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ON JULY 18, five high school students were swallowed up by the waves at a marine camp in Taean. This incident stirred up Korean society mainly because the camp was not officially authorized by the marines. Only a few instructors were former marines with licenses to instruct. The school that sent the students was criticized as well because it failed to take care of the students. Most of the criticism so far has surrounded the poorly managed camp and the irresponsible school that did not care for its students. However, is that all we can reflect from the Taean incident? The problem arises not on
Opinion
Jee You-seon
2013.09.01 22:13
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DO YOU want to work on a global stage, meeting diverse people and listening to what celebrities and VIPs say face to face? How about festivals, expos, displays, performances, and conferences? Do you have multiple abilities that could contribute to the future of mankind? If you said yes to all of the above, then Professional Convention Organizer (PCO) is the right job for you.Short history, big potentialBefore you search the term “PCO” on the internet, prepare yourself to be confused by other relevant terms such as convention planner, convention planning expert, international conference planner
Regular Features
Jung Sung-hee
2013.09.01 21:48
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Enquete
Jee You-seon
2013.09.01 21:38
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THE CONCEPT of ‘love’ is very vague and difficult to categorize. The components of love are very ambiguous and hard to define which may be because each person conceptualizes love differently. However, Robert Sternberg, a prominent American psychologist, came up with a theory suggesting that love is not as ambiguous as one might perceive. He argued that love consists of three main elements, and can be divided into eight different types through various combinations of the three elements. Sternberg called this theory, the ‘triangular theory of love’.Three elements of loveAccording to Sternberg, t
Take a Break
Ha He-bin
2013.09.01 21:32
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“NEVER TAKE life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway.” This is a quote that conveys a message of adventure and challenge. Life is not to be taken seriously. Life is meant for us to try new challenges, meet new people, and gain new knowledge. After all, you won’t be leaving it alive anyway. Youths today do not seem to realize this fact, however. They are too scared of stepping out of their comfort zone. To the careful youths of today, Kim Jae-young (Documentary Producer, MBC) insists on going out and living their dreams. Kim has been a documentary producer in MBC since 2001. He is a Yonsei
People/Yonseian
Koh Soo-min
2013.09.01 20:44
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THE WORD “Babelism” refers to the misunderstandings or conflicts that arise from miscommunication due to the existence of a number of diverse languages. It has originated from the story of the tower of Babel in the bible. According to the book of Genesis, mankind once shared one language and lived in peaceful coexistence. However, one day, men built a tower which can reach the heaven, and this arrogance infuriated the God. God punished them by confusing their language, forever preventing them from ever challenging God under one united group. As a result, the language barrier was created, and s
Special Report
Jung Sung-hee
2013.09.01 20:15
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WITH THE beginning of a new academic semester, many Yonseians are looking forward to new opportunities and experiences – particularly by finding the right student club to join. The Yonsei Annals asked six students about the clubs they joined and the experiences they gained. What student club are you looking forward to participating in this semester? Park Jin-ah (Jr., Dept. of French Language & Lit.)Dreamers Production, or *Mong-sang-ga-deul* in Korean, is a film production club. Newcomers can learn the basics of movie production step by step by making a short clip with current members. A
Voice on Campus
Yu Ha-eun
2013.09.01 20:12
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COVERED IN the dust of past and present, the history of student-led media on campus is vague and unclear. Despite being the oldest English news outlet in Korea, The Yonsei Annals’ rich history is still unknown to many. Though the Annals’ logo has the phrase “since 1962” included in itself, the title of “the first campus English press” has always been with The Yonsei Annals.The meaning of “since 1962” The Yonsei Annals is, and always has been Yonsei University’s only official campus English media. The Yonsei Annals published its first campus English newspaper in tabloid form in June, 1962, as a
Special Report
Oh Jung-hee
2013.07.25 23:09
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STUDENTS USUALLY do not have a steady income. That is why many encounter situations where they are forced to give up their desires due to financial constraints. Students are already facing the financial burden of tuition fees, living expenses, and other needs. Amidst such difficulties, what would they do if they were unexpectedly given 10 million won? What wishes would they realize with that money?Choi Yun (Soph., University College, Pre-Med.) I always like travelling because it lets me escape the daily life I am used to. It is nice to get away from repetitive routines that are at times tiring
