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Locals promote self-love and positivity, one book at a time

March 2, 2020March 1, 2020 Decker Lavely

Pictured above: Lorielle Hollaway, owner of Cultured Books, shares multicultural stories with children in St. Petersburg. Courtesy of Nina Grace of Grace Studio By Decker Lavely Inside the Well for

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Arts and Life Campus Uncategorized

Gulfport names first pet mayor

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Decker Lavely

Pictured above: Coco, Gulfport’s first pet mayor, walks along Beach Boulevard with her toy bouquet. Courtesy of Elizabeth Olson By Decker Lavely The owner of Gulfport’s Historic Peninsula Inn says

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Arts and Life Community Uncategorized

ABBA MANIA turns back time

February 17, 2020February 17, 2020 Decker Lavely

Pictured above: The ABBA cover band performed classics like “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia” at the Mahaffey Theater on Feb. 13. Story and photos by Decker Lavely From platform boots

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Arts and Life Community

Exhibit on love opens at Kahwa

February 3, 2020February 4, 2020 Decker Lavely

Story and photo by Decker Lavely Those looking for love before Valentine’s Day can find it hanging on the walls of Kahwa Coffee South.  As part of the “Love, Love,

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Feature

Student organization teaches reading at local schools

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely A USF St. Petersburg organization plans to team up with elementary schools to help make reading enjoyable while increasing literacy.  Reading Counts is a volunteer-based club that

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Feature

Book + Bottle seeks to revive ‘human element’ of shopping local

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely A St. Petersburg native will soon be serving the city a glass of wine with a side of literary fiction.  Book + Bottle is a bookstore and

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Feature

She wants to connect people to science

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely Carey Schafer’s graduate research finds her waist deep in Florida waters, covered in mud and battling mosquitoes. But you won’t find her only in the field or

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Arts and Life Campus

Places, Spaces and Art brings a week of theater to campus

April 1, 2019March 31, 2019 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely A special treat for theater-lovers is coming to USF St. Petersburg next week: the first ever Short & Sweet Theatre Week, April 8-11. The week features seven

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Arts and Life Community Feature

These drag queens teach love and acceptance

February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 Decker Lavely

By Decker Lavely Children and parents cheered as Georgia Moore walked through the doors of the Community Cafe, 2444 Central Ave., for Drag Queen Story Hour on Jan. 26. Moore

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Recent Posts

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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! 

#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.

#usfsp #usf #grandprix #gpstpete
Have you picked up the most recent issue of The Cr Have you picked up the most recent issue of The Crow’s Nest? 📰

We print bi-weekly and have over ten newsstands on the USF St. Petersburg campus. 

Want to learn more or contribute to CN? Send us a DM or stop by the office(PRW110) we’d love to hear from you 🐦‍⬛ 

#usfsp #oneusf #press #studentnewspaper
POV: You’re participating in the MLK Day parade. POV: You’re participating in the MLK Day parade. 

Spend the day with Marcella, our social media manager, as she joins USFSP in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for St. Petersburg’s  annual MLK Parade. 

 🎥 Video by Marcella Copeland.
The closer they get, the clearer it becomes. You The closer they get, the clearer it becomes.

You hear it too, right?

Video 🎥: Marcella Copeland

#usfsp #usf
Just a regular day in the newsroom… or is it? 👀

Stay tuned — this story is only getting started! 

Video 🎥: Marcella Copeland 

#usf #usfsp
You are about to witness the most PAW-fect party o You are about to witness the most PAW-fect party on campus, as we celebrated our police therapy dog: Snowbird!

Snowbird is now three years old and yesterday he was able to celebrate with his furry friends and USF family! 

Comment your favorite thing about Snowbird 🐾

🎥 Video shot by Alisha Durosier and Jasmin Parrado, and edited by Marcella Copeland

#USFSP #SnowBird #Pawfection
Happy April Fools’ Day Bulls! @rockyd.bull made Happy April Fools’ Day Bulls! @rockyd.bull made sure to get into some mischief. 

Not only did he put photos of himself all around the campus gym, but he also made Snowbird his accomplice. 

Students were bamboozled to say the least as they walked in for their yoga class.

Make sure to grab a copy of our print issue this week for behind-the-scenes photos of this prank.

Comment down below what you would like to see him do next year ⬇️

🎥 Video by Sofía García Vargas.

#AprilFools #RockyDBull #Prank #USFSP #USFStPetersburg
Brews, views, and Bulls pride! 🍻🌊🤘 Che Brews, views, and Bulls pride! 🍻🌊🤘 

Cheers to a successful Bulls & Brews by the Bay at USF St. Pete! 

🎥 Video by Marcella Copeland.

#GoBulls #BullsAndBrews #USFSP

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