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Month: February 2014

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Opinion: The beauty in Coke’s controversial commercial

February 13, 2014 Amanda Starling

It starts with a child’s voice. Then, alternating children sing the words most Americans have memorized: “America, the Beautiful.” It’s uttered in multiple languages and gorgeous scenery flash before a

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Opinion: The truth ‘evolves’

February 13, 2014 Chelsea Tatham

For the first 14 years of my life, the stories of the Bible were the only foundation for my beliefs. I refused to believe anything else because I was never

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Opinion: A case for creation

February 13, 2014 Erin Murphy

“Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” In a debate last week, Ken Ham, an Aussie and the CEO of Answers in Genesis, defended the

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Opinion: Indifference and the origin of Earth

February 13, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

Last Tuesday, an evolutionist and a creationist got together to talk about how they disagree on how the universe came into existence. Haven’t we done this before? Despite how tired

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Sports USF Sports

Zhang finishes 12th in Pairs Figure Skating

February 13, 2014 Mike Hopey

U.S. Figure Skating, the governing body of the sport in the United States, has more than 140,000 members. The chances of being among the four skaters that compete in the

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Editorials Opinion

Hookup culture: destructive or just different?

February 12, 2014 Tyler Killette

If you’ve ever had a casual sexual experience with someone, taking part in what our moms’ therapists are now calling “hookup culture,” you’re at risk of never finding love. This

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Campus News News

World Affairs Conference at USFSP to focus on student interest

February 12, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

 Ballrooms are set to become conference rooms as Douglas McElhaney, coordinator and retired U.S. foreign ambassador, ushers in activists and diplomats for a three-day discussion of world issues. The World

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Hart: SG election won’t see mistakes repeated

February 12, 2014 Amanda Starling

Andrew Hart, the supervisor of elections for Student Government, doesn’t just wait for packets to arrive to approve potential candidates. He spends months planning polling locations, organizing election packets and

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Textbooks: a necessary expense?

February 12, 2014 Jennifer Nesslar

Sydney Whitfield didn’t purchase all her required textbooks this semester. She enrolled late in her Environmental Science course and wasn’t able to purchase the $90 book ahead of time. Her

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Arts and Life

The Margin: This V-day, get your sweetie something special

February 12, 2014 Erin Murphy

Valentine’s Day is this Friday. *Cue cheering couples and the monotonous booing of the perpetually single.* Whether you’re celebrating the 14th with someone sweet, or just enjoying the sugary delights

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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.

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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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