We Love CNU! By Kim Ye-na-ri, Guest Reporter As CNU has accepted foreign students from many different countries, their ways to enjoy campus life are also different from each other, and even us Koreans. Chonnam Tribune interviewed three international students who are busy doing many activities around
We are CNUians! Is CNU Attractive to International Students? By Kim Bo-bae, Student Editor Last August 4th, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced ways to develop the Study Korea Project which has operates to attract international students to Korean universities beginnin
Letters to Chonnam Tribune Move CNU! Move Chonnam Tribune! Yoon Yea-sun, Sophomore, Dept. of Anthropology When I was freshman, my English skills were poor. Thus, I felt it was difficult to read newspapers written in English. I wanted to read English newspapers or magazines such as the Korea Herald,
Demolition VS PreservationThe Former Provincial Office in Gwangju By Kim Ye-nari, Guest Reporter The sky was gloomier than usual on that day of May 1980 in Gwangju. There were plumes of tear gas on Geumnam Street where government troops and thousands of civilians confronted each other. It seemed tha
18th President, Kim Yoon-soo Leads CNU By Gim Ye-seul, Guest Reporter August 20, 2008 was the inaugural ceremony of Kim Yoon-soo, the 18th President of Chonnam National University (CNU). It was held in the University Auditorium. President Kim addressed that the newly formed Administration will endea
Resumed Cold War in Hot August: The Conflict between Georgia and Russia #1Who Is Going to Take the Big Pot in Eurasia? By Kang Yeon-ah, Freshman, Guest Reporter#282 Opinion On the other side of the world, people are groaning in outrageous pain resulting from the war between Georgia and Russia. On Au
I learned swing dance when I was a middle school student.
Whenever Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving day) comes on the 15th day on the eighth month of the lunar calendar, most Koreans head for their hometown to honor ancestors with newly harvested grains and fruits. Koreans serve dinner and drinks to each other and enjoy the feast as well as celebrating with so
The Best Summer of My Life By Park Sue-hye, Guest Reporter Having a hectic life, I thought I needed to do some self-reflection and find a way to spend my summer vacation efficiently. Then one day, the thing that caught my eyes was the Camp Counselors USA (CCUSA) program at Chonnam National Universit
BTL, Better or Worse? By Kwon Jeong-ha, Student Editor Chonnam National University (CNU) has changed its Residence Hall System by introducing the Built-Transfer-Lease (BTL) dormitory on campus this semester. This new system has come into the spotlight even before the completion of the BTL dormitory
Let's Enjoy Together!By Kim Bo-bae, Student EditorPhoto by Jeong Eui-cheol (Junior, Major of Geosystem Engineering) At the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Gwangju Biennale held on Sept.5, a lot of people marching on Geumnan Street in front of the former Provincial Office to ruminate the May 18 Upris
My Sweet Home By Jung Su-kyung, Overseas Correspondent Unlike other students, I chose to live in a shared house. Around 15 other students lived in a cozy two-story house. The house was like a home where everybody got together, cooking each other's food, watching TV, playing billiards, or sometimes
Effective University-Community Collaborations By Lee Han-na, Head Student Editor Ryu Seung-hyi, Student Editor During summer vacation, the CNU Press and Broadcasting Center dispatched overseas coverage teams to prestigious foreign universities and colleges located in the U.K., the U.S. and Japan to
" Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma-which is living with the results of other people’s thinking." -Steven Paul Jobs
Do you like to travel? Probably yes. Many young people dream about traveling to remote places from home. Backpacking is one of the most popular dream activities college students do all over the world do. While traveling is simply associated with a romantic leisure activity by many people, it can be
A lot of people hesitate to try something new or a seemingly impossible thing and worry a lot before trying to do it. It is probably because they feel fear if they would fail or be damaged by their venture. Nevertheless, there are many people who challenge something that most people are reluctant to
Tecktonik Is Enjoying a Revival By Lee Seung-hee, Guest Reporter“It is similar to the pleasure when we are eating barley rice instead of white rice.”, “Is it familiar?”, "It does not cause you to be ashamed rather promotes an image of sharpnes.”, and “Remember that you should be unfashionably dress
A New Trend, Revival Comes to UsBy Ryu Seung-hyi, Student Editor If you enjoy watching TV, you can see a scene involving cultural “revival concept” on fashion or entertainment channels every so often. And you can see a television advertisement featuring images of a celebrity entertainer who dances w
We Do not Need Supremacist Logos Anymore By Kim, Dae-seung, Ph.D. in Public Administration, Research Fellow at the Jeonnam Research Institute Most public policies have lifecycles that begin with an expectation of good things to come, but end without ever accomplishing their intend
Chonnam Tribune offers information about exchange students’ extracurricular activities through foreign correspondents in this issue. The story of the University ofWinnipeg located in is newly introduced. – Ed. Love for Hockey at UW By Kim Hyeon–ji, Overseas Correspondent This is Winnipeg