetheirtermisover.
Also,theGSChasanobligationtoactasanelectioncommitteeinvotingforthenextrepresentatives.Even
thoughtheirbehaviorisillegal,therearenomotionstocorrectthisfault.ThisshowsthatmanyHUFSansare
notconcernedabouttheelection.
Eventheofficialdebateandquestioningoftheelectioncandidateswasperfunctorilyprepared.Thedebate
could be an important guideline for HUFSans to confirm one candidates pledge as compared with other
candidates.Obviouslythedebatewasnotasuccessfulone,beingunabletoattractattentionamongstudents.In
Wangsancampus,onecandidaterefusedtoofferapolicybooktoamemberoftheHUFSpresscouncil.The
policybookisthemostimportantdatainordertodiscussmatterswithpre-GSCrepresentatives.Thiskindof
behaviorshowsthatthecandidatedoesnottaketheofficialdebateandquestioningseriously.IfHUFSansare
notconcernedaboutit,theywillnotknowwhoisamorepropernextrepresentative.Thatisoneofthereasons
whyHUFSansshouldpayattentiontoanelectionincludingthedebateprocess.
TherewasapressinterviewofParkHae-woong(MIS-99),thepresidentcandidateoftheNo.2campaignof
Wangsan campus. The press interview was about that the police interfered in the election of the Wangsan
GSC. On November 11, some members of the No.2 candidate participated in an assembly, calling for the
abolitionofKorea-U.S.FreeTradeAgreementandtheoppositiontotheextensionofthetroopdispatchtoIraq
and,weretakentothepolicestationforinterrogation.Theywenttothepolicebecauseofaviolationoftraffic
regulations and it is not related to illegal assembly and especially this election. An officer of the
Dongdaemungupoliceoffice,theofficethathadtakenthestudentsforinterrogation,hadreportedtotheschool
thatthesestudentshadparticipatedintheassemblyandthepolicemanhadremarkedthattheelectionhadtobe
an activist group, which means students who partake in social activities, against a non-activist form. They
cametoapointwheretheyagreedthatactivistswerenotagoodchoiceforaGSC.ParkHae-woongrecorded
the voice of the policeman. The recording included that the No.2 candidate should not know of the
interventionofHUFSadministrationandthepolice.
GSCmustbevaluedfortheirpledgesandgoals.However,itissadtoseethattheHUFSadministrationand
alsothepolicehadintervenedinastudentelection.Addingtothat,thiselectionwassmudgedwithnegative
propaganda. Candidates No.1 had used the “activist” issue to attack their opponents. Like this, the GSC
election was managed not by HUFSans but by outer elements. If HUFSans are not concerned about it, the
resultswillbeaburdenonHUFSans.
Selecting the student representative of HUFS is a very significant matter. However, it is a fact that many
HUFSansareindifferenttoanelection.HUFSansneedtopayattentiontoinnerandouterproblemsofHUFS.
InKorea,thereisapresidentialelectiononDecember19.Anelectionisanation’sboundendutyandright.It
istimetohaveyoureyesopen.
Editor-in-Chief
ChaHyun-jin
DECEMBER 2007

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