Titanic 3D: This Time, Are You Ready?

We were young in 1997. There was a film about a sinking Titanic; Michael Jackson was becoming a legend. From then on, we went through middle school, high school, and now, we are in college. Maybe you have had relationships, or maybe you are now in a relationship. Nevertheless, you are in for a treat, because "Titanic" is coming again, this time in 3D! We all know the film, but do we understand what it is about? It’s a movie about freedom. Oppressed by her noble family, Rose is about to marry someone whom she does not care for. The Titanic will bring her to the Statue of Liberty, but it will not bring her to freedom. Having come from poverty,...

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11.11.11

 November 11th is usually a popular day in different countries. For example, in China, we consider this day as “Single`s Day” among young people. But here in Korea, this day is called “Peppero Day” and it can be both a Single and Couple`s festival. On this day, people prepare a stick-like chocolate covered cookie named “Peppero”. Koreans buy this cookie and share it with their friends, family, etc., as a sign of their appreciation and love.  This year, since it`s 2011, November 11th which is “11.11.11” is the most attractive number ever. With this day`s coming, two students from the SOLBRIDGE International School of Business named...

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Thank You And Good Bye To The Woosong Halloween Party

How was your Halloween party? At WLI, Korean children and their foreign teachers enjoyed the Halloween party on October 26 to let children know about Halloween and to celebrate the western holiday. That day was also the end of the summer classes. So there were so many interesting events.  Many Korean children couldn't hide their excitement before the party started. And foreign teachers were busy preparing some events for the children. They were all dressed up in Halloween costumes. Finally, classes ended and then Halloween party began. Each event was organized for about 15 minutes. Children participated in face painting first. Foreign...

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A Resume—The First Step To Success

The following is one students view on how to write a strong resume. In the near future, a group of college students will be graduating from school and stepping into society. They will be faced with the difficulty of hunting for jobs, delivering resumes and having interviews. This is a twist in everyone’s life and not all persons will go through these smoothly. Delivering a successful resume will be a fortunate start. As far as everyone knows, a resume needs to contain the basic information about yourself, like name, sex, age, educational background and health condition. Then, before you start introducing your job experience, it’s necessary...

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Movie Review: A Hero of the Gods “Thor”

“Thor” Was Released In South Korea In May, 2011. It Stars Chris Hemsworth As Thor. The main characters are Loki, Jane, Thor, Odin, Thor’s friends, and Jane’s 2 friends. This is a story about the legend of Thor. Thor was banished from the planet Asgard. His brother Loki was jealous of Thor and caused trouble. Thor learned how to control himself on Earth. The story was creative. The different worlds were connected. The bad thing was that the end of story was not totally happy. Its themes include the morals that justice will always be served. It also teaches viewers not to be jealous. This movie is classified as PG. We recommend this movie to...

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TV Show Review: The IT Crowd, Calamity Jen

The “IT crowd” is a British comedy series. The episode we reviewed was called “Calamity Jen.” The main characters are Jen, Roy and Moss who work in the IT department of a company. Jen was really interested in some red shoes sized 5 but her feet size are 8 and a half. The boss of her company declared a war on stress. Roy and Moss attended the stress class but they made the speaker stressed. Jen’s feet became terrible. Roy stole the stress machine from the speaker. Jen was very stressed. Jen spoiled a merger. So the boss came into her office and checked her stress. We think the sitcom is a little crazy because the characters do very strange...

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Woosong Kindergarten Starts a New History

Woosong Kindergarten, attached to Woosong University, was newly opened on September 1st, 2011. A long history and tradition are melted in the new Kindergarten with 10 years of the already existing Woosong Kindergarten and 30 years of Early Child Education at Woosong University. The building has three stories. The first story is the international class for young children with foreign family and bi-lingual children as well. The second story is for young Korean children, and third story is the playroom. Woosong Kindergarten is making their motto to have open space, open education is play-centered education needed for young children's growth. This...

