Every spring, our CBNU campus means a lot to people who come here for family picnics and student lectures. The school is a space for all people, but it is most importantly a space for students. As the number of outsiders increases, the CBNU students’ rights are gradually diminishing. Some of the students are even having serious difficulties because they are unable to use their school facilities due to the excessive outsiders.
  There are countless sightings related to problematic outsiders. Free use of the library is partially allowed for outsiders, but our CBNU students are disrupted by middle and high school students who visit the central library and the science and technology library during college exams. Also, during the vacation, the students’ learning atmosphere was interfered with by a middle-aged man using the public computers in front of the library printing area. He was playing a game and watching a movie for personal entertainment, not for researching materials. Furthermore, students could not use a resting space because of drunken outsider who was lying on a chair in Solmot Park.
  While the CBNU students had already been feeling discomfort from the problems with outsiders, on March 5, the CBNU homepage posted an urgent notice: ‘For the new semester on campus, outsiders are impersonating counseling specialists, psychology majors, college visitors, and religious missionaries to approach freshmen and students more easily. Then, they encourage students to participate in various tasks (such as questionnaires, surveys, requests to accompany them after asking for directions, overseas training, etc.), and cause damage (such as forcing a cash loan or a recommendation for a leave of absence).’ Therefore, the Student Affairs Office told us that we should never give our personal information to outsiders, and if you have any cases of damage to yourself or your friends, contact the Student Affairs Office or the Student Counseling Center to ask for help. They stressed vigilant behavior by the students to avoid danger.
  Actually, Shim Gun-yong (’18, Dept. of Computer Engineering) said, “At the Gaesin Cultural Center(E2), at the Art Museum or near the Humanities and Social Sciences Hall(N14), they request surveys, but I can’t refuse the survey because there are two people. If I am hesitant about doing a simple survey and writing down my phone number, they say, ‘We will not steal your phone number, but you have to write down your phone number inevitably to prevent the surveyors from filling in the random phone numbers of other people.’ If I write down the number, they will either ask to see me again in person later for gifts or bother me later with a lot of odd phone calls. Even if I block the number, it is too inconvenient to get constant calls from strange phone numbers.” This kind of survey request is something everyone is going through, so if students do not respond to the surveys, they will be likely to avoid personal injury. Let’s take the example of a survey conducted by a religious cult. They come up with a curious topic that people would normally like to participate in. However, the topic of the questionnaire is a trick, and the purpose of the questionnaire is to identify and collect personal information. Moreover, those who respond to the questionnaire will likely hear, “Thank you for answering the questionnaire, and I’d like to give you a gift as a token of my appreciation.” It is the best option not to take surveys to avoid this situation, and students should not list any contact info even if they do. This is a common way for outsiders to find out students’ personal information by using deceptive reasons.
  Accordingly, the students of CBNU should know about this and not get involved in similar cases, like the surveys, to prevent further damage. Also, do not give your phone numbers after performing a survey. If there are any cases of damage as described by the student association, report it to the Student Affairs at 261 - 2022, 2019 or the Student Counseling Center at 261-3558~3559.
  Since the problem of outsiders is not officially a part of school enforcement, it is difficult to control outsiders’ behavior on campus. Therefore, the outsider problem will be lessened by a campus with well-informed students and improved behavior from outsiders.

By Kim Min-jeong
mj38@cbnu.ac.kr