The festival “Passion Of Pohang (POP)” was held at Yuk-geori on Nov. 8 3 P.M.-10:30 P.M.. Students from POSTECH, Handong Global University and Sunlin College prepared the festival, which was supported by Pohang City Hall. Even though these universities are located in Pohang, they have geographical constraints. The purpose of this festival is to overcome the limit and to solidify this group as an university confederation. The festival’s theme was “Memory” and the focus was on sympathy. Pohang citizens as well as students enjoyed the festival.
 The festival had programs students suggested. The programs included “meeting”, a “Golden Bell” quiz, a song festival, and performances from each universities?clubs. The “meeting” was prepared but canceled because only a few female students participated. The “Golden Bell” quiz contained questions about music, animation, and movies that evoked reminiscent  memories. Participants were divided into correct or wrong part. The winner of the song festival was Baek Jina (Handong University). In addition, the other stage consisted of each college’s clubs. They showed dance and singing. POSTECH’s Ctrl-D and Steeler participated in the stage.
The performances made people feel nostalgic, walking the street with booths showing animation and movies from 1990 to early 2000s. Also many students organized booths with games and food that people enjoyed 10 to 20 years ago. People went back to the past seeing, eating, and listening. POSTECH’s Power On-robot club and department of Emergency Medical Technology attracted the audience.
Kim Jin-ho, a famous Korea singer who belongs to a group named ?G Wannabe? performed at the festival. This festival was prepared by students. Choi sihoon, the leader of planning team said “The goal is to spread the word about POP widely. I hope that POP plants itself with various themes and the three colleges’ students get along well.”