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Month: January 2022

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Arts and Life Campus

A wonderful Week of Welcome

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Lily Cannon

Students gathered to celebrate the first week of class with different events around campus.  Courtesy of @usfstpetersburg on Instagram By Lily Cannon With the start of the spring 2022 semester, the USF St. Petersburg

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Opinion

OPINION: As the pandemic rages on, rent control is past due

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Jenna Sierra

Pictured above: A demonstrator posts “Save Our City” flyers on the door of St. Petersburg City Hall.  Courtesy of @peoplescouncilstpete on Instagram By Jenna Sierra  As the housing market continues

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Campus News News

New brochure outlines presidential position

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Molly Ryan

The brochure outlines the benefits and challenges the president will take up with the position. Courtesy of USF By Molly Ryan  As the spring semester begins, the presidential search becomes more visceral with new

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Arts and Life Community

Art and culture come to Florida for Sponge Docks Art and Craft Festival

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Sophia George

Dodecanese Boulevard, the center of Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks, is lined with tents and attendees for the event. Courtesy of Sophia George | The Crow’s Nest By Sophia George The Tarpon

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Off-Campus News

Yuengling to sponsor Brewing Arts program scholarship

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Sofia Garcia Vargas

The brewery will offer scholarships to promote diversity in the brewing industry.  Courtesy of USF By Sofía García Vargas  America’s oldest brewery, D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc., is set to  sponsor a $5,000

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Campus News

Call Me MISTER program introduces its first cohort of students

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Molly Ryan

Pictured above: (Left to right) Juan Dacosta, Michael Wright and Triston Williams are the first cohort of students in the Call Me MISTER program at USF’s St. Petersburg campus. Courtesy of USF By

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Campus News

The search is on: USF forms Regional Chancellor Search Committee

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Aubrey Carr

The 17-member Regional Chancellor Search Committee is on the lookout for Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock’s successor.   Courtesy of Martha Rhine By Aubrey Carr  USF St. Petersburg has taken a step forward in the search for its next leader with the solidification of The Regional Chancellor Search Committee. 

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Off-Campus News

Ken Welch sworn in as mayor

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Molly Ryan

Pictured above: Ken Welch (left) places his hand on the Bible, held by his daughter Kenya Welch, and is sworn in as the mayor of St. Petersburg. Courtesy of the

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Campus News

Funding approved for new pool at USFSP

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Sofia Garcia Vargas

The current pool has a broken heater and other issues that make continuous renovations expensive. Courtesy of USF By Sofía García Vargas Funding for a new pool at the USF St. Petersburg campus

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Local Sports

Jake Paul knocks out Tyron Woodley in stunning fashion

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Max Steele

Pictured above: Paul knocks Woodley out with a strong right hand during the sixth-round of the rematch.  Courtesy of ESPN By Max Steele Internet-sensation Jake Paul defeated former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Tyron

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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! 

#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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