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Welcome to The Pioneer. I’m Jeong Ju-jee, recently
elected as the new editor-in-chief. 2013 has begun, and I
guess you have made new plans for this year: getting
licenses, losing weight, getting a high TOIEC score, to
name a few example. Maybe you consider these things as
shortcomings, or things you need to catch up on. The
word “shortcoming” has negative connotations, and it
may be that you are ashamed of them. But if you look at
it the other way round, they can help you understand how
to improve yourself. In other words, they help you
advance. Don’t be ashamed of your shortcomings.
Have you ever seen the sunset on the horizon? If you
see it at the beach, you can see that the horizon looks
purple. Beyond that line, I think, are my goals that I have
always dreamed of achieving. So, I am sailing in order to
try to reach that point. In the course of the voyage, I am
going to go through hardships. Maybe I’ll want to give up
many times. But I keep on sailing to my dream.
In this issue’s cover story, The Pioneer discusses the
library. You may think it is just a place for studying or
reading books. However, after you read The Pioneer, I
hope your way of thinking will change. The library is not
just a place of studying, but a place for culture. Campus
Life has three interesting stories. In Campaign, The
Pioneer writes about relations between roommates. It will
be a helpful piece not only for freshmen students living
with strangers for the had difficulty adjusting to
dormitories. In Campus World we talk about Skyline
which is the GNU paragliding club. Our reporters talk
vividly about their experiences. In Focus, The Pioneer
covers lecture evaluation and supplementary lessons.
Lecture evaluation is an important tool for students and
professors a like because it’s a benchmark in which
professors and students can re-evaluate, readjust the way
materials are taught in class. (So, is it good for the index
of lecture development?) In the People section we discuss
how art is not a difficult thing, but a something very
familiar and close to our daily lives.
Are you interested in working during the holidays? In
Social Explorer section, The Pioneer introduces you to
working holidays. If you have already been preparing for
it, you’ll find the information useful. If you don’t know
what it is, it could be a new challenge for you to while
you are able. On top of this, The Pioneer informs you
about the truth and falsity; several points you should
know about before undertaking a working holiday.
The Pioneer has a dream for this year: we want to try
harder to be a great read, and we hope you readers are
going to enjoy the beginning of this new semester. We
are waiting for your ideas, so please let us know. The
Pioneer will strive to be better and to contribute
positively to your campus life.
EDITORIAL
Be Appreciative
of Your
Shortcomings
Jeong Ju-hee Editor-in-Chief
THE PIONEER DECEMBER 20122

CONTENTS
01 EDITORIAL
Be Appreciative of Your Shortcomings
04 CAMPAIGN
Are You a Good Roommate?
06 FOCUS
Evaluation and Judgment
08 CAMPUS WORLD
Take Life Higher
10 PEOPLE
Art Isn’t Far Away from Us
12 SOCIAL EXPLORER
Joy, Language, and Money
- EVERYTHING ABOUT WORKING HOLIDAY
18 COVER STORY
Let’s Take a Stroll in the Forest of Bookshelves
26 ZOOM IN
KTX Route Opens in Jinju
28 VOICE
Gratefulness in Inconvenience
Science and Poetry: Fractals and Poetic Form
Adjusting and Exposing Myself to New Zealand Culture
34 CULTURE
Why We Love Dr.Jekyll&Hyde?
35 READERS’ PAGE
2013.03. No.161
President and Publisher Kwon Sun-ki
Executive Editor Cho Kyu-woan Faculty Advisor Jeon Jeong-hawn
English Advisor Rian McGuinness
Editor-in-Chief Jeong Ju-Hee
Senior Editor Kim Jun-Min, Rebbecca Thien Tze Yean
Reporter Moon Jae-hyun, Jang Hye-Ju, Son Seong-eun
Nam Min-Jeong, Kang Su-Jin, Maeng Ju-Baek
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The Pioneer DECEMBER 20124
CAMPUS LIFE CAMPAIGN
Are You a Good Roommate?
By Moon Jae-hyun reporter
Imagine: at seven o’clock every
morning you wake up to a horrible racket
because your roommate sings loudly
while taking a shower. Your roommate
gets drunk and his shouting wakes you up
from your sleep. As soon as he gets up in
the morning, he throws up next to your
bed. Your room smells like rotten food
and it’s you who has to clean up the
disgusting mess. When you come back to
your room after class, your roommate is
having a party without your approval. On
top of that, you also discover that they sit
on your bed and your things are all over
the place. You don’t know what to say
because they don’t care at all. They just
take things for granted, as always.
If any of these situations are familiar
to you, you are not alone. If not, consider
yourself the lucky one. These days, many
students are lacking in basic
consideration for others. Such tendencies
affect the basic decencies which should
be kept between roommates, and there
are many other complications that may
arise when two people are sharing a small
living space.
What experiences do GNU students
have regarding these issues? A male
student who wished to remain
anonymous (Sophomore, College of
Engineering) said the important thing is
to not to cross the line. For example, his
roommate was kind and took care of his
feelings, but sometimes these good points
would change into excessive intrusions.
Additionally, he mentioned that one of
his friends moved out of his room before
the end of the term. Whenever bedtime
came, his roommate would bring along
some friends and they would talk non-
stop. He said, “There are so many people
who don’t understand basic human
decency, and consistently behaving this
way can end up being really rude. I think
that basic etiquette is essential for people
who spend a semester sharing a living
space.”
A female student (Junior, College of
Social Science) expressed another
opinion. She said, “I liked the fact that I
had very different habits to my
roommate. I prefer to stay alone in my
room rather than going out, but my
roommate was the opposite. So, I felt
really comfortable because I could spend
a lot of time alone. For this reason, we
maintained amicable relations.
Outwardly, this might seem selfish, but
it’s much better than being on bad terms.”
Another female student (Junior,
College of Engineering) told us about the
worst roommate that she lived with
during her time in the dormitory. Her
roommate left garbage on the desk for
such a long time that it turned green with
mold. Even her roommate’s underwear
was scattered around the room. She said
that these days she can’t understand how
she survived that semester.
Many people probably think
problems like these are limited to
students living in the dormitory.
However, the issue is also present for
those living in rented houses or boarding
houses.
Here is a case in point. A female
student (Sophomore, College of
Humanities) talked about the roommate
she shared a boarding house with. She
said, “My roommate was decent overall,
but there were still a few problems.
People who have lived in a boarding
house or rented house will understand
this better. One day my roommate forgot
to turn off the boiler, so the bill was really
high that month. I thought that was a little
unfair because I didn’t use that much gas.
Sometimes, my roommate brought her
friends round after midnight, because
boarding houses generally don’t have
curfews like the dormitory. She also

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appeared to bring her boyfriend round
when I wasn’t there!”
From the interview of several GNU
students, it’s hard to over emphasize the
importance of basic etiquettes and
manners. This seems easy, but is actually
quite difficult to keep to regularly. As
mentioned in the interviews, maintaining
a moderate relationship is also of great
importance. When in doubt, always
remember, ‘too much is as bad as too
little’.
Additionally, students who share
accommodation shouldn’t be forced to
live one way or the other. No one should
be required to completely change their
lifestyle for other. Instead, both parties
should try find a middle ground. People
should be especially careful about the
little things - however trivial you may
think they are - whether you live in a
dormitory, a boarding house or a rented
house.
The Pioneer interviewed Prof. Yang
Nan-Mee (Ph.D/Counselor, Assistant
Professor of Psychology). Prof. Yang was
responsible for GNU’s dormitory
orientation, which is held in order to give
dormitory-related information. One of the
topics she covered was ‘How can we live
happily in a dormitory?’ She said people
often make the mistake of automatically
assuming that other people are wrong.
For example, some people empty a
wastebasket when it is overflowing, while
others do it when it isn’t yet full. If such
thing happens, you have no right to
criticize the other person just because
they do things differently. She also said,
“Always remember the fact that we are
different to other people when it comes to
perspective and behaviour, so the way
you do things isn’t necessarily the right
way to do it.”
She also gave us some great advice.
In the setting of a boarding house, or
rented house, the type of relationship
between roommates differs greatly to a
dormitory setting. Dormitory roommates
have usually never met before, but people
sharing in a boarding house or rented
house are often close friends beforehand.
However, after living together, they
sometimes end up being quite
disappointed with each other. They also
feel very ambiguous about who has what
responsibility. Mentioning this problem is
never something to be ashamed of, but
people don’t always feel this way. So, in
that case, they should compromise by
making things clear from the outset.
During our time at the university, we
meet a wide range of people by sharing
accommodation, whether they be good or
bad roommates. Maintaining good
etiquette with roommates is very
important in campus life - as we all want
to live without concern - and the place
where we sleep and relax should be
comfortable both physically and
mentally. At night, especially, most
students are in their rooms and so end up
spending a lot of time with their
roommate. As mentioned above, the
experience of an entire semester can
depend on who your roommate is. It
seems, these days, that the younger
generation is lacking in understanding of
basic human decency. You should always
remember that being a roommate means
sharing.

