FEATURE The Road to Obtain Women's Right NO.366 APR 2021 COVERSTORY Is a Future Without AI Possible? SMTRACING Who Qualifies for a Scholarship? v G TIM UN ES Y M K O O S E CONTENTS E H D T 366 I T | THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES - NO. 366 APR 2021 | APR 2021 O R I A L B O D A R About SMT The Sookmyung Times (SMT) is the only official En- glish Newspaper at Sookmyung Women's University. Founded in 1973, 2021 marks its 49th anniversary. SMT publishes a hardcopy magazine each March, April, June, September, October, and December and publishes a webzine each May and November. The Sookmyung Times office is located in the Student Union, room 309. 12 03 12 21 COVERSTORY PUBLISHER President Chang Yunkeum Is a Future Without AI 03 Possible? 28 DIRECTOR Professor Shim Sookyoung LETTER GLOBAL REPORT COPY EDITOR Professor Matilda Krivan Persevere Student Exchange Life EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Sang Lim Hyeji 16 Is Like DIY! Decorate It With No Regrets! CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Kwon Jung Eunseo 04 FOCUS ON CULTURE SECTION EDITOR Choi Song Bojeong A Break From Your ALUMNAE School Life SOCIETY SECTION EDITOR Na Cho Seongah 30 Making the World WOMAN SECTION EDITOR Lee Hwang Hayoung Healthy With Fresh FORMAL ARTICLE Energy 18 CUB REPORTER Jo Heo Yerin PEOPLE CUB REPORTER Kim Lee Jiwon 32 Members of planet CUB REPORTER Park Gil Yeonseo 06 Earth MUSE ON CUB REPORTER Park Sung Iyoung ON CAMPUS Time Flows Backwards CUB REPORTER Song Jeong YiKyung 21 CUB REPORTER Yoon Kim Eunji 08 SMTRACING 34 TEL 02)710-9152 CHEONGPA Who Qualifies for a SOOK PICK Scholarship? smtimes.sookmyung.ac.kr RUNWAY Songs for the Blooming Season www.facebook.com/thesookmyungtimes The Change of Seasons, the Time to Change @sookmyungtimes Your Attire 24 DESIGNED BY ROUM EXPERIENCE 35 Fascinated by KAKAO TALK @ HEAD TO HEAD 로움 09 Foodening TEL 010-5343-5357 FEATURE The Road to Obtain Women's Right 26 SMT CULTURE Do you fall asleep easily at night? CRITICAL VOICE TO CHANGE THE WORLD LETTER Persevere Hello, Sookmyungians. Have you adapted well to the new semester? The spring season is in full bloom, bringing warm sunlight and a pleasant breeze. I think the weather most Sookmyungians enjoy is back. It is the weather most Sookmyungians enjoy. I love this weather, too. Perhaps that's why I feel lazy. I feel like postponing tasks that I planned at the beginning of the new year and doing something else. I want to meet friends, go on trips, and lose myself in YouTube and Netflix. If I am being honest, this type of living makes me happier. Still, I am not free to live as I want daily. Because it is only April, I will keep up my energy to accomplish all my plans. I'm going to tackle them one at a time because it is more important to pursue the bigger dream than the happiness in front of me. First of all, I must diligently work on articles for The Sookmyung Times. Then, I must study hard for the upcoming midterms. Most tasks I need to do are the ones I dread, but I'll work towards them with pleasure and joy. Like the expression, "You will never be betrayed by your effort," I will do my best to realize my new year plans. I am not sure what awaits me at the end of my efforts, but at least I'm taking pleasure in the work I am doing now. Sookmyungians, keep steadfast towards your plans, and take great joy in what you do this month. Never lose sight of the big happiness from accomplishing all your plans, no matter how tedious they might appear. Each day will be better than the day before, each month better than the last as we move towards the future. Now that the weather has gotten warmer, let's enjoy each day lively. Never give up and keep persevering! Sang Lim Hyeji / Editor-in-Chief / [email protected] NO 366 / APR 2021 3 ALUMNAE Making the World Healthy With Fresh Energy Kwon Jung Eunseo / Culture Section Editor / [email protected] Together with the COVID-19 pandemic and modern people sitting in front of electronic devices for extended periods of time, many people have lost both their physical and mental health. Is there a vitamin for these weary modern people? One Sookmyungian is steadily helping others receive transfusions of vitamin by energizing them. SMT interviewed the YouTuber <VitaminJINY>, who teaches exercises online through brightness and passion. ALL PHOTOS FROM SJE Before we get started, would You are a graduate of energized and spend their time productively. you please introduce yourself Sookmyung Women's Therefore, I give a lot of care to my members' briefly? University with a Degree in the mindsets. With the right mindset, I can get My name is