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Month: August 2017

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Can we please stop ignoring competitive and varsity athletics?

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Delaney Brown

By Delaney Brown If it weren’t for the sailing team I would’ve left the university. If we’re being totally honest, I wasn’t sold when I first came to the bayside

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Campus News News

Campus rape policies get hard look by DeVos, says improvements needed

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Timothy Fanning

By Timothy Fanning Last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos signaled that she would reconsider the Obama-era guidelines that increased protections for victims of sexual violence on college campuses. Critics of

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The Tavern pays tribute to fallen faculty with new, revised menu

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Noel Mullins

By Noel Mullins The Tavern at Bayboro will be adding a few new menu items, as well changing names of classic sandwiches to better honor university faculty and friends who

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At students’ request, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library extends hours

August 28, 2017September 6, 2017 Whitney Elfstrom

By Whitney Elfstrom Nelson Poynter Memorial Library will extend its hours beginning Sept. 25, allowing for an extra 20 hours per week. The library will open Monday–Thursday 8 a.m.– 2

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Editorials Opinion

Campus rape policies should move forward, not backward

August 28, 2017August 30, 2017 Sara McDonald

By Sara McDonald After a hard road of fighting to be heard, women everywhere rejoiced when the former vice president rallied college students to stop the culture that excuses derogative

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Arts and Life Feature

Bland Reef menu inspires culinary creativity

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Kayla Jensen

By Kayla Jensen A great man once said, “Cauliflower (is) nothing but cabbage with a college education.” Surely, Mark Twain meant a far deeper and less literal interpretation than college

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Arts and Life Feature Music and Entertainment

Taylor Swift back from the dead

August 27, 2017August 28, 2017 Savannah Gibbs

Disclaimer: I’ve been a Taylor Swift fan since her second album “Fearless” debuted in 2008. I saw her on tour in middle school in what is the now the Amalie

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New Vice Chancellor of Advancement ready to bring more private funding to campus

August 27, 2017 Tiffany Beyer

By Tiffany Beyer For the university’s new regional vice chancellor of advancement, raising private support for the university is more than a job, it’s a way of life. “I would

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Arts and Life Feature TV Review

Everything you need to know about ‘Game of Thrones’ before the season 7 finale

August 27, 2017 Emily Beck

As we make our way to the end of TV’s hottest series, Game of Thrones, the highly-anticipated season finale is just a few hours away. If you haven’t been keeping

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News Off-Campus News

University librarian accused of child porn possession has resigned

August 26, 2017August 27, 2017 Timothy Fanning

By Timothy Fanning James Anthony Schnur, a longtime librarian and historian at the university who was arrested on child pornography charges last spring, has resigned. Court records indicate he was released

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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
  • More Than a First in the Family: Celebrating USF St. Petersburg’s First-Generation Bulls
  • 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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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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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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“[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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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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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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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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📸 Photos by Arianna Howell
The Tampa Bay Lightning opened their 2026/27 seaso The Tampa Bay Lightning opened their 2026/27 season at the beginning of the month. 

After losing their first game against the New York Rangers 5-1 on Oct. 1 in New York, the Bolts’ first games in Tampa were more successful as they bested both the 
Washington Capitals 3-1, and the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to the ice at Benchmark International against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, Oct 8.

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