Booze Ads Finally Allowed in Virginia Colleges?
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Yesterday, advertisers called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state of Virginia’s ban on most alcohol advertising in college newspapers. They argued that the law restricts the 1st Amendment of free speech. Advertisers also argued that majority of students in college are of drinking age, so essentially, advertisers are losing money caused by the lack of advertising. University of Virginia and Virginia Tech newspapers are both blaming the law for 30 thousand dollars in lost advertising revenue annually. Who knows, maybe Virginia’s not so dry after all!
Here’s the article if you want to read more:
http://adage.com/article?article_id=146010