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SDSU KSA 뉴스 What  Is  KSA?  What  do  we  do?  What  are  we  planning?  

February 28, 2015 2015 년 2월 28일

KSA  is  the  Korean  Student  Association.  The  purpose  of  KSA  is  to  promote  and  educate  members  about  Korean  culture.  It  is  an  association  that  is  open  to  all  SDSU  students.  KSA  hosts  General  Body  Meetings  (GBMs)  once  a  week  on  Thursdays  from  5  P.M.  to  6  P.M.  in  the  Metztli  Room  in  the  Aztec  Student  Union.  During  GBM’s  KSA  will  be  playing  Korean  Music,  discussing  about  Korean  history,  participating  in  weekly  challenges,  as  well  as  playing  traditional  Korean  games.  KSA  will  be  promoting  Korean  Cinema  culture  by  watching  Korean  films  during  the  last  meetings  of  every  month.    KSA  has  many  fun  things  for  this  semester,  for  example,  the  introduction  of  Families  and  elaborate  socials.  The  Officers  will  work  very  hard  to  make  sure  that  every  social  event  is  enjoyable  and  memorable  for  every  KSA  member.    

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Letter from the Editor

Letter from the President

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안녕하세요? As secretary of KSA and editor of this newsletter, I am proud to present the February edition. To be honest, I had quite a fun time making this newsletter. The January edition was the first one ever and it was very stressful making sure it was perfect. Now that I have a clear idea, this newsletter was easier and better organized right from the start! I was having such a rough time during the end of January and the month of February. I had a lot of work to do for KSA and it cut in on a lot of time. I am still putting in a lot of time and effort into my KSA duties and I am happy to say that I did better this month than when I first started. I now have a clear idea with my duties and I have visions for the following newsletters to come, especially March. In March we have SDSU’s annual Korean Culture Night (KCN) happening on the 19th. I plan on having a great section on KCN for the March edition, please look forward to it! More information about KCN can be found on the last page! Best, Abel Valdivia

Hello  everyone,     I  cannot  believe  it  is  already  the  end  of  February!  February  marks  the  first  complete  month  of  the  KSA  General  Body  Meetings.  First  of  all,  I  would  like  to  thank  each  and  every  one  of  the  officers  on  the  board  and  to  all  the  general  members  that  come  out  to  support  us  every  week.  I  cannot  imagine  a  club  without  all  of  our  members!  <3     February  was  a  special  month  because  it  was  a  month  of  bonding  and  building  friendships.  I  had  created  the  family  program  and  each  family  had  their  own  socials  and  every  family  had  the  opportunity  of  attending  general  socials.  It  was  awesome  and  touching  to  see  friendships  blossom  before  my  own  eyes.     I  am  so  excited  to  see  these  friendships  strengthen  over  the  following  months.  Speaking  of  which,  next  month  will  be  another  eventful  month  and  one  of  the  major  events  I  am  looking  forward  to  is  the  annual  Korean  Culture  Night.  The  KSA  officers  have  all  worked  extremely  hard  to  help  the  advisor  put  this  event  together  and  I  cannot  wait  to  see  this  spectacular  event  unfold.  Wait  for  my  review  about  it  next  month  J  

 

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KSA  Officers  for  Spring  2015  

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Hello everyone, It is crazy to think that it has already been a month since KSA started this semester. I have really enjoyed getting to know everyone and meeting new faces. I hope to continue to get closer with all of the members through the rest of this year! I have also had so much fun bonding with people at our events. I feel like KSA is starting to become like a family! So far, my favorite events were FamBam at the beach, and the huge combined family social at Tapioca Express. It was great to just hang out at the beach and go swimming. I even learned a few new games from the members! Overall, I feel like I have grown quite a bit in the last month. Being the Event Coordinator is pushing me to learn how to balance my time more effectively. I am also learning just how much prior planning goes into making events and coordinating schedules. I always have about 3 different calendars with me at all times to help me not mix up dates, but it has also been so much fun to come up with creative ways to bring people together. I really do look forward to what the rest of this semester holds! – Rachel Lee, Event Coordinator

