Students at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), the preeminent post-secondary institute for science and technology in South Korea, have been embroiled in a bitter and protracted struggle to oust the chancellor Dr. Suh Nam-pyo. Since being appointed in 2010 Dr. Suh introduced a number of reform measures within the university such as ‘upper-adjustment of research-performance evaluation’, ‘undergraduate academic curriculum reform’ and ‘graduated-tuition and bursary system based on GPA’ scheme, which has proven increasingly unpopular with both students and professors in the university. Dr. Suh is frequently criticized for his unilateral implementation of ‘corporation style reform,’ and being generally unresponsive to the widespread criticisms.
A total of five undergraduates and one professor have taken their own lives since 2011. The university’s professors general committee and the student union recently called for his immediate resignation and roll-back on most of his reform initiatives. Recently, a banner has appeared on campus with a so-called mathematical formula that equates to his resignation.
From TodayHumor:
ò2007 2012 SNP(t)dt = resignation
Comments from TodayHumor:
개념짱:
For those of you who are not familiar with integral calculus: The value of summation derived from the chancellor function SNP (Suh Nam-pyo) based on Time(unit: year) from 2007 to 2012, we obtain resignation. It is a mathematical expression that sums up the achievements of Chancellor Suh Nam-pyo since the start of his term in 2007, whose the outcome is resignation.
똥뭍은피:
Goddamn it.. Now I don’t even understand Korean..
미물의피:
핵주먹질럿:
I think I got the answer, either -1 or 0.
강디알:
ke ke ke, maths you say? Why is there English in maths???
우지홍시:
Hoel, total sum is negative
완보:
Two types of comments observed here… 1. ke ke ke ke ke this is ingenious, 2. -_-;;; I have no idea what people are saying, so I should just shut the fuck up.
딱걸렸네:
Wow, I wondered what you do with all the mathematics you have to learn, but now I know ke ke ke ke ke ke ke ke, KAIST you go!
달콤새콤이:
Students call for resignation, study-protest in front of his office
KAIST’s way of protesting
구스라구스라:
I can totally sympathize with that ‘why is there English in mathematics’ comment… ke ke ke ke ke ke ke ke ke
↓추천눌렀냐:
What is this ‘mathematics’ you speak of? Something you eat? – from fine arts and PE students
아~지쳐!:
So the chancellor would actually understand what that banner says,,,, I had no frigging clue…. I really ought to have studied harder when my mom told me to study, dang
