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=TVXQ fanclub - Cassiopeia= media type="youtube" key="3miC7zQmayQ" height="316" width="388" align="left" == The video clip above is a recorded Cassiopeia's cheer chants when TVXQ was singing various songs.

Cassiopeia is Korean idol TVXQ's fanclub in Korea that consists of over 800,000 official members. Recently, it has been recorded in The Guinness World Record Book of 2008 for the largest fanclub in the world. The name of this fan club is derived from the Cassiopeia constellation of five stars that form a “W” on the night sky near the Big Dipper. The five stars represent each member of TVXQ. It is the official Korean, Chinese, Thailand, Malaysian, Myanmar, Singapore and Global fan club for DBSK. Its color is pearl red, which represents TVXQ. This fanclub not only cheers for TVXQ through surprise events and cheer chants but also supports the group by doing community services and donations (recently to Haiti) under the name of TVXQ. In fact, there is a village named after one of TVXQ member. Adra Korea, an international development and relief agency, has recently been working on a disaster relief project in Cambodia in a small village just an hour off of Phnom Penh, a village that happens to be the poorest in all of Cambodia. In celebrating Xiah Junsu’s (stage name) upcoming birthday on January 1st, Cassiopeia donated a large amount of money under his name to support the Adra Korea's restoration project. Although Xiah Junsu and TVXQ are unknown to the people residing there, the village has been named ‘Xiah Junsu Village' because of the donation.

In the beginning, this fanclub was not like this. Cassiopeia was too crazy about TVXQ as many pre-ordered tickets for other singers' concert and then canceling to prepare for TVXQ Concert, denounced other entertainers especially females who talked with TVXQ, had conflicts with other fanclubs, and etc. However, the fans started to improve their fanclub Cassiopeia, realizing that causing problems doesn't do any good to support TVXQ. Now, the fans have set the precedent of being good fans. I am excited and proud to be a part of this culture because the fans are supporting its singers not just by buying CDs but by taking positive actions that advertises the singing group and benefits the society as a whole. I initially joined Cassiopeia because I was a huge TVXQ fan, but now I am taking active role as a member of Cassiopeia to support TVXQ through several charity projects initiated by this fanclub.

=Drug Subculture= Drug subculture in America involves groups of people using drugs. Their unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules of etiquette, to full-scale political movements for the reform of drug laws. There are multiple drug subcultures based on the use of different drugs — the culture surrounding cannabis, for example, is very different from that of heroin, due to the different sort of experiences, sentiment amongst the crowd attracted to the drug in question, as well as the problems the users encounter.

This subculture emerged in mainstream American society in the late 60s when drug uses became popular as they were loosely associated with an overall atmosphere of political protest concerning the Vietnam War and civil rights. Drug subculture naturally decreased as drug popularity diminished when the government started to actively combat drug trafficking and its addictive properties became more understood. However, this subculture is not completely diminished as a cheaper and more addictive form of drug emerged especially around poor neighboorhood.