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Month: September 2018

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USF St. Petersburg student killed in hit-and-run

September 25, 2018October 1, 2018 Anna Bryson

USF St. Petersburg student Dhimitri Andoni was killed Thursday night on Interstate 275 just north of campus. Courtesy of Dhimitri Andoni’s facebook By Anna Bryson A USF St. Petersburg student

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Student advocates for mental health program on campus

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Jonah Hinebaugh

According to Active Minds’ 2017 progress report, 15,762 students have joined chapters and reached 529,523 through in-person programs. Courtesy of Active Minds By Jonah Hinebaugh Mental health is a topic

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Feature

Finding solidarity through skates

September 24, 2018September 25, 2018 Amy Diaz

Naudin King, 18, (left) and Aldo Jesus, 18, hold on to each other for support while skating around the rink at the second annual Black Student Association Roller Rink Extravaganza.

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Job well done or duty to act?

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Brianna Rodriguez

The American Red Cross handbook says while on the job, you have a legal responsibility to act in an emergency. Failure to adhere to this duty could result in legal

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Arts and Life Campus

Come sail away with USFSP

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Iris Pugh

In an effort to reduce stress and familiarize students with the waterfront, Campus Rec hosts a Sunset Sail three or four times a semester. Students can register online. Iris Pugh |

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Senate seeks to fill 10 seats despite poor voter turnout

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018 Emily Wunderlich

Despite its history of low voter turnout, Student Government encourages students to run for one of 10 seats in the senate. Courtesy of Student Government By Emily Wunderlich Although student senators

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Arts and Life Community Music and Entertainment Theatre

The P.T. Barnum of Retail: The greatest storeman

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Sailor Adams

Mayor Rick Kriseman (center) poses on stage with the cast of “Webb’s City: the Musical” at The Palladium theater in St. Petersburg. Courtesy of Bill Leavengood By Sailor Jane Adams A

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The Chosen 21: USFSP’s Chancellor’s Council

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Alyssa Harmon

The 21 members of the Chancellor’s Leadership Council work closely with Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock and attend several meetings with him per month.  Martha Rhine | The Crow’s Nest By

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Feature

Pre-Law Society wants to bring justice back to campus

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Dylan Hart

Thomas Ryan (pictured) called the Pre-Law Society “an interesting opportunity for people on campus that have a desire to further their education in law.” Dylan Hart | The Crow’s Nest

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Movies Music and Entertainment

Assassination Nation: America’s millennial nightmare

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Bryce Lawson

A group of high schoolers face cyber security hacks in the action movie featuring central themes of gender identity. Courtesy of BRON Studios By Bryce Lawson In this Quentin Tarantino-style

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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.

#usf #usfsp #grandprix #nascar
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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