In the 53rd student council presidential election, “Point” — made up of candidate Jun-su Park(Department of Political Science and International Relations, 18) and vice-candidate Min-jeong Lee(Department of Information Security, Cryptology, and Mathematics, 18) — emerged victorious. Held from March 31 to April 1 at 7 p.m, the election was postponed to April 2 at 7 p.m as turnout was under 50 percent. Point won the election with 5,208 consent votes, 320 negative votes, and 368 abstentions, and the final turnout was 51.15 percent. The following is words of thanks from Point upon their victory. Where we meet you, the “Point” of making tomorrow.

“First of all, we would like to thank you for voting. Thanks to your precious vote, we can take our place as your student council. As an independent student organization, we will protect the value of all votes. We will never forget the 35 pledges of 6 fields, 5 keynotes, and direction we laid out during the election campaign and promise to keep the same mindset that we started with. Furthermore, we would like to make the following promises to Kookmin University (KMU) students.
 First, we will do our best to look into all fields and current problems. Second, we will not focus on certain pending problems or interests and will always examine our failures and work to do better. Third, we will make practical changes and improvements and strive to be the student council that KMU students want. Fourth, we will diverge from the customs of previous student councils so as not to repeat their mistakes and preserve their good results. Lastly, we will always listen carefully to the voices of students and take an approach in advance.
 We, Point, feel a huge responsibility to the 88 percent of students who voted for us, which is the best result in a student council election ever. To live up to students’ expectations of trust and opportunity, we will keep that result in mind and achieve satisfying results as a student council. We are now about to make significant changes on the basis of your precious votes. We will consistently prepare policies, projects, and student welfare and show you the results. Point will always stand with you to make a better student society. Thank you once again.”

«Pledges»
Education
- Organize discussions on improving the Integrated Information System
- Integrated Information System user 
monitoring team
- Integrated Information System taskforce
- Next-generation system stabilization 
taskforce
- Introduce class withdrawal system
- Introduce disclosure of detailed records 
when performing a grade
- Expand educational software
- Prepare major-related briefing sessions and 
manuals for the bachelor system
- Conduct a survey on the educational 
environment and request improvements

Facilities, Traffic, and Residential
- Ensure student participation using space in 
the building
- Improve facilities and dormitory operation 
- Introduce building entrance system based 
on student ID
- Increase and improve shuttle buses
- Prepare measures to strengthen safety 
management on campus
- Establish a “Facility and Transportation 
Division” within the student council
- Expand unmanned/convenience stores and 
introduce 24-hour operation during all-night 
periods

Autonomy, Financial, and Exchanges
- Disclose details of laboratory training and 
student support budget
- Hold “Monthly Hong-jae Yim,” monthly 
regular meeting with Kookmin University 
president
- Systemize the student fee audit system 
- Conduct survey on the actual condition 
of nearby commercial districts with related 
agencies
- Expand and reorganize the entire student 
representatives’ meeting

Human rights and equality
- Add categories related to human rights 
sensitivity and rights violations to class 
evaluation
- Secure and improve the independence of 
the Human Rights Centers
- Make Kookmin University barrier-free
- Introduce lactose-free and decaffeinated 
beverages at campus café
- Issue important SNS notices about the student council for foreign students
- Establish a system to prevent illegal filming in bathrooms 

Monitor rights violations and prepare a reporting channel

Culture and Welfare
- Carry out untact “Daedongjae,” a campus festival
- Hold “Bukak League,” an e-sports event
- Promote “Meeting Culture” by holding 
Culture Day every month
- Expand welfare items of the student council 
- Expand the benefits by partnership of the student council
Communication
- Launch a student council website
- Operate “Question Point,” the petition system of the student council
- Diversify communication channels of the student council
- Conduct “Point Bill,” the production and distribution of monthly newsletters of the student council

Ji-Su Han, Sang-Jung Yoon
Reporter
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