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Editorial
Common Sense in
Applying the Law
M
ayisusuallythetimethatuniversitiesinKoreabeginpreparingforgraduationceremoniesin
thecomingyear.Butlastmonth,duringtheHUFSstudentcouncilmeeting,theGraduation
PreparationCommitteewasrejected,meaningthatallmembersoftheGPCweredismissed
and leaving the council in charge of graduation preparations, from compiling a graduation album to
distributinggowns.
Thedecisiontorejectthestudent-ledGPCgeneratedagooddealofcontroversy,asdidaremarkbythe
vice president of the student council hinting at allegations of corruption within the GPC. The remark
echoedsimilarchargesina2008articlebythepresidentoftheSchoolofOrientalLanguagesclaiming
that the GPC accepted bribes from companies hoping to win contracts for the printing of graduation
albums.
Although the source of the article was unconfirmed, the article was nonetheless distributed to
participants in the student council meeting and likely led to the vice president’s remark and the
rejectionoftheGPC.Suchamovehascastashadowoverthecommittee,withmanyclaimingthatthe
accusationsagainsttheGPCaredefamatory.
Amid rising student opposition, however, the student council has kept silent on the matter. Justifying
its decision, the council cited recruitment bylaws as the key factor behind the rejection of the GPC.
According to the law, the presidents of individual colleges must approve members of the committee,
whichallegedlyrecruitedmembersindependently.Theissuewasraisedinastudentmeetinglastyear,
with heads of the committee explaining that they had not been informed of the regulation by their
predecessors.
While ignorance is no claim to innocence, the council’s rejection of the GPC five months after the
issuehadcometolight,duringwhichnothinghadbeendonetorectifythesituation,seemsdubiousat
best.ThecouncilalsoassertedthatitdoesnotrequireGPC’sassistanceinallaspectsofitsfunctioning
and that the council is quite capable of handling its job on its own. However, the schedule for the
graduationalbumphoto-shootisyettobeannounced.Asitnowstands,preparationsforthegraduation
ceremony are being delayed. Dismissing the GPC is not what is needed at this time, and ignores the
largerstructuralproblemswithinthesystemitself.
AstatementpostedontheportalsiteHUFSlifebythecouncilonlyservedtodrawanevenmoreheated
responsefromthestudentcommunity.Criticsofthecouncilquestionthegroup’ssincerityintryingto
resolvetheproblem.Aself-describedgroupofactivists,thecouncil’sstatedgoalistoreducetuitionfor
students,whichwouldtechnicallyrequireviolatingthelawonfeeincreases.Theformercouncil,which
belongedtothesamepoliticalpartyasthecurrentgroup,conductedhungerstrikesandsit-instopush
forwarditsagenda.Howdoessuchactivitygelwiththecurrentcouncil’sselectiveadherencetoschool
bylaws?
More important than the bylaw on selecting GPC members is sound common sense. The student
council, as the representative group for HUFS students, must work to resolve the current stand-off. In
theleastthecouncilshouldmakeanannouncementonitspreparationsforgraduation.
Editor-in-Chief
HwangJung-hyun
www.theargus.org

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