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Day: November 8, 2016

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Movies Music and Entertainment

Review: Diagnosis On Doctor Strange

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 Jonah Hinebaugh

Recently released, “Doctor Strange” is the 14th addition to Marvel’s expanding list of comic book film adaptations, features beautiful cinematography and jaw-dropping CGI to boost its otherwise run-of-the-mill Marvel Comic

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Feature

Photographer Captures Abuse of Jewish Gravestones

November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 Michael Moore Jr.

Imagine the history of your people being erased one headstone at a time. At the Florida Holocaust Museum’s latest exhibit, you don’t have to imagine too hard. It is right

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Arts and Life Campus

MAC Hosts Native Spirit Exhibition

November 8, 2016 Imani Craig

On Harborwalk students made dreamcatchers to the sound of traditional Native American music. To kick off Native American Heritage Month, the Multicultural Activities Council (MAC) showcased a Native Spirit Exhibition.

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Music and Entertainment Restaurant Review

Beer, Billiards and Super Mario Bros. — What’s Not To Love?

November 8, 2016 Devin Rodriguez

As a kid, nothing was worse than when my little brother angrily pulled the controller cord out of our clear green N64 as I pulled into first place on Star

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Arts and Life Campus Community

Bookmark Your Calendars for the Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading

November 8, 2016 Arts & Life Staff

Over 51 authors and poets will flood into USF St. Petersburg for the 24th Annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading. Saturday begins the festivities, which won’t feature a big

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Feature

Holocaust Survivors Reflect on WWII in Documentary

November 8, 2016 Grace Cunningham

Ships carrying 1,948 liberated concentration camp prisoners arrived in Malmö, Sweden in April 1945. Years later, Malmö native and filmmaker Magnus Gertten came across archived footage and photographs taken at

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News

Congressman Lewis Reinforces Importance of Voting

November 8, 2016 Devin Rodriguez

The iconic civil rights hero, Congressman John Lewis, spoke on campus Wednesday to urge students to get out and vote. Lewis, 72, a Democrat who represents Georgia’s 5th congressional district,

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News

Veterans Month Offers Tribute, Support for Ex-Military

November 8, 2016March 31, 2017 Ryan Callihan

In 2006, Albert Moreno, an infantryman, left the military on a medical discharge after suffering serious injuries that required facial reconstruction and knee surgery. That year his entire squad was

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Editorials Opinion

Value People Not Money, Support Tribes Against Pipeline

November 8, 2016 Savannah Gibbs

The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) is threatening to change the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s way of life. The new installment would transport 470,000 barrels of crude oil 1,168 miles every

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Sports Sports Opinion

Cubs Comeback Could Be Greatest of All Time

November 8, 2016 Michael Fergusson

In 1908, the Chicago Cubs won their second World Series. During this time, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States, ABC and NBC didn’t exist, and

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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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