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The truth of true crime: USFSP looks past the caution tape

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Zariya Bankston
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Scenes from ‘Racing City’  

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Alisha Durosier
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Winning races in braces: How Gulfport native Nikita Johnson became a racing prodigy 

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Skye Smith
Arts and Life

St. Pete Zine Fest hosts another year of creative community 

March 8, 2026 Julia Ferrara
News

Annual USFSP night walk aims to improve campus safety 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Ferrara
Feature

USFSP alumna’s anthology explores Florida’s history through fiction 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Birdsall
Editorials

The Crow’s Nest stands by free speech 

October 20, 2025October 30, 2025 Crow's Nest Staff

Photo by Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest By The Crow’s Nest Staff Freedom of the press is part of the First Amendment. It allows journalists to report the news

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The truth of true crime: USFSP looks past the caution tape

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Zariya Bankston

True crime has a tendency to paint cases as black and white and homogenize them. In reality there is a lot of gray area and cases have their own unique

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Scenes from ‘Racing City’  

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Alisha Durosier

Many new figures stepped onto the racing scene, such as IndyCar rookies and former Formula series drivers Mick Schumacher and Dennis Hauger.  Photo by Irena Mesa | The Crow’s Nest 

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Winning races in braces: How Gulfport native Nikita Johnson became a racing prodigy 

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Skye Smith

​​Nikita Johnson was born on May 25, 2008, the same day as the Indy 500. One of his dreams, he said, is to win the Indy 500 on his birthday. 

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Arts and Life

St. Pete Zine Fest hosts another year of creative community 

March 8, 2026 Julia Ferrara

The event utilized the first and second floor of the SPC community library, with demos on both floors and presentations in various rooms.  The demos available at the event included Lego

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Annual USFSP night walk aims to improve campus safety 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Ferrara

The safety walk hosted attendees from numerous areas on campus, such as housing, facilities, event management, and more.   Photo courtesy of Kevin Sullivan By Julia Ferrara  Staff, faculty and even

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USFSP alumna’s anthology explores Florida’s history through fiction 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Birdsall

“The process of remembering is, by definition, an act of imagination and invention, and the hardest stories to tell have become the stories we need most,” wrote Megan O’Grady for

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The Tampa Bay Journalism Project takes local news to the next level 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Reagan Haskell

Dave Decker (L) with Meb Keflezighi (R) at Fred Ball Park in Tampa, Florida.  Courtesy of Ray Roa, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay By Reagan Haskell  In Dec. 2025, Ray Roa

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Álex Palou powers past field for dominant win in 2026 St. Petersburg Grand Prix 

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 Irena Mesa

Álex Palou started off his 2026 IndyCar season just like last year, with a win on the streets of St. Petersburg. Photo by Makenna Wozniak | The Crow’s Nest By

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Local driver Nikita Johnson wins Indy NXT St. Petersburg Grand Prix  

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 Dominic Feo

Despite not being old enough to drink in the United States legally, Nikita Johnson, Max Taylor, and Tymek Kucharczyk were able to spray one another with champagne following their podium

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Scott McLaughlin takes pole at IndyCar qualifying, Johnson finishes top two in NXT

February 28, 2026March 1, 2026 Dominic Feo

Scott McLaughlin during the 2026 Firestone Grand Prix Qualification Round. Photo by Makenna Wozniak | The Crow’s Nest  By Skye Smith and Dominic Feo For the second consecutive season, the

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Social media and protests are some of the main way Social media and protests are some of the main ways that people get involved in activism today. 

However, not everyone does this with selfless intention. 

Performative activism is when one involves themself with a social movement in a way that benefits them but not the movement they claim to support. 

“When it’s performative, it can come off a lot more like self-serving, or it can come off a lot more like you’re just here for the flashiness, but there’s no real work happening after,” said Harrison Lundy, the public policy director for Voices of Florida and a volunteer for 5051 Florida.  

