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Month: January 2020

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Editorials Opinion

Don’t mess with ‘The Nest’

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

By Crow’s Nest Staff We’ve been assembling our “nest” of semicolons and headlines on this campus for 50 years. In fact, it’s a milestone we just celebrated in October.  So

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Campus News News

SG senate president resigns

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 James Bennett

By James Bennett III After two years of leadership, Student Government Senate President Katherine Fishman has resigned.  Multiple SG members resigned last year, starting in spring. In April, four people

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Letters Opinion

Letter to the Editor: SG elections are approaching. Can they be trusted?

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Chase Cooley

My name is Chase Cooley, and I served as a senator in Student Government last year. It was both an interesting and questionable experience, and there are plenty of things

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Feature

Student organization teaches reading at local schools

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely A USF St. Petersburg organization plans to team up with elementary schools to help make reading enjoyable while increasing literacy.  Reading Counts is a volunteer-based club that

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News

Tensions in Iran prompt controversy on campus

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Carrie Pinkard

Story and photo by Carrie Pinkard At the beginning of this year, President Trump ordered a U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. The aftermath of that strike led

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News

New victim advocate could be a semester away

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 James Bennett

By James Bennett III Inside the campus’ Wellness Center, a slideshow plays over the reception desk that lists all the services that the center’s victim advocate offers. There’s a problem,

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Feature

2 drumsticks, 5 buckets, 1 voice

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Trevor Ware drums through the obstacles of being a street performer with drumsticks, a few buckets, and a drive to spread happiness.  He performs what he calls “bucket radio” every

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Arts and Life

Anne Frank exhibit combats hate

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby DaCosta From a walk through a timeline of tragedy to a look into a young girl’s plaid diary, the “Let Me Be Myself: The Life Story of Anne

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Arts and Life Campus

Ira Glass discusses his career, storytelling and the war against facts

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

By Jonah Hinebaugh The best quotes for a story come when you don’t act like a robot and, instead, treat someone like they’re a real person. This was just one

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Accreditation Campus News News

Flip-flopping on consolidation?

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Nancy McCann

By Nancy McCann Only three months after USF system President Steve Currall presented a consolidation plan that won praise in St. Petersburg, his administration is floating organizational charts that appear

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  • New Florida Legislation eliminates student fee funding for SGEF 

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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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“[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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