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He may be leaving, but Chancellor Bill Hogarth still has work left to do

February 18, 2013 Aimee Alexander

As Bill Hogarth’s time as USF St. Petersburg’s leader comes to an end, he reminisces on the accomplishments he has made as interim regional chancellor and makes plans to do

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Editorials Opinion

Greek life is ‘evolutionary step’

February 11, 2013 Aimee Alexander

With many of the students going back and forth about the question of whether or not USF St. Petersburg should have Greek life on campus, we have heard a resounding

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News

Power from 93 million miles

February 11, 2013 Aimee Alexander

Among USF St. Petersburg’s newest additions are three solar powered charging stations, two of which are mounted to patio tables along Bayboro Harbor and one placed near the fountain on

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Campus News News

WUSF eyes campus for space

February 4, 2013 Aimee Alexander

Discussions are underway between National Public Radio-member station WUSF-FM and USF St. Petersburg about the possibility of the station setting up a studio on campus. Aiming to expand publishing and

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Arts and Life News

Gardening club looks to the future

December 3, 2012 Aimee Alexander

The USF St. Petersburg Gardening Club is planting seeds and growing future gardeners. After a rocky start involving conflicts with administration and a sudden change in leadership, the Gardening Club

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Full day at the polls

November 8, 2012 Aimee Alexander

At 4:35 a.m. I turn my alarm off. I have already hit snooze at 4:17 and 4:26. I wake up with an extreme lack of sleep over the past few

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Exercise your civic duty; get a sticker

November 5, 2012 Aimee Alexander

Around half past nine, about two hours behind schedule, just as the moon hangs a light yellow low in the crisp November air I depart St. Petersburg for Oviedo. I’ll

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For USFSP sailing team, water is a way of life

November 5, 2012 Aimee Alexander

Three days a week, the USF St. Petersburg sailing team sets out for practice on the bay from 3:30 p.m. until sundown. On this particular evening, the wind pushes the

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Inspired by the 2000 election

October 29, 2012 Aimee Alexander

It was the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2000: Election Day. I was in seventh grade at the time and the topic dominated conversation at Lawton Chiles

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Opinion Opinion Columns

Finding Florida with the help of a fourth grader

October 22, 2012 Aimee Alexander

This year, the ‘Cities and the Environment’ resource institute shared a study revolving around urban students’ almost nonexistent schooling about local plants and insects. But before students can get educated

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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! 

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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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