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Coffee review: Carving out the best pumpkin spice lattes near campus

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Adriana Reeves

Pictured above: The fall coffee flight at The Blend was full of adventure and flavor. Courtesy of Adriana Reeves | The Crow’s Nest  By Adriana Reeves  Florida may not have the perfect cool, crisp

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Arts and Life Movies

Movie review: ‘The Last Duel’ is brutally messy

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Michelle Pham

“The Last Duel” premiered on Oct.15, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. Courtesy of IMDB Editor’s Note: This movie review contains discussion of sexual assault.  By Michelle Pham  “The Last Duel” starring Matt Damon,

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Arts and Life Local Sports Sports

Hockey season is back and Lightning look for Tampa Bay’s first three-peat

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Max Steele

Pictured above: Tampa Bay’s 2021 Stanley Cup champions banner is raised into the rafters of Amalie Arena on Oct. 12.  Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning By Max Steele  Hockey is finally back, and so

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Arts and Life Feature

St. Petersburg welcomes back Saturday Morning Market for winter season

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Sofia Garcia Vargas

The Saturday Morning Market returns to the Al Lang Stadium every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m through May 2022.  Courtesy of the Saturday Morning Market By Sofía García Vargas  With a variety

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Arts and Life Community Feature

A renaissance of uniquely St. Petersburg poetry

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Lily Cannon

Pictured above: USF St. Petersburg alumni Denzel Johnson-Green founded Neptune Poetry Magazine.  Courtesy of Denzel Johnson-Green’s By Lily Cannon  Past the burgeoning pier and newly-minted condos, there’s fewer and fewer authentic

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Arts and Life Feature

Group Fitness goes beyond exercise, creates ‘a community of like-minded students’

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 Sofia Garcia Vargas

Group Fitness classes aim to help students exercise both body and mind.   Courtesy of USF  By Sofía García Vargas  Whether students are into yoga, meditation or bootcamp-style fitness, Group Fitness classes at USF St. Petersburg offer experiences for every style of exercise.  Organized

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Arts and Life

Into the West with Andy Warhol

October 3, 2021October 4, 2021 Aubrey Carr

Pictured above: “Warhol’s West” features a mockup of the many steps in the screen printing process. Courtesy of Aubrey Carr | The Crow’s Nest By Aubrey Carr  Andy Warhol’s Americana-themed “Warhol’s West” exhibition is brought

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Arts and Life

Inktober returns for its twelfth year

October 3, 2021October 4, 2021 Baron Reichenbach

Pictured above: An example of a Day one ‘Crystal’ piece. Courtesy of Gavin Hadro | The Crow’s Nest By Baron Reichenbach and Gavin Hadro  Pick up your pens, brushes and copic markers because the Inktober art challenge has returned

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Arts and Life

‘The Green Knight’: a modern retelling of an obscure legend

October 3, 2021October 4, 2021 Lily Cannon

“The Green Knight” modernizes a classic myth with a hypnotic tale of bravery and imperfection.  Courtesy of Lily Cannon | The Crow’s Nest By Lily Cannon   “Knight most courteous, if you claim a

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Arts and Life Theatre

‘The People Downstairs’: Returning to theater during a pandemic

September 26, 2021September 27, 2021 Carley Hapke

Pictured above: The cast of “The People Downstairs”: (Left to right) Allen Fitzpatrick, Teri Lazzara, Sara Oliva and Matthew McGee. Courtesy of American Stage   By Carley Hapke  Local playwright and actress Natalie

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Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Pri Heading into the 2026 Indy NXT Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, 17-year-old Gulfport-native Nikita Johnson was optimistic. 

“I’m super thrilled, it’s such a tough category, so to be in [Indy NXT] again and for my first full year is amazing. Hopefully we can pull off a few wins,” Johnson told The Crow’s Nest at the Grand Prix Kickoff Street Party on Feb. 25. 

Johnson got his first win as a full-time Indy NXT driver earlier than expected. Starting from P2 after exceeding expectations in qualifying, Johnson overtook grid leader Max Taylor on the race’s initial turn and led the rest of the way. 

“I saw there was an opportunity coming into turn one, so I went for it and stuck it,” Johnson said during the post-race press conference. “After that — I don’t want to say smooth sailing — but I had it pretty controlled. It was still a little bit tough. Max was right there all the time behind me.” 

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In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St In a repeat of the 2025 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Álex Palou parked his No.10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda in victory lane on March 1. He grabbed the lead in Lap 42 out of 100 and didn’t let go until the checkered flag waved. 

He finished 12.4948 seconds ahead of Scott McLaughlin, who took pole in qualifying on Feb. 28, for the largest margin of victory in the history of the street circuit. 

“[Palou] uses guard base and gets track position,” McLaughlin said in a post-race press conference. “Obviously, I think the correct decision today was probably to start with red tires, but we didn’t know that going in.” 

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Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation a Have you checked out Dave Crow’s participation at the Grand Prix? You can find it on our latest print issue! 

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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