8. May 15, 20138.NCCU Spotlight
By Amelie Lin (林柚稘)
Campus reporter
Telling stories not only with his
pen but with images and his life,
Taiwanese director and screen-
writer Wu Nien-jen (吳念真)
became the National Chengchi
University’s (NCCU) artist-in-
residence this year.
Wu has directed several award-
winning films and written many
screenplays. One of the films he
directed, “A Borrowed Life”(多
桑), won the best motion picture
in Italy’s Turi International Film
Festival. “A City of Sadness” (悲
情城市), for which he was one of
the main screenwriters, won the
best original screenplay at the
Golden Horse Award and the Best
Film at the Venice Film Festival.
Wu held a drama workshop
for NCCU students this semester,
and the students had a theatrical
performance on May 9.
The university’s emeritus pro-
fessor Wu Jing-jyi (吳靜吉), who
invited Wu Nien-jen to be the
NCCU artist-in-residence, said
that Wu Nien-jen is a man with
courage, creativity and the deter-
mination to change. He said that
those are qualities that he wanted
NCCU students to learn from Wu
Nien-jen.
“I think that there is nothing
special to show off in my life,”
Wu Nien-jen said.
Wu said that he understood
that he was not perfect, so he took
many different jobs and learned
from the challenges.
“The elites always tell the
worst story, because the stories
they tell are always from books or
from the Internet,” Wu said. “The
ordinary people usually tell the
best story, because they tell the
story with their lives.”
Peng Shiao-tien (彭小天), an
exchange student from China’s
Shandong University, said that it
was wonderful for the university
to invite Wu Nien-jen to be the
artist-in-residence.
“I was touched to have the
chance to see a famous director
tell his own stories,” Peng said.
To allow more NCCU students
to feel Wu Nien-jen’s genuine
passion for Taiwan, Graduate
Institute of Technology and In-
novation Management associate
professor Chang Yu-chien (張瑜
倩) and her students organized a
special exhibition of Wu’s works.
“We present Wu’s life chro-
nology, books, advertisements,
scripts, interviews and the manu-
scripts,” Chang said.
The exhibition lasts from May
2 to Jun. 14.
Wu said that he uses the com-
puter instead of pens to write the
scripts now. As a result, he said
he does not have the hand-written
manuscripts for his more recent
works.
Wu’s last manuscript would
be kept in the University Archive
Room of NCCU after the exhibi-
tion ends. The manuscripts were
mostly apology letters to the
directors for finishing the scripts
late.
Diplomacy freshman Wu
Nien-jen (吳念真), who was
named after the director, said that
the director’s stories had touched
the hearts of many.
“Both of my parents are huge
fans of Wu Nien-jen,” Wu said.
As the new NCCU artist-in-
residence, the Taiwanese director
said that he hoped that all NCCU
students would set a goal to ac-
complish during these wonderful
four years in college.
Wu Nien-jen becomes NCCU artist-in-residence
By Vickie Lo (羅皓恩)
Staff Writer
Five outstanding alumni of
National Chengchi University
(NCCU) have been selected to
serve as models for the students
this year, who will also be rec-
ognized in the university’s 86th
anniversary celebration ceremony
on May 20.
The five outstanding alumni
are Hsuan-Shian Education
Foundation chairman Chen Han-
chiang (陳漢強), who graduated
from Department of Education
in 1959 and Graduate Institute of
Education in 1961; Cosmos Bank
chairman Paul Lo (盧正昕), who
graduated from Department of
International Business in 1966;
former Cathey Real Estate chair-
man Liu Chiu-te (劉秋德), who
graduated from Department of
Law in 1967; “Meinong Today”
magazine founder Huang Sen-
song (黃森松), who graduated
from Department of History in
1973 and Graduated Institute of
Journalism in 1975; and Chou
Chun-chi (周俊吉), chairman of
Sinyi Realty, who graduated from
Business Administration Execu-
tive Program in 1993.
The alumni were recommend-
ed by their respective colleges.
NCCU President Wu Se-hwa
(吳思華) said that those outstand-
ing alumni came from different
backgrounds but all insisted on
pursuing their dreams and work-
ing hard under difficult circum-
stances.
“They are really our models
and honor,” Wu said.
Aside from the award cer-
emony, the university would host
other activities to celebrate the
school’s 86th anniversary.
Office of Student Affairs has
invited students and faculties to
decorate cakes on May 20 to give
their blessings for the university.
The office said that they will pre-
pare 50 cakes as well as butter,
chocolate, and candies for partici-
pants to show their creativity.
After the competition, they
could take the cake home and eat
it.
