Introduction
 Now that the second semester is a full-on face-to-face class, more students are showing up on campus. To fill the void of the last two lonely years, they will have stepped into their classrooms with a beating heart. Unfortunately, their expectations were not always met. There are a number of facilities that have been reported as unusable and falling behind. It is the same for the exterior of buildings as well as interiors. However, the surprising fact is that this is not the first time these problems arose. Students have been complaining about these facilities for some time now, but it still has not been fixed. This should not be taken lightly, and the school should find a way to fix things up as fast as they can without laying financial and mental burden on students. Students have sacrificed their childhood and youth in order to enter Konkuk University. Therefore, the environment around them should suit their needs to study, grow and entertain themselves in their very own way. In this Bulletin Comment, we will be taking a look at the things students have had complaints about for the last few years, and how the school has reacted to it, along with how they should.

1. Classroom facilities
1.1. Combo desks
 Firstly, let us take a look at the places students use the most: classrooms. In 2003, combo desks, which is a model of a desk and chair connected, began to be used in the classroom. At the time, a single classroom had to take in a considerable number of students, and it was very efficient cost-wise as well. Many universities got the desks and have been using it since then. Even now, most lecture rooms in KU contain combo desks. Just by looking at it, it may seem like a tidy, efficient model when as a matter of fact, they are nothing but a pain to students. The design of combo desks does not consider the various body types of students. They cannot adjust the chairs, so getting into a comfortable position is impossible. The distance between the back of the chair and the desk is way too far. Leaned back, you are not able to take notes, but your back aches too much if you lean forward. That is not all. If you want to move a desk, the whole chair and desk need to be lifted. Also, the chairs cannot be pushed in so in order to move from one aisle to the next, you need to either scooch over the two chairs, lift your leg and reach very far across them or run to the very end of the aisle and get around that way. The space between two desks is so little that when you lean back, it may affect the person behind you so you cannot even rest peacefully. There is no way students can focus if their posture is messed up through the one to four hours of class. Many have to sit through 6 classes in a week all in these combo desks, and the pain from bad posture is something everyone can agree on. 
 Despite these inconveniences, many schools responded that change is not possible due to problems with budget and timing. If schools did consider taking in seperate desks and chairs, this would be followed by issues with management and losing the properties. Also, they would have to use summer or winter vacation when not many 
students are using the public facilities. Like so, it is unclear when change will happen or even if is possible. Still, students are continually reminding them of their difficulties. The College of Liberal Arts, which will be mentioned again, did a student satisfaction survey, and when asked the question 'What problem should the College of Liberal 
Arts focus on handling the most?', students claimed improvement of facilities including the combo desks. KU should be more open to students' demands and do something about it before it is too late. It is the most basic mistake for a place made for academic studying to not have adequate desks and chairs. Since it is something students have to use every day, it is vital that more money is invested in it and solved as quickly as possible.

1.2. The College of Liberal Arts student satisfaction survey
 NEXT, the student council of the College of Liberal Arts, conducted a student satisfaction survey from September 22 to October 6. Through this, we can figure out the things schools have not been providing enough for them. For 'Improving the Liberal Arts Building', classroom and bathroom facilities improvement and water leaks were picked as the biggest issues. “Electric boards constantly freeze up.”, “Every marker in the classroom does not work.”, students wrote. After the weekends and holidays in particular, professors take time during class to turn on the projectors, and sometimes microphones malfunction as well. The building itself is not safe from destruction, either. Just by the looks of it, many people have commented that it “looks like an abandoned building”, and the inside is so bad that rain leaks very often.
 For 'Expanding student spaces', not enough places for rest or team meetings and printing were the biggest issues. In the College of Liberal Arts, decent and big spaces to hang out such as K-Cube are hard to find. The lounge that exists only contains a few sofas and picnic tables which are not good for staying for a long time. As for the printer, it has been closed for some time now, and is only taking up space. Because of this, students of the College of Liberal Arts have to go all the way to another building just to print out a few pages.
 As for 'Guaranteeing the right to study', the most noticeable issues were about letting more students take a class, the lack of major courses overlapping. There are times when students have the ability to graduate, but just cannot because they could not sign up for a class quickly enough. This could be solved if the number of students per professor were increased. The variety of classes is also a shortage due to the little 
number of professors. The fact that major classes always overlap with classes that students actually want to take is what makes signing up for courses hard for everyone every semester.
 The College of Liberal Arts gathered signatures from October 4 to October 16 to solve these problems bit by bit. Apart from getting the signatures by hand at the front of the Liberal Arts building, they are looking for as much participation as possible by doing it online as well. Hopefully, the school will notice the effort these students are making and help to make a more satisfying environment for them. There are times when student satisfaction or feedback surveys come up on eCampus or WE:IN site. Although it may take some time, it is important that students let their voices be heard.

