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Opinion

OPINION: Jewish students speak out after antisemitic acts at USF

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Sivan Bennaim

Pictured above: (From left to right) Sarah Goldberg is the president and Sivan Bennaim is the social media vice president of USF Hillel: Morris and Bertha Escoll Center for Jewish

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Arts and Life Music and Entertainment TV Review

Show review: Let’s discuss the ‘Euphoria’ season two finale

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Ashley George

Zendaya plays Rue Bennett, a teen dealing with a whirlwind of issues surrounding her struggles with drug addiction in the hit HBO Max series, ‘Euphoria.’   Courtesy of HBO By Ashley George  

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Opinion

OPINION: If elected, ‘The students are our boss’

March 7, 2022March 8, 2022 Sean Schrader

Pictured above: (From left to right) Sean Schrader and running-mate Josh Rampertab discuss how they plan to enact change on the campus they have called home for years, if elected.

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Arts and Life Campus Spotlight

USF Community Garden: Budding crops and community

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Julia Lorelli

The USF Honors College Community Garden offers students a place to get service hours while growing food for those in need. Courtesy of Julia Elaine Lorelli | The Crow’s Nest 

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Arts and Life Movies Music and Entertainment

Movie Review: ‘The Batman’ shows off a gritty Gotham City

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Aubrey Carr

‘The Batman’ provides a truly gruesome outlook on the source material with a star-studded cast. Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures By Aubrey Carr  Robert Pattinson has traded vampires for bats

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Campus News News

Four St. Petersburg professors rate among top two percent of researchers worldwide

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Molly Ryan

Pictured above: (From left to right) Barnali Dixon, James McHale, Hossam Ashour and Joan Reid were ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide. Courtesy of American Water Resources Association and USF

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Campus News News

St. Petersburg candidates weigh in on gubernatorial runoff election

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Molly Ryan

Voting for the runoff election between (left to right) Nathan Poinsette and Kaiya Huggins on one ticket and Sean Schrader and Joshua Rampertab on the other will be held March 8 through 9.

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Campus News News

Preliminary Student Government results announced

March 4, 2022March 6, 2022 Molly Ryan

Five students from the St. Petersburg campus were elected for SG’s university-wide Senate and nine seats were filled for St. Petersburg’s Campus Council. Courtesy of Aubrey Carr, Sean Schrader and Josh

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‘Stop with this COVID theater’ –– Gov. DeSantis scolds students at USF Tampa

March 4, 2022March 6, 2022 Sophia George

Gov. Ron DeSantis called out Middleton High School students for wearing masks at a USF Tampa conference discussing cybersecurity advancements.   Courtesy of USF By Sophia George  During a press conference

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USF presidential search committee advances candidates to final stage

March 4, 2022March 6, 2022 Sofia Garcia Vargas

At March 1’s presidential search committee meeting the 18-prospect pool was reduced to two. On March 4, the candidates were interviewed by the search committee to share experiences and attributes

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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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