Voice on Campus
Lee Ji-yeon
2013.07.25 22:59
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THE HUMAN heart is perhaps an eternally unsolvable mystery, but the job of a psychiatric counselor is to delve deep into this enigma and heal the hurt that lurks inside. Although on the surface this appears to describe what psychiatric counselors do, in fact, the job entails much more. Through the employment of specific methods, psychiatric counselors work to reveal the entanglements of a person’s psychology.Choi Myung-ki(Psychiatrist, M.D., Cheongdam Harvard Psychology Center)Annals: What do psychiatric counselors do?Choi: Psychiatric counselors aim to soothe and console the advisee. Counsele
Regular Features
Jung Ji-won
2013.07.25 22:47
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“I WENT to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” In these words of Henry David Thoreau, he wanted to live a simple life with only what was essential to life and chose his own path to walk. In nature, in the woods and the mountains, people become free. When was the last time you ventured into the deep forest? When was the last time you set your foot on the top of the mountains?I stood still staring into the map. Beside it lay the e
Special Report
Hong Young-sik
2013.07.25 22:42
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ACCORDING to Kwon In-taek (CEO, Openknowl Inc.), “anyone can create a path on their own by simply thinking outside the box. By considering one’s areas of interest regardless of what is currently offered by society, one can envision a path toward the future.” After eight years, Kwon, freshman class of 2005, will graduate this June with a B.A. in Philosophy, Political Science and International Studies, and English Language and Literature after a long yet life-changing journey as a university student. Never one to hesitate to take each and every one of the courses that he found appealing, Kwon ex
People/Yonseian
Yu Ha-eun
2013.07.25 22:23
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THE COSMOS, composed of billions of planets and stars which stretch out over an incomprehensible span of space, serve to remind us that we are living in a world that is so much bigger than ourselves – a detail that we often forget in our daily lives. As we engage in meaningless small talk and engross ourselves in matters that only involve our immediate periphery, we tend to lose perspective and misperceive the world to be a lot smaller than it actually is. Hence, let us *Take a Break* from our often fickle lives, and spend some time focusing on the extraordinary – the spectacular m
Take a Break
Kim Ha-young
2013.07.25 18:25
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Stealthily, we moved from the edges,Drawn by dreams of plenitude,Leaving our homes at the marginsOf the deserted flatlands,Where nothing growsAnd what we had of wheels and cogsGrow rust and harbour cobwebs.It was fear that urged us on,Hacking at our hearts,Fear of the demented power,That fed upon its own illusionsAnd cut the naval stringWhich bound us to our Tribal Story.We were stripped at gunpointAt the precise point of intersectionBetween what passed as frontier of theNations.We carry nothing with usBut the golden memoriesOf a love that had onceBound us together as a people,The incense of a
Special Report
Lee Yae-lim
2013.07.23 15:56
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THE WORD hunger holds little significance in much of the world today. Especially in countries such as the United States where food is abundant, obesity rather than starvation has become a critical social issue. In most such developed countries where basic needs are more than met, the struggle to climb up the employment ladder is often the usual source of vexation, rather than the contention to survive. Hence, let us imagine a place where one would not only have to juggle the stresses of competing in the job market, but also strain to gather daily meals. In this nation, hunger is all that most
People/Yonseian
Kim Ha-young
2013.07.17 13:22
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IN THE democratic world, elections are the most important event as they allow citizens to choose the best people to lead the country. Though it is the general public who exercises this solemn power to
Regular Features
Jee You-seon
2013.05.20 21:14
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JANG JIN-JOO is the world’s first “dream designer.” In addition to being a dream designer, she is currently a professor at the Korea College of Media Arts, a freelancer announcer, a student at the Sog
People/Yonseian
Jung Sung-hee
2013.05.19 13:45
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YOUR STOMACH has been growling for the past hour, demanding food. You feel fatigued, the sudden sensation of exhaustion. It is still the beginning of the day and yet you feel totally drained out. Why,
Take a Break
Kim Min-sung
2013.05.18 15:01
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“DID YOU see that show last night?”“Of course! It was so funny when he…”Any avid reality television fan would have had this kind of conversation with a friend. Reality television is immensely p
Special Report
Lee Yong-woo
2013.04.02 20:44
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EVERYONE IS afraid of something. As a basic survival mechanism, fear protects people from potential threats and dangers. By contrast, a phobia is an overwhelming, irrational fear of a specific object
Take a Break
Jee You-seon
2013.03.03 02:11