Reporters Sang Lee

Sheena Kim Grace Shin Joseph Yoo Kim Hyo Won

Wanyama Moses

Editors Gina Shin

Hannah Jung Kate Ku

Designers Chloe Nam

Melissa Park Jake Joo Esther Jo

Advisors

Kevin Kester Todd Terhune

In This Issue

April 2011

Volume 8 Issue 1 The News Magazine for Linton Global College www.lgc.hnu.kr

Global Horizons A w o r l d o f d i f f e r e n c e

of LGC recruited vol-unteers to help the fundraiser for Japan. Some people volun-teered and they looked enthusiastic.

The total amount of funds collected equate to 350,000won. It will be sent to either the Red Cross or Hannam sister schools in Japan. One of the volunteers, Aaron Kim, stated “I felt really sad for Ja-pan’s catastrophe. I really wish that they recover from the disas-ter.” Tei said, “The Japanese are deeply depressed and in sad-ness. I hope the Japa-nese will return to nor-malcy soon.”

On Friday March 11th, 2011, Japan faced its worst catastrophe in modern history. The earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Dohuku province. After that, the earth-quake triggered a huge tsunami that caused tre-mendous damage. Fifty-thousand people were found dead or lost. Three Koreans were among those dead. Nearby nu-clear plants also caught fire and exploded mak-ing the problem worse. It’s a tragic event. Many Koreans, as neighbors of Japan, began helping the devastated country in s e v e r a l w a y s . Linton Global College

was among those of-fering assistance. LGC raised funds at Linton Park on Han-nam’s campus on March 17th. The president of LGC’s student council, Tei, said “Yesterday the Hannam Student Council proposed to raise money for the Japanese. Some of the presidents of vari-ous colleges disagreed, but most of the stu-dent council presi-dents agreed with our efforts to raise funds. Accordingly, if LGC’s students donate more money than other col-leges, we will set a model for other stu-dents.” The students

Fundraiser for Japan By Joseph Yoo and Kim Hyo Won

▪Fundraiser for Japan 1

▪ Interview with Professor Kitai Kim

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▪Pearl of Africa and the Source of the Nile?

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▪CC Interview ▪ Mandatory overseas program at LGC

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▪Restaurant review: “Eat me” ▪Book review: “Madly Happiness Mo-ment 1000”

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▪Interview with Joy, new staff at LGC

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▪Interview with Turna , Graduate of LGC

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An Interview with Professor Kitai Kim By Sang Lee

terested in it as well? I’m lucky that I’m teaching three subjects that I enjoy very much this semester, and I think students pick up on it. G.H: Do you have any advice for freshmen who have just started to plan their four years of university life? Professor Kim: Study hard dur-ing the year and enjoy the summer vacation to the max! The summer of your freshmen year is the only time that you are truly ‘free’ to do what you want and to enjoy being young. The vacations during your sophomore, junior, and senior years are filled with classes, intern-ships, and other obligations. So go on a trip but whatever you do, don’t waste it by staying home! You only have one freshmen summer in your life. Spend it well. We are very grateful for his pre-cious time. And, during the conver-sation with Prof. Kitai Kim, we were able to feel the passion he has in his career. That was one of the reasons why many students like him. It seems to be God’s blessing that we have him, and through him, we hope LGC will improve more and develop global leaders.

at the chance to teach here. I mean (laugh), I think I submitted my ap-plication the week after the adver-tisement was posted on the web. But more importantly, I also came to Hannam University because it is a university founded on Christian (Presbyterian) principles and values. I find great comfort in being able to teach in such an environment with such great students, faculty, and staff. G.H: It’s been 3 weeks since this semester started, so how does LGC look to you so far?

Professor Kim: It’s been a long three weeks, (laugh). I have been very busy preparing for classes be-cause I immediately sensed the high expectation of the students. During the first couple of classes, I realized that the students are of a high cali-ber, and they demand much more from the professors, so it has caused me to prepare much more than I normally would. And this is unusual but, because LGC has a small faculty, I feel very close to the students. So far, so good!

