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SHARP QUESTIONS AND REBUTTALS ARE THE ETIQUETTES IN ENGLISH DEBATE

The 2nd TKU English Debate was held last Wednesday (May 18th) at the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall, participated by four teams comprised mainly of English majors. Joseph Liu, Phoenix Lu of the English Department and Chen Mei-zhi of the Japanese Department proved to be the strongest contenders, beating three other teams with their quick wit and sharp analytical take on the topic: Is the higher education in Taiwan better or worse than before?

GRASS-ROOT COMMUNITY SERVICES CARRIED OUT BY TKU CLUBS

An increasing number of TKU student clubs have been involved on grass-root level of community work in recent years. For instance, Sunny Club went twice during last and this month to Jeou-fen, Shu-fen and Yun-hai Elementary Schools, teaching children about the danger of four highly addictive substances: cigarettes, drugs, alcohol and beetle nuts through various lively interactions. These schools were initially contacted by the Sunny Club members who found these remotely-located schools were in need of input from the “outside” world.

ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY DEPT PRESENTS VIRTUAL GRADUATION EXHIBITION

The 7th graduation exhibition of the Architecture Department entitled “Nexus” was open last Saturday (May 21st) in Taipei, Si-si Nan Cun. area C, Xinyi District. This exhibition combines students’ solid drawing skills and savvy computer know-how in producing several digitalized virtual models on future urban developments. In short, as the head of the department, Jong-dar Yau surmises that their works demonstrate a harmonious merger between humanity and technology.

EVALUATION OF STUDENT CLUBS BEGINS NEXT WEEK

It’s May, so it must be the season for TKU student clubs to exhibit their achievement in the past year for evaluation. The evaluation will last for 3 days starting from this Wednesday (25th) to Friday at the club offices on Wu Fu Kang. This year will also be the first year to launch peer evaluation so that all clubs can vote for one another, competing for lucrative prize money.

LEE WAN-NING WINS 2005 FIGURE ROLLER SKATING ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

ECO-LITERATURE CONFERENCE ADDRESSES THE IMPACT OF NATURAL DISASTERS

The 3rd Tamkang International Conference on Ecological Discourse, organized by the English Department was held on May 27th and 28 on Tamsui campus. It was attended by over 50 scholars and researchers from more than 10 countries, such as the UK, US, Japan, Germany and Australia.

EMBA CLASSES SET UP AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

The 8 classes of 4 graduate institutes at the TKU in-service program under the College of Management (CM) will officially set up an EMBA alumni association on May 29 at the Taipei Cesar Hotel. They have invited Flora Chang and Chen Fay-lung, the President of the Namchow Company to preside their opening ceremony.

FRIENDLY VISIT TO JAPAN CLOSES WITH SUCCESS

LECTURES IN ENGLISH WILL INCREASE IN COMING YEAR

In the coming academic year, at least 357 classes at Tamkang will be taught in English. This is a new measure promoted by the university, which states that a minimum of one mandatory class in the sophomore and junior year of every department of all 7 colleges should be conducted in English. An exception is granted to the sophomores in the Chinese and Japanese Departments who will postpone such an implementation until the following year.

A MICROSOFT WINDOWS MANUAL FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED IS AVAILABLE

The Center of Resources for the Blind (CRFB) has compiled a user manual in braille written specifically for the visually impaired students so that they are able to learn about Msn, Skype, Telnet, Ftp or any other word files on Microsoft windows in their own pace in a systematic way.