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Mar 07, 2012 Debate Over Meal Ticket Price Heating Up On February 10, SNU Co-Op (SNUCO) announced that the price of cafeteria meal tickets will go up for non-SNU community members.

Mar 06, 2012 Undergraduate Tuition Fee Decreases by Five Percent Currently, students are facing many economic hardships due to the rising cost of living. In order to alleviate this pressure students in Korea have demonstrated for a lower tuition fee and student activists were able to make high tuition fees become a national issue.

Feb 29, 2012 Paraplegic Student Admitted into SNU "This would not have been possible without my grandfather's help. Without him, I would have had to give up everything."

Feb 28, 2012 Heal the World with Technology Last year, SNU's College of Engineering established 'Leadership Center' which consists of three of students' groups, named 'Gong-hun', 'Gong-woo', and 'Gong-gam'.

Feb 28, 2012 SNU and Harvard Law School Students to Participate in Exchange Program The SNU School of Law and Harvard Law School have concluded an agreement that will allow students from both schools to participate in an exchange program, beginning this year.

Feb 27, 2012 The 'It' Drink of SNU Is there an 'it' drink at SNU? The answer is yes, and it is a refreshment that is hard to find even in a Seven Eleven or Family Mart. On campus, however, it is the best-selling drink of all canned beverages available at SNU.

Feb 27, 2012 The Good Old Days on Gwanak Campus Today, he only has a few days before his retirement at the end of this academic year. In a sunlit office draped with calligraphy and ink drawings of orchids, Professor Shin shared his memories of his years on campus.

Feb 17, 2012 Prof. CHUNG Became the Director of National Museum of Contemporary Art, and others Professor CHUNG Hyung Min of the Department of Oriental Painting was appointed as the Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea on January 19.

Feb 17, 2012 'College Preview' Vacation Program for High School Students The 6th Annual Winter Vacation Program for Adolescents, which lasted for two weeks, was wrapped up with great satisfaction on the part of the students.

Feb 17, 2012 Going through the Eye of a Needle: Getting Accepted into the SNU Dorm Recently, a number of SNU students have been complaining about difficulties getting accepted into the SNU Dormitory, Gwanaksa.

Feb 15, 2012 Graduation Arts Exhibition Serious research universities like SNU sometimes tend to forget they also have experimenters of the modes of expression. In fact SNU has been shaping the aesthetic tradition in Korea over the years.

Feb 15, 2012 New Ways to Study the Korean Language An Interview with Professor Marc Duval - the first foreign professor at SNU's dept. of Korean Language and Literature