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Policy change means more tickets for electric vehicle drivers

February 12, 2014 Tyler Killette

In the past four months, Kira Barrera has received $120 in parking tickets on campus # even though she has a $173 commuter parking permit stuck to her windshield. Barrera,

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USC restroom will not limit use by sex, gender identity

February 3, 2014 Karlana June

A gender neutral restroom will soon be added to the University Student Center for use by all students regardless of gender identity or expression. What started as a mere suggestion

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Student Success Center tutors ready to help

February 3, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

Dana Parkinson, a USF St. Petersburg graduate, tutors full time after obtaining a degree in environmental science and policy. But instead of tutoring in her major area of study, she

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Former student, activist dies

February 3, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

A crowd of 100 clutched candles in an evening vigil, as friends and family mourned the loss of Paula Witthaus, 54, and her roommate, James Edward Rapp, 67. Witthaus, a

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Possible relief for student longboarders

January 30, 2014 Jennifer Nesslar

Blake Shay commutes to USF St. Petersburg, using his longboard as his primary source of transportation. He works at Starbucks on First Avenue North, which forces him to ride his

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USFSP student Felicia Zhang headed to Sochi Olympics

January 27, 2014 Tyler Killette

Behind a plexiglass barrier scuffed from years of birthday parties and recreational hockey games, two U.S. Olympic athletes glide, spin and leap across the fluorescently lit ice. A crowd of 50

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Change in USF gun policy prompts student distress

January 21, 2014 Jennifer Nesslar

Since the university-wide weapon policy was updated on Jan. 3, allowing guns to be stored in cars on campus, Lt. Reggie Oliver, of USF St. Petersburg police services, has dealt with what he calls

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Journalism students learn from Pulitzer Prize winner Lane DeGregory

January 21, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

Neighborhood News Bureau, a required course for mass communications students, is undergoing a makeover. Lane Degregory, a 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner and Tampa Bay Times reporter, is returning to USF

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Kedron’s nonprofit leadership course engages students off campus

January 17, 2014 USFSP Faculty

A university is like an island. It’s budding with resources, but the resources are immobile; landlocked. It’s Dr. Amy Kedron’s goal to get her students off the island. Through her

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Math classes pose big problems for students

January 16, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

Lacking an official math department, students and faculty are working to enhance teaching styles and increase passing rates    It took Caitlin Greene, a senior majoring in marketing, five attempts

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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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