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Campus Chick-fil-A set to close April 26

April 17, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

After three years serving up chicken sandwiches and milkshakes to students and staff, the Chick-fil-A on campus will be closing its doors for good. The store recently began reducing its

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The science of selling a meal plan

April 16, 2012 Aimee Alexander

Do you listen to Internet radio, read newspapers and have a below-average budget? You might be a “Healthy Snacker.” Or maybe you like daytime TV, professional wrestling and don’t rely

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Quit Smoking classes ‘not well attended’

April 10, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

To soften the blow after the implementing a campus-wide smoking ban in January, the university offered smoking cessation classes during the fall 2011 semester. But the classes—free for students, faculty

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The “Good Friday miracle” playlist

April 10, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

On April 6, a 12-ton FA-18 NAVY fighter jet holding tons of fuel crash landed into an apartment complex in Virginia Beach, Va. Forty units in the complex were destroyed

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New electric car charging stations plugged in

April 10, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

USF St. Petersburg’s latest initiative in its effort to attain sustainability and reduce its ecological footprint was unveiled on March 21 when two electric vehicle charging stations were opened near

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Recent alumnus presents world travels in photo exhibit

April 10, 2012 Keeley Sheehan

When death looked Ryan Mitchell in the eye during his three-year jaunt across four of the world’s continents, he turned around and ran away. Mitchell was in Argentina participating in

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Dining service contract finalized soon

April 3, 2012 Aimee Alexander

Questions about the upcoming campus dining service will be fully answered within weeks, said university officials. However, to address questions from parents and students, the university released a preliminary list

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Class donates books to Florida prisons

April 3, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

Background checks, book drives and chances to talk to death row inmates are some of the things students can expect to experience in Dawn Cecil’s “Life in the Big House”

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Sound of a memory

April 3, 2012 Keeley Sheehan

I was back in 11th grade, woolen winter coat bundled up to my neck, hands over the heater in my friend’s brand new Pontiac Aztek. She hit a bump outside

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The “Clinton-era” Playlist

April 3, 2012 Lenay Ruhl

Get this. Next year’s batch of freshmen were mostly born in 1994. That’s the same year Kurt Cobain killed himself, and O.J. Simpson sped away from police in his white

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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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