We live in an uncertain world faced with inconsistencies, contradictions, and challenges that constantly test us and our identities. To adapt to these various situations, we often invent numerous pers

Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot d

Upon the minute hand completing its circle, whispers, page turning noises halt at once. Each ready with pens and packets, 20 reporters await for the cue to begin. The editor-in-chief sitting at the in

I made a new friend. She is calm, accepting and patient. I turn to her when I am down, and she never fails to comfort and soothe me by telling me stories, some impressive tales just like one my 5th gr

“Happy Birthday!” A cheerful voice woke me up on one peaceful morning of April 16. Still half asleep, I checked on numerous messages congratulating my 21st birthday from friends and famili

Everybody has a piece of past they want to erase. It could be disappointing grades, failed love, or loss of loved ones. People say those hard times will be valuable for our lives. However, there is on

If we look back upon the struggles we have had, we can easily notice that they mostly come from the anxieties and worries about the future -- things that have not happened yet or probably will never h

One philosophy that lingers in my mind is one that explains the frail relationships particular to modern times. Hordes of individual leave small impressions in our minds almost every day, but soon man

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.” This famous quote by Mother Theresa emphasizes the value of having someone in our lives. It is easy to confuse the concept o

It is now the final month of the year, and we are drawing closer to the end of another 12 months. It seems like only yesterday that Ewha lowered tuition by another 1.5 percent and the Hanwoori Hall ab

A professor from my department said to us during class year, “Right now you all are at the smartest you will ever be in your entire lives.” Though she did not intend so, the professor&rsqu

It was in 2005 when “friendly” service was required from university administration. Universities started organizing kindness education programs for administrative employees, and a real-nam

In one of the numerous still shots of random memories in my head is a children’s book standing in the corner of the bookshelf at my old house, whose title translates to “Hope for the Flowers” in Engli

Sitting in an interview with the assistant head of the Office of Financial Affairs (OFA), I have come to realize that numbers do not do much explaining. In an analysis report presented by the Educatio

What had initially started as a search for something new and fun, related to music, and away from all the girls-infested school activities turned out to be a turning point for not just my human networ

In the near end of the semester, students overloaded with team projects are crying here and there, going on about how inefficient their teamwork is. In a society where individuality is increasingly pr

I had always assumed that math and science were men’s fields and humanities and arts are women’s fields. I myself had shied away from computer science and calculus during high school, some

English seems to have enrooted in Korea as a language that gives headaches to those who have not experienced the language abroad naturally. Whenever I attend conferences and forums that proceed in Eng

On the first day of 2013, I made a New Year’s resolution for myself: to lose weight and vow to keep this promise. Unlike my many other resolutions in the past, which lasted less than a few days,

n front of Room B151, B152 and B161 of Ewha-POSCO Building, a number of students lining up to take a seat up front can easily be seen in between classes. There, 200 students or more are packed in like