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Offense stalls, defense wilts in a tough loss

October 5, 2015 David Stoner

Sure, it was a loss. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some positives that USF football can take away from the 24-17 defeat to Memphis on Friday night.   The

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Booze or boos? Local fest gets mixed reviews.

October 5, 2015March 29, 2017 Angelina Bruno

Expressive tastes, dozens of wines…what could go wrong? Plenty. About a week ago, I was gifted the opportunity to drink and dine at the St. Pete Food and Wine Festival.

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Eww!

October 5, 2015 Julia Marcuzzo

Floods wreaked havoc on third floor USC. Some third-floor residents in the University Student Center dormitory got an unwelcome surprise during the first week of school. Sewage-tinted water was coming

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Could it happen here?

October 5, 2015 Caitlin Ashworth

Shooting rampage at Oregon college is a grim warning for campuses everywhere. Terror swept over the Umpqua Community College campus in Oregon last week as a gunman killed nine people

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Run … Hide … Fight

October 5, 2015 Lenay Ruhl

That’s the advice of campus police if a shooter goes on a rampage here. “These situations are dynamic and evolve rapidly,” police say, warning that “there may be no pattern

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New club seeks to raise awareness on mental illness

October 5, 2015 Devin Rodriguez

NAMI on Campus educates students on the stigmas associated with mental disorders and supports those in need. After her father was diagnosed with schizophrenia, USF St. Petersburg student Myranda Rodriguez

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Coquina Club: To revamp and reopen

October 5, 2015 Jeffrey Zanker

Coquina Club, previously a campus late-night haven, has been vacant since the lounge closed in spring 2014. The room is scattered haphazardly with furniture and equipment from the Student Life

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Learning from the past

October 5, 2015 Devin Rodriguez

Florida Holocaust Museum puts on civil rights photography exhibition. It’s important to remember our past, even the moments that seem the darkest – the ones we may want to forget.

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News Briefs

October 5, 2015 Lenay Ruhl

Check out what is going on this week: Monday, Oct. 5 Alumni Reception – For alumni only. USC Ballroom # 5:30-7 p.m. Reminisce with former USFSP Bulls on a night

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Harbor Hall renovations concern students

October 5, 2015 Ivelliam Ceballo

Harbor Hall is home to the department of verbal and visual arts, where students rely heavily on reliable, up-to-date technology and materials. Graphic design students – juniors and seniors chosen

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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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