Northwestern’s hazing history: Cases over 150 years show how hard it can be for colleges, institutions to extinguish these rituals
Angie Leventis Lourgos | The New York Times (TNS) Accusations of hazing on Northwestern University’s football team shook the school this summer, and the fallout continues as former athletes from a variety of sports come forward with new allegations of abusive behavior, bullying, and a toxic culture. Nonetheless, hazing has been a problem at the…
Pac-12 preview: Breaking the playoff drought and other bold bowl predictions
Will the conference return to the College Football Playoff before it (the Pac-12) dissolves? In recent years, the Pac-12 has struggled in the postseason. The conference hasn’t sent a team to the College Football Playoff since the 2016 season (Washington), hasn’t won a New Year’s Six game since the 2019 season (Oregon), and frequently struggles…
Pac-12 preview: Washington is our pick to win the conference, followed by the usual suspects
Look for Utah, USC and Oregon to create a riveting conference race During the upcoming Pac-12 season, the Hotline will track, analyze, and critique all 80-plus football games, including the conference championship and any bowl matchups that may occur. However, before we take on the role of Sunday morning quarterback, it’s only fair that we…
Why were so many snails clustered together on a Sunnyvale park fence post?
DR. JOAN: I came across a virtual snail convention with dozens of snails clustered together on a fence post while hiking in Sunnyvale’s Baylands Park. Have you ever seen or heard of anything similar? If so, what is the cause of this occurrence? Sunnyvale resident Doug Sheaffer DR. DOUG: You happened upon a gathering of…
Can AI help prevent wildfires from spreading across the Bay Area?
Officials in Oakland and Santa Clara County are testing high-tech sensors to reduce fire risk Artificial intelligence can do everything from create websites to write grocery lists, but can it prevent catastrophic wildfires? More than 7 million acres have been burned by wildfires in California over the last three years, and officials across the state…
Robotaxis wreak havoc in San Francisco. Don’t want them in your Bay Area city? Tough luck
San Jose, Oakland closely watching as service grows Driverless, traffic-clogging robot taxis, which have only recently begun transporting paying passengers in San Francisco, are expected to spread to other Bay Area cities, whether local officials and residents want them or not. On Aug. 10, just one day after state regulators approved Cruise and Waymo to…
Bay Area home prices fall as mortgage rates spike. Could it last?
The typical home price in the region dropped 5.2% last month to $1.26 million As mortgage rates reach their highest levels in more than two decades, Bay Area home prices are falling, pricing many buyers out of the market and putting potential sellers on the fence. The median price of existing single-family homes in the…
Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ is winning over advertisers after a bumpy launch year, and a top exec says it will be ‘aggressive’ in pursuing more live sports
Amazon says its NFL advertising offering is benefiting from the Hollywood strikes. The tech giant is gearing up for a big ‘Thursday Night Football’ season with key matchups and new ad offerings. It’s also gotten more competitive in ad prices and is seeking more live sports deals. After some hiccups with its inaugural NFL “Thursday…
Major brands are mostly ignoring Elon Musk’s new X logo: ‘How many people really know what “Follow us on X” means?’
Twitter became X last month, but major brands have been slow to adopt the new logo. Of the top 25 advertisers in the US, just one had switched to the X symbol on its website This highlights the confusion around the rebrand, branding experts said. Although Twitter has been rebranded to X for nearly a…
