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The Impact

Knitting Love with Save the Children

Knitting Love with Save the Children

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff December 6, 2013

This time of every year, I would recall what efforts I made for someone who is colder than I am in the winter. When I was a freshman, I participated in knitting woolly hat for the Save the Children with...

Alcohol Awareness Week alerting Mercy to attention about the alcohol

Alcohol Awareness Week alerting Mercy to attention about the alcohol

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff December 6, 2013

Alcohol awareness week was held from the Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 at Mercy College. During the three days, the event discussed three topics and raised desirable awareness and attention about alcohol by drawing...

Korean saying “Ppalli Ppalli” need composure

Korean saying “Ppalli Ppalli” need composure

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff November 19, 2013

Foreigners coming to Korea learn a word for the first time is “Ppalli Ppalli”. It is clear that many Korean use this word. “Ppalli Ppalli” means “hurry up hurry up” or “fast fast” in English....

A Warm Heart Can Melt Cold Weather

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff November 5, 2013

As the end of the year approaches, the temperature drops causing concern for people in need. On October 23th, I followed the volunteering work of The Rotaract Club, a volunteer organization at Mercy. The...

Facial Yoga, the Key to Beauty?

Facial Yoga, the Key to Beauty?

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff November 5, 2013

Traditional yoga originated in India and is a common method to calm and purify the mind and body. However, nowadays new yoga for health and diet has introduced various types of yoga with a modern flare. Regardless...

Early Thanksgiving Day, ‘Chuseok’

Early Thanksgiving Day, ‘Chuseok’

Jung Hyun-Jung, Impact Staff September 30, 2013

From Sept. 18 to 22, was Korean Thanksgiving Day, ‘Chuseok’. Chuseok falls on August 15th by the lunar calendar and is the biggest national holiday in Korea. Every ‘Chuseok’, relatives living far...

“Blue Man Group”, comparing with “Nanta”

Jung Hyun-Jung, The Impact Staff September 29, 2013

  Those who did not see the “Blue Man Group” performance on October 8th  would be regretful. A little more than 20 Mercy students got on the bus at 5pm, and then the bus headed to the Bronx campus...

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