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Month: October 2018

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Campus News News

Merge the two USF campus newspapers? Bad idea, editors say

October 30, 2018November 5, 2018 USFSP Faculty

By The Crow’s Nest Staff The Crow’s Nest, a fixture on the St. Petersburg campus for decades, would be merged with the student newspaper at USF Tampa under recommendations from

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Campus News News

Live and let pie: SG to raise money for scholarship fund

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

By Whitney Elfstrom Have you ever wanted to pie a school official in the face? Well, now’s your chance. Student Government will hold an event Tuesday from 11 a.m. to

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Album Reviews Music and Entertainment

‘The Silver Scream’ will send shivers down your spine

October 29, 2018 Salvador Castillo

“The Silver Screen,” released Oct. 5, transforms popular horror film classics into songs. Courtesy of Fearless Records By Salvador Castillo As we close in on Halloween, our need for scary and

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Local Sports Sports

Sports journalism students experience Bucs media day

October 29, 2018 Alec Arroyo

Tony Silvia’s eight sports journalism students got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a sports journalist on deadline at Buccaneers’ media day. Courtesy of Alec Arroyo By

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Campus News News

Abortion debate draws crowd, sparks controversy

October 29, 2018November 5, 2018 Amy Diaz

Miller and Mahurin both majored in philosophy, but share opposing beliefs on the morality of abortion. Amy Diaz | The Crow’s Nest By Amy Diaz Over a hundred people squeezed

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Campus Campus News

Everything’s different at night: Campus hosts annual Safety Walk

October 26, 2018October 28, 2018 Cory Cole

By Cory Cole Armed with only glow sticks and light-up foam batons, students hit the streets Wednesday to ensure the USF St. Petersburg campus was safe and secure. The evening

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Campus News News

They ran for senate. But they could’ve been disqualified

October 24, 2018November 5, 2018 Emily Wunderlich

From left: Alexandria Bishop, Naya Payne and Nicholas Cropper were each the subject of alleged campaign violations during fall midterm elections. By Emily Wunderlich The election for Student Government senate

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Campus News News

10 elected to senate amid more voter apathy

October 24, 2018October 30, 2018 Emily Wunderlich

By Emily Wunderlich In another election marked by poor voter turnout, three incumbents and seven other students were elected on Tuesday to the Student Government senate. Only 256 students voted

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Campus News News

SG elections: The results are in

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 Emily Wunderlich

By Emily Wunderlich Ten of the 11 candidates for Student Government senate were elected Tuesday after 256 students voted in the midterm elections. Zoe Dukas, junior political science major, was

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Campus News News

So you want to be an RA?

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

Students organizations can request Residence Life staff to present an info session at a meeting by e-mailing  pbj1@mail.usf.edu. Courtesy of Department of Student Life By Whitney Elfstrom Applications to join the resident assistance

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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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