2. The library
2.1. Wi-Fi
 The library is another place that students use frequently, and it is open to anyone with a student ID card. On each floor there are seats exclusively for online lectures, typing or self-studying with total silence. However, these benefits are all ignored when the most basic element, Wi-Fi is not working. Strong Wi-Fi is a must everywhere, especially in times like now when online learning has become a common part of education. Lots of students easily give up because the lectures pause every few seconds, and sometimes students are not even able to connect to the Zoom link. Now, some students use their own hotspots. The school is said to have repaired the Wi-Fi on July 15 but found an error in the system and started monitoring with the information-infrastructure team in the middle of September. They need to find a way to get this done without bothering the students, especially with midterm season.

2.2. Beacon system
 The beacon system uses bluetooth to provide services like attendance to nearby smart devices. This is especially useful in reserving a seat in study halls. Students will not have to wait in line or go all the way to the library just to find out there is no seat available. You will be able to find a tab to reserve a seat in the KU library application. 
However, it fails to work so often that there are at least 40 pieces of writing in our school community complaining about it. Some students have already given up and are telling others that it is rather better to do it through the machine in the library.

2.3. Cafeteria
 The school cafeteria is a place students can go to to save money and fill their stomachs. The library has its own cafeteria on the first basement level. In 2018, students were served food that made them feel at home. In 2019, they were provided with lunchboxes containing boiled beef and shabu-shabu. However, it stopped altogether due to COVID-19 and is still closed. Now, students have to walk all the way across campus, which is fatal to students who are in a hurry to get back to studying. KU failed to get a restaurant this year as well. It has been two years since the first breakout of COVID-19, so it is about time cafeterias open back up with various menus students can enjoy.

3. Lake Ilgam
3.1. Lake Ilgam's stench
 Lake Ilgam is a symbolic natural feature of KU. There are people everyday going on a walk around it, resting on benches and just taking in the view. It is no doubt that it provides magnificent beauty. However, the downside of living near a lake is another story. If you look closely, you may see leaves and dead fish floating on green, filthy water. The quality of the water was actually tested as a level 3 in the seven qualities of water divided by the basic environment law. When the lake was first made, it had a drain that led to the Hangang River, which apparently did not last until today. To take care of the stench and quality of water, some of the commitee take motorboats on to the lake to prevent algae. However, they need to try more than that since the stench comes back every summer.

3.2. Bird droppings
  Bird droppings within campus have also been an issue for some time now. The white parts of roads you may see on campus are from various birds like cormorants and white herons. More and more of them are living on tree branches and the Safety management team remarked “We have decreased one third of the population by getting rid of cormorant nests and installing eagle kites.”. Unfortunately that did not lead to less droppings. There is even a warning sign about being cautious of bird droppings on the way from the main entrance to the library. Students are also irritated by scraps of fish that birds have eaten and their endless crying through the night. Those living in Lake Hall are especially annoyed of this situation since they live right next to the lake. It was also told that “Bird droppings pollute the earth and kill off trees, damaging the scenery.” The school needs to find a way for people to walk 
around peacefully without harming the ecosystem.

4. The dormitory
 The KU:L House dormitory accommodates freshmen to seniors, and even graduate students. People from different cities and countries have gathered more this semester because of face-to-face classes. However, it seems like there are some problems within the dormitory that need to be faced.
 Starting with the bathroom door handle, the whole thing had gotten rusty, with scraps falling whenever it was touched. Some students had a hard time opening and closing the doors themselves and they often got stuck. On September 2, the dormitory conducted surveys on bathroom doors, but even after months, some rooms have still not been fixed. Even apart from this, drains and beds and other parts of the room were found broken from the first day of 
staying. The storm 'Hinnamnor' at the start of September showed the weak side of it again, with leaks from windows.
 However, the way the Administration Office handles this is problematic. Even if a student wants something fixed, they will have to wait at least a day for the repair team to get there. They must also keep in mind to visit the office from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., since employees get off work after that time. Even after the storm 'Hinnamnor', the response that students got was that they will have to move rooms for repairing to take place, only they had just moved in, so it was very inconvenient.  

Conclusion
 Problems in classrooms, the library and the dormitory are still continuing. The money students pay for all these facilities is definitely not little, so they deserve to be provided with the best the school can afford. This is especially a problem in that it has been passed on from year to year As for the students, they must try to file a report if it seems like an issue for many. The contacts can easily be found on the KU homepage, so they should keep that in mind and be aware of any more possible complaints. We should all try our best to make the school a happier place for us and 
later students.