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THOUGH SEEMINGLY a common concept, intellectual property rights in our society seems yet to be achieved. Even now we see the plagiarism scandal of Lee Hyo-ri, a K-Pop star, Apple’s intellectual property lawsuit against Samsung, and the indictment of the operator of Wedisk, one of Korea’s largest file sharing sites. These all show how common copyright infringement is in Korea. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s (MCST) report in 2010, the loss due to copyright infringement is estimated to be more than 2 trillion. This problem is also easily detected at universities. Copyright infringement is rampant on campus in the form of illegal copying and plagiarism: In 2009, a student attending Seoul National University was caught winning a contest with someone else’s work. Once a center of high-level education that boasted its academic integrity, universities have now become a lawless area. What possible solutions are there to regain the lost reputation?
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Chung Jun-hee
2011.09.30 21:36
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Shin Soo-jung
2011.09.01 21:44
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ONE FRIDAY night, Yonseians sit at a bar to enjoy a few drinks. Just as things get fun and rowdy, several freshmen get up apologetically: "We have to go. The shuttle to Songdo leaves soon." People glance at their cell phones, check the time. It is a little past 11 P.M. After an exchange of goodbyes and see you laters, the freshmen trot out the door. Pretty soon they are forgotten and the initial curiosity fades into indifference and ignorance. But how is Songdo Campus, officially known as the Yonsei International Campus (YIC), faring?
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Roh Shin-young
2011.05.29 00:18
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Kim Hye-ran
2011.05.08 12:02
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Chung Ji-yoon
2011.04.17 21:32
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Chung Ji-yoon
2011.04.17 21:06
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THERE ARE three ways to react to a bad grade.One, accept reality and live with what you got.Two, refuse to accept reality and ask theprofessor why you got what you got. Three, getstressed out and reluctantly decide to retake the course.None of these methods, of course, guarantee you abetter score. But what if there was another way out?What if you could simply erase the bad score, like itnever happened?The credit withdrawal policy can make this wishcome true. It allows students to remove from theirtranscripts, albeit within a limited number of credits,not just the bad grade but also any record that thecourse was ever taken. This policy thereby enablesstudents to raise their overall GPA. With a growingnumber of universities adopting the credit withdrawalpolicy, universities without it — such as Yonsei —have been debating on whether to follow suit. AtYonsei, the policy has constantly been at the forefrontof campaign promises during Student Associationelections. Supported as a policy that can open up moreopportunities for students, and also criticized forprompting grade inflation, the validity of the creditwithdrawal policy is left to be examined.
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Baek Jae-yeun
2011.03.06 12:05
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Working women in Korea, where they are standing now
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Shin Joo-hyung
2011.03.05 16:48
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Kyoung-taek Lim
2010.10.28 22:00
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KOREA WILL be hosting the G20 Seoul Summit in November. Some regard this as a good opportunity for Korea to further enhance its reputation by taking the initiative in international affairs. Such an ef
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Shin Joo-hyung
2010.10.01 22:48
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ALTHOUGH THE astonishingly real scenes in the film Avatar were made possible by today’s cutting-edge technology, 3-D films are hardly a recent invention. In fact, they are almost as old as mot
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Yoo Hye-rim
2010.08.26 18:55
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MANY YONSEIANS may have noticed gongmojeon* banners hung from the trees while walking along Baikyang-ro. Although some students just pass them by, others think that they will take on the challenge sometime during their university life. Students can even buy guidebooks to help prepare and win a gongmojeon. The benefits of winning include cash prizes and internships. Therefore, more and more college students are enthusiastic about entering these contests; some even recklessly jump into it especially due to the harsh period of youth unemployment. Nevertheless, it is important to choose the right type of gongmojeon and try to get tips from previous winners. gongmojeon*: A kind of a contest accepting various kinds of works or ideas of a given theme usually held by enterprises or public entities. In the case of an enterprise, the theme may consist of suggesting ideas to improve or promote its products. Students can participate individually or as a team.
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Kim Min-ju
2010.05.24 20:36
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In Korean society, domestic violence was considered a family issue that was not to be discussed in public...
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Lee He-rim
2010.05.06 21:32
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Editor's NoteUntil the 1990s, discourses were not formed to discuss issues regarding the destruction of the environment. From then, a large number of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis,
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Yang Jinny
2010.04.02 00:05
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YEARS AGO, villagers in southwestern China were puzzled by the county government's decision to paint an entire barren mountainside green. It was an unusual attempt to "green" the area, givi
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Yang Jinny
2010.03.31 23:45
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A VIOLIN concerto is the last thing people expect to see in the subway. Sure, we often hear Mozart over the metro speaker system, but to see a guerilla concert of 45 young violinists led by Kim Nam-yu
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Choi In-hye
2010.02.25 19:30
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MOST FRESHMEN go through a period of pre-frosh Orientation Time (OT), which introduces them into the society of university. Students participate in the OT before their first semester begins, and get a
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Ra Yeon-jae
2009.11.24 18:34
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Editor's NoteHave you heard a professor tell you about his own life as a Yonseian in the middle of the lecture? If you have, you might also have realized how many Yonsei graduates have come back to t
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Choi Keun-ho
2009.10.29 19:02
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WHEN ONE plays an RPG game, one kills a monster and gets experience points, which enable one to move up a level and kill stronger monsters. The same thing happens in the labor market, in which university students (and potential job seekers) struggle to build spec* , in order to secure a job more easily. Among this group, many consider ?nternships?as crucial to their future chances. Do all internships, however, help us avoid unemployment? The Yonsei Annals considers it essential to examine internships, and thus to help students make better decisions in the long run.
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Ha Jung-yun
2009.08.27 20:46
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THE MALLS are filled with 23, 24 inch skinny jeans, and walking mannequins eagerly trying them on. The standard minimum of 26 inch pants has now turned into the standard maximum, and extra large sizes
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Hwang Ji-hyea
2009.05.26 16:44