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October 14, 2013 arbiteronline.com
Happy Hangeul Day!
Clothesline Project raises awareness Lance Moore @LanceMoore07
Photos Devin Ferrell/THE ARBITER
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On Oct. 9 and 10, decorated shirts hung from trees all over the Student Union Building (SUB) patio to commemorate the Clothesline Project. With messages of hope, encouragement and personal life stories, students had the opportunity to share their support to those affected by domestic violence in the Boise community. In cooperation with the Boise State Women’s Center, Dean of Students office and community partner the Women’s Children’s Alliance (WCA), the annual Clothesline Project sought to promote and raise awareness for the issue of domestic violence and the importance of building healthy relationships. Lauren Oe, student support case manager for the Dean of Students office at Boise State, engaged students attending the Clothesline Project in order to express an overall goal of positive healthy relationships for the student body. “The Dean of Students office represents the best interests of the student body,” Oe said. “We are one of the many campus resources available to students if they ever need guidance in their lives from academic to personal.” Information booths also lined the SUB patio and fliers with all sorts of information regarding domestic violence
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were made available to curious students. From fliers and pamphlets stating basic statistics to ways in which a student can determine whether or not they are in a healthy relationship, the SUB patio was a haven for all those eager to learn more, as well as those seeking support. Athena Hughes, outreach coordinator with the WCA, expressed her excitement in seeing so many students actively seeking to become better informed on the issue of domestic violence. “This is one of my favorite parts to my job. I get to come out here and talk to all sorts of students from all sorts of backgrounds,” Hughes said. “It’s amazing to hear all the different stories from students and how this issue seems to effect many on campus whether that’s directly or indirectly.” Hughes described the need for students to have accessibility to information regarding domestic violence not only in the Boise community but on a national level as well. “This issue is prevalent everywhere, from Boise to other parts of the country. For students to have the opportunity to see these facts can only be beneficial to them,” Hughes said. The shirt designing process was held in the Women’s Center lounge area where students had the chance to document the impact this event had on their perception of domestic violence.
Danielle Davidson is currently studying abroad in Seoul, South Korea. This is her firsthand experience with living abroad. Here in South Korea, there’s a day set aside to honor the creation of the national writing system. There are a few things that always come up when talking about the history of this scientifically developed writing system. The Korean writing system, Hangeul, is quite unique. At first glance it looks like it’s a system that uses symbols to represent words, but it’s actually an alphabet. It was created by Sejong the Great, the fourth king of the Joseon Dynasty, along with a team of linguists. Hangeul was first known as the common people’s writing system. Chinese characters were used in official documents, but, after a series of events, Hangeul became the national writing system. For me, learning the writing system was quite easy, because it’s completely logical. Even though it’s an alphabet with individual letters, it is also blocked off into syllabic units. One benefit of having the words broken down into syllables is it makes it easier to recognize words and sounds as a beginning Korean learner. But, that’s not all. The letters themselves represent the shape of the mouth, teeth, tongue and throat when creating a sound. For example /m/ ㅁ, /n/ ㄴ, and /g/ ㄱ. The shape of the letter that represents the sound /m/ shows the way the mouth is positioned. For /n/ and /g/ the letters represent the way the tongue is positioned. The sound for /n/ is made when the tongue goes up towards the soft palate, and the /g/ is made when the back of the tongue is moved in a similar direction. Pretty cool, isn’t it? I could go into much more detail about this fantastic writing system, but I’ll just say this: it’s probably the best writing system in the world because of the fact that it was developed by Korean linguists who used knowledge of phonology and phonetics. To celebrate Hangeul Day I visited The Story of King Sejong Exhibition Hall with a few friends and said ‘hello’ to Sejong the Great himself!
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