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CAMPUS LIFE FOCUS
Evaluation and Judgment
A lecture is communication between professors and students. But in a typical lecture, professors
pass on the information and students take a passive role. One chance students have to express their
mind is through the Evaluating System for Lectures (ESL) at the end of the semester. ESL works as a
straight communication tool that gives the students a voice and a chance to evaluate the lecture and the
professor alike. It means that professors can constantly monitor the quality of their lectures, and that
students make it clear what they want from the class. At least, this is the intended purpose.
In order to reduce the burdens of the professors, the entire process has been automatized, simplified
and condensed into several multiple-choice questions. Also, making ESL a mandatory step before
checking the grades means that most students answer the questions without giving them much
consideration, as they are in a hurry to check their grades. Instead of being a tool for communication,
ESL has become a minor nuisance. GNU has conducted a survey last December of 238 professors and
753 students on the satisfaction of ESL. The survey results were not available at the time of my
coverage.
To get more inside information, The Pioneer interviewed Lee Eun-ju who works at Office of
Academics Affairs at GNU. According to her, the result from the survey was not satisfying. She said
“Many students replied that they are not pleased with ESL. A weird thing we discovered is that a lot of
students are worried that if their evaluating results are poor, it will affect their score, but this certainly
isn’t true.”
By Nam Min-jeong reporter

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ESL is an efficient system, so long as it functions well.
Rating lectures is a good way to improve the lecture quality
and is helpful for professor’s self-improvement. However,
it hasn’t always been without issues. It should be modified
to keep up with the rapid changes in the education
environment. Also, having the same questions for different
classes cannot fulfill the students’ demands. For example,
the evaluation of sport or practical lessons requires asking
more specific questions, which would differ from other
more “academic” classes. Furthermore, the opinion of The
Pioneer is that the period of evaluation should be delayed
until after students have got their grades. Sending feedback
on every classes on a weekly or monthly basis could be an
alternative plan. Students would be content with the
advanced quality of lectures. Moreover, communication
between students and professors should take place often
and as actively and freely as possible.
<An Interview with Lee Eun-ju, works at
Office of Academics Affairs>
Can you explain the ESL system at GNU?
The GNU ESL system was implemented in 2000. In 2010, the
Next Generation Information System was developed in order to
make sure that students and professors were able to check
scores and overall data online. But there are some problems
with this system. Due to technological problems, we weren t
able to perfect the system: a separation between the way of
rating lectures and that of checking scores wasn t established.
Students cannot enter and check this system at the same time,
but should enter with a different ID to a different website.
Actually, when registering for courses, students can check
every professor s lecture score for the last semester. However,
because of the separation issue, students don t take advantage
of it, and in some cases they don t even know about it. So,
we re considering the renewal of ESL as soon as possible.
According to this survey, many students answered
they aren’t content with ESL. What is the reason
for this and is there any solution?
Since 2000 the system has, in general, been successful, and
the average rating for every semester has always been higher
than 4.00. In contrast, the result of the survey shows that
students calls for a renewal are increasing. We were surprised
that there is so much misunderstanding about the system
among students. The time they usually carry out the evaluation
is right before checking their score, and this leads them to
worry that the professor could see their results, which in turn
means that their score is affected. It s our responsibility to
debunk this myth. Also, students pointed out that even though
they do evaluate lectures, the professors didn t appear to give
any feedback; in general, students assumed that ESL doesn t
work.
Do professors actively use it?
Actually, we have no way of knowing that. The results of this
survey were mostly positive when it came to professors. Young
professors answered that the availability of the system is
gratifying; but some old professors are having trouble with
using it and so I didn t see the results in some cases.
If a lecture’s score is lower than average, do
professors react to it?
Yes, they do. For example, if they got under 3.00 for two years
in a row, the results would be reflected in the allocating the of
number of years for professors system; if a part-time lecturer
got under 3.00 for two years consecutively, they cannot
continue that lecture. Also, we have a clause that students who
got D or F for their grades can t participate in evaluating.
Questions for the survey are divided into six parts according to
the number of students and the characteristics of the lecture.
Professors scoring lower than 3.00 face restrictions, as I
mentioned above. However, this will soon change to 3.50. At
present, professors can t find out the results of evaluations
done by specific students; however, we do have a plan to
change the system. By receiving standard deviation scores,
professors will be able to learn their rankings among other
professors. We ll also let each dean allow the part-time
lecturers, as well as professors, to check the results.

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CAMPUS LIFE CAMPUS WORLD
The Pioneer Spirit Titled as Full of Confidence
There are many people who aren’t afraid of trying something
new and challenging. Many of them go on to break new ground in
other areas, and become international figures and even world
leaders. GNU, one of the strongholds of higher education in the
province, defines its ideals of education as being “The Pioneer
spirit” and this attitude towards life is what the 21st century
demands on the youth of today.
A perfect example of people who like to push the limits is
Skyline; a group of paragliders here at GNU. The first impression
of the club is that they beam confidence; their voices are full of
energy and passion. And, after trying paragliding for ourselves,
The Pioneer can confirm that it does indeed leave one with a
feeling of being confident enough to try almost anything we want.
Paragliding must surely be one of the most thrilling sports that
humanity has ever undertaken. On top of the fact that you are
actually flying, you really feel the breeze as you glide alongside the
mountaintops, and it gives a sensation of having conquered the
world, the latter being the main reason why people take up
paragliding in the first place. Stuck on the ground, we feel the same
as everyone else; we do the same things and share same earthly
thoughts. However, up in the sky we encounter indescribable
feelings that open up a whole new world of creativity. This is one
of the many reasons why Skyline began as a group.
We interviewed the head of Skyline and experienced
paragliding personally, through a tandem-flight; meaning that we
flew together with a professional. Choosing to experience
paragliding firsthand wasn’t an easy decision; it does seem like
quite a dangerous and difficult sport. Parents and professors
questioned our obstinacy in wanting to try it. (Funnily enough
though, they also expect us to be the next global leaders or Nobel
Prize winners. It seems, therefore, a little shameful that they should
be the ones who interfere when we want to experience something
as marvelous as paragliding!)
Paragliding is quite expensive for students, and even people
earning a salary; a tandem flight costs a hundred thousand won, for
example. However, by making a few sacrifices on drinking, eating
out and buying clothes, we could pretty easily raise the cash to get
off the ground and leave the ordinary behind. In the Cover Story of
this issue, I didn’t want to urge you to read books; reading is such
an everyday thing that we can all do it easily. In contrast, however,
I do urge you to do this exciting sport before your thirties.
Passion Makes Me Sexy
These days, people seem to get stressed and feel lonely so
easily; sometimes it even turns into depression. Most people, even
university students say things like, “I don’t have time to enjoy life.
I just go with it”. I’m often told, “you have so much to do, just
loosen up”, or “enjoy your life”; this talk usually comes from those
who don’t know about The Pioneer. The keyword of last year was
“healing”, but we at The Pioneer, feel sorry that the keyword
wasn’t “challenging”.
Also, it is quite probable that those people who are so eager to
find a “mentor”, and frequently claim that “modern society is
unfair” hardly ever challenge themselves in their lives. What’s
worse, they very often think that drinking or eating is the perfect
solution for getting rid of stress. A shot might make you feel better
and help you forget about life’s hardships, but it’s not the real
answer to your difficulties.
If this gambado seems a little bit harsh, it’s probably because
you are thinking “I already have passion in my life and I’m doing
well”. But here’s the point: by doing things outside of the norm,
you’ll never end up in the trap of normality. One of these things
could be paragliding. You might have heard the phrase “passion
makes me sexy”. Well, the ex-president of Skyline does look sexy;
even if he’s also a typical engineering student. So does the leader
of Jinju Para School, even if he is middle-aged.
Spring, the season of new life is here. What better way to start
off your year than to feel the sunshine and touch the sky! Take my
word for it. Paragliding will be one of your most unforgettable
memories.
Paragliding and let’s head out
A week later, we got a chance of our first flight, thanks to Jinju
Para School, which also helps Skyline to enjoy paragliding. During
our first attempt, we had bad weather and got stuck in the snow.
However, the second time we were able to taste the pleasure of
paragliding in good weather. The most important factor in
paragliding is “the speed and the direction of the wind”. It seemed
that somebody up there likes us; the speed and direction of the
wind was impeccable.
The place we enjoyed paragliding was at Mount. Geyryong in
Take Life Higher
By Chang Hye-ju Son Seong-eun reporters