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TJB Speech Contest Results

The final National English Speech Contest, sponsored by TJB and SolBridge International School, was held at SolBridge on October 8th. In the finals, there were three standards of judgment and there was no audience. The valuation standard was 40% for presentations and 60% for a Question & Answer interview. There were 22 teams in the final. 11 teams won prizes, including 1 Grand prize, 2 Gold prizes, 3 Silver prizes, and 5 Bronze prizes. The awards ceremony was held in the TJB broadcasting station. They received cash prizes and gifts. Although it was a national contest, most of the winning teams were made up of Woosong University students.  One...

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My Take: Sol-Buddies School Family Program Fall 2011

Sol-Buddies Family Program is one of the ACE projects. And the concept of this program is to let students get along in free, lax environment so that they can have time to socialize with each other. To make companionship with foreign friends and each other, introduce them and let them experience Korean culture. Our first meeting was on 8th to 9th October to Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do, called MT (Mighty Together), which should be very Korean universities' MT style like. But in the morning on the 8th, most of the Woosong students did not come due to their following midterms. My friend and I were the only Woosong students who came to the MT. We never...

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The 19th Annual KOTESOL 2011

This year's International KOTESOL conference was held at Sook-Myung University in Seoul. It took place Oct. 15-16. This was the 19th year the conference has been held. KOTESOL gets many student volunteers from universities throughout Korea. Many student volunteers for KOTESOL go to do some training at Sookmyung University the weekend before the big conference. At the training volunteers learn about the different jobs available to work. Also volunteers find out how to do their jobs and get their work schedules. I got to interview one of the volunteers. Q : What did you think about KOTESOL conference? A : I thought it was a very interesting...

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President Lee Myung-Bak Shook Hands With Me

On October, 5th 2011, a group of Woosong students took the first route in history of the newly open railway to Yeosu Expo Station and attended the opening ceremony of the Jeolla double-track electric rail line. At 10 a.m., the ceremony started with a melodious harmony from young school children. Then at about 11 a.m. the president walked into the ground and greeted everyone nicely. He was kinder and warmer than the pictures I’d seen on the internet. He walked toward us and I got my heartbeat racing. Then he stopped to shake hands with the people around him. I saw him stretching his hand toward the student beside me and my head stopped running…….  ...

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An Impressive Honor

Recently, six foreign students from Woosong University were invited to participate in the opening ceremony celebrating the operation of the Jeolla Railroad. Fortunately, I was included in this particular group. It was “fortunate” because we would be honored to see the President of South Korea through this opportunity. For someone like me who has never been so lucky to see such great figures, it would be an exciting experience. First, we departed from Daejeon to Yeosu by train. It took us about 2.5 hours to arrive at the destination. After an hour’s wait, we finally saw the president step into the venue at a slow pace. Despite a blurred silhouette,...

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Help Animals in Need Today!

Have you heard about "Farm Animal"? Recently, I watched a TV show about mistreated animals. Many people were crying during this show. This particular show was about a dog living on a farm. The dog seemed to be dying, blood came flowing out of his wound, his jaw was broken, and his eyes were out of their sockets. It was a crying shame. Whats worse, the criminal is still at large. The TV show shocked many people about the treatment of stray dogs and dog farms. Recently, many celebrities did volunteer work to help stray dogs. So there are more volunteers now. My family has two puppies also and we are deeply interested in stray dogs. Last week,...

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My Take on Sol-Bakery

At first, when I went to Solpine Bakery, I felt that it was just a small cafe in Woosong University. But, I was fascinated by the interior decor. I thought it was fantastic. The design was very good and very clean. Woosong students help make all the bread and beverages. It was not so bad. But, there are two problems for me about the bakery. First, the product costs are increasingly expensive. I think that students don't have a lot of money. If I'm going to pay for expensive food, I would rather go to another cafe or bakery. Their prices are similar to Solpine Bakery, but I still want to support my school Secondly, the bread is very cold sometimes....

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Food Service Management Academic Festival

The Department of Food Service Management held an academic festival recently on the 8th floor of the Woosong Tower to evaluate students' study performance. On the wall, notices were posted about free coffee and the walls were decorated with balloons. The center of the lobby had an atmosphere of a café. The student union offered complimentary snacks & coffee. In the corner, the designated club of the Department, “Baccus”, provided some sample beverages (wine & cocktails). At the same time, the building was crowded with nervous high school students, because they were conducting University interviews that same day. Next year, I hope that...