Shin Jieun, and I am a pilates Department of Dance. Has this the best and give the best to everyone who instructor. I manage Roum Body Studio in helped or affected your work participated in class. and career? Seocho-dong, which specializes in pilates You have a long career in and proper dieting. I'm also working as a Sookmyung Women's University was my pilates and yoga. What is YouTuber on the channel <VitaminJINY>. first choice when I applied to universities. It one of your most memorable I graduated from Sookmyung Women's is now my alma mater and I have a lot of experiences? University with a Degree in Dance. affection for the school. I took a variety of classes throughout my 4 years of study such I would have to say, sharing my energy with What made you decide to as yoga, pilates, skiing, and computers. Each others. Although it has become difficult become a pilates instructor? of the classes I took had profound effects on to open in-person classes these days due I began learning modern dance since I was my life and were valuable experiences. I was to COVID-19, whenever I hold an open a middle school student and this led to also able to start lecturing faster because I pilates or yoga class at Hangang River, I my successful admission to Sookmyung was able to earn yoga and pilates certificates take pleasure in the people who attend. One Women's University. After entering while attending a school. The Department day, I requested a participation fee of 10,000 university, I realized many classmates were of Dance at Sookmyung really opened up won per person and I donated the proceeds to better than me. I had to admit my physical various opportunities for me, and from those an abandoned dog center. Also, in one day, condition was not as good as other dancers opportunities, I discovered my calling in life if the chance presents itself, I would like to and that my skills were not at their level. was with yoga and pilates. hold an open class for Sookmyung Women's Then I knew that I had better look at other university students. You mentioned that you things in life besides dancing. I tried being a You are also managing a diet ballet instructor, a yoga instructor, a model, manage Roum Body Studio. As a manager, what would you say channel called <VitaminJINY> a musical actor, and others. Attempting those on YouTube. You currently have careers, I enrolled in a pilates class at our you must pay most attention to? 640,000 subscribers. How hard school. From that time on, I felt the charm of did you have to work to gain that sport, which differed from dance. Ever The most important aspect is to ensure class this much popularity? since that time, I've aimed at learning more quality, but relationships between gym about pilates. I worked hard and I'm now a members and the instructors are equally Upon reflection, I did not do my best. While pilates instructor. important. I want all my gym members to feel I did work hard and produce videos, I didn't 4 THE SOOKMYUNG TIMES think I planned well enough or was specific You must have faced a number positive person, too, so whenever I sense enough. I focused on quantity rather than of challenges in your various I'm getting lazy, I try to overcome that quality. One day, after noticing that, I made careers. Please share some of feeling by continuous effort and doing my a video in which I paid close attention to them with us. best. Moreover, I am always grateful for the concerns of my subscribers so that they The most difficult aspect of all my jobs everything. Complaining about things only better understood the content of the video. was creation of something worth watching, leads to negativity, so by changing one's I think I'm now better connected with my especially as a YouTuber. There's a saying, mindset to feelings of thankfulness, even subscribers. "Be patient with the weight of the crown." In small trivial things can be lifted from the the past, I used to make videos without much mind and the person will feel energy from Please recommend some being positive. contents for Sookmyungians thought of my audience, but nowadays, as who are having difficulty more and more people watch my videos, I What does the future hold exercising outdoors due to keep it in mind and spend time on detail. I for you? Are you planning COVID-19. suppose this is the most challenging aspect, anything new? but it is very rewarding whenever I read Rather than recommending one single video, comments or messages such as "I'm getting I would love to open a healthcare center I would like to recommend the two-week better." Moreover, not long ago, I started specializing in wellness for all.