Geojedo. On the top of the mountain it was great to have such a grand view of the seashore. It was a tandem flight and there was no
need to have a training session; we just had to put on flying clothes and a harness. The professional pilot who flew with us is Hong Pil-
pyo; number one in the field of paragliding. To introduce him briefly, he has flown over Mount Backdudaegan, the Himalayas, and
many other wild places.
Even though we’d been on an airplane many times, the moment just before lift off left us frozen. However, right after our feet
were floating in the air; we were overwhelmed with bravery and excitement. All the worries and stresses blew away. The scenery we
saw from the air was the most tremendous view we’ve ever seen. Everything back on the ground became smaller and smaller; the
whole universe seemed to come closer and closer.
There were no thoughts of risk or danger; what we saw and felt stuck in our mind. Furthermore, when the professional pilot
showed us the piquant flight technique, we almost felt weightless and “got high” of endorphins. However, this part made us feel dizzy.
Even if this seems that it was due to us being in a coastal area, there are other numerous sites to try paragliding: Mount Daeam in
Hapcheon-gun, Mount Hanwoo in Uiryeong-gun, Teuk-ri in Sancheong-gun, Mount Mangun in Namhae-gun, and Mount Wora in
Jinju-si.
As mentioned below in the interview, the most important part of paragliding is landing and take-off. When landing, it’s important
to stretch your legs. However, in the tandem flight, we just sat at the front and enjoyed the flight. The one thing the passenger has to
do is change their center of mass as the experienced pilot changes the direction of flight. Moreover, it’s almost like riding an
amusement park roller coaster; it is easy to feel motion sickness. If you are prone to such symptoms, we strongly recommend taking a
medicine for nausea.
Is there any specificity that
other clubs don’t have in
Skyline?
Yes. We have come together as a team
with monthly meetings. For example, we
accommodate in our club room during
training week in every vacation. During
this period, we go paragliding every day
and file the daily flight report at night.
Seniors teach freshmen skills of flight
during the week.
Dose it cost a lot of money to
enjoy club activity?
No. The bona fide reason why Skyline
was made is enjoying paragliding
cheaply. We try not to spend much
money in paragliding. Freshmen don t
need to pay more than ten thousand won
every month. There are co-airframes, if
you are not going to have your own
airframe, you don’t have to pay much.
Can female students join the
club?
Yes. There are six girls of twenty
members. You might think that strength
is the most important thing when you
paraglide. However, through honing your
skills, you can overcome the lack of
strength. So unless you are underweight,
girls can thoroughly enjoy paragliding.
Many accidents of paragliding
are reported and it seems that
paragliding is a dangerous sport,
isn’t it?
No. It is not dangerous. Most accidents
happen when landing or take-off. If you
are well trained, you can avoid
accidents. Also, carelessness is another
reason: going paragliding on nasty
weather, using unsuitable airframe.
According to a report, 90% of accidents
are caused by personal faults. If you
exercise caution everytime, paragliding
can be a safe sport.
Do you have any advice for GNU
students?
These days, freshmen do what they
need to get a job, not what they want.
There are countless things that you can
only do in your twenties. That’s what we
call, challenge. I heartily recommend
freshmen and sophomore to challenge
yourself. Don’t do things what others do.
But do what you want to do!
Most people may have once dreamed to fly in the sky. It's true that there is a variety of aerial sports, but one of the most accessible one is
paragliding. There are factors that influence the growth in paragliding market. Geographical features of Korea which consists of 70%
mountain and frequent broadcasting - the reality show “Qualification of the Men”, the documentary “Dream of Icarus” and so on - about
paragliding. Skyline, which is a noticeable club in GNU, was founded in 1996. We, The Pioneer, talked - with the ex-president of Skyline,
Jung Yeon-tae (Senior, the Dept. of Ceramic Technology).
<An Interview with Skyline>

PEOPLE By Kang Su-jin reporter
Art Isn’t Far Away from Us
Cafés like Cafe Bene, Starbucks, Tom N Toms, Twosome Place are everywhere these days. Some people even call Cafe
Bene the ‘cockroach Bene’ because its number are increasing like cockroaches. One afternoon, I was walking down the street
when I was captured by an aroma of coffee beans. I followed the smell- not knowing where it was taking me - like Alice
going down a rabbit hole and reached a strange looking door. When I stepped inside, I felt like I was in a different world like
Nine and three-quarters platform in Harry Potter books. People wore strange clothes, some played guitar, and stared at the
pictures hanging on the wall. Regardless, I ordered coffee like I would do in any other coffee shops. A few minutes later, the
owner of the café brought the coffee and then I understood why this particular shop was so different from others.
The café is owned by an artist couple Park Tae-sik and Hyeok-chun. They are members of Korea Art association. Park
Tae-sik is also the chairman of Korea Watercolor Painting, Jin-ju Sketching association. He is an instructor of School of
Continuing Education, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology and Culture center in Galleria. Gwon
Hyeok-chun is a member of Exhibition of Beautiful journey. The couple also teaches students and adults in art institute which
is next to the café. I had the chance to talk to the couple and learn a few things about art, artists and how they are trying to
reach out to the majority.
Some people say that true artists are always hungry. That's partly true. Most artists don’t make a lot of money. They know
this truth but still they don’t want to do commercial art because they think that is selling their pride. The owners of this café
also agree with this opinion but they have to earn money for a living. Therefore, they decided to open a gallery café, Painter’s
Garden. Through this, they can do what they love -art and exhibitions- and make money without losing their pride.
Before opening this café, the owners didn’t have many chances to meet other people except for fellow artists. They

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wanted to know what young people and others thought of art. Now, they
can meet with various people. During the daytime, they can talk to students,
young people and at night, they can meet adults.
“Most university students think that art is difficult and far away from us
but that is not true. If you take a look around, you can see art everywhere. A
stone and even can be art. Take a look around and talk more interest in art.”
said Mr. park. One of the big reasons aside from obvious monetary gain is
to show the public that art is neither difficult nor distant but very close to
our daily lives.
In this café, you can enjoy pictures, performances, beautiful plants while
drinking coffee, tea and wine. You can also eat delicious food too. Café
should have delicious coffee and food but there is one more important thing,
decoration. At first, guests who visit café are attracted by decoration of the
café. This café is filled with beautiful pictures and plants. So they named the
shop ‘Painter’s Garden’. The couple decorated the café themselves using
what they know and love, arts and plants. The couple and their daughter
drew pictures and they hung them on the wall. Most ornaments are hand
crafted by the owner, their children and pupils. The couple also have plans
to hang pictures on the wall that are drawn by other artists and guests. They
will have exhibitions of their paintings in the café and guest can enjoy them
for free. Also, guests can ask about art pamphlets which are situated in
bookshelf. If you want to perform, you can play instruments here too.
Café opened on the 11th of January and many fellow artists visited the
café to celebrate. They had a small performance by guitarist Lee Jae-yoon.
“I want Jinju citizens to enjoy music and culture anytime and anywhere. So
I planned this performance instead of giving flowers for present.” he said.
Mr. Lee is a member of Village performers. Every Saturday, members
of Village performers gather together for a free street performance. They
draw free portrait, play the guitar with other instruments, sing songs and act
plays. In, this café, you can enjoy art whenever you want.
Mr. Park and Mrs.Gwon want the café to become multipurpose cultural
space and they are still waiting for you to share your art world. Please don’t
estrange from art. Art is close from us.

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Joy, Language, and Money
EVERYTHING ABOUT WORKING HOLIDAY
By Moon Jae-hyeon, Kang Su-jin reporters
People going abroad to study are a common sight these days. For students, a working holiday is probably the easiest way for
them to go abroad because there is the benefit of making money as well as learning the language. The working holiday scheme is
an agreement between the two countries, which allows young people to study and undertake employment in the other country. It
all started in 1995 when Korea signed an agreement with Australia. Now we have signed with more countries around the world,
including: Canada, New Zealand and other English and Non English speaking countries. Working holiday, as the name suggests
gives you an opportunity to travel to another country and get employment- and subsequently get paid- as well as a chance to learn
English. Living in a country where the people are so invested in learning English, getting paid while learning English is a deal
you can’t pass on for most Koreans. That’s why working holidays have continued to gain popularity.
These days however, working holidays have been criticized for being a space filler for job applications. The job market is so
saturated with students who have studied abroad and student essays talking about their experiences in a foreign country that
studying abroad has become a necessity for most competitive job applicants. Despite the negative publicity the program has been
receiving lately, working holidays are still very popular among college students because of the many attractions. So, The Pioneer
surveyed 200 GNU students about working holiday programs. According to the survey, 63% of students replied that they knew
what a working holiday was and wanted to try it. When asked why they wanted to go, 27% of students replied because it would
look good on their resume’. But the majority of students just wanted to live in a differently country for a change.
From the people who wanted to go on a working holiday, 52% students replied that they weren’t sure exactly what to do or
where to ask for help. So we, The Pioneer, interviewed two GNU students who have been on a working holiday, and two GNU
students who are still abroad to tell you everything you need to know to plan your working holiday, from housing to finding jobs