G.H: Most students who are taking your classes say that your lectures are very interesting and helpful. Some students have even said that Professor Kim made them want to study. What do you think makes your classes so interesting? Do you have any educational philosophy when teaching? Professor Kim: My teaching phi-losophy has always been best ex-pressed by Alexander Von Humboldt who said, “A language cannot be taught. One can only create the con-ditions for learning to take place.” As such, I’ve make it a priority to make the environment conducive for learning to take place. So, if I have to be a clown to get your interest or tell a cold joke or whatever, I’m trying to maintain and keep your attention. And I think that’s what the students are responding to right now. If I’m not passionate about what I teach, how can I expect students to be in-

Spring semester started a few weeks ago, but the weather is already getting warm along with our brains that are warming up for the upcoming mid-terms. It has been long enough to notice what 2011 has brought for LGC. There are freshmen and our “fresher” looking professors who are also new at LGC. An interest-ing thing is that LGC rings with one of our freshmen faculty named Prof. Kitai Kim. It is be-cause many students are hooked on his lectures and keep compli-menting them. Therefore, Global Horizons set out to get to know him better, and thanks to his kindness, we were able to ask him a few questions that stu-dents might want to know.

G.H: You are one of the new professors at LGC. I believe stu-dents want to know what made you come to LGC.

Professor Kim: Last year was my first year at Hannam Univer-sity teaching in the Department of English Language and Litera-ture. I’d already heard about LGC and was interested in it be-cause I only heard good things about the students and the for-eign faculty. I heard that the stu-dents are very motivated and that they have a high level of English ability, so I was very in-terested in that aspect. And when the position was open, I jumped

Life is something that everyone should try at

least once. - Henry J. Tillman

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Did You Know the Pearl of Africa and the Source of the Nile By Wanyama Moses 

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable

with yourself. - Mark Twain

Have you ever thought about Egypt? We all learnt about Egypt in high school, but most of the time when people talk about it, our mind thinks about the Nile River and the Pyramids. Most people when they read about Egypt will remember what hap-pened there. But let us get on here – do you know the source of the Nile and where it comes from? I will tell you. The Nile River comes from Uganda; it is not the name of a person, but the pearl of Africa. Uganda is a landlocked country located in East Africa. It borders Kenya in the East and in the West the Democratic Republic of Congo; in the Northern part it borders southern Sudan, and in the south it touches Tanzania. In the extreme southwest is Rwanda. In the southern part of Uganda there is Lake Victoria. This great lake is shared by Kenya and Tanzania and it was the same reason why the name East Africa was developed. The three coun-tries formed the East African Community for economic coop-eration and development. If you have a chance to come to Uganda I would love to show you the historical status of John

Speke at Jinja. This great man was the British explorer who dis-

covered the source of the Nile in 1856. He blindly moved into East Africa after an attack in So-malia, and while there he dis-covered and named lake Victoria after the Queen of England. However Uganda got its name from one of the famous king-doms of Uganda called Buganda. This was because of its role in welcoming British and French explorers and missionaries. Up to today the Bugandan kingdom still remains famous for its con-tribution to Uganda. Hence, the

first president of Uganda was from this kingdom. He was called Sir Edward Mutesa. How-ever, Uganda has many other kingdoms, including the Buny-oro Kitara, Toro, Ankole, and Busoga. Many centuries ago the people of Uganda were hunters and gathers, but today modern Ugandan people practice agri-culture, growing a variety of cash crops such as coffee, tea, cotton, tobacco, maize, rice, cas-sava, and Irish potatoes. How-ever, all of these crops were in-troduced to Uganda by British and French missionaries and traders. Uganda is known in the world because of its hospitable people. Just visit Uganda one day and you will see for yourself.

The current president of Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He has been President since 1987. In Uganda the official languages spoken are English and Swahili,

p l u s o t h e r l o c a l l a n -guages within t h e

country. The current population of Uganda is estimated at about 2.7 million according to the 2005 census. Religious groups in Uganda are Roman Catholic, Protestants, Muslim, and indige-nous beliefs. Uganda got its in-dependence from Britain in 1962. Uganda is a very beautiful and great country with people with a great history, so I invite you to Uganda so that you will be able to see this. As one of the international stu-dents at Linton Global College, I have learnt a lot from both the Korean students and students from other parts of the world; and, because I benefited a lot from my friends, that is why I took this chance of exchanging my culture to all of you at Linton Global College drawing from the inspiration of many great pro-fessors and lovely students at Linton Global College and Han-nam University. For God and my country Uganda, please come speak to me about the beautiful pearl of Africa, Uganda.

