Live from the Lounge (and Floor)
I’m still down in the blogger area — the hall itself is so packed, they’re turning people away.
Casteen to weigh in on lowering the drinking age
In Saturday’s speech to the parents of incoming first years, UVA President John T. Casteen informed them about his support of the Amethyst Initiative. He told them, in short, his intention to adhere to a nationwide campaign to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18-years-old.
Protesters? What Protesters?
Even for someone with a media pass, getting close to Pepsi Center was a challenge.
Entering Pepsi
Can I just say having to use the word “Pepsi” all day long is making me feel slightly tawdry?
My kingdom for an internet!
The convention is so immense, I have a constant sense of needing to be everywhere at once, and frustration that the laws of physics do not allow this.
Close Encounters: Al Franken and Jocelyn Elders
I walked out of Pepsi Center alongside Al Franken last night
Reservoirs, groundwater low, yet still no official drought
With the urban water supply at 73 percent of usable capacity, its lowest level since 2002, you would think Charlottesville would at least be under a drought watch, as it has been the previous two years. But the “state-of-the-art hydrologic computer modeling†of the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority (RWSA) predicts only a 12 percent chance of drought.
Chat With a Volunteer: Credentials and Obama Toes
Some of the best conversations I’ve had here have taken place on the light rail train going to and from downtown.
Day Two: Straight Outta Pepsi
Just got out of the convention and am writing from the Media Matters HQ here near the Pepsi Center