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Campus News News

What’s the plan, CN?

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: The 2020-2021 Crow’s Nest staff from top left to bottom right: Managing editor Trevor Martindale, editor-in-chief Sophie Ojdanic, arts & life editor Annalise Anderson, photography editor Patrick Tobin,

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Opinion

OPINION: “A twinkle in my eye:” The Crow’s Nest’s new editor-in-chief shares her past endeavors and future plans

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Sophie Ojdanic is a senior mass communications major and editor-in-chief of The Crow’s Nest. Patrick Tobin | The Crow’s Nest By Sophie Ojdanic When I was an 11-year-old

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Campus News Community News

Mental health stigmatized at the expense of students

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Posters relating to mental health hang outside the Wellness Center. The Wellness Center is one of three departments that handle mental health concerns in students. Patrick Tobin |

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USFSP bids farewell to Dr. Motta

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: Bernardo Motta has been a member of the department of journalism and media studies since 2015. Courtesy of Bernardo Motta By Edyn Gottlieb When Bernardo Motta became a

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A year like no other

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

Pictured Above: In its marketing, the newly consolidated university touts itself as “One University, Geographically Distributed,” and “one of the nation’s premier research universities.” Courtesy to the University of South

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This summer in summary: a round-up of the biggest headlines

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: The Crow’s Nest published 37 stories between May 11 and Aug. 14. Courtesy of Cassidy Schuck By Sophie Ojdanic In a summer plagued by COVID-19, USF witnessed consolidation,

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Campus Campus News

Tadlock explains goals and expectations for the fall semester

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: USF St. Petersburg Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock is pleased to see students and staff safely returning to campus.  Courtesy of Martha Rhine By Annalise Anderson USF St. Petersburg

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Adjunct faculty approve proposed contract

August 14, 2020August 15, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: The temporary, part-time teachers campaigned for a union under the banner of Faculty Forward. Courtesy of Faculty Forward By Nancy McCann Adjunct faculty on the three USF campuses have

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Final exam schedule at USF St. Petersburg changed

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Final exam blocks at USF St. Petersburg have been reduced from three to two hours. Information in graphic courtesy of USF Darnell Henderson | The Crow’s Nest By

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Currall pledges to address racism, expand diversity efforts

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Aya Diab

Pictured above: Dr. Haywood Brown (left) and Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman were both appointed to new positions at USF to coincide with President Steve Currall’s efforts to promote diversity and inclusivity

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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.

#usf #usfsp #grandprix #nascar
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! 

#gpstpete #usfsp #usf  #indycar
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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