Club presidents work toward unity, traditions
Written by Amanda Starling, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
Student government hosts a monthly panel for leaders of campus clubs and organizations to collaborate and achieve goals.
Archives for October 2013
“Go watch another league”
Written by Mike Hopey, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
On a recent road trip to see the Tampa Bay Rowdies play, Ralph’s Mob members were harassed by New York Cosmos fans. When the members of the Rowdies’ independent supporter group voiced their concerns to the league office, the response from commissioner Bill Peterson was, “Go watch another league.” According to Charlie Cole, a member
Big consequences for drug use
Written by Matthew Thomas, Oct 14, 2013, 1 Comment
Students caught using or selling drugs on campus are at risk of losing their financial aid. An email sent on Sept. 13 reminded students of the regulation, which states that students convicted for such violations under federal or state law while enrolled at USF and receiving financial aid will lose eligibility. The nationally upheld regulation
Coffee Shop: a playlist
Written by Erin Murphy, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
There is something undeniably cozy about a coffeehouse in fall. Even if the only café you visit this semester is the Campus Grind, this playlist is chock-full of songs to create a coffee shop vibe anywhere you go. “Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop” – Landon Pigg The heartfelt lyrics and acoustic strings of
Service academies playing for now
Written by Mike Hopey, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced on Thursday the Air Force Academy, the Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy would play their football games for the remainder of October, regardless of what happens with the government shutdown. The three schools are able to continue playing football because their football programs are not paid
Fifth-graders go to college
Written by Tyler Killette, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
Eleven-year-old Journee wants to be a lawyer when she grows up. Ten-year-old Leshawn wants to be a doctor. Kannani, also 10, wants to be a judge. The fifth-graders from Fairmount Park Elementary, a public school on the corner of 41st Street South and Fifth Avenue South, know they’ll have to go to college to reach
What they expect out of you
Written by Amanda Starling, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
Get internships. Publish your writing. Start a blog. Use your Twitter handle. Keep your Facebook profile clean. Start a LinkedIn to make connections. College is no longer about getting A’s and impressing a couple professors. It isn’t enough to ace Calculus or perfect your organization skills. You have to work and perfect your image. Image
Bus to USF game hits temporary roadblock
Written by Jennifer Nesslar, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
Last basketball season, a USF St. Petersburg bus to the game was vacant, except for a Student Government representative manning the bus and a Crow’s Nest photographer. On Saturday, Oct. 5, more than 20 students showed up to ride the bus to the football game. This time, a representative from SG failed to show. Sophia
Eating animals: lifestyle choice or murder?
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Oct 14, 2013, 0 Comments
According to Jonathan Safran Foer, humans would make water undrinkable, eliminate fish from the ocean, destroy topsoil and fashion useless antibiotics, unless, somewhere along the way, they stop craving the Chicken McNugget. In his first of eight webinar sessions with Farm Forward, a nonprofit that advocates against factory farming to change the way people cultivate
Yale teaches students how not to rape others
Written by Tyler Killette, Oct 11, 2013, 0 Comments
Yale University issued a memo last week regarding its policies on sexual misconduct. The memo attempts to distinguish between consensual and nonconsensual sex — a distinction that shouldn’t be too tricky for an Ivy League student … or any functioning adult. The PDF titled “Sexual Misconduct Scenarios,” provides eight examples of sexual encounters Yale administrators