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.
Even for someone with a media pass, getting close to Pepsi Center was a challenge.
Can I just say having to use the word “Pepsi” all day long is making me feel slightly tawdry?
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.
I walked out of Pepsi Center alongside Al Franken last night
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.
Some of the best conversations I’ve had here have taken place on the light rail train going to and from downtown.
Just got out of the convention and am writing from the Media Matters HQ here near the Pepsi Center
Hail to the “Red White and Brew!†It’s as patriotic as it gets. With Budweiser already lost to the Belgians, the greater Charlottesville area will get its revenge on the beer market. And the surrounding wineries.