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Letter from the Editor: Faculty, go easy on your students

March 23, 2020March 23, 2020 Emily Wunderlich

Pictured above: In an email to USF St. Petersburg journalism students on March 18, department chair Casey Frechette offered support and promised accommodations for students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s

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Campus News News

A lonely time for Cheryl the Bull

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

Cheryl the Bull, the 850-pound bronze statue, will be at his post along Harbor Walk as always, but he will be standing a lonely vigil until summer — or maybe

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First USFSP student tests positive for COVID-19

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

USF announced on Sunday a student tested positive for COVID-19 at the St. Petersburg campus. Courtesy of U.S. Department of State By Jonah Hinebaugh A student at USF St. Petersburg

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No, USFSP residents don’t have to move off campus yet

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Emily Wunderlich

Pictured above: As of March 20, residence halls remain open on both the USF Tampa and St. Petersburg campuses. The email sent to residents on Friday afternoon urging students not

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Opinion

Opinion: In a pandemic, the importance of ‘the next right thing’

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Kat Piccolo

Pictured above: This picture from Spring 2016 shows a bird’s-eye view from atop a crane sitting where the new residence hall is being built. Courtesy of Ronny Howell By Katlynn

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USF Tampa employee tests positive for COVID-19

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

USF system President Steve Currall made the announcement of the first COVID-19 case via email to students. Courtesy of U.S. Department of State By Jonah Hinebaugh The University of South

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USF postpones spring graduation, extends remote classes through end of semester

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Emily Wunderlich

Under the direction of the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public university system, USF has postponed its graduation “until further notice” and extended remote classes through the

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What not to do over spring break and beyond: Coronavirus closures and cancellations

March 13, 2020March 15, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

Pictured above: USF St. Petersburg’s University Student Center in September 2016. The building is home to the campus’ dining center and one of its dorms. Devin Rodriguez | The Crow’s

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Amid coronavirus, USFSP classes to move online after spring break

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

Pictured above: USF St. Petersburg will remain open as classes move to online beginning on March 23 due to coronavirus. Courtesy of U.S. Department of State By Jonah Hinebaugh, Nancy

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Freshman applications plummet

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured above: MK Brittain | The Crow’s Nest By Nancy McCann The number of high school students applying to USF St. Petersburg has declined dramatically since the campus began raising

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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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