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Doing downward dog… with dogs

September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 Kat Piccolo

By Katlynn Mullins Everything was tinged gold as the sun began to set over the west deck of The Edge. Students sat barefoot on yoga mats while puppies dragged their

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MD Oriental Market: More than a grocery store

September 23, 2019September 25, 2019 Kyla Fields

By Kyla Fields You walk in and the first thing that hits you is the smell. Not necessarily bad, but it’s different.  And so familiar.  There’s fresh squid and octopus

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Climate change protest remains (mostly) peaceful

September 23, 2019September 30, 2019 Jonah Hinebaugh

“Our lives, our economy and our future depend on it.” Story and photos by Jonah Hinebaugh Grace Leah stood in the middle of an intersection next to an elderly man

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Students get a lesson in biology at Boyd Hill

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Patrick Tobin

By Patrick Tobin Instead of the sealed off classrooms of USF St. Petersburg, students got the opportunity to learn about Florida flora and fauna at Boyd Hill Nature Preserve. Last

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Campus News Feature

Beer or coffee? Both are now available on Saturdays

September 16, 2019September 15, 2019 Jonathan Hernandez

By Jonathan Hernandez Popular campus hangouts, The Tavern at Bayboro and The Campus Grind are now open on Saturdays. “We are all sports fans here,” said Dennis Bixler, owner of

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Residents create their own homes away from home

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 Savannah Carr

Story and photos by Savannah Carr The start of a new academic year brings the excitement of new experiences, people and — most importantly — a new dorm room. If

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Talk nerdy to me: Professors featured at monthly ‘nerd nite’

September 9, 2019September 15, 2019 Carrie Pinkard

“You can be a nerd about anything.” By Carrie Pinkard “Turn to the person next to you. Their head is the size of a giant squid’s eyeball.” This sentence was

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Arts and Life Community Feature

How to navigate St. Pete like a local

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Kyla Fields

By Kyla Fields So you’re new to St. Petersburg.  There’s the heavy hitter landmarks that will be in any typical welcoming pamphlet, like the Dalí Museum, St. Pete Beach, Vinoy

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Arts and Life Community Feature

For this artist, change is a constant comfort

September 9, 2019September 12, 2019 Kat Piccolo

Story and photo Katlynn Mullins Sometimes, catharsis – an act of purging pent-up emotion – is found without trying. Billy Mays III, a local musician, believes this relief can be

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A dream come true: Staff member appears on Wheel of Fortune

August 26, 2019August 25, 2019 Kat Piccolo

By Katlynn Mullins First, she submitted a video and didn’t hear back. Six months later, she drove to Cape Coral, Florida, to audition and never even got on stage. “There’s

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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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