So far being vice president for KSA has been a pretty good job. I have liked all the themes we have decided upon for the GBM’s. I also think that the people that have shown up to the meetings have also had a good time, which is great to see them enjoying their time at the meetings. I, for the most part, think that everyone gets their work done on time which is a very good thing. The only issue I have had was only in the beginning, partly over Winter Break, but other than that, I have had no major issues that I have had to deal with. I assume the other Socials have been lots of fun from the pictures I have seen, I had a lot of fun at the Tapioca Express social with everyone. I think KSA is going in the right direction with everything that we are doing. I am sure that the future socials and GBM’s will be lots of fun for the rest of the semester. Please look forward to them! – Alex Kullman, Vice President

In the month of February, since it was the first month, there were a lot of predicaments and uncertainty towards the direction of the events and the goal of the organization. Now that a month has passed by, I now have a larger picture the direction of the club and my part in it. It is needless to say that we all committed errors in the beginning but as time passes by we learn from our mistakes and carry towards our common goal as a team. We all build up from one another and one can specially see this in our Thursday meetings when we work as a team to keep the dynamic environment for our members. We are enthusiastic of our future adventures and events this club will aspire to execute and achieve a greater sense of community as a whole. Furthermore, as an officer I have learned many things, like that each officer is a leg and KSA is the spider. Without one leg, the organization is going to have a harder time standing up. I have realized that I took on a bigger role than I had anticipated. Now is the time to go forward and learn from the past so I can definitely do a better job, now that I have a better understanding of my role. – Jose Garcia, Treasurer  

 

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KSA  Officers  for  Spring  2015  

I am Tran Vu, a third year, Criminal Justice major, and I am from Anaheim, CA. Since I had not been officially appointed as KSA's Historian until the beginning of February, I cannot say that I have any board experiences to report at the moment. So far, however, I am getting more accustomed to being a part of the board and integrating myself amongst the club in general. Even though there is a downside of not being able to attend the GBMs or the board meetings, this merely provides me with more initiative to stay on top of things and attempt my hardest to keep in contact with the rest of the members. As Historian, I hope to eternalize the club's memories through different aspect, whether it is through formal means, such as sending pictures in for recap videos, or something silly like Caption This photo. I think it will be enjoyable for myself, as well as the members. Having been Historian for a different club before, I will attempt to utilize the lessons I have learned through that term for the benefit of KSA. I look forward to being able to be a part of the administrative efforts for KSA, in addition to being allowed to implement my own ideas to better the club. It is exciting to see how much the club has progressed from two years ago and how much more organized meetings and positions are. Scheduling events may be difficult due to schedules, but it will be worth the effort in the long run!

During the moth of January, I spent a lot of time trying to put together the new website as well as starting up our Instagram and Twitter accounts. The officer team put in a lot of work over the winter break to get everything together for the first meeting too! I am really proud of the work our team did, and I am happy with all the changes we are incorporating. We created meeting themes that I found to be new and different, as well as added new weekly challenges for Instagram, caption this photots from club events, and members of the week. This is a great opportunity for members to have more involvement in the club. The socials we had have also been fun! We already had two socials and a few family socials. The FamBam social had great weather and being at the beach was so peaceful! It was a great way to get to know members I had not met yet. Our first family social was also successful! We had a good turnout and many of the members talked with people they had not talked with before. I hope these socials will continue to allow members to bond with new people and find common interests. – Justine Poulin, Public Relations  

I think, so far, KSA this semester has been very fun for the members. I think that the family system is a great addition to the KSA structure and that the website is better because it has a mobile-friendly layout and does not have problems loading. I think that the general meeting themes are a good idea and that our members enjoy the diverse activities we offer in each meeting, for example, teaching members parts of a dance and playing some Korean trivia with a Jeopardy game. I also think that having the committees for members to join is a good idea. These committees can be a great opportunity for our members to get experience with officer duties and will look great on a resume. I like the hashtag and caption this ideas that were presented into this semester. I am excited to keep helping KSA with new and fresh ideas to give members a fun and memorable experience! – Taylor Flores, Student Advisor

