The school-wide policy of mandating a designated number of English courses as a graduation requirement has been at the center of student complaints.According to Article 48, Clause 5 of the school regulations, it is stated that undergraduate students enrolled at Ewha must take at least 18 credits of
International Symposium on Age Integration was held on Sep. 26 at the International Education Building’s LG Convention Hall. The symposium discussed the topic, “Aging intergenerational integration and Age-friendly environment,” and presented examples and approaches of age-friendly environments domes
Career Development Center (CDC) held IBK Industrial Bank mock exam program on Oct. 1 at ECC. The program aimed to support students preparing for positions at IBK Industrial Bank. It was broken down into three sessions: mock exam, marking the exam, and a special lecture. The test papers and answers w
The sixth Yoon Hoo-jung Unification Forum: The Reunification of the Korean Peninsula, was held on Oct. 2 at Lee Sam Bong hall. The session was organized by Ewha Institute of Unification Studies. The university President Kim Hei-sook and former Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon were inv
Battle Zone Public Art program was held on Oct. 1 at ECC theater. Battle Zone Public Art is a connected program to which is a public art exhibition. The program shared public arts being performed in Korea and around the world. Introducing the works for the program, panels discussed
Ludens, a club which focuses on bridging the humanities, arts and media, held the exhibition Bead, Learn, Speak on Sept. 23 to 25 at ECC Daesan Gallery. The theme of the exhibition was to read, learn, and discuss issues on queer, vegan and feminism. Various books were handed out the exhibition inclu
With the arrival of fall, colleges held their own festivals by running booths and providing various events. In the fourth week of September, three different colleges, ELTEC College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and College of Education, each held their own festival.Meondongje: ELTEC Colleg
Shinchon Arts Space and See the Sun, a visual arts project organization, collaborated to create Art Space from Aug. 16 to Sept. 29. The numerous art-related events and workshops were at Art Space aimed to encourage young female artists.Woo Da-min, the chief of See the Sun, and her all-women team wer
Ministry of Environment (ME), Korea Climate & Environment Network (KCEN), and Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) started campaigning on the reduction of paper receipts in the country from Sept. 24 to 28.According to the National IT Industry Promotion Agency’s 2014 statistics
Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay / To mould me Man, did I solicit thee / From darkness to promote me?Parenting videos and cartoons seem hot on Instagram these days. Maybe it’s just some prejudiced Facebook algorithm that automatically sort users in their twenties as either married or preparin
From fintech to national intelligence, cyber security has successfully seeped into every aspect of modern life. The digitization of finance, personal data, and other confidential information as well as national-level data have made it ever more necessary to rear a new generation of cyber security ex
“The Fairy Did Not Tolerate” is a book that reinterprets 10 Korean folktales with anti-misogyny and solidarity of social minorities. The book is written by a book club named Gu-o, which means to “awaken together” in Chinese characters. Gu-o consists of five Ewha students.Members initially met to sim
Marché is a Farmers’ Market that started its business in October 2012 at Marronnier Park. The market began with the idea of providing a place where farmers could meet customers and share stories about how they grew their vegetables. Also, craftsmen who sell handmade craftworks and chefs who provide
“You don’t smoke?”Yeah, I get that a lot. (Disclaimer: I do not have anything against smokers, as long as he, she or they doesn’t blow the fume in my face.) And the reason I get that comment is because I have a LOT of tattoos. And this isn’t just my assumption, because I have asked people why they t
I sometimes wonder if people still believe in free speech. It is often attacked these days as an unnecessary concession to political adversaries when one has power over them. Or such freedom is cynically defended when one is out of power. On the positive importance of free speech, I can do no better
From Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, the 4th Right Light Festival was held on campus to motivate students to be more engaged in issues regarding discrimination and negligence in modern society.Since 2015, Right Light Festival has been striving to bring attention to minority’s rights and to fight against injusti
The Start-up Festival in Ewha was held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at Nae:il Lounge. Supported by the Ministry of Education, the festival aimed to enhance students’ understanding of start-ups and inspire students to start their own businesses. The festival was divided into three booths: Division of Entr
Ewha Greenism, a community that holds projects related to environmental issues under the student organization AIESEC, placed acorn storage boxes around campus this August. The boxes were installed for the protection of animal food from being illegally collected by outsiders. Greenism aims to protect
On Sept. 26, students gathered at the Lawn Plaza to participate in “A Whole New Ewha,” an assembly urging the school to take full responsibility for student demands at the upcoming meeting with President Kim. The student council publicized the assembly and went around campus to collect signatures fo