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Q1 What kind of first impression did you make on each other? Ross She looked gaunt. Aeri His first impression was ex-

pressive to me! I have never seen a person like him.

Q2 When did you first show inter-est in each other? Ross I can’t remember the exact

time. Aeri When the opening ceremony

was held, I and he were game partners. From that moment, I was interested in him.

Q3 How do you feel about being a campus couple of LGC? Ross To be honest, somehow it just

doesn't feel real that we are even going out.

Aeri Yeah! I’m excited! I look for-ward to our physical contact. First we were holding hands, then hugging and kissing…..

Aaron Wait! Wait! That’s too much information!

Q4 What is most attractive thing about your partner? Aeri First, I really like his ad-lib

behavior. Also he has a good personality and is humorous.

Ross I didn’t find any attractive thing about her at first. (Aeri stares at him fiercely) Actually, she had no makeup on at that time. She has a cute pot-belly. Every time she eats food, she really enjoys her meal!

Q5 Is there any message to leave one another? Aeri I loved you the first time

we met. I love staying with you, and I will love you for the rest of my life.

Ross Me too!

CC Interview By Joseph Yoo and Hyo Won Kim

the guesthouse where I stayed in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Every evening, I heard Korean pop songs from the park. I was curious why they played Korean pop songs so I went there to find out. When I got to the park many people were dancing to Korean music. Cambodian dance skills were incredible. I was proud of my country because I could feel the power of the Korean Wave. What is your opinion about the overseas program? At first time, I was uncomfort-able with the mandatory pro-gram because of the financial burden and its obligatory char-acteristic. But, when I arrived in Cambodia and Thailand, my negative thoughts disappeared. I adjusted myself to the new sur-roundings and became a part of it naturally. My trip was a great opportunity to increase my global mind and learn foreign cultures. Thus, I think the man-datory overseas program can be a motivation to students who hesitate to go abroad.

ment. Why did you choose those countries? I really wanted to go to Angkor Wat which is the biggest ancient temple complex in Asia. That was the main reason. What did you experience? What I remember most is when I got on a bus in Thailand for the first time. I took a bus and tried to pay the bus fare; but no one else paid so I didn’t either. The next day, I got on the same bus and after a few bus stops a for-eigner got on. He asked me how to pay the fare so I explained. While we were on the bus we talked to each other and we ex-changed email addresses. He told me to call when I happened to be in Singapore because he was from Singapore and he said he would show me around. I made a wonderful foreign friend thanks to the Thailand free bus! What impressed you the most? There was a big park in front of

Linton Global College students are required to travel overseas. They have to experience for-eign culture abroad. The pur-pose of this program is en-couraging students to build a global mind and to gain in-sight to become a global leader. Choi Geum-e is senior student majoring in Global Communi-cation & Culture at LGC. She went to Cambodia and Thai-land during last winter vaca-tion because of the require-

Mandatory Overseas Program in LGC By Grace Shin

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Restaurant Review: Eating at “Eat Me” By Sheena Kim

Gorgonzola Pasta. The taste of the food could not be described with words. It was very delicious and fantastic. If you looked at the tables around you, peo-ple would be smiling with satisfaction. The special walnut-flavored milk pud-ding will surprise you at

the end of the meal. The pudding is free and this de-licious dessert will make you want to revisit the res-taurant again. Eat Me is one of the best Italian res-taurants to dine in, so do not hesitate to eat at “Eat Me” in Dunsan-dong.

minutes from Time World Galleria Department Store, which is located in Dunsan-dong and the prices range from W8,000-W13,000 for delicious pizza, tasty pasta, healthy salad, and more. The casual restaurant turns into a moody bar at night and attracts many customers. This restaurant is great for a date with your boyfriend or going on a friends night be-cause there is jazz music in the background, candles on each table for great mood and the food is very tasty. This restaurant is very unique be-cause it does not care about its style but only its taste. This restaurant is far from fancy and it has black and red chairs to make it unique. As a Global Horizon member, I went to this restaurant a few days ago to find out how great the food was. I tried the Chicken Ceasar Salad and

