A few days ago, I found small scribblings on the corner of the toilet wall. The scribblings written on the wall showed someone’s stuffy reality and she did not know what to do for her future. Surprisingly, there was a comment for the first scribbling as well. It said, “I thought these were only my w
The CNU Business Incubation Center (CNUBIC) won the 2015 Asian Association of Business Incubation (AABI) Incubator Award at the award ceremony held during the 2015 AABI General Assembly & International Conference on October 29th in Daegu. The AABI recognized remarkable results of the efficient busin
Students and professors in CNU's History Department protest a government plan to publish a state-authored history textbook, in front of the “Our Educational Goals Declaration” sculpture builtin front of the Humanities College building 2, on November 5th, 2015.
CNU hosts a festival celebrating its International Day on Oct. 29th, 2015. This event featured several booths around Bongji such as interanational cuisne, Korean traditional woodcraft, game experience, and a flea market.
A few days ago, Shinzo Abe expressed profound grief for Japan’s wartime past in his war anniversary statement but there is no fresh and direct expression of apology of the kind that we Koreans expected. Some locals criticized him for his lukewarm attitude. I was also angry that he still remained vag
The Asia Culture Center (ACC) partially opened its doors to the public on September 4th. The ACC opening was held three months ahead of the scheduled official opening in early December of this year. Many locals and people around the world are anticipating that the city will renew itself as a number
Chonnam National University proclaimed "One Gram of Courage" written by Han Bi-ya as the Book of the Year for the 2015 Gwangju and Jeonnam Read and Talk (GJRT) at the ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of CNU held at Yongji Convention Hall on June 8th. 23,453 local residents participated in vot
A Survey Asking CNU Members’ Opinion is underway by the Office of Planning and Coordination. The survey is designed to collect extensive opinions from CNU professors, students, staff and alumni on changing the English name of the university from ‘Chonnam National University’ to ‘Jeonnam National Uni
Yanglim-dong is the special area where modern and contemporary cultures coexist as a first crossroad for religion and culture in Gwangju to adopt Christianity and western culture. Now, the Nam-gu Office offers a tour course “Yanglim Dulle-gil” to people and wants to make itself a cultural town. With
Chonnam National University (CNU) starts 2015 Gwangju and Jeonnam Reads and Talks (GJRT), a community reading project. Under 'One City One Book' project, it encourages citizens to read books and to share opinions through social reading. Ha Eun-hee, director of this project from the CNU Library sai
“Oh my God, I do not have time for lunch this semester!” “I have no choice but to register only for classes that are scheduled to Tuesday and Thursday modules.” These kinds of reactions were common among CNU students around this semester’s course registration period. This situation began to happen w
The "100%" candidates won the elections for the 2015 General Student Council (GSC) and General Female Student Council (GFSC) on November 28th, 2014. Originally, voting for the 2015 G(F)SC election began on November 25th, but it was extended due to a low voting participation and insufficient rate a
Voting for the 2015 G(F)SC election began on November 25th, but it was extended due to a light poll of about 41%, not sufficient rate approving of ballot counting. It has to be delayed until over more than 50% of voters to be approved. Photos by Lim Seon-young, Student EditorLee Chan-mi, Tribune Rep
The Central Election Management Commission of Chonnam National University held a public hearing on the election promises of the candidates for the 2015 General Students Council (GCS) & General Female Students Council (GFSC) on November 20th in front of the Student Union I building. Kim Han-seong (Se