Many business entities invite college students with brilliant and creative ideas to take part in their idea competitions. The award-winning students can obtain prize money, overseas language training opportunities, and special advantages in recruitment. ● Dongwon F&B Hosts a Competition for New Product Item and New Symbol Design Dongwon F&B Co., Ltd. (President and CEO Park In-gu) hosts an idea competition for its new product items and symbol designs. Any undergraduate and graduate students specializing in food science can participate in the competition. They can enter a competition with their own ideas on un-commercialized food product, its recipe, and the picture of the cooked dish. The applications will be accepted from March 22 through July 15 via the company homepage at www.dw.co.kr. A prize-money of 8 million won will be awarded to the grand prize winner (5 million won), the best award winner (2 million won), and third-place winner (1 million won). The grand prize and best prize winners will be given benefits when they want to enter the company. ● LG Group Invites College Students to ‘2004 LG Global Challenger Program LG Group invites college students to its special program, named ‘2004 LG Global Challenger Program’. The program is designed to give opportunities for college students to visit companies, research institutes, and universities in the world for two weeks during the summer vacation. A total of 120 students from 30 teams will be selected in five different categories: natural sciences, information technology, economics and business administration, humanities and social sciences, and culture/arts/physical education. Applicants should submit a well-designed travel plan with great vision for the future. The selected teams will be provided with airfares, accommodations, and stipends for their research activities. The grand prize winning team will be given an extra prize-money of 5 million won. Each team winning the second-place prizes in five categories will receive a prize-money of 3 million won. Each third-place prize winning team will receive 2 million won and one team winning the special award for Internet broadcasting will receive an extra prize of 2 million won. LG Group will also offer employment opportunities if they are senior students. If they are not senior students, they can be involved in the internship program of the company. Applications will be accepted from April 15 through 30 via Internet (http://challenger.lg.co.kr) or mails. For further information on the competition, call +82-2-3777-2600 or visit the website at http://lg.co.kr. ● The Korea Economic Daily Invites College Students to Its Research Paper Competition in Economics The Korea Economic Daily announces its 2nd annual undergraduate and graduate research paper competition in economic studies. Current undergraduates or graduates are invited to submit research papers addressing creative ideas for the economic development. The competition aims to enhance young college students’ interests and knowledge on economics. Papers should address economy-related subjects: company competitiveness, cooperative relationship between labor and management, globalization of Korean economy, telecommunication (software), and environmental economy. Papers should be computer-printed onto A4-size (approx. 20 sheets). Applications submitted via mail will be accepted through April 30. Applicants can visit the office with their papers. The winners will be announced at the end of May in the Korea Economic Daily and notified individually via e-mails. The grand prize winner will be given a prize-money of 7 million won and the second prize winner will receive 2 million won. Applicants should submit their documents to the following address: Office of the General Administration, the Korea Economic Daily 441 Jungrim-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul City 100-791 Korea For further information on the competition, call +82-2-360-4523 or visit the homepage at http://www.hankyung.com. CNU’s East Gate Area to Be Reborn as ‘the Road People Want to Take a Walk Along’ The area around CNU’s East Gate will be reborn as the road of culture, to be animated with the passions of young generation. The area has been famous for its entertainment culture and fashion in clothing. There are a variety of restraints, cafes, hair shops, and clothing stores along the road. However, many people pointed out the passion of the youths and the culture with individuality could not be found. The project to make the area ‘the road that people want to go for a walk along by’ has been initiated. The Office of Buk-gu District, Buk-gu residents’ committee, store association, and culture planners have cooperated to change the cultural aspect of the area. The project committee, led by Park Sung-hyun (Curator of Lotte Gallery), Kim Eun-ha (Stage Designer of Concert), and Han gil-woo (Director of Monandol), decided to install an outdoor stage along the alley where the store Ferre Jean is located. The stage will be used for music concerts, dance performances, martial arts performances, or rock concerts. The modeling works made up with recycling materials will be installed at the area. Benches will be also placed as a symbol for college students. In May, a national competition for street paintings will be held. The steering committee of the project is going to give a music concert once in a month. Every Saturday people can enjoy a new experience on the road without any vehicles. Starting with these start-up programs, the area will be reborn as a new place for university culture.