and tell you about some of the pitfalls you need to avoid in order
to have a successful journey.
According to the official statistics by MOFAT WORKING
HOLIDAY INFO CENTER, you can see that a lot of people
have gone abroad through a working holiday program though its
figures have dropped slightly since 2010. Among these Woholers
(people with a working holiday visa), Australian Woholers
account for about 70~80% of the total applicants.
Do You Want to Go on a Working Holiday?
Why Do You Want to Go on a Working Holiday?
The Number of Participants in Working Holidays
Australia has been the country of choice for Koreans due
to its high minimum wage, great tourist attractions, similar
time zone to Korea, and especially no quota restrictions for
students. Getting an Australian Working Holiday Visa is
easier than any other country and they accept applicants all
year round. Canada is also a very attractive choice for
students for several reasons. Canada has the advantage of
learning both English and French. Although most regions of
Canada use English, Quebec in eastern Canada is called ‘A
Little France in Canada’. So, you will be able to experience
two cultures in the same country. Canada also has great
scenery and shares a border with the United States, which is
another great country to visit. Canada receives working
holiday applications twice a year, with two thousand people
each time.
Many students also want to go on a working Holiday to
the UK. Surprisingly, YMS (Youth Mobility Scheme) which
is a British working holiday program was only recently signed
with Korea, and took effect last July. YMS is not that
different from other working holidays, but there are slight
differences. In YMS, you can stay in the country for up to two
years (for most countries, it’s limited to 1 year). In addition to
that, YMS has little restriction on the type of jobs you can
have. But because YMS has only been around for a year, it’s
hard to find information about the program, or reviews online.
Nonetheless, with little restriction in terms of job hunting,
there is great risk and reward to be had in the UK. If you are
bold enough to tread the road less traveled, YMS might be the
program for you.
Other Woholers who are looking for other European
countries such as Italy might want to hold off for the official
report from the government webpage since the details of the
Working Holiday Agreement is still in progress.
For more in depth coverage of the working holiday, The
Pioneer interviewed four GNU students who are participating
or who have previously participated in the Working Holiday
program.
We decided to find out which country GNU students preferred
the most. From the survey, 32% students wanted to go to
Australia, 28% students Canada, 17% students the UK and 23% of
students chose other countries such as Japan, France, Germany,
Italy, Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand. As you can see in the
survey, the majority of students preferred to go to countries where
English is their native language, such as Australia, Canada, and the
UK.
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We were able to set up an e-mail interview
with Yeom Cheol-jin (Sophomore, Department of Bio-
Technology and Chemical-Engineering) who was half way through
his program in Canada. He left Korea in May of 2012 and is scheduled
to return to Korea in April, 2013. He said the reason why he decided to go.
He started with a simple notion of experiencing something new. What was
first a vague and directionless goal, gradually turned in to a concrete plan and
later he wanted to push himself even more by going abroad without any help. A
working holiday visa was the easiest way to go abroad, so, he looked into the
Working Holiday Program. He said there was no particular reason for choosing
Canada, but it just spoke to him. It may have been due to the fact that Canada is
geographically close to the U.S. or Latin American countries, which are very hard to
reach from Korea. He also explained concretely how to prepare for a working
holiday, related to finding jobs and housing. There are several methods to find a job.
Firstly, you can always try ‘the old school way of going door to door with your
resume’. It is probably the toughest way, but it could also be most rewarding.
Another way is by posting a resume on a Canadian website and hoping that someone
might give you an interview. You can also try finding a job in a Korea town. For Mr.
Yeom, he first used the Canadian website’s job board, and was hired through a
telephone interview and another interview in person. He was first hired as a cashier in a gas station
but now he works as a supervisor in a small store in a Korea town.
There are couple ways to find housing as a Woholer. The easiest way would be to use a
homestay-finder webpage (www.homestayfinder.com) which introduces available rooms in
different countries with a working holiday program. If you have trouble reading the English on the
first webpage, you can always consult with the Korean agency for studying abroad. The drawback
of the Korean agencies is that they will charge you a hefty fee for the services. You can also try to
find a roommate to live with and these can be found on various Korean or Canadian websites.
When asked his final thoughts on the working holiday, he said, “There is no regret for coming to Canada and I
would urge my fellow GNU students to follow suit and hit the road (or the plane). Whereas in Korea where
everything is a competition, in Canada, everyone is relaxed and easy going. It’s something I’ve never felt
before in Korea as long as I can remember, and it’s a great feeling. The population density is also
much less than in Korea so everything is less crowded and there are a lot of opportunities
even for foreign students like myself. Studying abroad made me see things
differently and opened my eyes to see the bigger picture.”

Another student we interviewed is GNU student Jeong Han-Su (Junior, Department of Industrial Engineering), who went to Australia.
He has dreamed of a trip around the world, so he needed a lot of money and language skills quick. He chose Australia because ‘3D Jobs’
pay really well and he wasn’t afraid of hard labor. He found a job in an alligator farm, as soon as he got off the plane, thanks to some of
the people living in the same building. Getting a visa wasn’t very difficult either. Anyone under 30 can apply for it all year round, unless
you have a contagious disease or a criminal record. He said you don’t necessarily have to rely on travel or professional agencies to go on a
working holiday in Australia. A lot of information is readily available online and if you just try a little bit, you can do it yourself.
Mr. Jeong had a firm goal, made concrete plans to earn money and take a trip around the world. He wanted to make a lot of money in
the first six months and go on a trip around the world for another six months. The job at the alligator farm was really tough and
demanding, but he made a lot of money. After six months, finally, he left the farm and became a globetrotting tourist!
Australia. A lot of information is readily available online and if you just try a little bit, you can do it yourself.
Mr. Jeong had a firm goal, made concrete plans to earn money and take a trip around the world. He wanted to make a lot of money in
the first six months and go on a trip around the world for another six months. The job at the alligator farm was really tough and
demanding, but he made a lot of money. After six months, finally, he left the farm and became a globetrotting tourist!
A CChallenge tto RReach tthe WWorld
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The Pioneer interviewed Park Mi-
gyeong (Senior, Department of Accounting). She
worked in Canada last year for 9 months. There were 15
countries to choose from but she decided to go to Canada because
of its magnificent nature, and she has many friends who had been to
Canada as a Woholer (Working Holidayer) and recommended it to her.
Unlike a foreign language study program, a working holiday gives you the
chance to improve your English, earn a good sum, make new friends and
experience social life through working. Ms. Park was born and raised in Jinju
so she wanted to go to another country and live by herself for a change. There
is a club in GNU that helps people preparing for working holidays. But Mi-
gyeong didn’t join the group and she prepared everything herself. This was her
first time living abroad, so she was very worried. However, she managed to
find a place to live before she arrived in Canada. She worked at a café called
Tim Horton’s in Calgary, Alberta. She didn’t find this job through the Internet.
She visited all the stores near her house in person. “If you want to get a job in
other countries, you must be audacious. Never speak hesitantly. Be confident
like anything is possible.” she said.
Before she arrived in Canada, she was worried about racial discrimination, but she said she hasn’t experienced any of it in
Canada where she lived. Most people treat foreigners kindly and some employers even prefer Koreans because of their ‘hurry,
hurry’ mind set.
But not everything is rainbows and butterflies. The language barrier is always a problem for first timers and this could lead to
problems in the work place or within friendships. Some employers might try to take advantage of your lack of English ability and
exploit you, or even worse. And if you’ve lived with your family for your entire life, being away from them for an entire year can
be a challenge too. Many Woholers suffer from homesickness and become depressed. Korean food is scarce and expensive in
Canada.
The most common concern for Woholers is the fear of falling behind because while most of your colleagues might be
graduating or finding jobs, you are waiting tables. Another big concern is “what if my English is not as good as I hoped
it to be after a year?” or “Is all this going to pay off?” My advice to all prospective Woholers is, don’t worry.
There are a lot more things to be gained if you just focus on the present. The worst thing that can happen is
being one year behind. But that is nothing compared to the entire life laid out in front of you. Ms.
Park has not once regretted going to Canada and in fact, she is dying to go back again.

