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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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Student veterans support voting in local elections

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 James Bennett

Pictured above: (From left to right) Aariel Lovely, junior mechanical engineering major; Eliezer Lorenzo, senior psychology major; Katie Benton, veteran success specialist; Brent Larson, senior management major; Julia Nunez, senior

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Open mic shines light on growing new club

February 17, 2020February 19, 2020 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured above: Giovanna Cano, left, receives flowers from her boyfriend at the Poetry Club’s Valentine’s/Anti-Valentine’s Open Mic on Feb. 11.  Cassidy Schuck | The Crow’s Nest Where do broken hearts

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Student art aims to abolish ICE

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Dylan Hart

By Dylan Hart Art might be the weapon to shut down injustices from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, says USF St. Petersburg student Jenna Sierra. Sierra, a political science major and

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Ethics and Debate team seeks funding

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Savannah Carr

Story and photo by Savannah Carr Members of the Ethics and Debate team say it is an academic competition club that brings home the most trophies, yet the team receives

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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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Management class takes on millennial yachting

February 3, 2020February 6, 2020 Dylan Hart

By Dylan Hart When College of Business professor Stephen Diasio saw an op-ed criticizing the excess of yachting in the Jan. 20 edition of The Crow’s Nest, he knew it

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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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USF scientist helps measure a rapidly melting glacier

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 Carter Brantley

By Carter Brantley Think about the size of the state of Florida. Now think about a glacier that big, and melting at a rapid pace. That’s potentially a huge problem.

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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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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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