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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