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Month: October 2011

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Campus News News

HAB, SG move to Coquina during CAC renovation

October 3, 2011 Lenay Ruhl

By Taylor Gaudens and Amanda Pretulac Construction on the Campus Activities Center will have Student Government, The Crow’s Nest and Harborside Activities Board sharing the same room, Coquina 101, by

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News Off-Campus News

Still waiting for Superman: Cultural shift necessary to save education

October 3, 2011 Aimee Alexander

A cultural shift is needed to save education, said participants in a discussion about school reform in the Nelson Poynter library on Sept. 28. The discussion was hosted by the

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Sports

Students watch Bulls at St. Pete party

October 3, 2011 Taylor Gaudens

The SociaBulls celebrated its 2,000 Facebook fans milestone with a Bulls football game watch party at Jannus Live for the USF vs. PITT game on Sept. 29. Officials at Jannus

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Arts and Life Campus

St. Pete Times columnist talks business, leadership

October 3, 2011 Crow's Nest Staff

St. Petersburg Times business columnist Robert Trigaux spoke at the USFSP LeaderSpeak event “The Challenge of Business Leadership in Difficult Economic Times” on Sept. 29. He spoke to an audience

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Campus News News

GPA requirements change in new dismissal policy

October 3, 2011 Aimee Alexander

According to a new USFSP dismissal policy, any undergraduate student with a GPA below a cumulative 2.0 will be placed on academic probation. Students on academic probation must maintain a

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Sports

Pittsburgh offense dominates USF defense, 44-17

October 3, 2011 Lenay Ruhl

After setting record offensive records against the likes of Ball State and UTEP, No. 16 USF (4-1) found themselves on the other end of a drubbing, losing to Pittsburgh (3-2)

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Editorials Opinion

Contraceptive use can cut high college STI rates

October 3, 2011 Crow's Nest Staff

World Contraception Day might have come and gone on Sept. 26, but it’s never too late to think about sexual health. Between midterms, textbooks, parties and tuition costs, college students

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Editorials Opinion

USFSP should focus on improvement after debut on Best Colleges Report

October 3, 2011 Crow's Nest Staff

No. 36. For USF St. Petersburg, the number marks a milestone. It is the number at which the school made its debut in the U.S. News & World Report’s America’s

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News Off-Campus News

Extremists rule debate, Juan Williams says at Poynter discussion

October 3, 2011 Aimee Alexander

Fox News political analyst, Juan Williams, believes genuine debate in America has been stifled by political correctness and polarizing politics. Williams discussed these and various themes found in his recent

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Arts and Life Campus

Balancing act: Students juggle classes and work

October 3, 2011 Lenay Ruhl

Behind a tiki-style counter in downtown St. Petersburg, USFSP student Christa Hegedus waits to take another smoothie and sandwich order. Like many college students, she works part-time while taking a

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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.

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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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