The election for the 2019 General Student Council (GSC) will take place on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. The Chonnam Tribune asked students for their hopes for the next GSC. – Ed. Lim Jun-sub (Junior, Dept. of Environmental and Energy Engineering)As a member of the student council in the College
The election for the 2019 General Student Council (GSC) will take place on Tuesday, November 20, 2018. The Chonnam Tribune asked students for their hopes for the next GSC. – Ed. Mujtaba Karyab (Junior, Faculty of Economics)I recently found out that I can vote in the GSC presidential election a
The Chonnam Tribune Assessment Committee discussed the previous issue of the magazine on April 9. Two committee members expressed their opinions and put forward some suggestions to Tribune editors on this page. - Ed. After reading the No. 350 issue, the most impressive article for me was the article
The Chonnam Tribune Assessment Committee discussed the previous issue of the magazine on April 9. Two committee members expressed their opinions and put forward some suggestions to Tribune editors on this page. - Ed. I am honored to have a chance to participate in this activity again this semester a
The Chonnam Tribune Assessment Committee discussed the previous issue of the magazine. Two committee members expressed their opinions and put forward some suggestions to Tribune editors on this page. - Ed. At the very first glance, the simplicity of the designs for the Chonnam Tribune including issu
The Chonnam Tribune Assessment Committee discussed the previous issue of the magazine on April 9. Two committee members expressed their opinions and put forward some suggestions to Tribune editors on this page. - Ed. After reading this No.349 Tribune, I was very impressed with some of the content. F
The Chonnam Tribune Assessment Committee discussed the previous issue of the magazine on April 9. Two committee members expressed their opinions and put forward some suggestions to Tribune editors on this page. - Ed. I was pleasantly surprised by the content of the previous issue, number 349. It is
No Rooms for Students in ECC I heard that there would be no rooms for student councils in the new Education College building tentatively called the ‘Education Convergence Center’ (ECC), which is planning to be open in the second half of this year. Although these places are currently in the College o
Social Networks on Campus I am not a heavy user of social networking services such as the CNU Bamboo Forest (the Facebook page) or Everytime (the well-known application for timetables) and yet there are some good reasons to spend time on them. Students can find their lost items, flirt with attractiv
Online comments about the news are considerably influential nowadays because they are public opinion in themselves. The ‘Druking’ scandal showed well how comments can be rigged and they easily affect people. Online anonymity should be protected because of the freedom of expression, although it can l
Undergraduates are obsessed with high grades since most companies consider grades as a major barometer of diligence. Within the framework of relative evaluation, students should compete with each other and hardly be driven by pure intellectual curiosity. It is such a shame that test scores are only
If our school had a system to approve the excused absence of employed students before graduation, it would be good for students to take up opportunities that come their way while attending school. However, as with any other systems, there may be students who would take advantage of this benefit. Eve
I think a TOEIC score should not be accepted as a grade for the Global Communication English class. If this class were to accept a TOEIC score as a grade, the objective of the course might be lost. The majority of students would rather take the TOEIC test than the course’s examination and in time, t
The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has affected North-South Korea relations in many ways. In one particular event, when North and South Korean athletes were able to participate in one event as a single team, the people of both countries would have shared much joy and happiness to have unity displayed i
Years ago, something happened and my life had stalled. As a post-doctoral researcher, I was doing experiments in the laboratory day in, day out. All of a sudden, I could not lift a finger in the lab. I could not get to sleep at home. It was like “I couldn’t even read books, let alone write,” stated
We live in the age of a ’Global’ community and this brings with it an ever-growing demand of being able to communicate in various languages, but what does being bilingual actually mean? The Oxford Dictionary of English defines Bilingualism as “being fluent in two languages”. Not really that hard, ye
Homesickness, the distress or anxiety caused by being separated from home, affects most people over the course of a lifetime. Homesickness can be caused by a wide variety of situations. Sleepovers, school trips and nights away from the family can trigger a bout of loneliness and dejection. Moving aw
Today, we all live in a society where diversity is one of the most protected values of all. With the sharp increase in the number of ways to express ourselves, people are becoming less hesitant to share their opinions and identities to the public. In the midst of this mounting tension in our society
On October 6, 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017. ICAN is a global coalition of nongovernmental organizations that was launched in 2007 and counts as partners 468 organizations in 101 countries. Recently, ICAN promoted adherence
Communication has come to the fore in politics. Going through the last two presidents, Park Guen-hye and Lee Myung-bak, the public have demanded more communication and transparency in government. It is not surprising then that President Moon Jae-in is finding new ways to communicate with the public,