The 34th president of the Union Companion Circle (UCC) of the Global Campus, Kang Ju-hee (Dept. of Indian Studies ‘13), was removed from her position on Sept. 29 due to her lack of qualifications as president.

The UCC of the Global Campus was brought up as a problem when the former UCC vice president, Bae Ji-heun (Dept. of International Finance ‘14), uploaded his waiver with five accusations against the UCC through the UCC’s official Facebook account on June 15. He exposed overall problems of the UCC ? its absence of accountability for the budget and balance, unclear standards of the finance setting system, unreasonable disciplinary action toward him, physical violence against him, and proxy receipt of scholarships.

In rebuttal to his claims, the UCC uploaded a statement to indicate its stance; however, it did not give sufficient reasonable explanations, which caused the students to doubt and distrust the UCC even more. A lot of students, filled with anger, voiced their opinions on the HUFS Global Campus Bamboo Forest Facebook page by posting, “All UCC authorities should give a full account of all controversies and apologize accordingly.”

As the controversy flared up, the president of the UCC took a leave of absence, and everyone from the UCC except one member resigned irresponsibly. Judging that the UCC cannot perform its ultimate role anymore, the Emergency Planning Committee (EPC) of the General Student Council held an urgent meeting and decided to cancel the UCC president’s position.

Meanwhile, the UCC formed an emergency committee to fill the vacancies and guarantee stable activities of the UCC on Oct. 14. Kim Han-joong and Eom Hyo-jae were appointed as president and vice-president respectively, with a unanimous vote.