A Review of Gyeongbokgung

There are many reasons why people are drawn to Gyeongbokgung Palace. I have been hearing about Gyeongbokgung for a long time. I know that Gyeongbokgung, in Korea, is like Tiananmen in China. So I felt very glad to have the opportunity to go to Gyeongbokgung with so many friends from the Woosong Herald. We divided into three groups to visit Gyeongbokgung. When our group visited, tourists and primary school students attentively listened to their guides, learning about the history of the palace. Also, the elderly and other local Seoul-ites experienced the quietness of the impressive environs on leisurely strolls. Gyeongbokgung offers a different...

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Campus Fashion: What’s Hot this Winter?

If you have stopped to look at students walking by on campus recently, you may see many fashionable men and women expressing their individuality through the clothes they wear. This winter, look for a new trend in men’s fashion: quiet colors contrasting with an eye-catching color, like khaki-colored military looks with a splash of bright orange. Anyway, we wanted to know more about what new winter styles will be popular on campus this season, so we interviewed a beauty design major at Woosong University to get the scoop. ＊What is your favorite new clothing item for Winter 2012? －My most favorite fashion is padding jumper. The reason is it’s...

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Audio Books!

Are you carrying around a thick textbook everyday and you don’t have an I-pad or tablet PC of some kind, but you really want to read a book? So, if you only have a smart phone, the game is over… Well not anymore! You can also use an Audio-book which is a recording of a text being read. It can be used not only on a Smart phone but also a PC or mp3 player. There was an event, “Invitation to the Library” in the Woosong library on October 23th~25th. At the event, they introduced the “Audio book”. One of the students who was interested in it said, “I didn’t know that the sound of an audio book was really clear and good sounding like this so...

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Health Tips

Tips for Stress Do you manage your stress? Stress causes illness and deterioration of health. We get stressed in our daily life so we must learn to manage our stress. First, if you want to release stress, you should use deep breathing as a way of life. During depression and anxiety, humans use shallow breathing. So in that case, if we practice deep breathing we can lower stress or stop it from happening. Also, simple exercise is a great help to you. Exercising your body makes you feel more energetic and happy. Concentrating on exercise will also bring warmth to your body. Do you know the phrase ‘Many hands make light work’? If you...

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Welcome to the Woosong Counseling Center!

Last October, I went to the Woosong University’s student counseling center and met with a counselor for an interview. The atmosphere of the center was more comfortable than I expected and counselees were seen during the interview time. In the interview, one of the counselors spoke to me very kindly. -Hi, when was this facility established? -It was established before 2004, but I don’t know the date exactly. -Yeah, how many counselors work in this facility and what is their major task? -Three administration assistants, one counselor and one associate professor of the Medical Society and Welfare department work in this facility. We are tasked...

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