 

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Committees Program Another  addition  to  KSA  this  semester  is  the  introduction  of  the  Committees  Program!  This  program  allows  members  to  become  even  more  involve  with  KSA  by  having  members  share  their  ideas  to  help  KSA  grow  and  receive  more  promotions  according  to  which  committee  they  are  a  part  of.  There  will  be  3  committees  this  semester:  Fundraising  Committee,  Public  Relations  Committee,  &  Events  Planning  Committee.    Committees  are  planned  to  meet  bi-­‐monthly  and  each  committee  will  have  its  own  goal  that  will  help  promote  or  fund  KSA.  

Fundraising  Committee  

Event  Planning  Committee  

Public  Relations  Committee  

The  Event  Planning  Committee  aims  to  make  more  fun  events  for  KSA.  Besides  the  events  that  are  already  pre-­‐planned,  the  members  can  add  their  own  interests  into  what  other  types  of  events  KSA  members  would  like  to  go  out  on.    This  Committee  will  meet  

The  Public  Relations  Committee  will  gather  to  discuss,  adjust,  and  find  ways  to  better  promote  KSA  on  social  media  sites.  They  will  also  create  and  adjust  hashtags  on  these  sites  so  it  is  easier  for  students  to  post  and  look  up  for  better,  easier,  and  faster  online  promotion  and  access!    This  Committee  will  meet  

The  Fundraising  Committee  aims  to  create  more,  new,  and  different  ideas  to  fundraise  for  KSA.  This  committee  will  find  new  places  that  KSA  can  go  to,  as  well  as  think  of  what  type  of  events  KSA  can  do  to  raise  funds.    This  Committee  will  meet  Wednesdays  at  7  P.M.  in  

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Families Program

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The  Family  Program  is  underway  and  so  far  it  has  been  gaining  momentum.  There  are  4  families  

Jose  Garcia  and  Marsha  Kim  

Alex  Kullman  and  Rachel  Lee  

Vice  President  and  Events  

Abel  Valdivia  and  Justine  Poulin  

Tran  Vu  and  Taylor  Flores  Historian  and  Student  

This  family  is  the  Golden  Children  Family  (황금). This family’s chant says that “Gold is the best!” 황금이  

This  family  is  the  Love  Family  (사랑). This family’s chant says that, “they can do it!” 할 수 있어!!!

This  family  is  the  Twinkle  Family  (빤짝). This family’s chant says that twinkle, twinkle. 빤짝 빤짝!!!

This  family  is  the  Royal  Family  (왕실). This family’s chant says “Long live the Royal Family!” 왕실만세!!!

 

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The Man From Nowhere

This  term,  KSA  will  have  Korean  Movie  screenings  for  members  every  final  Thursday  of  every  month.  This  month,  we  watched  the  film  아저씨. This film is known in the United States as the Man From Nowhere. This film shows a man who used to work for the Korean CIA, living in a run down apartment complex as a pawnshop dealer. He has a neighbor with a daughter. The neighbor woman is a drug dealer and eventually gets caught. The mother dies and the daughter is sold to a

woman who takes out children’s corneas and sells them in the black market for a large sum of money. The mysterious man sets out to find the girl and her mother and ends up fighting with drug traffickers along the way who are tied in with the selling of the child. Overall, the movie was not seen by any of our members and was a first viewing for all! Everyone enjoyed the movie and enjoyed that we provided snacks for them to eat while watching this action packed thriller!

