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Food, Music, Culture, Et Cultura

December 15, 2016December 16, 2016 Evy Guerra

Lea Umberger stared in disbelief at the sheer number of people walking down Baum Avenue Saturday night. Located off Central Avenue near the Green Bench Brewing Co., thousands of people

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News Off-Campus News

Castro’s Death Symbolic for Cubans

November 29, 2016 Evy Guerra

On Sunday, Michael Jimenez’s grandmother opened a bottle of wine that was given to her years ago for one specific purpose. The bottle read, “To open the day that Castro

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Arts and Life Campus Feature

Chop it Up

November 17, 2016January 19, 2017 Evy Guerra

By: Tamiracle Williams and Evy Guerra tamiracle@mail.usf.edu evelyng1@mail.usf.edu [huge_it_slider id=”21″] Food brings people together. Brittania Warren, the president of USFSP Cook Masters, said people love to talk about food just

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Arts and Life Campus

Fear Factory Manufactures Horrific Sights

November 3, 2016October 30, 2017 Evy Guerra

Two clowns brandishing weapons stood in the room. From the ceiling hung streamers and littered balloons strayed across the floor. As students walked tentatively along a confetti-spattered pathway, the painted

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Arts and Life Campus

Diwali, The Festival of Lights, Illuminates Campus

November 3, 2016 Evy Guerra

As a freshman, Radhika Dang attended her first Diwali celebration on campus. The scheduled dancers canceled, but that didn’t stop her from celebrating. Dang stepped in and performed an impromptu

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Students Put Their Best Heel Forward at Drag Show

October 28, 2016October 28, 2016 Evy Guerra

[huge_it_slider id=”15″]   Colin Stanart didn’t have time to be nervous before his drag performance as Christi Spice. Instead, concentrating, he put on his makeup, heels and wig. On Oct.

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Campus News News

‘It’s On Us’ Sexual Assault Awareness Campaign Returns To Campus

October 10, 2016 Evy Guerra

An estimated one in five women will be be sexually assaulted during their college years. Due to the growing problem of sexual assault on college campuses, the White House launched

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Feature

Campus Alumnus Brews New Pop-Up Shop

October 7, 2016 Evy Guerra

Jarrett Sabatini, owner and barista at Intermezzo Coffee, stands behind the bar in white Converse, jeans and a “Make Coffee Great Again” T-shirt. Sabatini says that out of the three

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Arts and Life Community

New Murals “Shine” in St. Pete

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Evy Guerra

[huge_it_slider id=”5″] Sixteen artists from around the state, country and world came together for this year’s SHINE Mural Festival. For the festival’s second year, it brought 16 new artists and

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Music and Entertainment

“Atlanta” Premieres With Peachy Ratings

September 19, 2016September 19, 2016 Evy Guerra

“Paper Boi, Paper Boi, all about that paper, boy.” These words repeat over and over throughout the first episode of “Atlanta,” a TV show written and produced by Donald Glover.

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The Crow's Nest is looking for a new Sports Editor The Crow's Nest is looking for a new Sports Editor! Applications open through November 16th. ⚽️ 🏀 🏈 ⚾️ 🥎

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Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted Last week, the Harborside Activities Board hosted their annual Homecoming events on campus. 

After a two year break, the former Cardboard Boat Race saw a return to campus, now a kayak race named Rocky's Regatta. 

Anastasia Fox and Jessica Muratti were also named the 2026 Homecoming Royalty. 

🗞️ And in slide two... The Crow's Nest front page in the Sept. 21, 1999 issue, when our then-staff covered the first ever Cardboard Boat Race. 

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Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended t Our Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief attended the American Tipoff event in Tampa, where they got the chance to interview new men's basketball head coach Chris Mack about his goals for the upcoming season. 

With new head coaches and new players, both the women's and the men's team look ahead after a successful past couple of seasons. 

"The results will take care of themselves when you have people who care about the
right things," coach Mack told The Crow's Nest. 

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✍️ Story & Graphic by Isabella Perez | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of USF Athletics
A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy Leagu A recent civil lawsuit was filed against Ivy League institution Cornell University by a former student, referred to as Jane Doe, who was an undergraduate in 2024 when she went to a party at the Chi Phi fraternity house and was allegedly brutally sexually assaulted by seven members of the chapter while severely intoxicated after being coerced into ingesting multiple hard drugs. 

As a result, many students are holding a mirror to their own college campuses and questioning how universities, and the legal system as a whole, handles instances of sexual violence. 

A timeline (https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2026/10/06/i-felt-like-bait-timeline-cornell-university-rape-allegations/) provided by The Washington Post details the resulting investigation, including the backlash for both Cornell and the Tompkins County District Attorney’s handling of the case, which many believe to be unjust, as none of the fraternity members were criminally charged and only two were expelled. 

Within the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, there are a number of resources and procedures that exist in response to such cases, such as the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, commonly known as Title IX and USF’s Center for Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention (CVAVP). 

However, some students say there may not be a complete understanding of the resources they are provided, or how to utilize them. 

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“[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the gov “[The bill is] saying if you are funded by the government or if you have any types of public funding, you’re not going to be able to spend any of that money on any projects or any initiatives that help reduce any of these pollutants,” Siddarth Bahl, the USF St. Pete SGEF President, told The Crow’s Nest. 

The bill also comes after a 2025-2026 referendum in which 84% of USF students voted "Yes" on keeping SGEF in all USF campuses. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of USF Newsroom
Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of t Lindsey and Scott Williams are the new owners of the local café, The Campus Grind. 

Together, they plan to make slight changes to the business ranging from its menu to the interior design.

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Reagan Haskell | The Crow’s Nest
With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four With the Royalty Ball taking place tommorow, four candidates are aiming to claim USF St. Pete Royalty: 

Jessica Murati 

Makenna Wozniak

Beverly Velasquez

Anastasia Fox

The winner will be announced tomorrow at the Royalty Ball on 10/13 at 7-10pm at the USC Ballrooms. 

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✍️ Story by Zariya Bankston | The Crow's Nest
📸 Photo Courtesy of Harborside Activities Board
Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️ For more Dave Crow wishes you a happy voting! 🗳️

For more information on candidates and their policies, refer to Tampa Bay’s guide to the 2026 midterm elections; 2026 Florida election candidates: Midterm voter guide (https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/elections/2026/09/30/florida-election-candidates-midterm-2026/). 

If you’re voting in Pinellas County feel free to locate your polling location through this master list; Precincts in Pinellas County (https://www.voterfocus.com/PrecinctFinder/precinctDirectory?county=FL-PIN).
Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF' Ahead of their matchup against UTSA tomorrow, USF's football team is faced with the offensive challenges that came to light during their Oct. 3 loss against Temple. 

“As much as it stings to have a loss,” said head coach Brian Hartline, “I think everything happens for a reason.”

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✍️ Story and Graphic by Isabella Perez
📸 Photos by Arianna Howell

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