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TAMSUI ART FESTIVAL OPENED LAST SATURDAY

TKU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ELECTS COUNCIL MEMBERS

The Alumni Association for Tamkang Staff and Faculty will hold its annual meeting, hosted by the Office of Alumni Services and Resources Development (OASRD), at 12 noon, this Friday (10/08/04) at the Student Activity Center. As usual, new council members will be elected on such an occasion, and both previous and current TKU staff and faculty are eligible to vote having paid their membership fee of NT$ 100.

TKU WILL CELEBRATE ITS 54th FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY NEXT MONTH

Series of activities celebrating TKU’s 54th anniversary were proposed and passed at the preparatory meeting last Wednesday. In the meeting, Kao Po-yuan, the Vice President for Administrative Affairs, invited all the related offices to share their ideas for the activities to be held on the 8th and 9th of November. It was understood that these activities consist of an Opening Ceremony, a Track & Field Meets which include a relay, Freshman Basketball and Volleyball Championship Games and a Student Association sponsored New May 4th Movement Event that is also known as the Tamkang New Culture Movement Event. Furthermore, there will be a sister university signing ceremony between TKU and Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies of Japan and a ground breaking ceremony for the Foreign Languages Building on the 8th. The groundbreaking ceremony for Lanyang Campus is scheduled on the 9th.

TALKS ON ARMS BUGET TO BE HELD THIS SATURDAY

Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Strategic Studies (GIIAS) will host an open forum on issues related to Taiwan’s security and purchases of military defense weapons on Taipei Campus on October 9. The forum will begin at 9:30 am with talks that deal with the estimation on the military capacity of both sides of the Strait, needs and development of Taiwan’s security defense system together with critical views on Taiwan’s military purchases from the U.S.

EXISTENTIAL CRISIS FOR TKU STUDENT CLUBS

For those who still consider joining a student club as a prerequisite of campus life are in for a shock. On modern campus, such thinking is history, and ultra modern students no longer see extra curriculum activities as a ‘must’ to their happiness nor future success. Such a shift of attitude is well reflected in recent years in the decreased number of student clubs in TKU, which used to have the most clubs among Taiwan’s universities and colleges. The statistics regarding the fluctuation of club numbers, such as 10 new ones two years ago, two new one this year, but a loss of 5 clubs last years, does show a tendency for this declining. These numbers speaks volumes for the marginal role clubs have become amongst the four elements: Grades, Love, Clubs and Part-time Work, that used to be essential for a fulfilling student life.

TEACHER’S DAY AND MOON FESTIVAL—A DOUBLE DELIGHT

FIX YOUR OWN COMPUTER PROBLEMS WITH Q&A

Ever experienced your computer shutting down in the middle of an important search? Can’t save the report you have sweated over with for hours and is due in the next 2 hours? Can’t get connected to the Web despite repeated logging in? How about opening a word document with gibberish codes? Very likely the answer is a clear “yes” from most of TKU students who have to use a PC to deal with their assignments and research on a daily basis. When these things happen, some students, such as Chiu Jia-wei, a senior from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, tend to unplug the computer for a restart. Unfortunately, frequently resorting to such an extreme measure will certainly damage the durability of the machine. Some other students, such as Liao Ren-huang, a sophomore from the Department of Accounting, would call friends for help. When that does not work, they would have to turn to professionals who may charge a fortune.

THE OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS PROMOTES A HAPPY AND REPONSIBLE STUDENT LIFE

In order to promote a responsible living and the education of a well-rounded character building for TKU students, the Office of Student Affairs(OSA) have been espousing the importance of campus ethics and responsibility for years by hosting a series of activities relating to these issues for students at the beginning of each semester.

OIEIE HOLDS TWO JUNIOR YEAR ABROAD APPLICATION PRESENTATIONS

Office of International Exchanges and International Education (OIEIE) is hosting two presentations today (October 4) for students who would like to apply for TKU’s Junior Year Abroad and Exchange Program at 10 am and 6 pm respectively.

FACUTY MEMBERS OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES VISIT USA

Chen Yea-hong, a member of TKU’s Board of Trustees, will lead five faculty members of the Graduate Institute of Latin American Studies to attend the XXV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2004) that is held between October 7 and 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Chen Yea-hong will chair a panel discussion specifically on Taiwan and Latin America. This panel is sponsored and organized by TKU, in which all of TKU members will present papers except one who will chair a discussion session.