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Music and Entertainment Opinion TV Review

‘The 100’ series finale ties together seven seasons of existentialism

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Season seven of The 100 concluded on September 30. Courtesy of CW Promotional Photos By Catherine Hicks The seventh and final season of The 100 closed a long

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News

14 weeks and counting: A round-up of this fall’s biggest news

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: The Crow’s Nest printed 14 issues this semester, highlighting both local and national news. Patrick Tobin | The Crow’s Nest By Sophie Ojdanic and Annalise Anderson This fall

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Campus News News

‘Stay the course:’ COVID-19 cases remains relatively low at USF

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Mark Parker

Pictured Above: USF System COVID-19 cases hit an all-time high of 111 during the week of Sept. 14. Before Aug. 24, USF did not report weekly case totals.  Patrick Tobin

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Feature

Thanksgiving turkey with a heaping side of hand sanitizer

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Enjoy a turkey dinner with your friends and family on Thanksgiving, even if it’s virtual. Sophie Ojdanic | The Crow’s Nest By Sophie Ojdanic Savannah Billett usually spends

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News

Conservatives ditch popular social media, flock to Parler

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: Launched in 2018, the Parler app has gained recent popularity for being a social media platform that refrains from fact-checking its users.  Courtesy of Parler By Annalise Anderson 

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Campus News News

Regional Chancellor shares expectations for spring semester

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock sat down with The Crow’s Nest to talk about the spring semester. Martha Rhine | The Crow’s Nest By Edyn Gottlieb USF St. Petersburg Regional Chancellor

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Everything you need to know about break stay

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Molly Ryan

Pictured Above: Residence halls will remain open to some students for break stay. Patrick Tobin | The Crow’s Nest By Molly Ryan The “Oak Ridge Boys” once said: “you don’t

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Arts and Life News

Immersive Van Gogh exhibit brings classic paintings to life

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: Visitors are engulfed in vivid color as Van Gogh’s post-impressionist paintings come to life.  Annalise Anderson | The Crow’s Nest By Annalise Anderson Immersive art experience “Van Gogh

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Opinion

Cook your Thanksgiving feast with ‘The Crow’s Nest’

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Pie, whether apple, pumpkin, pecan, or even lemon chess, is a staple of Thanksgiving feasts. Courtesy of the CDC By Catherine Hicks It’s the week of Thanksgiving, and

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Currall to reduce his annual bonus this year

November 22, 2020November 23, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: USF President Steve Currall (left) has drawn widespread criticism for his performance on consolidation and budget cuts, but trustees Chair Jordan Zimmerman praised him for “doing an excellent

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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.

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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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