Meanwhile, the university will
host Sports Games and the Home-
coming Day on May 17 and 18 in
celebration of the anniversary as
well.
Five outstanding alumni chosen to be student models
By Olly Chang (張心怡) and
Jen Chuang (莊昀臻)
Campus reporter
The NCCU World Festival
opened on May 7 to welcome
more than 1,200 students who
studied in National Chengchi
University (NCCU) this year.
NCCU President Wu Se-hwa
(吳思華) attended the opening
ceremony and gave his blessing.
He said that this event aimed
to provide multicultural experi-
ences to NCCU students and the
local community residents as
well.
“The World Festival is defi-
nitely a venue to show the beau-
ty of different cultures. Since
we all live in a global village,
it is important that you learn to
appreciate other cultures,” Wu
said.
The opening ceremony of the
festival featured performance of
“Techno-Dancing Third Prince”
(電音三太子), which was a com-
bination of techno music and
traditional celebration dance for
the deity Netza the third price. It
also featured belly dancing and
fashion show for traditional cos-
tumes from around the world.
Spanish senior Clara Hsu(徐
若綺) said that the performance
this year has added a few in-
teresting elements that made it
from the one last year.
“The performance of Electric-
Techno Neon Gods definitely
amazed me. It is a good thing to
see some Taiwanese spirit in the
show, which promotes our own
culture as well,” Hsu said.
This three-day Food Festival
also attracted many participants,
in which exchange students from
around the world presented the
delicious cuisines in their cul-
tures.
Romanian Daniela Vaida,
who studied in the Graduate In-
stitute of Russian Studies, said
that Taiwanese and Romanian
are alike in that both cultures
enjoy their own cuisines very
much.
“It is just
that we cook
more often
a t h o m e
than people
here,” she
said, adding
that people
in Taiwan
go to restau-
rants nearly
every day to
have meals.
R i s k
Management
& Insurance
senior Albert Kuo(郭家豪) said
that it is a very unique experi-
ence to be one of the volunteers
in the Food Festival.
“This is not only a chance to
make more friends but to get to
know about other cultures and
different attitude of life,” Kuo
said, “We even went to a Muslim
restaurant to buy the chicken be-
fore we made Moroccan chicken
pie.”
Sergio Rodriguez, an ex-
change student from the Uni-
versity of Oviedo, said that this
one-week event was really inter-
esting and it was something that
he has yet to see back home.
“This kind of international
event should be kept going!” he
said.
World Festival links local and international students
By Gina Wang (王穎芝)
Campus Reporter
National Chengchi University
(NCCU) sports teams won 19
medals from National Intercol-
legiate Athletic Games (NIAG),
which was held from April 27 to
May 1.
Nine of NCCU sports teams
participated in NIAG, including
teams of track and field, swim-
ming, table tennis, tennis, bad-
minton, fencing, Taekwondo, judo
and karate. Jointly, the athletes
won five golds, nine silvers and
five bronzes.
NCCU fencing team won four
gold medals in men’s epee indi-
vidual and men’s epee team as
well women’s foil individual and
women’s foil team, which also
won the most golds for NCCU.
Diplomacy senior Wu Li-ying
(吳莉瑩), the leader of fencing
team, said that many experienced
team members had graduated last
year and they had to send fresh-
men to the games.
NCCU karate team
won two silver medals
during the game, which
was the team’s best
record in the past few
years. The two silvers
were won by the team’s
new member Chen Yi-
tsu (陳逸慈), freshman
of Department of Mon-
ey and Banking. She
said that her weight-
loss plan had weakened
her strength.
“I started it too late that I had
to lose three kilograms in two
weeks,” Chen said. She played in
the bantamweight level in the cat-
egory of 55 kg to 61kg.
Judo team, on the other hand,
won a gold medal and a silver
medal. Chou Hsiang-ting (周湘
婷), sophomore of Department of
Psychology who won the gold,
said that she was very excited.
“It was a big reward and en-
couragement for the past six years
that I’ve spent on practicing,”
Chou said.
Table tennis player Chen Yi-
wen (陳意文), also a senior of
Department of Accounting, over-
came a tough fight in the semi-
final and won a silver medal in
the final.
Swimming team also won a
silver medal in 400 meters free-
style relay and two bronze medals
in individual medley and indi-
vidual freestyle.
N C C U s h i n e s i n N a t i o n a l
Intercollegiate Athletic Games
NCCU fencing team wins four gold medals in
NIAG. Photo: NCCU fencing team
International students show the tradtional dance to intro-
duce their culture. Photo: Kao Lee-fu (高李福)
Wu Nien-jen held a drama workshop for NCCU students this semester, and
the students have a theatrical performance. Photo: Veronika Tomanová
