• An Emerson student in Boston is facing expulsion after he tried to rent out his dorm room via Airbnb. [Guardian]
  • In other higher education news, a student is sick at Santa Clara University with what officials believe to be meningococcal meningitis. The infection spreads through mucus or saliva, and can be fatal. Get your vaccines, kids (and young adults). [Chronicle]
  • Community groups opposing the so-called "Monster in the Mission" have proposed, to themselves, cutting the size of the development down from 380 units to 150. [SFist] [Mission Local]
  • San Francisco Magazine (part of the Modern Luxury chain of magazines) doesn't like Supervisor Jane Kim's proposal to mandate 25 percent affordable housing for developments of 25 or more units. [SFist] [SF Magazine]
  • Uber dropped their old logo, and unveiled a new one that is missing the "U." But, honestly, why should anyone care? [Verge] [Gawker] [Twitter]
  • That spit-swab DNA company 23andMe is claiming that whether or not you're a "morning person" is influenced by genes. Take note, high school students everywhere! [Wired]
  • You can rent a San Francisco penthouse for $1,000,000 for four nights surrounding the Super Bowl. The standard rate for the San Francisco Fairmont penthouse is $18,000 per evening. [ABC 7]
  • Lady Gaga is going to be singing the National Anthem at this Sunday's Super Bowl. No word yet on whether or not she'll be sporting that meat dress. [7X7]
  • Remember those owners of the long-running Los Gatos nudist camp who where charged with diverting water from a nearby creek to keep their business wet and wild? Yeah, they were found guilty and sentenced. [SFist] [SFBayNews]