Italian restaurants are prac-tically everywhere and be-coming common; but the restaurant that Global Hori-zon wants to introduce to you is the casual Italian res-taurant, “Eat Me,” which is fully equipped to provoke your appetite. Comfy chairs, romantic music, shining lights, and delicious food is what we can find in this casual Italian restaurant. You can dine at this restau-rant just by walking about 3

Are you happy? When are you happy? Some people say, “I’m happy when I play games with my friends,” or “I’m happy when I’m playing the piano.” There are many ways to feel happiness. However some readers may be unhappy. If you are an unhappy reader, then you must read this book. This book will guide you in living a happy life. For example, listening to your favorite radio or watching the sea may make you happy. I recommend this book to people who think they are unhappy. My motto is ‘share happiness with peo-

ple around you.’ These days, many people say “I don’t want to live anymore” or “I want to commit suicide”. I don’t understand why people think this. It is so negative. When you think positively there are many ways to find happiness, and this book can help you in that regard. Change your mind and be thankful for little things. Then you can find ways to be happy with everything around you. This book involves many methods. Find all the grateful things you have in your life before you do something you will regret. Read this book!

Korean name: 미치도록 행복한 순간 1000

Book Review: Madly Happiness Moment 1000 By Jaimee Lee

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Interview with Joy, New Staff Member at LGC and 2010 graduate By Kevin Kester

GH: Welcome back to LGC! We are de-lighted that you have decided to join LGC as a staff member. You have been very helpful to both students and pro-fessors since you returned last month. To celebrate your return to LGC, we have a few questions for you to reflect on. Q1 Could you tell us a little about your-self, where you're from, and why you chose to join LGC, first as a student and now as staff? First of all, thank you for this opportu-nity. I'm pleased to be here as a helpful staff member. My hometown is Daejeon and I have been here for 12 years. The reason why I decided to come LGC was that I loved to speak in English. I have been really into studying English since I was 10. I believe LGC provides students who love English with a special educa-tion environment. E.O.P. is one of the special points of LGC. When I decided to return LGC, I was excited to work for LGC and use English in my office. Find-ing a work place using English was my priority in looking for a job. I hope I can further develop my English abilities here and learn more things.

Q2 What advice would you give to cur-rent students about academic and social life at LGC? As a LGC student, I believed that I was privileged to have a good environment to study English and intercultural com-munication. However, I didn’t know about it until the last semester. If you want to make the best of LGC, please keep the English Only Policy within the English Zone in EngCa and in classes. I strongly believe it will help you a lot in the future. Q3 Imagine that you are a freshman LGC student again. What would you do differently this time? When I was a freshman, I lived in an off-campus dormitory. There were enough appliances to cook there, but I didn’t learn how to cook. So, if I could go back to 2006, then I would love to learn how to cook. Plus, I wish I would have ap-plied apply for the exchange programs to study abroad. When I was a student, I put the priority on English-speaking countries only. However, if I could be a student of LGC again, then I would love to think differently. Asian countries are attractive to me these days.

Q4 What one moment at LGC re-mains the most special to you? Where were you, who were you with, and what happened? When I was an advising student of professor Louisa, I clearly remember the atmosphere of her office and the seat I sat in. I was depressed from the stress of all the class and assignments one day, so I just dropped by her of-fice to talk with her. I explained what I was going through at that time, and she listened carefully. As soon as I finished my words, she replied to me: “You’re still young, and you’re smart enough to make everything possible." That is a very unforgettable moment for me. I was encouraged by her words. That makes me have confi-dence in English and other things. Q5 Finally, what advice would you give professors to help current stu-dents? I was lucky to meet friendly and con-siderate professors for advising. I think that kind of talk, counseling does help students both academically and psychologically. Having a per-sonal talk ties the bond between a professor and student.