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Members Wanted for Woosong's Model UN

Members Wanted: Join us as a member of the new Woosong Model UN Club! The purpose of the Woosong Model UN Club: The Korea Model United Nations (KMUN) will be held next summer at Woosong University we want to prepare more fresh troops for it. Why you should join: 1. To practice English fluency 2. To get to learn about the working system of the Model United Nations as well as United Nations 3. To get to know the status, politics, economy and culture of your nation of interest. 4. To have fun and make friends How to join: Just come to our periodical meeting on 6pm Wednesday or Thursday or send and email to: wsumun@gmail.com to get further...

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China: A Paradise Of Food

On an early morning last July, 10 students of Woosong University gathered at Gimpo Airport. They’re the winners of Woosong’s Chinese Speech Competition which was held last May, myself included. Especially I have a lots of interests about Chinese cuisine so that was a great chance for me. ‘Chinese cuisine’, ‘French cuisine’ and ‘Turkish cuisine’ is commonly listed as the worlds 3 best cuisines. Especially China is one of the food paradises. For example, someone said “Chinese people eat all food except chairs, desks and airplanes which have 4 legs or are flying things.” We took 2 hours to Beijing International Airport and the bus drove for ages...

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Managing Product Life Cycles in Korea for Sustainability

A key component of sustainability is waste management, which, if properly carried out, can lead to a cleaner and less wasteful society. A major part of waste in our modern world comes from the huge number of consumer goods in the market, which become useless material after disposal. The concept of “product stewardship” deals with managing the environmental impact of a product by having everyone involved in the lifespan of the product, and plays an active role in ensuring that the product is used and disposed in a way that promotes sustainability. Initially, managing a product’s environmental impact had been centered on EPR (Extended...

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My Friends, Ready to Learn Some Czech?

Ahoj” (Hi), yes, that’s the first Czech word you learn today. Are you wondering why Czech? Because our city, Daejeon, is welcomed 11 friends coming from the nation of the Czech Republic. They are following a Korean government  program for the youth and Daejeon was one of their destinations. However, we still have a greater news. Some of our students actually got the chance to meet, discuss and debate with the delegates. Held by Debridge, SolBridge International School of Business Debate Squad, a workshop was conducted on Wed, Sept 7th in the SolBridge building. In the workshop, through demonstration debate rounds and discussion, we shared...

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A Mothers Inspiration

“These thoughts gave me strength whenever I face a challenge and whenever I feel weak.” I have interviewed my mother, the most important person in my life who has always been by my side and the one I admire the most. She is 47 years old and her original name was Jung-Hee Yoo but she changed her name when she started studying abroad to Sena Yoo. She is currently a Mathematics coordinator teacher for a 1st year classroom at Hyundai Foreign primary school and also a Cambridge YLE Oral examiner. She started teaching in 1985 at the age of 23 meaning that she spent nearly half of her life in teaching.She said "well... I was a teacher for whole my...

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K-Pop Sucesses and Cultural Understanding: Moving Beyond the Old World for the Better

It surely is a belching of catchy melodies and moves on stages that enthrall countless Asian populations over the years. It has reached beyond the peninsula and has succeeded in augmenting the recognition of a country and is being carefully examined by potential new fans over in Europe. Popularity stemming from the efforts of the K-pop indusrty is surely a thing that cannot be overlooked and surely can be evaluated as a success in realizing how the industry, which  has grown so much. At least, it is impactful enough for my foreign friends to gather together in the morning to watch the popular show Dream Concert.  Several efforts to...

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We Are Dancing

The passion the Woosong University’s annual Fall festival has gradually gone away. But it is still a hot issue these days while we’re enjoying the short holiday as well as enduring the emptiness.  While everybody in Woosong is talking about 2AM and Sistar, a small group of people are celebrating their victory. In their own eyes their performance at a recent night of the festival was legendary. They are dancers, coming from different countries. They belong to a small dancing club which is named PAcrew and they all believe that dancing colors one’s life. They danced for 13 minutes, including Jazz, Popping, Hip and Breaking at the incredibly...