1. D.I.Y. (Do it yourself)
When preparing for a Working Holiday, it is easy to get overwhelmed by
the number of things that need to be sorted out before leaving, such as
jobs, housing, English and so on. You might be tempted to just leave all
the planning to a Korean travel agency. But half the fun is planning your
own adventure, and leaving everything up to a travel agency can be
pricy, as well as unsatisfying. Travel or consulting agencies will often
recommend expensive housing or schools when there are much more
economical options available. Use the internet or school community
sites and you will be able to find plenty of information about housing,
schools and jobs in other countries.
2. Language acuistion is not given, but needs to be earned
Most prospective Woholers have a notion that going abroad will make
you automatically good at English. Tha’s a big mistake. Some returnees
will tell you that ‘it’s better to just study English at a language institute in
Korea than go on a working holiday. That is because when you are
alone in a different country, you will be tempted to make Korean friends
there or work in a job where there is little to no human contact. Korean
friends can be useful sometimes, but too much dependency on them
can destroy the chance for you to learn English. Even if you are stuck
flipping burgers in the kitchen every day, make an effort to go out after
work and explore, talk, and party with strangers. Unless you put in a
constant effort to use your English, you will be no better than people
studying at hagwons (private language institutes) in Korea.
3. Fortune comes to those who are prepared
If you are dreaming of going to Canada or Australia with nothing but
your plane ticket and being rich and fluent in English, you need to wake
up. If you have neither the money nor the English skills, you are most
likely to end up getting a job in Korean-owned shops, in which case you
will be speaking Korean all day and getting paid the minimum wage. Let
me make this clear. You need to be prepared - financially and
linguistically.
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COVER STORY By Son Seong-eun, Maeng Ju-baek, Nam Min-jeong reporters
Let’s Take a Stroll in the
What Services Do Libraries offer
“I have always imagined that Paradise will
be a kind of library.” Jorge Luis Borges.
Most Koreans don’t read books. According to a
survey conducted by the NOP World Culture Score,
Koreans devote only 3.1 hours a week to reading -
far below the global average of 6.5 hours a week.
This phenomenon could be attributed to recent
Korean history. Unlike the Chosun period where the
upper class (Sunbi) devoted most of their time reading books, for the past several decades, Koreans have been
focusing on building a democratic nation through economic growth; they kept working in the field of industry and
only focusing on learning techniques to help them survive. However, this is no excuse for not reading books; India -
a developing country - is a nation of bookworms, who spend 10.7 hours a week for reading. Marx Anthony, the
president of New York Public Library, has said, “you cannot have a functioning democracy if the citizenry isn’t able
to inform itself”. To achieve a functioning economy, we have to invest in opportunities for public enlightenment,
especially public libraries.
Furthermore, the era of the e-book means that the very existence of libraries is being threatened. According to an
article in Time magazine entitled “Is a Bookless Library Still a Library?” Kansas State University’s Engineering
Library was built bookless, and in 2010, Stanford University removed all but 10,000 printed volumes from its
Engineering Library. Is this phenomenon a disaster or a blessing for the public libraries? Can a library without any
books inspire people like it used to? The answer to these questions remains to be seen, but the wide availability of
computers creates inventive public services like the internet. And in a struggling economy where even applications
for dishwashing jobs must be filled out online, educating the public - the young and the elderly (who for most of
their lives barricaded themselves away from the technological revolution of the late 20th century) on how to use the
internet, is vital.
We, The Pioneer, investigated repositories of humanities, particularly focusing on three libraries: The National
Library of Korea (NLK), Gyeongsang National University Library, and Jinju Municipal Library. Our intent here is
not to lecture you about the necessity, importance and effects of reading but to get you interested in reading by
introducing the various services and benefits provided by the public libraries.

Forest of Bookshelves
to Promote Reading?
The National Library of Korea
Built after the Japanese colonial era, the National Library of
Korea, with about 8.9 billion books, has served as a pivotal
institution for the international exchange of national literature and
information. One of the major roles of the library is the General
Library Development Program. This includes collecting and
managing national data, compiling the national bibliography,
establishing the National Literature and Information System,
providing support for domestic libraries, exchanging data with
foreign libraries, and creating library policy.
The facilities of the library have been expanded and improved,
such as the digital library (known as “Dibrary”), a librarian
training institute, a deposit building, an information center on
North Korea, Northeast Asian collections, disabled access, and an
information service for people with disabilities. “Dibrary” in
particular, which was founded in 1998 as a comprehensive
development plan for library information networks, including the
need for digital library, provides the services that integrate digital
and analogue information. Also, the Information Center on North
Korea was established in 1989 for the purpose of vitalizing
discussion on the unification of North and South. This center
provides North Korean data for the general public as well as for
those researching North Korean issues.
The General Services for the public
Let’s look into the general services of the NLK. First is “Ask a
Librarian”. The NLK provides an online Collaborative Digital
Reference Service (CDRS) system, which is a library resource
exchange service system linking libraries across the country. This
aims to guarantee the right to be informed and to allow easy access
of information for citizens. This reference service is performed
through using the library collections and online information
resources. Moreover, it enables the public to inquire about and
acquire academic information without visiting the libraries. The
service is also present in other developed countries: as the People’s
Network in Great Britain, Biblioteksbar in Norway,
Biblioteksvagten in Denmark and Ask a Librarian in Finland.
Second is the service for the disabled. This service was made
possible through the establishment of the National Library Support
Center for the Disabled. This center has set a new benchmark for
modern libraries: defining standards and guidelines for library
services for the disabled, operating library service systems and
introducing relevant laws, producing and publishing useful
materials, exchanging and collaborating with partner institutions,
and offering training to librarians and fostering experts on the
services. Chaek-narae, operating in Jinju Municipal Library, is the
direct result of these services.
Distinctive Services as Korea Master Library
The Collection Development Policy (CDP) is based on the
idea that we have a duty to conserve national literature through the
development and collection of library data for future generations.
Furthermore, in 2008 Preservation & Conservation Korea
Center, one of the International Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions (IFLA), was established to cooperate with the
international community to preserve cultural heritage and
enlighten the public. Also, this program strengthens the mutual
cooperation for developing foreign data throughout the
international community, in exchanging data, common utilization,
and collecting literature and information. This cooperation
network consists of the National Library of Korea, the Library of
Congress, the British Library, Bibliotheque Nationale, Library and
Archives Canada, the National Library of Australia, the National
Diet Library, and others.
Aside from its work with the CDP, the NLK also promotes
cooperation with other libraries nationwide and worldwide. First
of all, domestic cooperation has primarily focused on sharing
resources and services in order to mutually benefit library users
and participating libraries. Furthermore, since 2010 the NLK has
set up collaborative projects for the disabled, senior citizens, and
those working in the agricultural, forestry, and fishery sectors.
Among many international exchange programs, the Cultural
Partnership Initiative Program (CPI Program) is worthy of note.
The program offers job training in library management technique
to librarians from universities and national and public libraries in
Asia, Africa, and South America. This program supports
international librarians in an effort to boost the national brand
power of the Republic of Korea.
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20 The Pioneer DECEMBER 2012
The Pioneer interviewed the Head of Collection Management & Service Division.
She provided us with constructive suggestions for the future of public libraries.
What is the biggest role of the NLK? It is quite clear that we, the
NLK, collect all the published data in our country and make it available.
This way not only the present generation, but also the future generation
and people around the world can access the data.
On the Internet, it says that the NLK was established in
1945, right after the independence of Korea, but I think there
is more history behind the NLK. The truth is that the real year of
establishment was 1923, not 1945. Also, like many other organizations of
Korea, the NLK was founded as the Japanese Government-General
Library. It was part of Cultural Governance right after the 1919
Independence Movement. But the beginning of libraries in Korea actually
came before the Japanese annexation of Korea; in the late Chosun period,
the country was harrassed by the trespassing of foreign powers, the inflow
of Western civilization, and the introduction of Christianity. The leaders of
that time founded several national and public libraries in order to promote
public awareness and to defend the country against these cultural
invasions. But this movement of establishing libraries was abolished during
the Japanese annexation of Korea. What s worse, the number of librarians
in the Japanese Government-General Library decreased from 26 to 10 -
most of them were conscripted. After independence, Park Bong-seok, who
had worked in the Japanese Government-General Library, took the
collection of books over from the Japanese Government-General, obtained
permission from the library department of the US Military Government in
Korea, and founded the National Library.
What roles does NLK have in integrating and promoting
corporation among the public libraries? The public libraries are
administered by municipal governments or local education offices, while the
NLK is controlled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. This
prevents the NLK from controlling the public libraries administratively.
Nevertheless, the NLK, which is a nationally representative library, has
numerous services that encourage cooperation. First is KORMARC
(Korean Machine Readable Cataloging), which was developed to provide
specification for the exchange of records among library systems. Second is
about assistance for the management of public libraries. Offering the list of
recommended books is very helpful for the public libraries to collect or
select books. Third is KOLAS (Korean Library Automation System),
conducted in connection with KOLASYS (Korean Library Automation
System Small), this service is in the same vein with the KORMARC in that it
assists library management. Fourth is Ask a Librarian, which is a
Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS) that helps library users to
access information of interest. The last is the education of librarians.
Librarians need to be continuously educated in order to adapt to rapidly
changing trends and technology. This is because professionalism is
required for librarians to provide a high-quality service. The program
An Interview with the Head of Collection Management & Service Division in the NLK

consists of 61 courses, 69 times a year on average.
Do the public libraries consult the NLK about library
operations? If they have difficulties in compiling a
bibliography using standard systems, in implementing user
services, or in discarding data, they can seek advice on how to
deal with it.
What’s the background of Dibrary? Is there any
facility like this in other country?
The need for a digital library has increased since the internet
server was first constructed in the 1990s. There were even
predictions that physical libraries would no longer be required
and would all be transformed into cyber libraries. In the U.S., the
Library of Congress leads digitization of data without copyrights
in public libraries. In Korea, the NLK has started to digitize
significant data and formulated Korean Cataloging Rules for
digital literature and information. So, why do we have a
physical digital library? It s mainly due to copyright, which
restricts said data from being used outside the library.
What discourages the municipal libraries from
launching new services? Specifically, the services
of Jinju Municipal Libraries mostly target children,
not university students or the elderly.
The NLK has set up a library usage education program for the
elderly after studying the utilization rate of Dibrary for each age
group; the utilization rate for those in their 20s or 30s decreased
over the years, whereas it increased for those in their 50s and
60s. The main reasons why most public libraries lack the service
are staff shortages and budget issues. In spite of these
scarcities, the NLK has still publicized excellent services for
public libraries to follow.
Are there any museums in the NLK?
There aren t. But we do exhibit an historical collection of books
stored in the underground library. For example, last year we
displayed a collection of books showing gwageo, the state
examination during the Goryeo and Chosun dynasties. Also, we
held an exhibition of books on the Korean War. These displays
appealed to researchers and those involved in related studies.
Can you give any advice to our readers?
I d like to tell them to read books and simply lead your life . A lot
of reading helps you to dream and to design the future. Even ten
minutes of reading will fertilize your mind.

