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Author: Ryan Callihan

Ryan Callihan served as the Managing Editor of The Crow's Nest from August 2016 to May 2017. He is a senior mass communications student and will graduate in December 2017.
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Arts and Life Community

SunLit Festival uses the power of art to increase literacy

March 7, 2016 Ryan Callihan

Dr. Seuss’ most famous characters spent Saturday working to increase literacy at the James Weldon Johnson Branch Library. The library hosted a literacy event as part of St. Petersburg’s SunLit

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Campus News News

A declaration of majors at USF St. Pete

February 29, 2016 Ryan Callihan

More than 100 USF St. Petersburg students signed up for the first Arts and Sciences Declaration of Academic Majors event on Feb. 25 in the University Student Center. The event

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Arts and Life Community Food Review

Burger King’s hot dog review: It was incredible – and awful

February 29, 2016July 18, 2017 Ryan Callihan

After Burger King announced its newest menu addition – hot dogs – which debuted on Feb. 22, two Crow’s Nest Arts & Life reporters, Devin Rodriguez and Ryan Callihan decided

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USFSP hosts St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs

February 22, 2016 Ryan Callihan

Immigration, Internet and Globalization Collective contribution Diplomats, military officials and academic experts from across the nation and around the globe filled the University Student Center at USF St. Petersburg to

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Arts and Life Community

Local roller derby team: A sisterhood on skates

February 22, 2016March 28, 2017 Ryan Callihan

There’s bumping, shoving and a lot of falling, but the rollergirls in St. Petersburg’s Deadly Rival Roller Derby wouldn’t want it any other way. Deadly Rival was founded in 2011

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Feature News

Podcast investigates late ’90s murder case

February 15, 2016 Ryan Callihan

Adnan Syed has been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, his ex-girlfriend. But the 35-year-old may be innocent. Journalist Sarah Koenig investigated the case

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News Sports

Denver Broncos: Super Bowl 50 champions

February 8, 2016 Ryan Callihan

It’s true what they say. The best offense is a good defense. And the Denver Broncos defense led the way to a 24-10 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Super

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News

App Review: Wunderlist

February 1, 2016 Ryan Callihan

A to-do list that syncs with all major devices We’re a month into the semester now. Are you back into the swing of things yet? Me either. Thankfully, I’ve found

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Cutting college costs: Your guide to hacking student expenses

January 25, 2016 Ryan Callihan

  1. Rent, don’t buy Textbooks can be awfully expensive. A sure-fire way to save money is to rent your books for the semester instead of buying. Renting is always

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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.

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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! 

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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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