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Month: August 2018

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Arts and Life Campus Concert Reviews

Asher Roth takes USFSP in a storm

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Allison Weinbecker

A crowd gathers for a concert at Jannus Live in St. Petersburg, featuring rapper Asher Roth, for USFSP Live, Aug. 24, 2018. Allison Weinbecker | The Crow’s Nest By Allison

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Arts and Life Campus

Rec Fest returns

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Giovanna Cano

Suanned Figueroa, 17, a biology major, plays bubble soccer during Rec Fest events at USF St. Petersburg. Courtesy of Emily Bowers By Giovanna Cano Students running inside giant plastic bubbles,

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Opinion Opinion Columns

The questionable ethics of the textbook market

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Vanessa Chase

With textbook prices climbing to the hundreds of dollars at USF St. Petersburg bookstore students question the integrity of  professors requiring students to purchase their books and the struggle students

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Campus News News

She was paid, but not by USF

August 27, 2018September 4, 2018 Nancy McCann

Prior to adjunct faculty voting for a union, the lawyer Katherine Lev voluntarily met with adjuncts on the three separate campuses, in what university administration said, was to information and answer

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Campus News News

Campus reacts to Tadlock’s appointment as regional chancellor

August 24, 2018August 27, 2018 Emily Wunderlich

Above photo: Martin Tadlock, left, has been interim regional chancellor of USF St. Petersburg since September 2017 and was named regional chancellor Tuesday. He is pictured with former student body

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Campus News News

BREAKING: After swirls of questions, Tadlock named permanent head of campus

August 22, 2018August 27, 2018 Timothy Fanning

Above photo: Dr. Martin Tadlock was named regional chancellor of USF St. Petersburg in an email from USF system President Judy Genshaft after serving as interim regional chancellor since September

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Goetz Gone: Samuel Goetz resigned in a one-sentence email April 17. Devin Rodriguez | The Crow's Nest
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Former SG leader asks for rehearing in lawsuit against university

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Anna Bryson

Former SG leader Samuel Goetz sued the university in June 2017 following his expulsion for alleged sexual assault of another student. The judge denied his petition that his due process

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Campus News News

News Roundup: Here’s what you missed this summer

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 USFSP Faculty

USF made several headlines on the Tampa Bay area this summer. Here’s the rundown. Third dorm will be smaller, come later The St. Petersburg campus is still getting a third

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Campus News News

USF Tampa joins the big leagues

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 USFSP Faculty

The preeminence designation was created in 2013 to encourage state universities to strive for excellence and national recognition, after five years USF has finally met the 12 benchmarks to qualify

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Campus News Feature

On-campus maps, beautification and consolidation, Tadlock eyes new beginnings

August 20, 2018August 27, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

Martin Tadlock, interim regional chancellor, hopes to highlight student voices and has encouraged them to take part in consolidation meetings this fall. Jonah Hinebaugh | The Crow’s Nest By Whitney Elfstrom

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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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