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Students say they use AI because they’re overworked, not because they’re lazy 

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 Julia Birdsall

Photo courtesy of USF By Julia Birdsall College is often cited as a fun transitional period between high school and “real” adulthood.  The media portrays it as four years of

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Editorials

The Crow’s Nest stands by free speech 

October 20, 2025October 30, 2025 Crow's Nest Staff

Photo by Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest By The Crow’s Nest Staff Freedom of the press is part of the First Amendment. It allows journalists to report the news

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Bulls cap off homecoming with bowl-clinching win over Florida Atlantic

October 20, 2025October 21, 2025 Dominic Feo

The Bulls have secured their third straight bowl game in three years under head coach Alex Golesh. Photo by Alex Felski | The Crow’s Nest By Dominic Feo The Bulls

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Who’s next for USF? A look at the ninth presidential search’s sole finalist

October 20, 2025October 24, 2025 Alisha Durosier

Photo courtesy of UNF By Jasmin Parrado & Alisha Durosier Nine months after USF President Rhea Law announced her resignation, USF named University of North Florida president Moez Limayem as

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Sports

The Tampa Bay Lightning 2025-2026 season so far? A work in progress 

October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 Irena Mesa

The newly named Benchmark International Arena welcomed fans in for a new season of Lightning hockey. Photo courtesy Tampa Bay Lightning  By Irena Mesa The Tampa Bay Lightning put on

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We tried Bay Features’ Blackjack Pizza, you should too 

October 14, 2025October 21, 2025 Irena Mesa

The Crow’s Nest staffers review Blackjack Pizza; the newest offering from Bay Features inside the University Student Center. Photo by Matthew McGovern By Irena Mesa and Matthew McGovern Bay Features,

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USF stampedes back from early mistakes in statement win at North Texas 

October 14, 2025October 19, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photos courtesy of USF Athletics “You have three turnovers in the first quarter, it’s going to be hard to beat anybody,” Alex Golesh said post-game. USF, however, did just that,

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It’s official: Chancellor Hardigree is leaving 

October 14, 2025October 24, 2025 Jasmin Parrado

By Jasmin Parrado After almost four years, Christian Hardigree will end her tenure as the regional chancellor at The University of South Florida St. Petersburg this fall.   Hardigree’s departure follows

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USFSP’s homecoming just got a whole lot bigger 

October 13, 2025October 14, 2025 Julia Birdsall

Student perspectives played a large role in what types of homecoming events were scheduled for the 2025 homecoming season.  Photo courtesy of @usfstpetersburg, @youbelonghereusf and @usfhab on Instagram  By Julia

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Arts and Life

Pilates craze takes over USFSP 

October 13, 2025October 13, 2025 Laura Troyer

Photo by Laura Troyer By Laura Troyer At 6 p.m. sharp, yoga mats line the mirrored walls of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s Campus Recreation studio. Music pulses

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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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