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Dropkick Murphys rock Jannus Live

March 17, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

Celtic folk and punk band The Dropkick Murphy’s celebrated St. Patrick’s Day two weeks early in St. Petersburg, playing a sold out show at March 3 at Jannus Live. The

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Fitness Center looking to replace old equipment

March 17, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

Some of the weights, benches and cable cross machines at the Fitness Center are missing parts and rusty and will be replaced after their warranties expired on March 1. Student

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Sports

Women’s hoops eyes ticket to Big Dance

March 17, 2013 USFSP Faculty

USF head coach Jose Fernandez had been preaching his team, “If we do what we need to do, we’re a tournament team.” The women’s basketball team, boasting a 21-10 record

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Election results still up in the air

March 17, 2013 Tyler Killette

Two weeks have passed since the Student Government elections, but a student body president has yet to be named. Preliminary results, which put Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus ahead of

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Concert Reviews Music and Entertainment

Sleeping with Sirens stir up State Theatre

March 17, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

  When the lights dimmed before Sleeping With Siren’s show at The State Theatre on March 16, the crowd went wild. Fans screamed as their backdrop lit up and the

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Lombardi-Nelson/Hegedus ticket receives most votes, is disqualified

March 8, 2013 Keeley Sheehan

Mark Lombardi-Nelson and Christa Hegedus received more votes than opponents Jimmy Richards and Jordan Iuliucci in the campaign for the Student Government presidency, but have been disqualified for breaking campaign

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SGEF unveils proposals for sustainable campus

March 5, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

The Student Green Energy Fund is accepting ideas to match President Barack Obama’s challenge to reduce fossil fuels dependency. Projects to reduce the carbon footprint are in demand, and SGEF

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On National Grammar Day, professor notes importance of language skills

March 4, 2013 Erin Murphy

Writers across the United States will celebrate the sixth annual National Grammar Day on March 4 by dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s. National Grammar Day, founded in 2008

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Students promote sustainability in race to generate green energy

March 4, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

Exercise and green initiatives are important to Karla Infazon, a junior and a team leader at both the fitness center and the waterfront. Last week, Infazon participated in Race for

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Have you thanked your dining hall server lately?

March 4, 2013 Lenay Ruhl

Students shuffle through two lanes of lines, weaving through the Reef cafeteria. They lean against the glass that shields the food from their touch as they mumble their orders. Servers

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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.

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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! 

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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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