The campuses of GNU (Gajwa
Main Campus, Chiram Medical
Campus, Tongyeong Marine Science
Campus) have a total of five libraries
between them. Gajwa Main Campus
has GNU’s central library,
Jurisprudence Library, and
Muncheongak. Chi-ram Campus has
the Medical Campus Library. Finally,
Tongyeong Campus has the Marine
Science Library. These libraries have
41 librarians and over 1,500,000 books
ranging from philosophy, religion, art
and history, to old historical documents. In addition, more than 30,000 journals and variety of electronic media - such as an
overseas online media databases - are available.
These libraries provide us not only with books and data but also with many other different services. The Pioneer wanted to
know how students use these services, so we met with the staff of each library.
GNU libraries have a variety of knowledge and cultural services. However, despite the great services and resources provided by
the school, most students seem to be oblivious to them. It would be a shame to let all that time and money go to waste, so The
Pioneer met with Park Mi-suk, who is a GNU librarian, to learn about these services in depth in order that we spread the word.
Interlibrary loan services
(ILL) ILL is composed of two
services, a book lending service
where it helps the reader to
borrow books that they can t get
in their local library, and a
treatise copy service, which
allows students to copy academic papers or dissertations. The
book lending service allows you to borrow books in the libraries of
other university at no extra charge. GNU students can borrow two
books per person. The Treatise Copy service allows you to copy
dissertations which are listed at other national universities, KERIS
(Korea Education and Research Information Service) or NDSL
(National Discovery for Science Leaders), among others. All GNU
students can use this service for a small fee.
Film Screening GNU central
library has image seminar
rooms where GNU students
can watch movies three times a
week on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday, from 2 pm. Movies
that are screened here are
mostly around a year old, such as My Way, The A-Team, Face in a
Crowd, An Introduction to Architecture and so on. To see the
movie, you should enter the image seminar room at least twenty
minutes before the movie starts; the number of seats is limited to
only 20 students per viewing, and it s usually packed.
Ask your librarian Librarians have diverse knowledge of
books. If you have any questions regarding books, you can ask
any librarian at GNU. The question can be a simple one, or more
academic, and the librarians will do their best to answer your
query.
Services for the disabled If you are registered as a disabled
student at GNU, you can use this service. The librarian, Bak Mi-
suk, told us, If you need, GNU librarians will help you search for
the book, and will also provide a book delivery service within GNU.
The library will also deliver the books by mail.
GNU cyber learning space GNU library provides a cyber
learning space for students who need to use a computer to study.
These video lectures are related to certification such as civil-
service level 7 and 9, and that of police officers, computer
technicians, auto CAD users, architectural technicians,
construction safety technicians, and so on. GNU students can use
this learning service for free.
E-Book service This service was implemented a year ago. GNU
library has 600 kinds of E-Books, including literature, philosophy,
religion, art and history. These E-Books are gaining popularity
among GNU students. In 2013, GNU plans to add a greater variety
and quantity of E-Books to this growing list.
Other activities GNU library also has a group study room
which four students can rent for 2 hours at a time. To promote
reading, the school library also holds a Golden Bell Book Contest
each year. Also, the first floor of GNU central library is open for
student-held exhibitions.
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To see ancient books or prints of old documents, we often
think we have no choice but to visit a museum; Haein Temple in
Hapcheon, or Gyujanggak in SNU (Seoul National University),
for example. But actually, you can also see them right here in
GNU’s Muncheongak. The Pioneer visited Muncheongak.
Muncheongak is located at the Nam-Myeonghakkwan. It is
divided into two rooms. One of the rooms, the Muniment Room
is where copies of old documents are kept. The other room
contains original texts and wooden prints that are kept in special
storage. Muncheongak holds around 56,000 historic documents,
including 20,000 wooden prints and 25,000 old documents. As
well as this, it has 22 pieces which are cultural property of
Gyeongsangnam-do, such as Yeogyangjip Chaekpan, an old
document of Cheongjuhanssi Byeongsagongpa. Such things
help us to better understand Gyeongsangnam-do local history
and local culture.
Lee Jeong-hee, librarian of Muncheongak, said “These
historical treasures were donated or entrusted by the book
depositary of Korea. These documents are stored in a permanent
bookcase after they go through a scanning and filming process.
Since the original documents are priceless, we store these
differently to the other books on campus. First, these old
documents are kept lying on a flat surface to keep the original
form. Second, in order to prevent the growth of microorganisms
and fungi, the documents and prints must be kept in a cool
temperature. Third, the original documents
and books in this library are for viewing
purposes only, for obvious reasons. Lastly,
the bookshelves in Muncheongak are named
after the people who donated the books.”
The Pioneer asked what the role of this
library was. Mr. Lee said, “First,
Muncheongak helps to figure out the history
of Gyeongsangnam-do. Under the Joseon
era, Jinju was the capital of Gyeongsangwo-
do which was located west of Gyeongsang-
do. Seoul National University (SNU) has
Gyujanggak, which keeps Korean history
books and ancient Korean royal books. Just like SNU,
Muncheongak keeps ancient local Korean and national research
books. Through this data, we can study the history of Joseon and
research the Joseon dynasty. Second, Muncheongak has been
collecting and securing old documents. It is estimated that
Individuals or groups in Gyeongsangnam-do have nearly
200,000 old documents that are spread out across the area.
These old documents are highly susceptible to theft and damage,
so Muncheongak has been trying to collect them. About 50,000
of them were recovered but I want to collect all of the remaining
old documents for study. So, GNU is planning to organize
genealogy, local history, and data-collection in
Gyeongsangnam-do.” said Mr. Lee.
Deemed important by the Korean government,
Muncheongak will be going under a huge renovation to
accommodate the increasing number of artifacts. The new
building will have 6 floors including the basement, and it will be
built near the main gate where the tennis court currently is. The
new building will include state-of-the-art preservation
equipment for storing documents and prints, and will also offer
education centers and exhibition rooms for GNU students and
the public. We hope that the new Muncheongak will not only be
the first library of its kind in Gyeongsangnam-do, but also a
place of culture and a landmark for the region.
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Evening Circulation Service This creative service
lets people borrow books even after the libraries close.
This service is for those who are too busy to visit the
library during the daytime. People can reserve their books
via phone or internet from 9 am to 5 pm and pick them up
later that night. This is an effective service for students
who have classes until late at night, or even workers who
work until the evening. Note that reservation and checkout
needs be processed on the same day and reservation is
not available on Saturday, Sunday or holidays.
Mobile Library For most hard working citizens and
students, 24 hours a day doesn t seem like enough;
people hardly seem have the time to go to libraries
anymore. That is why the library comes to you! This
convenient service, called the Mobile Library, is provided
by Jinju
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Libraries and
brings a bus
full of books
to 22
a p a r t m e n t
complexes in
Jinju every week. The bus contains more than 3000 books
ready to be borrowed, and the selection is renewed
regularly. The bus operates every day except Mondays,
holidays and during extreme weather. Anyone with a Jinju
library card can borrow three books for two weeks. The
Mobile Library is a perfect service for the disabled or
elderly who have mobility issues, or for anyone who is too
busy or too lazy to go to the libraries themself.
When I was little, I was fond of reading books and my parents used to
read to me all the time. But with all the subjects that I had to study to
enter university and the things that I had to deal with in university, it
meant that I couldn’t read as many books. Technological advancement
has made reading books even more accessible through digital libraries, e-
book readers, smartphones, and tablet PCs, but the kids of this generation
seem to be further away from books than ever before. Among all the
OECD nations, Korea ranked the lowest in number of hours spent on
reading per year. Reading books is considered one of the greatest habits
to have, and many great people recommend reading books to grow
physically and to become a mature human being. That’s why we, The
Pioneer, would like to offer you information about Jinju Municipal Libraries.
Jinju has five public libraries, three of which are specialized for children. They are the Children’s Library, Bi-bong
Library and Do-dong Library. After the success of The Children’s Library, which opened in Pyeong-geodong, the other
two libraries, Do-dong Library and Bi-bong Library were built to increase literacy levels and to promote education in
Ha-daedong and Ok-bong dong area. These libraries offer various services and programs for elementary school
students and children of a younger age.
In this article, we’d like to introduce two other public libraries, Jinju Western Municipal Library and Jinju Yeon-am
Municipal Library.
Jinju Yeon-am Municipal Library was founded and donated for public usage in 1968 by Gu In-heo, who was the
first president of the LG corporation. More than 1.9 million items are stocked in the library, including books, e-books,
CDs, DVDs, and other electronic media. The library is located on a hillside; the view it affords is quite splendid. You
will be able to enjoy reading books here and see the fine panorama of Jinju-si. For the disabled, the old and the infirm,
Yeon-am library has book enlargers and large print books. Despite this grand view and facilities for disabled, the
location does hinder the disabled and elderly from using the library easily.
Jinju public library, founded in 1998, has more than 1.5 million books and other useful items such as CDs, DVDs
and electronic media. Like the Jinju Yeon-am Municipal Library, Jinju public library is located on a hill and offers a
great view. But it also suffers from the same problem as Jinju Yeon-am Municipal library in that it is hard for the
elderly and the disabled to access. Fortunately, the library offers a great deal of services for disabled people, such as
Braille information instruments, disabled parking and an elevator reserved for use by the disabled.

