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Lost in the abstract of Kenny Jensen’s art

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Thomas Iacobucci

By Thomas Iacobucci Outside of the Lowell E. Davis Memorial Hall, parallel to the Science and Technology building, sits Kenny Jensen’s latest artistic endeavor: a sculpture replicating the leaf miner’s

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Campus News News

When facts and beliefs collide

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Amy Diaz

By Amy Diaz The presidency of Donald Trump and proliferation of social media sites have injected two new terms into the national discourse about the news media: “Fake news” and

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Campus News News

Facts vs. opinion — only one gets the views

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Emily Wunderlich

By Emily Wunderlich He watched the news industry evolve from essential facts to infotainment and opinion. Born in 1943, during the heyday of newspapers and radio news, William Dowell remembers

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Feature

What’s the deal with kombucha?

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Hope Weil

By Hope Weil If you live in the St. Petersburg area, you’ve probably heard of the bubbly probiotic drink kombucha. The drink that was originally sold primarily in health stores

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Campus News News

Whites will soon be outnumbered, but there’s a twist

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost In recent years, the U.S. Census Bureau has poked the beehive of race in the United States with statistics. It poked first in 2008 and more recently

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Opinion Sports Sports Opinion

Should the NBA’s athletes get a choice?

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Bryce Lawson

By Bryce Lawson With the 2019 NBA Trade Deadline at a close and the NBA All-Star Game Feb. 17, a big topic of discussion around the league is whether players

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Feature

NPR radio host brings ‘jazz journalism’ to campus

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Radio host Joshua Johnson, away from the microphone and pop filter, is not the droning radio newscaster you think of when you hear the letters N-P-R. When

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Campus News News

Paris-based reporter tackles climate change

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Dylan Hart

By Dylan Hart Douglas Herbert is not a smoker, but says he inhales the equivalent of 183 cigarettes a year. “The reason I smoke 183 cigarettes a year is because

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Feature

Day at the Capitol inspires students

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Amy Diaz

By Amy Diaz On the rainy, early morning of Feb. 13, around 40 presumably sleepy USF St. Petersburg students piled onto a bus headed for Tallahassee. Political science majors, medical

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Campus News News

Has America become un-American?

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Jonah Hinebaugh

By Jonah Hinebaugh The phrase “American exceptionalism” was used for the first time in 1930 – by Joseph Stalin. In the decades that followed, those words became a point of

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Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted their annual Homecoming events on campus. 

After a two year break, the former Cardboard Boat Race saw a return to campus, now a kayak race named Rocky's Regatta. 

Anastasia Fox and Jessica Muratti were also named the 2026 Homecoming Royalty. 

🗞️ And in slide two... The Crow's Nest front page in the Sept. 21, 1999 issue, when our then-staff covered the first ever Cardboard Boat Race. 

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Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended t Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended the American Tipoff event in Tampa, where they got the chance to interview new men's basketball head coach Chris Mack about his goals for the upcoming season. 

With new head coaches and new players, both the women's and the men's team look ahead after a successful past couple of seasons. 

"The results will take care of themselves when you have people who care about the
right things," coach Mack told The Crow's Nest. 

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✍️ Story & Graphic by Isabella Perez | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of USF Athletics
A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy Leagu A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy League institution Cornell University by a former student, referred to as Jane Doe, who was an undergraduate in 2024 when she went to a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house and was allegedly brutally sexually assaulted by seven members of the chapter while severely intoxicated after being coerced into ingesting multiple hard drugs. 

As a result, many students are holding a mirror to their own college campuses and questioning how universities, and the legal system as a whole, handles instances of sexual violence. 

A timeline (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2026/10/06/i-felt-like-bait-timeline-cornell-university-rape-allegations/) provided by The Washington Post details the resulting investigation, including the backlash for both Cornell and the Tompkins County District Attorney’s handling of the case, which many believe to be unjust, as none of the fraternity members were criminally charged and only two were expelled. 

Within the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, there are a number of resources and procedures that exist in response to such cases, such as the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, commonly known as Title IX and USF’s Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (CVAVP). 

However, some students say there may not be a complete understanding of the resources they are provided, or how to utilize them. 

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✍️ Story by Secilia Ruiz and Ashley Pena | The Crow’s Nest 
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📸 Photo Courtesy of Zephyniis Wharton
“[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the gov “[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the government or if you have any types of public funding, you’re not going to be able to spend any of that money on any projects or any initiatives that help reduce any of these pollutants,” Siddarth Bahl, the USF St. Pete SGEF President, told The Crow’s Nest. 

The bill also comes after a 2025-2026 referendum in which 84% of USF students voted "Yes" on keeping SGEF in all USF campuses. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
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Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of t Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of the local café, The Campus Grind. 

Together, they plan to make slight changes to the business ranging from its menu to the interior design.

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Reagan Haskell | The Crow’s Nest
With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four candidates are aiming to claim USF St. Pete Royalty: 

Jessica Murati 

Makenna Wozniak

Beverly Velasquez

Anastasia Fox

The winner will be announced tomorrow at the Royalty Ball on 10/13 at 7-10pm at the USC Ballrooms. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of Harborside Activities Board
Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️ For more Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️

For more information on candidates and their policies, refer to Tampa Bay’s guide to the 2026 midterm elections; 2026 Florida election candidates: Midterm voter guide (https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2026/09/30/florida-election-candidates-midterm-2026/). 

If you’re voting in Pinellas County feel free to locate your polling location through this master list; Precincts in Pinellas County (https://www.voterfocus.com/PrecinctFinder/precinctDirectory?county=FL-PIN).
Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF' Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF's football team is faced with the offensive challenges that came to light during their Oct. 3 loss against Temple. 

“As much as it stings to have a loss,” said head coach Brian Hartline, “I think everything happens for a reason.”

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Isabella Perez
📸 Photos by Arianna Howell

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