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They danced the night away for charity

March 9, 2020March 8, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Pictured above: USF St. Petersburg raised $2,737 for Children’s Miracle Network and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in the eight-hour dance marathon with donations, raffles and more. Cassidy Schuck |

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Arts and Life Campus

Pups provide kisses and photo op to benefit nonprofit

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Pictured above: Tabitha Everitt, a freshman education major, tries to get a kiss from Nicholas –– a black lab training to one day be a guide and service dog ––

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Tampa Bay artist plans to sing about ‘Home’ on The Voice

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Pictured above: Cameron Decker’s favorite songs to perform are “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone and “Home” by Michael Buble. Courtesy of Cameron Decker By Gabby Dacosta Before, he performed regularly

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From students to filmmakers: One team’s take on CMF

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby Dacosta From an abandoned soggy Bible and used dirty cups to lively bars and long city streets, a team of participants from USF St. Petersburg’s Campus Movie Fest

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Gulfport library celebrates LGBTQ+ authors in third annual festival

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Story and photo by Gabby Dacosta From words of growth and love to representation and opportunity, lesbian romance and erotica flourished at the Gulfport ReadOut on Jan. 31. Gulfport Library

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Arts and Life

Anne Frank exhibit combats hate

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby DaCosta From a walk through a timeline of tragedy to a look into a young girl’s plaid diary, the “Let Me Be Myself: The Life Story of Anne

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2 drumsticks, 5 buckets, 1 voice

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

Trevor Ware drums through the obstacles of being a street performer with drumsticks, a few buckets, and a drive to spread happiness.  He performs what he calls “bucket radio” every

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Seeking answers to an ocean of questions

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby Dacosta Erin Symonds is a postdoctoral researcher who investigates water quality on the coast of Costa Rica. Brian Barnes is a postdoctoral research associate who uses satellite data

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Arts and Life Campus

Theatre Week: ‘Tales Thrice Told’

April 15, 2019April 14, 2019 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby Dacosta Soft-spoken powerful words of poetry, gospel singing and the sound of ocean waves danced through the air telling their individual stories of diversity, life and legacy. Tampa

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Theatre Week: Musical Theatre Cabaret

April 15, 2019April 14, 2019 Gabby Dacosta

By Gabby Dacosta Feet tapped, fingers snapped, tears fell and stomachs hurt from laughing as music bounced off the walls and moved around the room, filling it with musical and

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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.

#usf #usfsp #grandprix #nascar
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.

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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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