Have you ever seen the movie, Rain Man? Ray, (played by
Dustin Hoffman) has a special type of autism where he can
memorize everything he reads. I’m sure every student in Korea
would like to have a photographic memory like Ray’s, but for
most of us that’s practically impossible. But thanks to libraries,
this isn’t necessary. Libraries hold an uncountable of literature
and information that can move our hearts or stimulate our
curiosity. Furthermore, libraries don’t just keep texts; they store
items of cultural heritage, historical secrets, and they document
that which civilizations have accomplished. They are a footprint
of our entire civilization, and even if you can’t have them all in
your brain, the books will always be there for you to read at any
time.
The Pioneer investigated the three most accessible libraries
and their services to our students. These services are designed to
promote reading among all age groups. However, it is mind
boggling to see some of the data below on library usage. In South
Korea, there are no less than eight hundred public libraries. Also,
there is almost 7 million items of literature and information. The
good news is that there will be almost 900 libraries by the end of
the year. The bad news is we are still very far behind many other
countries.
The number of libraries in Korea is too small to show on this
chart. Moreover, the average number of citizens per library* is
almost double that of USA. Furthermore, not just the number of
libraries that is an issue; facilities, faculties, and funding are also
well below our OECD nations. The Pioneer looked into these
shortcomings. At GNU, the libraries lack facilities for the
disabled. For Jinju Municipal Libraries, they don’t have any
programs or services for university students or adults. I believe
that these can be solved through constant attention and honest
feedback from the people. Although the libraries might not be as
attractive as theaters, amusement parks, or Starbucks, you will be
surprised at the joy that libraries can give you. You might be
thinking that libraries don’t have any spectacles or delicious
coffee, but you couldn’t be more wrong. Have you ever read
Lord of The Rings or The Grapes of Wrath? Reading these
novels, you will be surprised to taste the incredible imagination of
the writers. Another classical novel, L’Etranger will make you
think you are sipping a flavored espresso.
Cultural events held in the libraries provide you the chance to
understand the past, present and the future, and what you are
presently going through. The answers to all your life’s questions
will be laid out right in front of you. It’s neither difficult nor
expensive. All you need to do is just open a book.
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The Korea Train Express (KTX) is just arriving at the new Jinju station. The
KTX route which connects Jinju with Masan opened last December. You can
catch the train at the new Jinju station in Gajwa-dong. The station is a recreation
of the old Jinju station, keeping the traditional Korean look and feel. The KTX
stops by the station 6 times a day and takes 3 and half hours to Seoul.
ZOOM IN By Jang Hye-ju reporter
KTX Route Opens in Jinju

VOICE
Staying abroad for a period of time
can bring upon different emotions but one
sensation sure to hit hard is the feeling of
loneliness. Loneliness in the sense of after
settling down here and miss the company
of family and friends as well as the
hometown local foods. I miss all of that.
Of course there’s “Skype”, “Tango”,
“Viber” and all sorts of application for
video calling and free-calls but how can it
be the same? You can see them and listen
to their voices but not hold or hug them.
Missing the company of loved ones has
always been the main challenge of
staying abroad. No matter how strong a
person can be, deep down inside, there
will always be something that they will
miss. Parents, siblings, friends, soul
mates, pets, foods or even things like
cars, bedroom, sofa, video games and
television. I miss being with the people I
love and eating the local foods such as
“nasi lemak”, “roti canai”, “asam laksa”,
“ABC” and tropical fruits such as
“rambutan”, “durian” and “cempedak”. It
taste just as good as how it looks. Trust
me! Sometimes when I wake up in the
morning, I smell “asam laksa” which I
know is impossible to get it here in Jinju.
For your information, “Asam laksa” is
similar to Korean jjambong. If there’s an
Malaysia restaurant in Jinju that serves
something from my country, even if it is a
bit pricey, I’ll gladly pay.
Latest exchange currency rate for
Korean won to Malaysia ringgit. The
table above clearly shows that cost of
living in South Korea is high. It is
approximately double or triples the price
in Malaysia. I am not from a wealthy
family, so it was quite tough to suit in to
the high living cost. I prepare a monthly
budget on how my money should be
used, so I can survive till the end of the
month.
I attended Korean Language course
for a year before I started my
undergraduate studies. Even so, it is not
enough for me to understand my lectures
fully. Certain professors and lecturers not
only speak fast but use the Gyeongsang
dialect, so it is very hard for me to
understand. Furthermore, most of the
textbooks are in Korean with no English
translated version. This surely ramps up
the challenge. In order to understand the
subject better, I had to study extra by
reading the Korean textbook while
having my dictionary beside me and get
some extra English notes online. I do
understand that I am studying now in
South Korea, so the lectures are in
Korean will be something that is
unavoidable. However, having English
translated version books of course will
help the international students so that
although they can’t understand the lecture
fully, at least they can refer to the
textbook.
Malaysia is a one season country
which means summer all year round. The
average temperature in my hometown is
around 27.5℃. It can go as high as 33℃
and as low as 22℃. Korea with All 4
seasons in South is something new to me.
Cherry blossom during the spring, maple
leafs during the autumn, snow during the
winter are really delightful. However,
winter is the season which I do not enjoy.
Why? It’s cold and chilly of course. Even
the lecture rooms are cold. Heaters are
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(currency rate changes from time to time)
*Prices based on my experience and past memory.
There are not the exact price but it’s more a less.
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Rebbecca Thien Tze Yean
not always available because of energy
and electricity saving around the
university. Furthermore, during winter, I
have to wear many layers of clothes
which are very uncomfortable. It makes
me looks like a walking penguin. Not
only that, there is not much you can do
outside because of the cold weather.
Everybody would rather stay warm at
home. Even walking to class during the
winter needs extra motivation because it
is cold.
Some voices from my international
friends regarding my topic for this
edition. Elvira Fidelia Tanjung &
Merisha Icha Hastarina, Indonesian,
Postgraduate, majoring in mechanical
design and production. We lived in South
Korea for almost 4 years and a half.
Language is one of the main
inconveniences. Not everyone speaks
English and we only understand basic
Korean, so communicating can be very
tough.
Not only that, the way people staring
at foreigners, sometimes can be very
disturbing and uncomfortable too. We do
get that a lot especially in subways or
bus. Furthermore, getting “halal” product
is also hard.
Halal is a term designating any object
or an action which is permissible to use
or engage in, according to Islamic law. It
is harder when we moved to Jinju from
Seoul. Jinju doesn’t have any “halal”
restaurant so we have no choice but to
purchase some “halal” meat from the
store and cook it at home.
As for us, postgraduate students, most
of the time we stays in the laboratory,
busy with assignments and thesis-writing
but still we have no choice but to cook
because eating outside will be quite tough
for us. Certain types of cosmetics, ice-
creams, ramen, marshmallows and even
shoes too are not “halal” because it
contains gelatin, a solid substance that is
derived from collagen obtained from
various animals such as pig, cattles,
horses and chickens. So, before
purchasing any product, checking the
product ingredient is a must.
Although there are few complains. I
am still grateful in getting a chance to
study here in Korea. There’s no matter
that doesn’t have a solution. Instead of
complaining and making a fuss out of it,
it is better to be grateful for what you
have now.
“A grateful thought a day, keeps the
inconveniences away”
Sophomore, the Dept. of Aerospace Systems Engineering
nasi lemak
asam laksa
cempedakdurian
rambutan
roti canai

