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Isolated from the herd: Eight days and counting

August 31, 2020September 2, 2020 Darnell Henderson

Pictured Above: Senior graphic arts major Darnell Henderson travels through Zoom backgrounds to add variety to his days in quarantine. Darnell Henderson | The Crow’s Nest By Darnell Henderson When

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Campus News News

One week into a pandemic-ridden semester

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: USF COVID-19 total number of cases since Mar. 18. In Tampa, 224 cases were reported. In St. Petersburg, 12 cases were reported. In Sarasota-Manatee, five cases were reported.

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Lion of the St. Petersburg campus to retire

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: Historian Ray Arsenault, who joined the faculty in 1980, is the author or editor of nine books. Courtesy of Ray Arsenault By Nancy McCann        

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Sports USF Sports

USF Athletics reopens leading into new sports season

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: USF Football is one of few university sports teams that has been given permission to compete this Fall.  Courtesy of Alyssa Coburn By Annalise Anderson USF Athletics has

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Longtime administrator looks forward to ‘dirty hands and fresh veggies’

August 25, 2020August 27, 2020 Aya Diab

Pictured Above: Dr. Helen Levine, the regional vice chancellor of external affairs, will retire Sept. 4.  Courtesy of Terri Cruz By Aya Diab and Sophie Ojdanic For more than a

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Fall guidelines force student leaders to get creative

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: The Crow’s Nest staff members Sophie Ojdanic (bottom left), Nancy McCann (top right) and Patrick Tobin met via Microsoft Teams with professor Chris Campbell for a workshop on

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Suddenly, she was thrust into motherhood

August 25, 2020September 7, 2020 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Catherine Hicks was determined to be a typical college student. But then she and her fiance got a telephone call. Now the senior communications major is the foster

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What to expect with housing and meal plans

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Both open residence halls are under design capacity, with Pelican Apartments only 62 percent full and Osprey Suites only 48 percent full. Patrick Tobin | The Crow’s Nest

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Feature Spotlight

Student Spotlight: When affection for wildlife and passion for photography meet

August 25, 2020September 7, 2020 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: Peyton Lebron loves his tapestry of a photo he took of Mt. Zion. “When I was there I just felt so small and the world (felt) so big.”

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Podcasts

Introducing Crow’s Nest Multimedia

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: The Crow’s Nest plans to expand into multimedia coverage this year, starting with Crow’s Cast. Darnell Henderson | The Crow’s Nest By Trevor Martindale As The Crow’s Nest

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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
The Tampa Bay Lightning opened their 2026/27 seaso The Tampa Bay Lightning opened their 2026/27 season at the beginning of the month. 

After losing their first game against the New York Rangers 5-1 on Oct. 1 in New York, the Bolts’ first games in Tampa were more successful as they bested both the 
Washington Capitals 3-1, and the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1.

The Tampa Bay Lightning return to the ice at Benchmark International against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, Oct 8.

📸 Photos by Makenna Wozniak | The Crow’s Nest
✍️ Caption by Cole Maines | The Crow’s Nest

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