After two months of a sweet, I’d say, a short break, the summer vacation had finally come to an end. For students like us, it’s time to go back to reality, and start hustling for a new semester. I feel like this year has been filled with many big events. This summer was unprecedentedly hot, and it f

It has been a little more than 3 months since the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games ended. We are now counting down the days for the world’s biggest sporting event to come. After 4 years, the long-awaited 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia begins on July 4. The World Cup and the Olympics are two of the world

     "Life is a journey toward finding oneself." This is a phrase mentioned often in books or talked about in lectures. By the word finding, it refers to looking for something that has been lost or something completely new, which may also be somehow similar but in a different way. From my own understanding, I believe finding oneself is more than just discovering the natural trait of oneself, altho

While wrapping up my fifth vacation at SSU, I stop for a moment to look back at my previous vacations. No matter what I do during my vacation, I find myself constantly regretting not spending my time more wisely, even when I actually managed my time quite well. I regret wasting the days that I could have spent achieving something, and not achieving the goals I set at the start of my vacation.W

Freedom comes with responsibility. People should take responsibility for how they use their freedom. In the 21st century, we are overfilled with freedom. However, a vast majority of people avoid such duty while living in this luxurious free society. In fact, most of the problems and inconveniences that we experience in life come from this lack of responsibility.An example of this is the particip

At last, I bade farewell to a tough year. It was such a harsh, cold, and challenging year that I would not be able to forget it for quite a while. It seemed that a lot of people expected this year to be somehow better, but the reality was so plain: it was not so calm. The year 2015 came with a lot of noise and with a lot of people stepping into the mire. People got upset, once again, a

For the 160th of The Soongsil Times, ST tries to put various themes in the magazine. Among them, ST choose a theme of ‘trip’ for the Cover Story. People dream of travel to new place at least once. Many people say that 'travel' is one of the ways for 'Healing' and they like to travel. As people say, a trip has become a byword for “Healing”. Definitely, the “Healing” led trend in these days. People

The events in our lives make us feel a certain way. Sometimes we feel happy, angry or even sad. It is perfectly normal for us to have such.Sometimes in life, however, we often suppress our emotions. As a matter of fact, hiding your emotion is almost considered as virtue in context of the Korean culture. The reason is because many people in Korea consider expressing ones feelings as a sign of m

According to Yes24’s research on the best-selling books in 2013, there were 18 self-help books in the top 100 bestsellers list. The titles of those self-help books, such as How to Live Happily and 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do, have something in common. Books with titles that include the words “How to” no doubt abound in South Korea. Then, we should think: Why do we crave this kind of books? From

I now fancy doing my personal stuff in a cafe. Nowadays, many people spend time alone in cafes, doing their work, like me. Some people don’t understand it. I guess the reason is that a noisy and unruly atmosphere disturbs people who are doing something requiring concentration. There’s an interesting news item on the relation between some noisy and creativity.According to the Journal of Consume

 This spring was particularly cloudy and rainy. It was hard to feel the spring in my bones. It seems that clouds, made of paper, are also rising on the field of the press. Today, newspapers are growing apart from human beings all over the world, and it is said that the circulation of newspapers has slumped. Most of the young people today are receiving the latest news through the Internet and throu

Many changes have occurred in 2013. The new government the first female president of Korea has headed was officially launched on February 25, 2013. It hasn't really sunk in yet. Most leaders have commonly emphasized the importance of communication with the people. Likewise, President Park has emphasized communication with the people, but she couldn’t keep her word actually. There is a case she all

Ican’t believe I’m writing my last story for the last magazine issue I’ll publish. It’s been two years and a half since I wrote “Campus Brief” as a Cub-Reporter. Along with the many articles that I wrote as an ST Reporter, I have been writing “Whistle” as the Editor-in-Chief. I have a fascination with “Whistle.” I can’t decorate this page splendidly like the other pages, but I can tell my own hone