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Arts and Life Community

Things To Do This Weekend (Feb. 5-2)

February 1, 2016 Lenay Ruhl

Friday, Feb. 5 Yonder Mountain String Band with special guest Keller & the Keels Jannus Live, 200 First Avenue N Tickets: $26.25 at Daddy Kool Records   First Friday St.

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Spotlight

Campus bookseller has become a familiar face

February 1, 2016 Jeffrey Zanker

Melanie Carling’s life is an open book Anyone who has purchased or rented textbooks from the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore, has probably chatted with Melanie Carling. Carling wears glasses

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Campus

Campus club raises awareness about gender issues

February 1, 2016 Lenay Ruhl

In spring 2014, Katie Wagner and Kristina Sonstroem realized USF St. Petersburg didn’t have a club devoted to feminism or the empowerment of women – they wanted to change that.

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Campus News

Leading authority on anti-Semitism visits campus to discuss the culture of hate groups

February 1, 2016 Lenay Ruhl

The statue was to memorialize one of Hungary’s most prominent 20th century figures. Balint Homan was a historian and government official whom admirers call a scholar and statesman. With the

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Campus News News

USFSP to hold first off-campus housing fair

February 1, 2016 Moriah Fantuz

As of December, the requirement for first-year students to live on campus was repealed, according to Pamela Johnson, a Resident Life Program specialist at USF St. Pete. The reversal may

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Campus News

Award-winning author exposes poor pig farm conditions at campus lecture

February 1, 2016 Indhira Suero Acosta

Should people give up eating bacon? The question remains after Barry Estabrook — journalist and author of “Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Guide to Sustainable Meat” — discussed what goes on

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Campus Community

News Briefs (Feb. 2-6)

January 31, 2016 Lenay Ruhl

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Journalism and Media Studies Accreditation Town Hall PRW # 9 a.m. The Association for Education on Journalism and Mass Communication will visit and review USFSP’s undergraduate and

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Campus News News

Former student gets probation in sexual violence case

January 27, 2016 Jeffrey Zanker

  A former student who was charged with sexual battery and kicked off campus after an assault in May 2014 was sentenced to five years’ probation last week after pleading

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Community News Off-Campus News

Mayor: ‘City must address problems in troubled neighborhoods’

January 27, 2016 Samantha Putterman

It was chilly and windy on Saturday, but the state of the city is “strong and sunny.” That was the assessment of Mayor Rick Kriseman, who said St. Petersburg is

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Arts and Life Community

9 cheap things to do in downtown St. Pete

January 25, 2016 Lenay Ruhl

“I’m just a broke college student” The phrase is so common, it’s become a running joke within society, but it is often true. Being short on cash, or on a

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  • A recap of 2026 Homecoming
  • USF basketball looks ahead to new season
  • Amid polarizing lawsuit against Cornell University, USFSP students examine the resources provided to student survivors
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  • New Florida Legislation eliminates student fee funding for SGEF 

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Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted their annual Homecoming events on campus. 

After a two year break, the former Cardboard Boat Race saw a return to campus, now a kayak race named Rocky's Regatta. 

Anastasia Fox and Jessica Muratti were also named the 2026 Homecoming Royalty. 

🗞️ And in slide two... The Crow's Nest front page in the Sept. 21, 1999 issue, when our then-staff covered the first ever Cardboard Boat Race. 

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📸 Photos by Reagan Haskell and Makenna Wozniak | The Crow's Nest
🎨 Graphic and Caption by Isabella Perez | The Crow's Nest
Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended t Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended the American Tipoff event in Tampa, where they got the chance to interview new men's basketball head coach Chris Mack about his goals for the upcoming season. 

With new head coaches and new players, both the women's and the men's team look ahead after a successful past couple of seasons. 

"The results will take care of themselves when you have people who care about the
right things," coach Mack told The Crow's Nest. 

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✍️ Story & Graphic by Isabella Perez | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of USF Athletics
A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy Leagu A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy League institution Cornell University by a former student, referred to as Jane Doe, who was an undergraduate in 2024 when she went to a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house and was allegedly brutally sexually assaulted by seven members of the chapter while severely intoxicated after being coerced into ingesting multiple hard drugs. 

As a result, many students are holding a mirror to their own college campuses and questioning how universities, and the legal system as a whole, handles instances of sexual violence. 

A timeline (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2026/10/06/i-felt-like-bait-timeline-cornell-university-rape-allegations/) provided by The Washington Post details the resulting investigation, including the backlash for both Cornell and the Tompkins County District Attorney’s handling of the case, which many believe to be unjust, as none of the fraternity members were criminally charged and only two were expelled. 

Within the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, there are a number of resources and procedures that exist in response to such cases, such as the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, commonly known as Title IX and USF’s Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (CVAVP). 

However, some students say there may not be a complete understanding of the resources they are provided, or how to utilize them. 

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✍️ Story by Secilia Ruiz and Ashley Pena | The Crow’s Nest 
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📸 Photo Courtesy of Zephyniis Wharton
“[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the gov “[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the government or if you have any types of public funding, you’re not going to be able to spend any of that money on any projects or any initiatives that help reduce any of these pollutants,” Siddarth Bahl, the USF St. Pete SGEF President, told The Crow’s Nest. 

The bill also comes after a 2025-2026 referendum in which 84% of USF students voted "Yes" on keeping SGEF in all USF campuses. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of USF Newsroom
Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of t Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of the local café, The Campus Grind. 

Together, they plan to make slight changes to the business ranging from its menu to the interior design.

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Reagan Haskell | The Crow’s Nest
With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four candidates are aiming to claim USF St. Pete Royalty: 

Jessica Murati 

Makenna Wozniak

Beverly Velasquez

Anastasia Fox

The winner will be announced tomorrow at the Royalty Ball on 10/13 at 7-10pm at the USC Ballrooms. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of Harborside Activities Board
Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️ For more Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️

For more information on candidates and their policies, refer to Tampa Bay’s guide to the 2026 midterm elections; 2026 Florida election candidates: Midterm voter guide (https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2026/09/30/florida-election-candidates-midterm-2026/). 

If you’re voting in Pinellas County feel free to locate your polling location through this master list; Precincts in Pinellas County (https://www.voterfocus.com/PrecinctFinder/precinctDirectory?county=FL-PIN).
Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF' Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF's football team is faced with the offensive challenges that came to light during their Oct. 3 loss against Temple. 

“As much as it stings to have a loss,” said head coach Brian Hartline, “I think everything happens for a reason.”

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Isabella Perez
📸 Photos by Arianna Howell

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