 

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Member Highlights

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Event Highlights So  far  we  have  had  3  general  socials  for  

KSA.  There  was  the  FamBam  that  took  

place  in  La  Jolla  Beach,  Korean  Food  Outing  

at  Manna  BBQ  and  Norebang  at  Min  Sok  

I  had  a  lot  of  fun  in  the  FamBam  social.  It  was  a  very  fun  day  

and  I  was  glad  I  got  to  meet  new  people  and  bond  with  my  

KSA  members.  The  group  for  the  day  headed  out  to  the  beach  

and  once  everyone  was  together  we  set  up  blankets  and  put  on  

some  music  on  a  relatively  loud  speaker.  Since  we  were  a  small  

group  everyone  did  what  their  heart  desired.  Some  of  us  went  

to  be  around  the  ocean  water  while  others  decided  to  take  in  

some  sun.  After  idling  for  a  while  we  played  a  few  games  and  

then  headed  back  to  campus  for  some  food  at  the  Roboto  

Tokyo  grill.  Overall  the  experience  was  like  a  nice  day  out  with  

friends.  It  was  pleasant  and  I  hope  more  people  join  KSA  to  1.  

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Going  to  Korean  BBQ  social  was  really  great!  I  did  not  expect  to  eat  a  lot  of  meat.  When  we  got  there  and  

looked  at  the  menu  I  did  not  expect  to  see  all  the  different  types  of  meat  that  we  were  able  to  choose  from!  What  really  surprised  me  the  most  was  that  we  were  able  to  eat  as  much  meat  as  we  wanted  for  two  hours,  the  amount  of  meat  we  actually  ate  during  that  time,  and  how  fast  they  would  bring  the  meat  before  we  were  even  done  with  the  one  that  was  still  on  the  grill.  The  side  dishes  were  really  good,  but  I  mostly  ate  the  meat  with  the  pickled  radish.  Overall  it  was  really  fun  and  I  ate  too  much  that  I  thought  my  stomach  was  going  to  burst,  but  it  did  not  matter,  the  food  was  amazing!  I  would  really  like  to  go  back  again  Going  to  Norebang  was  such  a  fun  and  lively  experience!  It  

took  members  a  little  time  to  warm  up  and  get  comfortable  

but  once  they  did,  the  music  began  and  did  not  stop!  I  was  

very  proud  of  our  members  for  stepping  up  and  taking  the  

microphones.  It  showed  comfortability  and  familiarity  with  

everyone  there.  The  food  that  was  ordered  was  fantastic  and  

we  even  had  a  little  audience  outside  our  window  to  the  

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Omar  was  our  2nd  member  of  the  week.  He  is  a  sophomore,  Computer  Science  major,  part  of  the  Golden  

Jose  was  our  1st  member  of  the  week.  He  is  a  Senior,  double  majoring  in  Journalism  and  Geography,  and  is  

 

   

Korean  Language  Certificate  San  Diego  State  also  has  introduced  to  students  the  

option  of  pursuing  a  Korean  Certification.  Students  are  to  

take  all  3  levels  of  Korean  language  and  the  Civilization  as  

well  as  the  Culture  courses  in  order  to  complete  and  earn  

the  certification.    

For  more  information  about  the  Certificate  or  applying  

for  the  certificate,  please  refer  to  the  SDSU  website.  The  

Every  spring,  the  Korean  Language  Department  at  SDSU  hosts  an  annual  Korean  Culture  Night  (KCN)  where  anyone  can  come  and  learn  about  Korea,  see  performances,  and  taste  the  delicious  foods  of  Korea.  This  Year,  KCN  will  be  on  March  19,  2015  from  6  P.M.  to  8  P.M.  in  the  Fowler  Family  Ballroom  in  the  Parma  Payne  Goodall  Alumni  Center.  

San  Diego  State  University  offers  Korean  

Language,  Culture,  and  History  courses  for  

students  to  take.  Many  students  have  undergone  

the  exciting  challenge  of  learning  Korean  as  a  

foreign  language.  There  are  a  total  of  3  levels  of  

Korean  Language  offered  at  SDSU:  Elementary,  

Intermediate,  and  Advance.  There  is  also  Korean  

Civilization,  which  is  a  history  class  and  

Contemporary  Korean  Culture  Through  Media  

which  elaborates  on  Korean  modern  culture  and  

Korean  Language  Courses  at  SDSU  

Korean Culture Night

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