Manjangilchee, a discussion club in Soongsil University, won the silver award at the 2012 National University Student Discussion Contest sponsored by the Ministry of Culture held on August 30-31. The subject of the contest was “Is South Korea’s humanities field in a state of crisis or of opportunity?” The club demonstrated a pronounced competitive spirit that resulted in its landing in the third place nationally, after Seoul National University and Sungkyunkwan University. Fired up by its success, Manjangilchee later delivered outstanding performances
and also obtained prizes at Korea University Student Debate Alliance’s University Student Debate Contest (champion, national first place), National Election Commission’s National University Student Debate Contest (silver award, national second place), and the Ministry of Culture’s National University Student Discussion Contest (silver award, national third place). The participants got awards for their prowess in debating, despite the fierce competition. Through this, SSU established a solid foothold as a prestigious school for debating, and proved its excellence in diverse fields of education, such as IT, engineering, humanities, and social sciences.