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The USF Bulls (3-4) have surpassed last year’s win total (2) with a 38-30 win at Tulsa (1-6) Saturday afternoon. The Bulls were down 27-7 at halftime before going on a 31-3 second half run. It was the largest come-from-behind victory in school history. Senior wide receiver Andre Davis caught six passes from quarterback Mike
International concern about the spread of Ebola has reached the USF St. Petersburg, which canceled the visit of 14 African journalists two weeks before their scheduled arrival. The journalists, including two from countries that have been hit hard by the deadly virus, were coming for a five-day stay as part of the U.S. State Department’s
Combining facilities in Harbor Hall has been a challenge for faculty. Harbor Hall, previously the Salvador Dali Museum, became the new home to the Department of Verbal and Visual Arts in 2011. The plan for the building was to create a space for the merged programs of English and graphic design. Professors were hoping for
The latest American overreaction is over ice cream, of all things. Anti-hazing activists complained to ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s because of the name of their chocolate and hazelnut concoction “Hazed & Confused.” The name had nothing to do with risky behavior of college students, Ben & Jerry’s spokesman Sean Greenwood told Bloomberg News.
Religion and sexuality. These two essences of human nature have conflicted for centuries, as people attempt to define what is culturally and socially acceptable for communities, and most often, congregations. At the Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg, a man found his place where his two passions could co-exist: his passion for Christianity and his
An important rule of life: If you’re going to use social media, be sure to log out when you’re done. I learned this the hard way on Friday evening. When I first got a Facebook account in 10th grade, I was careful to log out everytime I walked away from my computer. But as editor-in-chief
“Just Google it” and “Ask Siri” are common responses amongst young people in particular. That’s the society we live in: we ask our phone to do stuff for us. But did you ever think your phone could tell you how hung over you’d be the next morning? “There’s an app for that.” Breathometer surfaced recently
A 40-foot-wide sculpture, rising 30 feet into the air, was constructed last week at Poynter Park, located off Third Street S. The sculpture will be officially debuted at the Third Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival, which takes place from Oct. 17-18. The created sculpture represents an ocean gyre, a vortex that is created by wind
An error was made in the last issue of The Crow’s Nest. Supreme Court Justice Rim Shuman and her fellow justices did not receive a censure–a formal reprimand– from the student government Senate. The previous story incorrectly stated that Shuman’s censure passed. The original vote for Shuman’s censure passed, but after Justice Chloe Kirkland made
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