“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

The emergence and spread of smart phones have enriched our lives in so many ways that would be unnecessary to even mention. One way that I do want to point out, however, is the unlimited auditory acce

After receiving the demonstration authentication in 2011, Ewha has once again received the certificate of authentication for the International Education Quality Assurance System (IEQAS) on Feb. 14. To

After almost three years of working at the university press —two years as a reporter and another year as the Editor-in-Chief—I believe it is safe to say that I now have a better understand

The year 2012 is a power-shifting history to be remembered; following Russia’s presidential election in March, France had its presidential election in April and the United States recently reelec

When we walk into a classroom, we see students who come in and place their bags on the seat next to them as they sit down. Others who follow in don’t bother to ask and just move on to take anoth

Yonsei University announced its recently revamped policy which will drastically limit course retakes on Sept. 26. Yonsei revealed the new policy was an effort to reestablish once lost credibility of t

From Sep. 24 to 27, the Ewha Student Government Association (SGA) and student councils from each colleges and student committees held “I Wish” week as a collective action. The main theme o

The first week of the school; refreshing air and recharged body and mind with expectations of the new semester ahead. But for the students taking business courses, it is only a total chaos. The pop-up