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Month: March 2018

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Accreditation Campus News News

Education bills expand Bright Futures, refunds excess credit hour surcharge

March 19, 2018March 26, 2018 Michael Moore Jr.

By Michael Moore Jr. Legislation signed by Gov. Rick Scott earlier this month will bring changes to universities throughout the state. One education bill, in addition to stripping USF St.

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Feature

Red wine, snow and the mountains: a spring break story

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

Above photo: Grandfather Vineyard and Winery is a quaint winery at the base of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. Courtesy of Jordan Prince By Whitney Elfstrom Spring break is a time

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Campus News News

Constitution Revision Commission stops at USFSP

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Luke Cross

Above photo: The offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon experienced catastrophic failure in 2010, spilling over 200 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico — a fate that Proposal 91 is aiming

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Opinion Opinion Columns

A brief history of how Stephen Hawking inspired a generation

March 19, 2018March 18, 2018 Michael Moore Jr.

Above photo: Stephen Hawking, 76, died on what would have been Albert Einstein’s 139th birthday and Pi Day, a national holiday celebrated by math nerds and geeks like. He left behind

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Campus News News

Prominent attorney appointed to Campus Board

March 19, 2018March 18, 2018 USFSP Faculty

Susan Hamilton Churuti, a longtime government attorney who helps manage retail space on St. Petersburg’s tony Beach Drive, has been appointed to the five-member Campus Board. She replaces her husband,

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Opinion Satire

The Ultimate Guide to downtown St. Pete nightlife as told by its worst regular

March 19, 2018March 20, 2018 Anna Bryson

In our whimsical review of the downtown St. Pete bar scene, some of our attempts at humor unfortunately crossed the line between edgy humor and bad judgment. We regret that,

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Accreditation Campus News News

Goodbye separate accreditation. Now what?

March 19, 2018March 26, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: Gov. Rick Scott has signed Senate Bill 4, which will consolidate accreditation across the three universities in the USF System. The next step is appointing members to the committee to

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Music and Entertainment TV Review

“Marvel’s Jessica Jones” returns without a bang

March 19, 2018April 2, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: “Marvel’s Jessica Jones,” starring Krysten Ritter, kicked off as a hit series following the success of “Marvel’s Daredevil.” In the second season, Marvel and Netflix attempted to build on

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Album Reviews Music and Entertainment

Snoop Dogg tries gospel, but doesn’t have enough bite

March 19, 2018April 2, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

Above photo: Releasing another album at age 46, Snoop Dogg decided to try his hand at curating gospel music and even appeared on a few of the songs. The result was

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Opinion

Astrology: When the stars align

March 19, 2018March 22, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

Above photo: Astrology was once in conjunction with astronomy, but it has been westernized to accommodate Facebook statuses and day-to-day life. Courtesy of Chris Lexow By Whitney Elfstrom Astrology and horoscopes:

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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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