Interview with Turna, First International Graduate of LGC By Kevin Kester

Global Horizons had the opportu-nity to meet up with a recent graduate, Turna Elmaci. We asked Turna for her perspec-tives on life at LGC and advice for current students and professors. Turna is currently studying Media, Peace and Conflict Studies in Seoul. Q1 Turna, Could you tell us a little about yourself, where you're from, and why you chose to attend LGC? Sure. My name is Turna Elmaci and I’m the first international stu-dent who graduated from LGC (2011). I'm originally from Ger-many. Before I attended LGC I was

an exchange student at Chungnam National University majoring in German Language and Literature. Back in Germany, I was in the Teacher’s Certificate program ma-joring in German Language & Lit-erature and Technology. Why did I choose LGC? When I heard that there is a study track called “Global Communication and Culture” I felt really attracted to study that. My previous major had some components of communica-tion and culture, but not in a broad perspective and not as detailed as LGC offered. So, I decided to join LGC and study Global Communi-cation. I have to say I feel very

happy with my decision. I joined LGC as a Junior and studied for two years at LGC. Q2 What advice would you give to current students about academic and social life at LGC? Generally, students should im-merse themselves in every class and activity as much as they can. Though some students might not see how that can help them, it will pay off in the future for sure. Attending classes at LGC will help students with their careers or future academic lives.

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I think the whole time I spent at LGC is very special to me. I was at LGC for two years but the memories that I have of LGC are very special. Studying and preparing pres-entations with my friends till 5 o’clock in the morning, or having a cup of coffee and a nice chat with professors. I really miss these times. Q5 What advice would you give professors to help cur-rent students? In Germany we say having an open ear for others. That proverb means listen to the

people and try to help them. I know that the LGC professors do that, and I hope that students take their offer seriously and go and tell the professors about their wor-ries. Whenever I went to a profes-sor for advice, they took time to listen to my problems. I think con-tinuing this act of counseling will help the professors to get to know the students better. Moreover, it will help them to understand the students better. I think that’s the best that LGC professors can do for their students. Q6 Could you tell us about where you are now and what you're do-ing? I am now a graduate student at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, majoring in Me-dia, Peace and Conflict Studies, but I still live in Daejeon. Some students will see me in the English Café at LGC from time to time.

sors. But it doesn’t say that the stu-dents and professors have close rela-tionships to each other. Here at LGC, it’s different. Students have the op-portunity to talk to their professors about non-class related things and get advice from them. I really appre-ciate this fact. I know for sure that I couldn’t do that at my old university in Germany. Because there were too many students (maybe 500 or more) in the German department and for some professors students were only numbers. I hope that students con-tinue to have this kind of relation-ship with their professors at LGC, and even when they leave LGC. Q3 Imagine that you are a freshman LGC student again. What would you do differently this time? I would be more engaged in stu-dents’ activities like MT or cultural nights. I remember that I missed many chances to get to know some of my fellow students and professors. I sometimes just know their names and phone numbers, but there was not a lot of time to deepen friend-ships as much as I wished. That’s one thing that I would do differently. Q4 What one moment at LGC re-mains the most special to you? Where were who, who were you with, and what happened?

Let me give you an example: attending Prof. Terhune’s “Conflict Resolution and Negotiation” class helps me now in my graduate class of “Survey of World Conflicts” in my m a s t e r ’ s p r o -gram. And Prof. Morrison’s class about Internet Media Product ion has b r o a d e n e d m y knowledge about social media and the use of it. Every tiny piece of information can help them in their activities in the future. Students who want to engage in media in their future will benefit from what they have learnt at LGC. There are many examples like those above. Sometimes, do more than you are supposed to do. Be passion-ate about the things you do. I think students should show that they are active in the sense that they go out and start to explore what’s outside the classroom through attending conferences or working as volunteers in con-ferences. Of course, the things they have learnt in class will let them see everything from a dif-ferent perspective. Show leadership. I know being the leader can be sometimes be stressful, but practicing leader-ship is important. If students are in leading positions later in their careers, they need experiences and knowledge of how to deal with difficult situations. What can I say about the social life in LGC? It’s not easy to find a school like LGC where stu-dents and professors are so close to each other. As you know there are much bigger departments with more students and profes-

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself

what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because

what the world needs more is people who have come alive.

- Howard Thurman

SUDOKU

Haiku by Jake Joo

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