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Taking a break from the usual debates on social issues, The KAIST Herald poses an introspective question designed to generate ideas on how we can harness a permanent readership base and better reach out to KAIST students.
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Hyunwoo Shin Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 21:05
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Taking a break from the usual debates on social issues, The KAIST Herald poses an introspective question designed to generate ideas on how we can harness a permanent readership base and better reach out to KAIST students.
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Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.12.27 21:05
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The recent decade, which has witnessed a formidable proliferation of Bitcoin is worrying. What aspires to be the 21st century’s digital gold is already traveling to many corners of the world without a traffic officer or signal lights.
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Repor
2017.10.24 01:45
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Skepticism aside, it is still worthwhile to point out the relevant advantages Bitcoin has to offer to consumers in particular. As the first of its kind, Bitcoin may at the very least serve as an innovative exemplar for future development of cryptocurrencies and digital payments.
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Hee Yeon Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2017.10.24 01:44
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Moon is looking for a radical approach involving the complete phase-out of nuclear power plants. I believe that because of the potential dangers of the power plants, some of them should be closed, but a complete phase-out is definitely not a viable option.
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Hyunwoo Shin Staff Reporter
2017.09.25 20:38
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With our climate, geography, and advanced nuclear technology, I believe that Korea should instead place nuclear energy at the center of the nation’s energy policy initiatives and dedicate more effort into the research and development of the technology.
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Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2017.09.25 20:36
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[Debate] Is Political Apathy a Problem for KAIST Students?KAIST has had a difficult time finding adequate political participation from the student body. Surveys related to upcoming campus-wide legislature often go unnoticed by some apathetic students, and only after the policy is set in place does it attract enough attention. Are KAIST students exercising a healthy degree of political participatio
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.05.21 21:28
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The previous and the current issues of The KAIST Herald each present an article about the recently released university rankings and how well KAIST did on them compared to other universities and to its own performance last year. While critics of the rankings themselves would point out what they believe are the innately problematic aspects of the ranking system, there may still be ways to make do wi
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2017.05.21 21:05
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University rankings have become a staple in many students’ academic paths, mainly helping high schoolers choose the perfect university. There is a wide variety of rankings and some are indeed useful, but the most accessible and prominent ones seem to suffer from fatal flaws that should force them into irrelevance. But the opposite seems to be happening as many universities seek to promote th
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Yehhyun Jo Head of Society
2017.05.05 14:07
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A change is coming. With happenings like the Gangnam Stabbing incident and workplace KakaoTalk chatroom controversy, more people are paying attention to human rights issues ranging from gender equality to workplace equity. KAIST is following that change too. Since December 16, 2014, the Center for Ethics and Human Rights promoted human rights in KAIST while also receiving and processing reports on
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Kun-Woo Song Junior Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:41
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By being the forerunner of a newfound educational environment in Korea, the former president has not only imbued the college with a sense of singularity, but also characterized the school with a driven vigor that is sought and practiced in many of other universities in the States. Gleaming through the works of Kang Sung Mo, it is more than plausible to say that he has given KAIST a sense of direct
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Jae Hwan Jeong Staff Reporter
2017.03.29 22:34
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Just as much as anyone holds theright to voice their opinions, nottampered in any way by externalforces, the mass media should not beexempt from this fundamental right in any way either.Many people believe that the unbalanced coverage ofthe media resulted in immutable repercussions duringthe 2016 US presidential elections. However, it isimportant for us to understand the implications of thisclaim;
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Jae Hwan Jeong Junior Staff Reporter
2016.11.28 19:47
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November 8 marked the start of what some people are calling “the apocalypse”. In more formal terms, Donald J. Trump is President-Elect of the United States of America. It seems that half of the American population are calling the results a miracle, while the other half are in such disbelief they have already started to protest in the streets. One thing both parties can agree on is the
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Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.27 23:37
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KAIST has decided to remodel the Main Library, which was built in 1990, starting from March 2017 until March 2018. The school will be expanding its size by building and connecting the Academic and Cultural Creativity Building to the Main Library. The renewal is looking forward to providing up-to-date services for using the library. “Information Commons” will be placed on the first floo
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Hyunseung Hwang Staff Reporter
2016.11.25 12:53
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Returning students at KAISTwould all have experienced thesame feeling when they accessedthe school website to scavenge for humanities courses:shocked at the lack of empty spots to register for.The reason for this sudden disappearance of possibleclasses to take was due to a reduction of Korean-taughthumanities classes by the School of Humanities andSocial Sciences. Perhaps this issue would not have
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Sang-Wook Ha Staff Reporter
2016.11.24 00:00
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During the course add/drop period, I have a designated, almost sacred, browser window which is always open. The window has two tabs and two tabs only: the Academic System website and KAIST’s “Online Timeplanner with Lectures”, which is more commonly known as OTL. The window is the digital knife I use to uncap the humanities courses that yield the most ggul (Korean for honey, slan
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Tae Soo Kim Staff Reporter
2016.11.16 23:38
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[Debate] Is club funding to persists this way?KAIST has had no shortage of funding issues in recent years. Its scope is not limited to extracurricular but also autonomous school bodies, and other organizations. As important as it is that students are provided with a top-notch education, a solid foundation to help pursue their passions in also the trademark of university life. What is the wisest wa
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Jisoo Kim Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:27
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[Debate] Is club funding to persists this way?KAIST has had no shortage of funding issues in recent years. Its scope is not limited to extracurricular but also autonomous school bodies, and other organizations. As important as it is that students are provided with a top-notch education, a solid foundation to help pursue their passions in also the trademark of university life. What is the wisest wa
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Wan Ju Kang Senior Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 08:26
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The 4-day week was an unnecessary change. Sure it does afford an extra weekend, but all it isn’t always possible to reap the advantages provided from that extra day. Also, it has ironically resulted not in a regular four-weekdays and three-day weekends but a fluctuating five-day week and typical weekends.Given a typical schedule of two to four classes a day surrounding lunch time, Monday, Wednesda
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Dongsung Park Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:23
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Over the years, there have been many amendments made to the education system of our school. All of them are intended for an improvement of an existing situation, but have they really been good solutions? As a positive example, a particularly delightful four-day weekday system started this semester. Many of the existing problems with student’s schedule have taken a turn for the better with the impl
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Ji Yun Kim Staff Reporter
2015.11.09 04:23