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Editorial
Do You Know the Name of
the 2016 EPC?
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According to data from the National Election Commission (NEC), an increasing
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and for students of Hankuk University of Foreign
number of young people, including people who are in their 20s to 30s, have been
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voting more frequently. The results of three local elections, two general elections,
and two presidential elections confirm this phenomenon. In particularly, there was
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campusjournalismandacademism.
a surge in voter participation on the part of young people during the presidential
election,whichtherateofparticipationincreasedfrom51percentto71percent.
Inadditiontoincreasednumbersofyoungpeopleturningouttovote,thegeneral
?PresidentandPublisher
Prof.KimIn-chul
electionin2016showedanadditionalincreaseinvoterparticipationby58percent,
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.KimBong-chul
which it is higher than the last general election by about 4 percent due to SNS
?Editor-in-Chief
JangEun-ae(IEL-3)
advertisements through Twitter, Facebook and Me2day as well as some events
whichwerehelduniversitiesinKoreatoencouragecollegestudentstovote.
?EditorialConsultants
However,itseemsthatstudentsareindifferenttouniversitypoliticsdespitethefact
KangYoung-joon(EC-4)
thatthosepoliticsaremorecloselyrelatedtotheirdailylives.Ithinkmorestudents
ParkJi-yeon(DIS-4)
should participate in and be concerned with university politics by standing for
electionorbyvotingforcandidates.
?AssociateEditors
The elected student council must struggle to improve the school’s environment
ByeonHee-jin(JLC-2)
whichwilleffectourjuniorsaswell.
Irrespective of its importance, Seoul Campus’ Emergency Planning Committee
LeeJae-won(H-2)
?StaffReporters
(EPC) was launched this year on March 28 and will remain in place for one year.
There was a candidate for the GSC named “Hanul” at the Global Campus but that
AhnSo-hyun(IF-2)
candidatewasvotedoutduetohavingmadesloppycampaignpromisesinaddition
ByunHee-jin(DIS-2)
tonotlisteningtothecomplaintsofstudents.Thissituation,inwhichtheEPCswill
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last for a year on both campuses, is an unprecedented situation. This is the reason
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
whyweshouldconsideruniversitypolitics.
Students are members of the university so they definitely have the right to make
Prof.MerrileeBrinegar
claimsregardingstudentwelfaresuchasfacilitychanges,thequalityofclassesand
Prof.MichaelHeinz
scholarships.Forexample,HUFSanshavebeenconfrontedwithhardshipsrecently.
Twoyearsago,therewascontroversyregardingtheretroactiveapplicationofgrades
in 2014, and three years ago there was a commission that engaged in tuition fee
deliberations which were ultimately rejected by the school; in both situations the
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Therefore, students need to protect the rights that are surely enjoyed by them
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ByJangEun-ae
Editor-in-Chief

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