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Seniors look back at newspaper experience

April 22, 2019April 20, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

A home on campus Before I started at The Crow’s Nest, I was an introverted English major with big dreams of working in a Hollywood writer’s room one day. I

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Feature

Graphic design seniors ‘wing it’ ‘til the end

April 22, 2019April 20, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Some seniors have a thesis paper. Senior graphic design majors have a thesis show. The newest crop of graphic design seniors will showcase their thesis projects at

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Arts and Life Campus

TEDx focuses on personal stories

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Lexi Bishop teared up a bit during her TEDx talk. Partly because of her topic — mental health. Partly because of her mom’s reaction in the audience.

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Feature

TEDxUSFSP gears up for 5th annual event

April 7, 2019April 15, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Albert Moreno was asked to speak at TEDxUSFSP for the past few years, but he was too busy to prepare for it. He was working as chair

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Arts and Life Community

Festival brings Good Vibes to St. Petersburg

April 7, 2019April 7, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dylan Hart and Dinorah Prevost Artists and musicians from around St. Petersburg congregated in Williams Park on April 6 for the Good Vibes Only Festival. Student Government at USF

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Feature

The little things to miss about the old Daddy Kool

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost One of the memorable scenes from the 1995 movie “Empire Records” involves a heavy metal band named GWAR. Mark, an employee, sits on the couch in the

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Opinion Opinion Columns

How I reclaimed my natural hair and stopped hiding

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost After 22 years, I finally left the house with my hair out. Not down — out. This black girl learned to love her curls. And it’s been

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Arts and Life Community

Alumna takes record shop on the road

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Out of her camper van, she works a record player and blasts Sly and the Family Stone’s “Sex Machine.” Arielle Stevenson does that with most of the

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Campus News News

Whites will soon be outnumbered, but there’s a twist

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost In recent years, the U.S. Census Bureau has poked the beehive of race in the United States with statistics. It poked first in 2008 and more recently

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Feature

NPR radio host brings ‘jazz journalism’ to campus

February 18, 2019February 17, 2019 Dinorah Prevost

By Dinorah Prevost Radio host Joshua Johnson, away from the microphone and pop filter, is not the droning radio newscaster you think of when you hear the letters N-P-R. When

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Recent Posts

  • USFSP students discuss the most stressful week of their year 
  • USFSP Marine Science Laboratory totaled after two-alarm fire 
  • USF alums create opportunities for students 
  • USF Women’s Sailing places second in SAISA Championship, secures National Championship bid 
  • Ahead of St. Pete mayoral primary, candidates talk resilience, Historic Gas Plant District, affordability  

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The race for the next St. Petersburg mayor is a pa The race for the next St. Petersburg mayor is a packed one, with six candidates in the running, including the sitting mayor, Kenneth T. Welch and former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was the latest to file as of April 27. 

Other candidates include long-serving public administrator Maria Scruggs, District 2 Councilwoman Brandi Gabbard, retired St. Petersburg Fire Chief Jim Large and former Shore Acres Neighborhood Association President Kevin Batdorf. 

The Crow’s Nest spoke to four of the seven candidates, who expanded on their campaign ideals and spoke of what they want the future of the city to look like. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall and Alisha Durosier

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Fire crews are actively responding to a fire at th Fire crews are actively responding to a fire at the Marine Science Laboratory (MSL). 

While the cause is unclear, The Crow’s Nest received reports of either a chemical fire or a lightning strike as the cause.

At approximately 5 p.m., USF St. Petersburg students were met with sirens and a scene of smoke billowing from the peninsula of the St. Petersburg campus. University faculty and staff working near the area are being evacuated. 

The MSL is among the oldest buildings on the St. Petersburg campus, where the campus’s first classes were held in 1965. 

It was originally opened in 1939 as a maritime service training station. It currently houses research labs and faculty offices for the Marine Science Program.

This is a developing story.

🎥 Video courtesy of Joe Farías Alencar.

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As we approach the close of the Spring Semester of As we approach the close of the Spring Semester of 2026, we would like to recognize and say goodbye to our fellow senior staffers:

Online Editor – Julia Ferrara
News Editor – Jasmin Parrado
Arts & Life Editor – Matthew McGovern
Sports Editor – Dominic Feo
Opinions/Features Editor – Julia Birdsall
Staff Reporter – Irena Mesa
Marketing Manager – Marcella Copeland
Managing Editor - María José Solís

and our 

Editor in Chief – Alisha Durosier 

Congratulations to our seniors and we are wishing them the best as the fly away to a new chapter in their lives. 🐦‍⬛🎓

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After 12 years as the Dean of Students at the Univ After 12 years as the Dean of Students at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, Jacob Diaz is resigning. 

Diaz’s last day is on May 15; he will then serve as the inaugural assistant vice president and dean of Students at the University of Maryland. 

 Diaz described his time as dean of students as a “dream come true.” 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

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✍️ Story by Secilia Ruiz 

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The thought of an early graduation is a harrowing The thought of an early graduation is a harrowing thought for third year digital communications and multimedia journalism major Sophia Lowrie, who said that she wishes they had more time to assimilate to life on a college campus before being thrust into adult life. 

She is not the only one. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

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✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall 

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Whether the next steps involve graduate school or entering the workforce, many of the seniors at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg are feeling similarly anxious and uncertain in the weeks leading up to their graduation dates.
Nico Gramatica did not grow up playing football. Nico Gramatica did not grow up playing football. 

The sophomore kicker for the University of South Florida played club soccer and only started kicking footballs in his sophomore year of high school. 

“My dad kicked, my uncle kicked and people were asking me, ‘Why don’t you come out, try it for a year and see if you like it. If you don’t like it, you can be done after one year,’” Gramatica said. “I went out, had a great time and got to make some really good friends.” 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📸 Photos by Irena Mesa 

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Irena Mesa 

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College campuses are a place where a strong sense College campuses are a place where a strong sense of community can be formed among students, but many commuter students, like junior English major Zoey Earles, feel that they have fewer opportunities to form these connections. 

“Positives [of being a commuter], I have my own apartment,” Earles said. “Negatives, I don’t make as [many] friends, and I don’t necessarily know about all the things that are happening on campus.” 

Events hosted on campus are a great way to meet people and find that sense of community, but sustainability senior Estela Najera said that being aware of events is difficult. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

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✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall 

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In the familiar currents of St. Petersburg, the Un In the familiar currents of St. Petersburg, the University of South Florida Women’s sailing team placed second at the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA) Women’s Team and Fleet Championship Races on April 12. 

The regatta secured USF a spot in the College Sailing Women’s Fleet National Championship, which USF St. Petersburg will also host from May 15-18. 

Before the competition, USF’s Division A Fleet Race starters Kailey Warrior and Madisen Hamai told The Crow’s Nest about the advantages of sailing in local waters. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📸 Photos by Kendall Bulkiewicz | USF Athletics 

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✍️ Story by Dominic Feo 

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USF St. Petersburg Student Government Governor, El USF St. Petersburg Student Government Governor, Elise Prophete, is speaking out after not being able to give the speech she’d initially written for the annual Rocky's Leadership Award Ceremony.

“I am choosing to do what is right for me and provoke the thoughts that I hope are right for this campus. To shift the self-censoring, student-second attitudes back into a space where the stories we have are told and appreciated,” Prophete wrote.

📲 Click the link in our bio to read her entire column and her original speech.

✍️ Column by Elise Prophete.

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