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USF women’s basketball destroys

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 Michael Fergusson

Above photo: The USF women’s basketball team powered their way through the regular season and will head into March Madness with a 24-6 record. Courtesy of The USF Sundome By Michael

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Sports Sports Opinion USF Sports

USF football needs a better conference

February 26, 2018February 25, 2018 Michael Fergusson

By Michael Fergusson If USF wants to ever be taken seriously in football, they need to be in a better conference. But first they need to crush the conference they’re

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Sports USF Sports

USF releases football schedule

February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 Michael Fergusson

By Michael Fergusson Thursday night football games won’t be appearing in the 2018-2019 USF football schedule. Overall, the schedule has been met with mixed reviews. While there are only six

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Sports USF Sports

2018 USF signing class shows promise

February 12, 2018February 11, 2018 Michael Fergusson

Above photo: The USF Football team added 25 players on National Signing Day. 14 were defensive players; 11, offensive. Courtesy of Chaveli Guzman By Michael Fergusson National Signing Day for the Bulls

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What’s the point of All-Star Games?

January 29, 2018January 28, 2018 Michael Fergusson

By Michael Fergusson The Pro Bowl was this weekend. Did you miss it? That’s OK, we all did. Let’s be real: All-Star games are terrible, awful, pointless endeavors. Right off

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Sports USF Sports

Bulls show up and perform in 2017

January 16, 2018January 15, 2018 Michael Fergusson

Above photo: A riveting 2017 season produced a number of new records and achievements for USF football.  Courtesy of The Oracle By Michael Fergusson Excitement, heartbreak and herculean efforts were staples

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Be smart, don’t be like former Dolphins O-line coach

October 20, 2017 Michael Fergusson

Pictured Above: Miami Dolphins offensive line during a 2012 game against the Oakland Raiders. Chris Foerster, an offensive line coach, was recently fired for snorting cocaine on video. Courtesy of

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Campus Sports

Bulls rebound from shaky start, show promise

August 28, 2017 Michael Fergusson

By Michael Fergusson The University of South Florida Bulls have been much-hyped throughout this offseason. On Saturday, they got off to a shaky start before rolling on toward a 42-22

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Editorials Opinion

No ‘I’ in team: Russell Westbrook is the MVP

May 5, 2017 Michael Fergusson

In the NBA, the phrase “Most Valuable Player” is discussed on a different level when compared to other professional sports. Being the MVP doesn’t mean that a player is significantly

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Sports USF Sports

Bulls spring into action in upcoming season preview

April 21, 2017 Michael Fergusson

This weekend saw the USF football team return to the field — a soccer field, that is. The annual spring game was held at Corbett Stadium in front of a

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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

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

✍️ 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

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

✍️ 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 

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

✍️ 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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