Amy Rust
Staff Reporter
It’s a place to study; it’s a place to meet friends; it’s a place for local music; but mostly it is a place with delicious coffee. And to the students of McDaniel College, it is known as the Po Ho (or the “Pour House” to everyone else).
In recent months, the Po Ho Caf? (located at 233 E Main Street in Westminster) has been having some serious thought put into it. Chris Badeker, a recent McDaniel College graduate, has placed his ideas on the table as he works with the current owner, George Nail. According to Badeker, the loveable coffee shop had been attracting “certain crowds”, of which “some they wanted to cater more to, and some they did not.” The new idea for the Po Ho will be an effort to create a place where students not only can “feel safe and welcome” but also for them to “show off their talents”, according to Badeker.
In light of this new effort to “get more in touch with the McDaniel campus”, says Badeker, he began working with Nail. Together, and with some help from Jaime Carbo, they have already pulled together one fairly successful “McDaniel College Night”. Currently, they have plans for the second McDaniel College Night scheduled for October 9, 2008 ? or 10.09.08 if you want the “cool countdown effect”, says Badeker.
So what exactly does one such McDaniel College Night have to offer? Badeker believes that with “so much talent around, it’s just a shame it doesn’t always have a place to be seen”. With that in mind, during McDaniel College Nights, art work from students will be on display as well as performing artists. Local band “Turtle Buddy” played at the last McDaniel College Night at the Po Ho. Aspiring photographers, Christy Thomas and Kenny Ditto, displayed their work.
And with your student ID card, you receive a discount.
For the next McDaniel College Night, Nail, Badeker, and Carbo are stepping it up one notch: The McDaniel student with the most green and gold on will receive a door prize of a Po Ho gift card. So come check out the Po Ho on October 9. McDaniel College Night will start around 5pm and, in the words of Badeker, “should pretty much be the most exciting thing happening on 10.09.08.”
For more information on the Pour House, visit http://www.myspace.com/thepohocafe.