VOICE
It may not be the greatest of his
works - though it does have much of
greatness about it - but the Hemingway
book I find myself most often revisiting,
rereading in toto nearly every year, is his
posthumously published recollection of
his years a young man and apprentice
writer in Paris, A Moveable Feast. I
admit that part of what I love about the
book is that it feeds my own blatantly
romantic longing for Paris in the 1920s (I
sometimes like to call it nostalgia - from
the Greek, nóst(os), meaning “a return
home,” since I vividly remember the
strange feeling of being home that struck
me the first time I visited Paris and
retraced Hemingway’s and others’
meanderings in the Left Bank.) It is of
the same species of romanticism that
informs Woody Allen’s recent gem of a
movie, Midnight in Paris. But more than
that, I relish the portrait of Hemingway
as a young writer, the struggles to find
the “how” of the first stories he was
working on, to manage without much
money, to define a position for himself in
and to learn from the community of
writers and artists around him. A
particularly favorite vignette from the
book is of Hemingway on his walks from
his rented room in which he did his
writing, after a morning’s work, to the
apartment of Gertrude Stein, and of his
stopping en route at the Musée du
Luxembourg.
He writes:
I went there nearly every day for the
Cézannes and to see the Manets and
Monets and the other Impressionists
that I had first come to know about in
the Art Institute at Chicago. I was
learning something from the paintings
of Cézannne that made writing simple
true sentences far from enough to make
the stories have the dimensions that I
was trying to put in them. I was learning
very much from him but I was not
articulate enough to explain it to
anyone. Besides it was a secret. Or
sinking as the light wind lives or dies...
That secret interests me enormously.
I think I have an idea of what it is; I see it
many parts of his work, say, in the
composition of the landscape in the
opening chapter of A Farewell to Arms
or in the architectonics of the dialogue in
“Hills Like White Elephants.” And more
and more these days, I feel that if I had to
put a word to it, the word would be
“fractals.”
I’ve been thinking a lot about fractals
since spending time late last year with
another posthumously published memoir,
The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific
Maverick by Benoit B. Mandelbrot.
Mandelbrot, who died in 2010, was one
of the most extraordinary and influential
mathematicians of the 20th century, the
man who coined the term “fractal” - “one
of a class of mathematical shapes whose
uneven contours could mimic the
irregularities found in nature” and author
of the seminal The Fractal Geometry of
Nature,” his apologia for the use of
fractal geometry to rigorously quantify
complex shapes - the outlines of clouds
and coastlines, for example - that other
Science and Poetry: Fractals and Poetic Form
Ernest Hemingway Benoit B. Mandelbrot

mathematicians had dismissed as
hopelessly anomalous and
unquantifiable, to study roughness and
irregularity through geometry and apply
the results to sciences and social studies,
ranging from biology and physics to
finance. One of the, for me, most striking
statements in the memoir is his
explanation of why he decided to pursue
his idiosyncratic (“maverick,” to use his
word) way in the field of mathematics.
He writes: “I realized that mathematics
cut off from the mysteries of the real
world was not for me, so I took a
different path,” he writes. He cites the
claim of George Cantor (1845-1918) that
“the essence of mathematics is in its
freedom,” and says that he pursued that
freedom in order to identify tools “that
might handle a host of often ancient
concrete problems - ‘questions once
reserved for poets and children.’”
I love this explicit connection that he
makes between the real, best purpose of
the pursuit of mathematics (and by
extension, all science) and the real, best
purpose of the pursuit of poetry. And
writing from the poetry end of the
connection, I believe he’s right and that
writing poetry is very of a kind with
the work of fractal geometry. If you
get beyond the more jejune notions
of what poetry is, you can see this
fairly readily. Poetry is not, as it is
too often caricatured, the art of
“expressing one’s self or one’s
emotions” or some act of cheaper
psychotherapy. [Advice to young
poets: If you want to express your
emotions, skip the keyboard and go
make love to your girlfriend or
boyfriend or some beautiful
stranger. It’s much more to the point
and usually much more satisfying.]
To be sure poetry can be these things - it
does express emotion (and induces it, as
well) and the writing of it can have
transformative effects on the poet. But
they are more adventitious than intrinsic,
more by products of the forming of
poetry’s raw materials in the apparent
world than the raison d’être of that
forming. The great 19th - century
American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo
Emerson once wrote that “Poetry is the
perpetual endeavor to express the spirit
of the thing, to pass the brute body, and
search the life and reason which causes
[sic] it to exist........” If we translate
Emerson’s transcendentalist diction -
“spirit,” into that of mathematics,
“shapes,” we can see that the Emersonian
poet’s endeavor is really the same as that
of the Mandelbrotian fractalist.
Poetry, like mathematics, is the art of
measuring and making forms, and
making forms for the purpose of
illuminating or uncovering the elusive or
otherwise inscrutable forms (one thinks
here, to a degree, of Platonic forms) that
comprise the material of our world. And
in doing as much, it gives to those forms,
as Shakespeare put it, “a local habitation
and a name.” The English word
“poem”comes from the Greek, poieîn, to
make, and - ma a suffix denoting result;
hence, a poem is literally the result of
making. It creates forms, whether the
repeated ones of so-called formal verse,
or the idiosyncratic one of free verse; it
finds these forms in observed materials
and uses them to take the measure of the
unseen forms that will let us best see
what we have observed. Poetry cannot be
made without the measuring of meter or
line (or anti-line in the case of the prose
poem) or rhythm. Poetry sees in its
forms, the way fractal geometry sees: its
sees patterns that display “self-similarity”
whose structures “appear the same or
nearly the same no matter how deeply
into or far away from [them] you zoom.”
And what Hemingway saw in
Cézannne (to return, always happily,
to Paris) was, perhaps, a fractalist at
work, the painter making forms that
would let us see forms, quantifying
and measuring those forms, leading us
through mystery to understanding. The
evidence in the poetry of
Hemingway’s best prose suggests that
he did indeed learn much in early
afternoons in the Musée du
Luxembourg.
Richard Matthews
He is the author of The Mill Is Burning (Grove Press), which was awarded the
Joyce Osterweil Prize in Poetry by PEN America, and the play “The Bronze
Staircase" (Presses de l'universite d'Angers). His poems and prose have
appeared in journals and newspapers in the United States, France, and Korea.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Fractalist; Memoir of a Scientific Maverick

VOICE
Most students are eager to plan
something big when they enter a
university. For me, GNU exchange
program was the golden opportunity to
achieve my bucket list: going abroad. I
studied hard from the very first semester
to the last. TOEFL, Student journalist,
etc. I eagerly participate activities which
I thought would help me for the
exchange student program. It looked like
all my effort was being rewarded.
However, I should not have deluded
myself.
Brighten up, will you!
I will help you
“There is nothing worse than this.” I
cried and cried in the toilet. Regardless
of my emotions, all of my friends
congratulated me for having been
selected as a scholarship student on
Facebook. Against their expectation, my
life in New Zealand was getting harder
and I felt that I was in the middle of
terribly destructive hurricanes. I often sat
in the central library toilet and wiped my
runny nose and tears. I was dreading the
different style of lecture. In N.Z, many of
the lecturers require students to
participate in interactive communication
in the class. ‘Do not be a chicken, you
can do anything.’ I chewed over and
over my own magic spell helping me to
refresh my mind.
“Attention please, this is the
International Business 312 class. My
name is Cheryl Rivers. I am the lecturer
in this class. I will start with a question.
What is a value? What is culture?
Anybody want to answer? In a slide, I
will give you five minutes to read texts
and discuss your opinion about value
difference between Sr Garcia and the
Danes.”
She pointed to me and asked me to
explain my opinion about the topic. I felt
everyone’s eyes watching me. I listened
but I did not fully understand her
question. I answered but it was not clear.
Cheryl asked me where I was from0
“Korea....” I murmured. “North Korean
culture is high context culture, am I
right?” One student said, “Cheryl, do
you confuse North and South Korea?”
Everybody laughed except me. I could
not put my face up because I was
burning with shame. I was way behind.
Nevertheless, I took this advice.
“Avoid expatriates ghettos and be
adventurous.” I asked Cheryl after the
class. “Sorry, I can’t follow your class
because my English is not that good....” I
explained my situation and I asked her to
give me her lecture guideline. “Oh, I am
sorry Moon. I got used to speaking fast, I
understand you.” She gave me lecture
slide files before every lecture so I could
prepare for her lessons. Moreover,
Sabrina and Lu who are doing very well
helped me scraping through in reviewing
lecture. Heaven helps those who help
themselves. I learned this first hand.
After then, I always sit at the very front
now and ask questions if I should polish
up the most important areas even though
my question is not perfect. Fortunately,
most of tutors and lecturers let me catch
up kindly and they allow me to pass the
test. I got better mark than native
speakers in Business Writing Class.
Jumping at the chance
of a new challenge
My grades were getting better but I
had a hard time with getting to know
people. On my way to the city, I met
Ben. I do not know his full name yet. He
was outgoing so he said “hello” to me
first. I got the blues but I really wanted to
make friends to get out of my moodiness
Adjusting and Exposing Myself to

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