It’s like putting on a mask, Elise Prophete, junior political science and sustainability major and Governor of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s student government, told The Crow’s Nest. 

When engaging in performative activism “we’re not allowing ourselves to be vulnerable and be at risk for the things we care about,” Prophete said. “We’re not allowing ourselves to truly care about them.” 
Performative activism has the effect of boosting one’s own social credit while devaluing a social movement.

✍️Story by Julia Birdsall
The poet laureate usually holds their position for The poet laureate usually holds their position for the mayor’s term and Johnson-Greene will join a distinguished body of poets who previously held the role, including Peter Meinke, Helen Wallace, and more recently, Gloria Muñoz.  

His reaction was one of surprise and astonishment.  

“I think I began to babble something like Courage the Cowardly dog,” Johnson-Green told The Crow’s Nest.  

Johnson-Green’s experience with poetry began about eight years ago, but he still considers himself new to it. He stayed away from the art form for a long time because of the sad connotations it carried.  

This changed when he attended a poetry open mic at Studio@620, a local visual and performing arts venue in downtown St. Petersburg.  

“The walls were a passionate red, the seating was cool and raised up like a theatre, and the poets were everyday people; the oldest around sixty-three and the youngest was about seven,” said Johnson-Green.  

✍️Story by Julia Ferrara
February was a month full of fun festivities. Here February was a month full of fun festivities. Here’s a look back at all the great events that happened on and off campus.

📲 Click the link in our bio to view all the photos.
The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the stre The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the streets of St. Petersburg for the first time this weekend and the on-track action did not disappoint. 

Layne Riggs started the race 28th after rain cancelled the practice and qualifying sessions that were scheduled for Friday afternoon. At the end of the first 20-lap stage, he already gained 21 positions and was 7th at the beginning of the second 20-lap stage. At the end, he was first. 

However, it was a three-way battle between Riggs, Ty Majeski, and Ben Rhodes in the closing laps of the race. Riggs wasn’t sure that he’d have enough fuel to even finish the race, let alone defend against Ty Majeski who finished in second. 

Riggs held on and captured his first win of the season. The Nascar Craftsman Trucks Series picks up again on March 20 for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 in Darlington. 

📸 Photos by Makenna Wozniak and Irena Mesa | The Crow’s Nest.

#usf #usfsp #grandprix #nascar
Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park and asked some questions to the drivers! 

#gpstpete #usfsp #usf  #indycar
Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought pra Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought practice and qualifying sessions to the downtown street course.

The Crow’s Nest will be covering the event all weekend. More coming soon.

#usfsp #usf #grandprix #gpstpete
Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” i Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” in a crowded room was something pre-graphics arts sophomore Kea Shindel never thought she would experience.  

She was raised on goth and industrial music and partakes in the style. 

“It was crazy hearing that with a room full of people that were all liking the same thing,” Schindle said. “Which I’ve never experienced before.” 

It’s an experience that many students from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg can recall — walking into The Castle for the first time and feeling like they belong.  

The Crow’s Nest decided to take students’ word for it.  

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall
Basketball has been a recreational activity for Un Basketball has been a recreational activity for University of South Florida students at the St. Petersburg campus since 2006. Twenty years later, the courts are more often hosting pickleball.   

Over a hundred USF St. Petersburg students have played the recent phenomenon since the Pickleball Club began in 2024

Club meetings have provided students four extra hours a week to play, while basketball still shares the regular time of 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday with pickleball.   

A few students organized this semester to help USF St. Petersburg basketball reach overtime. Senior business analytics and information systems major and club president, Gabriel Lopez and his friends have considered creating the St. Petersburg Basketball Club since last April. 

We knew that USF [St. Petersburg] needed a basketball club, we wanted the courts a little later, and we want to start building a consistent community with basketball,” Lopez said. 

The club gives basketball its own four additional hours, scheduling meetings every Friday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

✍️Story by Dominic Feo
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