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Where is He? The Running Old Man?

I have not seen him for a while. Where is he? I don't know his name; I don't know how old he is. Actually, the only thing I know about him is whenever I saw him he was always running around the yard, running around the Woosong area. He was old, not very tall, in a black sports suit, ran slowly but nonstop. After taking a nap, we got up with sleepiness, we went to school, and we saw him for the first time. I cannot remember what day that day was, I cannot remember how long it took me to realize such a crazy old man running around nonstop. Actually, the first utterance I mentioned out about him was "Hey, look, there is the crazy man AGAIN!" What...

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Fact or Fiction

It is a legendary film. Although my review is a little too late for those who want to watch it in the cinema. But if you really like science fictions, that’s the kind of feast you don’t want to miss. It shares the similar premise with the old series of the Planet of the Apes. For those who have watched the old series before, I will say it isn’t remade directly and I reassure you that you will find everything is different now with similar themes. Since I’m trying to persuade you to see this film so I won’t say much about the plot. But I do want to talk about what the movie suggests. Maybe you are tired of supernatural stuff films? Without magic,...

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TJB-Solbridge - The National English Speech Contest

The National English Speech contest sponsored by TJB (Daejeon Broadcasting) and SolBridge International School of Business will be held soon. The entry fee for the contest is free and there are no requirments on the speech topic. Students in groups of 1 to 4 people are required to make a project document and a presentation by themselves. In the preliminary contest, a project document, a video presentation, and a word file of some type of explanation is judged. In the final contest, a 10-minute presentation using a projector is judged which is followed by 2 to 3 questions from judges to the team. One individual and one team will receive the...

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Cheers to Our Proud Athletes

The Woosong annual soccer contest is taking place this September. The winner will be decided through a tournament style system with open starting rounds, a final 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and lastly the final match. The contest will last all month and there is a one million won prize money up for grabs. The quarterfinals will be on September 7th and 8th and the final will take place on September 30th at the Woosong Festival. This along with the Fall Festival is one the largest activities at Woosong because all departments participate in this contest. While the boys sweat and play for passion, girls are often found cheering them on. All...

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Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering

Our department, the Department of Railway Vehicle System Engineering, teaches a depth of technology about Railroad Rolling Stock. It is a core and important part of Railway transportation systems. It has professors who are experts in railway vehicle system, driving, and safety. They teach students a lot of knowledge based on academic and working-level experience. Besides through placement, students enter upon a profession and they can work as soon as they graduate.  The biggest pride of our department is the Woosong Diset railway academy. This is the third in the Korea, followed by Korail, and Seoul Metro. Also, this is the first institute...

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A 2nd Subway Line Will Be Opening Soon in Daejeon

Daejeon Metropolitan City is now planning to open a second metro line in order to solve the city's major traffic problems and satisfy the citizens who don’t already benefit from the existing subway line. The second line is planned to be a looped line around the city and the stations will likely pass through Jinjam ~ Seodaejeon Neogori ~ Daedong Ogeori ~ Jungri Neogori ~ Government Complex Daejeon ~ Yuseong Neogori ~ Jinjam. It will intersect the existing metro line three times. At first, the city planned to include Sintanjin, but recently opted out because it will already be included in the Chungcheong Train Network Project. It was also decided...

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The Dreaded SOLGEO Curfew

“I want to go out after 11pm… ” “I can not come in if I come back later than 11pm on weekdays…” Yes, that`s what we have now in SOLGEO-International Resident Hall, a curfew! I know that some students are always complaining about it. But, in my opinion, it is still a necessary policy that we should have in the dormitory. This summer vacation, I did a large survey about this dormitory type of situation in Chinese University’s. The results of the research show that around 84% of the domitories in China that I studied don`t have a curfew every night. But one thing we should mention is the dormitories for which I did the survey for are all for...

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