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New USFSP club takes basketball off the bench

February 10, 2026February 10, 2026 Dominic Feo

Photo by Dominic Feo | The Crow’s Nest By Dominic Feo Basketball has been a recreational activity for University of South Florida students at the St. Petersburg campus since 2006.

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Arts and Life Campus Spotlight

Student-run fashion page turns Harbor Walk into catwalk 

April 19, 2025April 19, 2025 Canela Vasquez

Photo taken from @catwalk.usfsp on Instagram By Canela Vasquez Stored in the phone of Harlyn Pickins are dozens of photos of students and faculty at the University of South Florida

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Arts and Life Community Spotlight

Volunteer collective provides community space for LGBTQ+ Floridians 

March 10, 2025September 29, 2025 Julia Ferrara

Queer Expression attendees gather for Queer Contours, a figure drawing class facilitated by local artist Cristi López.  Photo by Joshua James Lefefe By Julia Ferarra For decades, the LGBTQ+ population

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Arts and Life Spotlight

USFSP’s Poetry Club creates a blooming community of expression 

March 10, 2025 María José Solís

Photo courtesy of the Poetry Club By María José Solís An exciting anticipation fills the room as a student raises their hand to read their poem.   There are no disclaimers,

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Arts and Life Community Spotlight

St. Pete-based Afro Opera turns the spotlight to Black classical artists 

March 10, 2025January 5, 2026 Alisha Durosier

(Left to right) Austin Gaskin, Teia Watson and Brittany Graham at the Feb. 2 Afro Opera Black History Month showcase, “A Message from the Roots.”   Photo courtesy of Maiya Stevenson

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Feature News Spotlight

USFSP student’s new carpooling app puts cross-campus transportation in the fast lane 

January 16, 2025January 29, 2025 Mahika Kukday

Unique Alston (left) at USF Connect after Ridely was accepted into their 2024 Student Innovation Incubator. Photo courtesy of Unique Alston. By Mahika Kukday The path to achieving cross-campus transportation

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Arts and Life Spotlight

SGEF leads the charge for sustainable and environmental changes on campus 

October 30, 2024June 6, 2025 Alisha Durosier

Photo courtesy of sgef_usfsp on Instagram By Alisha Durosier An orange blossom, a lightbulb, a butterfly and seashells make up a design that has seamlessly woven itself into the daily

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Feature Spotlight

Spotlight: Out Outdoors creates safe space for queer students 

March 27, 2024November 25, 2024 Alisha Durosier

Photo courtesy of outoutdoorsusfsp on Instagram By Alisha Durosier Through rustling leaves and the gentle trickling of shallow waters, the songs of varied species of birds echo. Hikers who venture

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Arts and Life Spotlight

USF Cosplay Club creates community through a unique art form 

November 17, 2023 Samuel Talero

Four Cosplay Club members at a Halloween meeting. Courtesy of USF Cosplay Club By Samuel Talero At the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus, the Cosplay Club is a group

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Spotlight

USFSP honors the life of longtime employee  

November 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Aubrey Carr

Van Asten worked at USF for over 20 years starting at the Sarasota-Manatee campus before making his way to St. Petersburg in 2003. Courtesy of USF. By Aubrey Carr After

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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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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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