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Campus News News

SG resolution seeks to eliminate plastics

November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 Manuel Vicente Lalande

By Manuel Vicente Lalande Student Government representatives have introduced a resolution to eliminate single-use plastics from the campus.  The resolution, titled “Break Free from Plastics,” was introduced at a Nov.

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Arts and Life Campus

Author addresses racial identity in children’s book

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Courtney Amos

By Courtney Amos Journalist and former professor Monique Fields had a simple reason for the significance of children’s books. “Parents are their children’s first teacher,” she said. A fitting point

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Arts and Life Community Feature

Meet the man behind ‘Goosebumps’

November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 Savannah Carr

By Savannah Carr and Jonah Hinebaugh Readers of R.L. Stine might think his job is to scare children.  He is renowned for his young adult-oriented “Goosebumps” series, which was adapted

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Google Maps offers navigation salvation

November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 Manuel Vicente Lalande

By Manuel Vicente Lalande In a world of corrupt politicians, global warming, anti-vaxxers and flat-Earthers, it can be difficult to have faith and believe that everything is going to be

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Campus News News

Senators to SG president: ‘Where’s the money?’

November 12, 2019November 18, 2019 Jonah Hinebaugh

By Jonah Hinebaugh A bill that would make transactions from the Student Government president’s $10,000 discretionary fund public knowledge is making its way through the legislative process. It passed unanimously

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Arts and Life Campus

Journalist captures Florida’s history in first person

November 12, 2019November 10, 2019 Kat Piccolo

By Katlynn Mullins Of the 50 authors who spoke at Saturday’s Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, Art Levy guessed that he would be the least known. He’s been a

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News Off-Campus News

Ousted regional chancellor loses a round in lawsuit against Genshaft

November 12, 2019November 18, 2019 Emily Wunderlich

By Emily Wunderlich A Hillsborough County circuit judge has dismissed key parts of former Regional Chancellor Sophia Wisniewska’s lawsuit against the USF system and its former president. In an order

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Campus News News

Senator removed from Student Government

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 James Bennett

By James Bennett III There’s a new vacancy in Student Government senate. On Nov. 1, Zoe Dukas left the SG senate, leaving the administration with 10 senators and eight senator-elects. 

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Campus News Feature News

Survivors speak out on their struggles with abuse

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Seth Payan

By Seth Payan The words “When you learn to hide the pain, you lose yourself” in black contrasted the bright green T-shirt they were painted on. A vibrant array of

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Letters Opinion

Letter from the Editor: Censorship by omission is still censorship

November 4, 2019November 3, 2019 Emily Wunderlich

By Emily Wunderlich You might have noticed that the 50th anniversary of our newspaper briefly appeared on USF St. Petersburg’s home page last week.  On Oct. 28, the university’s marketing

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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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