The summer heatwave has ended. Autumn is now upon us. Even Chuseok, Korea’s Thanksgiving Holiday has passed. Soon it will be October and midterms will start. Looking around, the trees have all become yellow and orange and lost their green color of summer. While everyone’s favorite season will differ

During summer break, all SMT reporters gather to watch the movie, ‘The Jungle Book.’ The movie is a based on the novel ‘Jungle Book’ by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Rudyard Kipling. Numerous nations have turned the novel into various movie genres. Unlike most books turned into movies that received nega

The code of ethics valued by journalists is only kept if a reporter keeps one’s honesty; however, being honest is never an easy task. As a reporter of SMT, one of the hardest things I have to do is question the honesty of an interviewee’s response. As a softy, I found asking the hard questions diffi

Recently, I was impressed by the main character of Zootopia, Judy Hobbes. She is a confident rabbit whose dream is to be a police officer and make the world a better place. Although her friends, boss, and even her family advise her to choose the safe and ordinary road in life, telling her that no sm

Most people would prefer something new to something old. In fact, people generally want a new room, home, school, and so on. They also desire change in themselves. In modern society, this kind of desire is considered ‘self-development’, and today you can easily attain plenty of material in the form

My friend enjoys a unique hobby. He likes to play with Nano Building Blocks. One day, he bought me a Nano Lego Set and said to give it a try. To be honest, I wasn’t really interested in the gift, but to be nice, I decided to build the model and promised to show him the final result. Took me a week,

"If chosen for the Sookmyung Times, I promise to do my best and that the Sookmyung Times would take precedence over other tasks." These were my final words during my interview during the SMT cub-reporter recruitment. Five semesters have passed since that day, and now I have been with the magazine

Finally midterms have ended. Besides me, huge numbers of students at Sookmyung were enjoying life as a college student without any concern for the upcoming exams. It is only after the exams that we are now reflecting on our personal satisfaction and whether we could have done better if we hadn’t pro

It seems like just a few days ago students were bustling about at the start of the new semester; however, midterms will soon be upon us. With midterm exams just around the corner, SMT reporters are moving more diligently than normal to ensure SMT provides quality articles for our fellow students to

Now on my 5th vacation session since entering Sookmyung Women's University, I find myself entering the busiest vacation ever. Recently, I went to see the movie Inside Out with my little brother, who is just 10 years old. The movie centered on five human emotions, which worked together in the emo

Hector and the Search for Happiness, written by the French psychiatrist, Francois Lelord, portrays the journey of Hector in his search for happiness. However, Hector did not find happiness; instead, he eventually becomes aware of and realizes the existence of happiness, which was always with him. Ir

For the first time ever in its 43 year history, the Sookmyung Times (SMT) will publish completely on online in May. It has a completely different format from traditional magazines. Before discussing the change, I’d like to address and provide some insight that I’ve learned throughout my semesters wi

Building good human relationships is one of the most important agendas in human life, regardless of age or position. Lately, the relationship between students and professors is being hailed as the next big talk in Korean society. Media portray some of the professors as criminals with all the press a

During winter break, I had the opportunity to travel Eastern Europe, and it allowed me to experience a totally new culture and learn lots of lessons by meeting a variety people from all over the world. Especially, in Hungary I was impressed by the term, Hungaricum. The word ‘Hungary’ and ‘unique’ ar

Recently, the neologism term called Dol-jik-gu, an expression normally used in baseball to express a straight player, shooting has become in every day society. However, nowadays, it is also being used to explain speakers who speak directly and straightforwardly. When someone expresses their opinion

A&P (1961), a short novel by John Updike deals with 19-year-old Sammy’s personal feelings. As the narrator, Sammy is working at a market as a checkout clerk when he notices Queenie and two other girls there. Updike portrays the characters, background, and events with the greatest of care through the

It seems like the semester started just a few days ago; however, midterms are now upon us. Whenever students look at their test papers, they often blame their previous night’s actions. “Oh, what did my notes say? I read that part yesterday night. If only I’d paid more attention.” Our memory involves

I had a chance to take a philosophy class when I was a middle school student. Although the teacher was a remarkably outstanding person, I always dozed off during the lecture. One day, all of sudden, the lecturer asked, “Why do you study here?” I almost fell off my chair, regarding the comment a sort