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Accreditation Campus News News

Florida House passes new bill to consolidate accreditation

March 5, 2018March 12, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: A bill to remove USF St. Petersburg’s separate accreditation has passed through the house. House Bill 423 was rewritten and amended to be added to Senate Bill 4. Jonah

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Feature Sports USF Sports

Surprised? USFSP has a club golf team

March 5, 2018March 4, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: Joe Morales has been golfing since he was a 7-year-old in Puerto Rico. He came to Florida after accidentally applying to the wrong USF campus and now serves as

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Sports Sports Opinion

In memory of Wesley Johnson’s ankles

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: James Harden (right) disrespected Wesley Johnson with a stepback three-pointer that will go down in history as the dirtiest crossover in the social media era. Courtesy of Alexandra Walt

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Feature Food Review

A sandwich by any other name

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Luke Cross

By Luke Cross and Jeffrey Waitkevich The sandwich: a ubiquitous, if unassuming, food. Most attribute its origin to John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, who requested an easily consumable

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Sports Sports Opinion USF Sports

USF women’s basketball destroys

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Michael Fergusson

Above photo: The USF women’s basketball team powered their way through the regular season and will head into March Madness with a 24-6 record. Courtesy of The USF Sundome By Michael

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Arts and Life Campus Feature

Poetic justice for social media’s damage

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Luke Cross

Above photo: Zoe Hay, president of PEERS, hosted the open mic night to combat the effects of social media on self image and confidence. Luke Cross | The Crow’s Nest By

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Campus News News

USF consultant draws flak back home

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 USFSP Faculty

A Boston labor consultant hired by USF to help thwart a union drive by adjunct faculty has come under fire in Massachusetts. Labor leaders there contend that Katherine Lev may

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Accreditation Campus News News

Recent amendment to HB 423 still not enough to appease critics

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: Ray Arsenault, a history professor and avid opposer to House Bill 423, said that the Bill will still “turn the university upside down” despite recent amendment. Courtesy of USF St.

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Feature

Alumna looks to bring positive change

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

Above photo: Lis Casanova grew up with overprotective, loving parents Omar and Delia (pictured above), who helped her grow into an introverted book lover with a passion to bring positive change

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Campus News News

Disgruntled appropriations committee chair and vice chair resign

March 5, 2018March 7, 2019 Jonah Hinebaugh

Above photo: Chair of the Student Government appropriations committee Albert Moreno (left) resigned a week before the budget was completed, and vice chair Kevin Castle followed suit five days later. Both

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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! 

#gpstpete #usfsp #usf  #indycar
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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