What is body language? The dance moves we perform in front of foreigners? The subtle hints that show you want to run away from the date in front of you? According to Professor Amy Cuddy, body language is any expression of the body which is used as a communication method. While we are normally only conscious about the messages that are sent outwards, Cuddy indicates that we should also take interest in the messages that are sent towards the senders in return. While we have always thought that our minds control our bodies, the lecturer opens up the possibility of it being the other way around.

At every single second of our lives we are forced to make decisions; from small trivial ones like what to eat, to serious ones like which jobto apply for. Before a decision is made, many aspects are thoroughly thought out, to make sure that the benefits of the choice outweighthe losses. How will it feel like, though, if after years and years of decision making, someone comes up to say that you have been doing itall wrong? This is precisely what Dan Gilbert intends to do on the podium, through his lecture, ‘Why We Make Bad Decisions.’

“I decided not to be discouraged and sentimental neglecting works alone. Eating strawberries in spring is part of life, but that lasts only a few days, and most of the months are grey and gloomy. But in that gloom one can learn something new,” wrote Vincent van Gogh on December 21st, 1881 in a letter to Theo van Gogh (his younger brother).

Buddha is the main symbol of Buddhism. However, despite the religious part of him, he is a man to be respected only by looking into him. He left many messages we could learn as human to human. If you haven’t had a chance to look into his life due to prejudice about the Buddhist religion, now listen to his story without any barrier and find your own peace.

Hi, I’m Kim Nuri from the information broadcasting department and I’ve participated in an exchange program from last fall till this summer in TUFS (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). Let me tell you about the days I’ve had in Tokyo which beautifully colored my last year, and which somewhat different from the days in Korea.

As people living in the twenty-first century, we often wonder what the ideal relationship is between past and present. About this question, maybe nine out of ten would answer that past and present should be in harmony. And just as if another question is waiting for the answer, this new question follows right behind your answer, “Then how can we make harmony between them?” Now, how can you answer it? Maybe no one can give a perfectly right answer, because it is not a problem of facts but of values. However, we need to think and should have our own thoughts. “How can the past and present be in harmony?”

We members of the society are on an impossible mission. In a period of time where people are identical to one another as if printed out by a machine, originality is crucial. Thus, we stand on the edge of the cliff, not being able to go backwards onto the safe side and remain on the same as everyone else, but also not being able to take another step forward and go beyond ‘different,’ strange. Everyone wants to be different, but no one wants to be strange. However, here are two exhibitions that specifically require a strange mind and perspective in order to be able to fully appreciate its works: the Fun Museum and the Rolling Ball Museum.

Before you are a university student, in other words, when you were waiting to enter SMU, you would hear the words from the adults, “According to how you spend your four years in university, your life will be really different even though you enter the same university and take the same classes from others.” To accept their advice well, the first attitude you should have is an extroverted personality. Most activities in the university are group work. For example, to be a member of any clubs and to go well, you should show your extroverted personality. You should shout the FM* loudly and never sneak away from drinks. Of course, this situation also appears when you are studying. In any classes there must be a group presentation, though so many students are complaining about it. And it’s not only in the university, but in the workplaces.

Google goes Gaga. This is the title of this video. Google’s fun and unique questions combined with exciting answers from today’s pop icon Lady Gaga made this lecture attractive. At first, before listening to the lecture, I only concentrated on the musician, Lady Gaga. However, after watching, I came to know her as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, which is her real name, as a human being just like everyone else.

A special exhibition, BRAIN: Inside of Me, is being shown at the Savina Museum of Contemporary Art in Jongno, Seoul. This exhibition aims to unravel the mystery of artists’ creativity hidden between art and brain. What do you think about this creative exhibition which classifies a scientific henomenon and shares the results with the public, not just hanging up works of art as usual? Is there anyone who has wondered the mystery of how brains work on creating art? Here is an amazing exhibition to get the answers. This show is intended to analyze artists’ artwork by shedding light on how the arts arena is linked to cognitive models. In order to make it, a total of 14 participating artists’ brains were analyzed according to the classification of certain types through the use of MSC brain aptitude tests made by MSC Brain Consulting Group, Inc. The types of brain are divided into four, complete right brain, strong right brain, right brain with character of left brain and, right and left brain.

Most people find it difficult to appreciate art. Going to a museum is not a normal going out. Seeing paintings and talking about your own feeling seems to be a hard work. Think about the situation whe

Kim Chung Jinyong / Society Desk Editorsmt0209@sm.ac.krFirst of all, I know it sounds no more than just cliché, but I have to assert that I earned a lot of things from The Sookmyung Times (SMT)

“Failure.” Does anybody feel good when you think about your experience of failure? People always want to be the first or a winner. You might have heard about the sentence “Mistakes b

Have you ever seen this odd statue? If you have even once been to TIMESQUARE in Yeoungdeungpo, you would answer yes. The name of this statue is karma and the artist made it to show the Orient’s

When you first think of France, what comes to mind? Although the answer can be various, no one can deny the fact that France is the city of culture & art. In Korea, more and more people are becoming interested in culture, and a lot of cities such as Seoul publish a slogan, the city of culture. However, we still have a lack of understanding it. During the winter vacation, The Sookmyung Times (SMT) went to Paris as a part of Global Explore and could feel a thorough attitude about culture.

Clap! Which part do you use for hearing this sound? Ear? If you are a hearing-impaired person, now, which part will you use for hearing this sound? The Drummer, Evelyn Glennie, who is a hearing-impair

Our University slogan is “Fostering creative leaders with the power of thinking.” Under this catchphrase, Sookmyung Women’s University provides a variety of humanities education. Every Sookmyungian get a chance to have lectures to put their own views across by speaking and writing. These days, expressing your own opinion and communicating with others is important in our society, so many universities are helping students to develop theseskills in various ways. Also, Sookmyung is one of these universities.

Savina Museum of Contemporary Art is hidden in a narrow ally. At first, you might have an impressionthat there are not many things to watch, but when you open the door of the museum, you will feel lik

Because you were born as a woman, there is a role or rule you should follow. How do you think of this thought? Of course we live in the 21st century and of course I don’t want to say about sexua...

Nowadays, business administration is most popular study in our society, so more and more students in Korea do an MBA and some of them are go abroad. This is not a phenomenon which occurs just in Korea