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Taking initiative: how USFSP’s Black Student Association serves the student body

March 19, 2023March 20, 2023 Peturla Scarlett

BSA aims to provide a community for Black students and educate on the culture. Courtesy of BSA By Peturla Scarlett  The Black Student Association (BSA) at the University of South

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Arts and Life Campus

Need Food? Support-A-Bull Market offers a wide range of free supplies for USFSP students

March 16, 2023November 26, 2024 Peturla Scarlett

Courtesy of Peturla Scarlett  Neatly stacked shelves of food and care products can be seen inside the Support-A-Bull Market. By Peturla Scarlett The University of South Florida St. Peterburg campus

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News

Protest arrests at USF Tampa campus leads to controversy

March 12, 2023November 26, 2024 Aubrey Carr

Courtesy Aubrey Carr By Aubrey Carr After a protest that led to the arrests of four people on the University of South Florida Tampa campus, Students for a Democratic Society

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News Off-Campus News

Four protesters arrested on USF Tampa campus, calling it a ‘brutal display of police brutality’

March 11, 2023November 26, 2024 Aubrey Carr

Courtesy of Students for a Democratic Society By Aubrey Carr On March 6, four protesters from the Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) were arrested on

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Arts and Life Campus Uncategorized

New library study rooms proving popular at USF St. Petersburg 

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 Brandi Bottger

The Nelson Poynter Memorial Library new study rooms Courtesy of Brandi Bottger | The Crow’s Nest By Brandi Bottger Just in time for the start of the spring semester, the

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Local Sports Sports

Gallery: St. Pete hosts a successful 2023 Grand Prix

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 Alfi Storrs

The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg reached its 2023 conclusion, following 10 races across three days of action. There was no shortage of excitement for spectators, from big upsets

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Local Sports Sports

2023 Grand Prix Preview 

March 1, 2023November 26, 2024 Sol Casanas

Courtesy of Max Steele | The Crow’s Nest By Sol Casanas From Friday, March 3, through Sunday, March 5, The Grand Prix is taking over the city of St. Petersburg including

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Campus News News

USF’s Student Government 2023 presidential debate: Get to know the candidates  

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Aubrey Carr

By Aubrey Carr Candidates for Student Government’s (SG) 2023 presidential election discussed their plans to improve student experience at the third presidential debate since consolidation.   The four presidential tickets included

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Campus News News

USF commences Student Government general elections

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Aubrey Carr

“St. Petersburg campus governor-elect Abdul Muqeet Khawaja and lieutenant governor-elect Taylor Herman. Courtesy of Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest By Aubrey Carr The University of South Florida’s Student Government

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Arts and Life

The rise and fall of BeReal 

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Annabel Hutchings

BeReal is an app that took the world of social media by storm, but has turned into a mere drizzle over the months following.  Courtesy of Annabel Hutchings | The

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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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