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Opinion: The danger of de-recognizing a club

September 22, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

The American public university system feverishly strives to promote diversity. The principle behind it may be noble, but sometimes they take it a bit too far. Sometimes, their drive to

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Opinion: Challenges of being an international student

September 22, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

I’m writing this article from a place I’m quite familiar with – a seat on an airplane. Though this trip to Miami is certainly much shorter than the trans-Atlantic voyage

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Opinion: Tattoos are a cultural art form

September 22, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

This past weekend I got the privilege of attending Tampa’s First Annual Tattoo Arts Conventions held at the Tampa Convention Center. The three day event boasted more than 300 world

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Opinion: Strife breeds political parties

September 15, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

With the close of the senate impeachment committee this week, it’s no secret that things are tense in student government. Since the impeachment proceedings bubbled over, sides have been taken

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Opinion: I found a family

September 15, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

Why does God hate kids? Why me? Who are my parents? Do they love me? Imagine a child asking those questions. Many foster kids in our society ask these questions.

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Editorial: Journalist inspires in death

September 8, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

Years before the world knew of the existence of the violent terrorist group called the Islamic State, Steven Sotloff was a student journalist. Before Sotloff covered conflict in Egypt and

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Movie Review: “The Expendables 3”

September 2, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

Action movies never have convincing plots, but that doesn’t matter much. The action in The Expendables 3 is enjoyable, but it rambles on as if director Patrick Hughes is turning

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Opinion: City, don’t overlook us

September 2, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

On Tuesday, the vision plan goes before the USF Board of Trustees. The plan looks to increase enrollment from 4,700 to 10,000 students by 2024. At The Crow’s Nest, we

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Editorial: The role of the Crow’s Nest

August 25, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

In terms of student press freedom, The Crow’s Nest is blessed.  Our student government and administrators allow us to print the paper without first reviewing our work. We are not

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Playlist: Local Jams (and jellies)

April 10, 2014 Crow's Nest Staff

Radio music making you want to throw up? Tired of all the artists on your iPod? The cure might be just down the street, in the nearest bar # or

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Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Pri Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, 17-year-old Gulfport-native Nikita Johnson was optimistic. 

“I’m super thrilled, it’s such a tough category, so to be in [Indy NXT] again and for my first full year is amazing. Hopefully we can pull off a few wins,” Johnson told The Crow’s Nest at the Grand Prix Kickoff Street Party on Feb. 25. 

Johnson got his first win as a full-time Indy NXT driver earlier than expected. Starting from P2 after exceeding expectations in qualifying, Johnson overtook grid leader Max Taylor on the race’s initial turn and led the rest of the way. 

“I saw there was an opportunity coming into turn one, so I went for it and stuck it,” Johnson said during the post-race press conference. “After that — I don’t want to say smooth sailing — but I had it pretty controlled. It was still a little bit tough. Max was right there all the time behind me.” 

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In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Álex Palou parked his No.10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in victory lane on March 1. He grabbed the lead in Lap 42 out of 100 and didn’t let go until the checkered flag waved. 

He finished 12.4948 seconds ahead of Scott McLaughlin, who took pole in qualifying on Feb. 28, for the largest margin of victory in the history of the street circuit. 

“[Palou] uses guard base and gets track position,” McLaughlin said in a post-race press conference. “Obviously, I think the correct decision today was probably to start with red tires, but we didn’t know that going in.” 

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Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation a Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation at the Grand Prix? You can find it on our latest print issue! 

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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.

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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.  

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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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