After over 10 years in our old office space, ‘The Crow’s Nest’ has found a new home.
Courtesy of Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest
By The Crow’s Nest staff
Over a month ago, The Crow’s Nest relocated to a new office at the Peter Rudy Wallace Center (PRW) –– leaving behind over 10 years of memories and legacy.
Although this move came with stress and uncertainty, it marked a new chapter for the newspaper and further opportunities for our staff and contributors.
Now located at PRW 110, the office offers a common area and four separate rooms –– one used as the Editor-in-Chief’s (EIC) office, which looks out to the entrance of the parking garage, and another one as a newspaper “graveyard,” where we keep copies of previous Crow’s Nest issues.
The other two rooms were originally planned to house the Neighborhood News Bureau course, but no plans of action have been settled to relocate the class from its previous Enoch Davis Center location.
In January, the move was first proposed as an option, so we toured the space and decided to think on it, as the idea of moving from our long-established office was daunting.
Within the next month, we were told that a new organization would be moving into our old space at the Student Life Center, and we would have to transfer to PRW.
The next couple of days were hectic, as we had to pack and organize ten years’ worth of archives and furniture.
Thankfully, Student Life and Engagement Advisor Robert Herron was of tremendous aid in the moving process –– helping us pack, move and organize all of our belongings.
After two months of being in the office, we have settled into our new nest and made it our home. Here, we spend almost 12 hours on Sunday production days and hold our contributor meetings on Mondays from 3 to 4 p.m.
As we are now in the heart of the journalism department, we would like to encourage every student at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg to stop by and catch a glimpse of their campus reporters in action and get involved in the news process.
No matter the major, The Crow’s Nest encourages students from all backgrounds to share their creative outlets –– whether it is poetry, art, photography, stories and more.
