On September 19, the 19th KAIST Clubs Union released the final results of all the clubs’ room relocation in 2010. Once in two years, the KAIST Clubs Union evaluates each club’s activity and reassigns the 51 available club rooms located in West Student Center-1, Tae Wul Gwan, North Student Center-2, Munji Campus and the Sports Complex, to the 74 registered school clubs. In 2010’s relocation, each club was evaluated based on its activities and whether it increased KAIST’s cultural diversity or reputation. After a thorough evaluation, 23 clubs were relocated or had changes with their club rooms.

Currently, 51 clubs are originally registered in KAIST. However, due to the merge with ICU, the number of clubs has been increased to 74, resulting in a shortage of club rooms. Whereas each club had its own exclusive club room in 2008, 2010’s evaluation produced six club rooms that were designated as “shared rooms” between more than two clubs, and one club room was assigned for all the remaining clubs without a separate club room.

Unfortunately, not all clubs were satisfied with the initial relocation results. After KAIST Clubs Union’s first release of relocation decisions on September 11, most clubs accepted the results except for IVF, Navigators and other religious clubs. Although the initial result assigned a shared room for IVF, Navigators and SFC, these three clubs had difficulties with scheduling their activities. Thus, after reviewing their petitions for changes in initial relocation results, KAIST Clubs Union decided to offer IVF, which earned the highest score in evaluation, exclusive access to the room, leaving Navigators and SFC without their own official club rooms.

The president of KAIST Clubs Union Kyuhong Byun said, “Due to the merge with ICU and the increasing number of students, more than 10 clubs have additionally registered. I hope that more space will be provided in the near future to support the various clubs and their activities.” KAIST Clubs Union is an independent student body which manages the 74 clubs in KAIST. Its main work includes publishing a booklet with an introduction to these diverse clubs and mediating possible disputes which are related to club activities.