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Summer and fall to return to majority in-person

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Provost Ralph Wilcox announced classes are expected to return to in-person come summer and fall. Courtesy of USF By Sophie Ojdanic USF expects to return to fully in-person

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First-year USF St. Petersburg student killed in car accident

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Thomas Helmy, 20, a biology major, was “always quick with a joke,” a classmate says and called “hard-working, pleasant and thoughtful” by a professor.  Courtesy of the Helmy

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Students react to turmoil at the Capitol ahead of inauguration

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Michael Alden

Pictured Above: Rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building in an effort to halt the electoral vote count in Congress and overturn the presidential election results. Courtesy of Diliff on Wikimedia

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Free menstrual products now available on campus

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: A menstrual product dispenser hangs on the wall in the University Student Center. Courtesy of Robert Herron By Trevor Martindale Free menstrual product dispensers were installed in some

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Huzzahs all around for Tadlock

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Martin Tadlock, shown here in 2018, received a national award the same week he announced that he will step down on Dec. 31 and return to teaching. Jonah

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A look inside The Nest

January 17, 2021January 21, 2021 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: St. Petersburg’s coastal location gave inspiration for the designers of The Nest dining hall in the Osprey Suites. Annalise Anderson | The Crow’s Nest By Edyn Gottlieb Tipton

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Conference goes virtual

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Crow's Nest Staff

Pictured Above: The St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs was founded in 2013. Courtesy of St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs By Crow’s Nest Staff The annual St. Petersburg Conference

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McDowell retires

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Crow's Nest Staff

Pictured Above: Student disability services can be reached at (727) 873-4837 or usfsp-sas@usf.edu. Courtesy of USFSP Student Disability Services on Facebook By Crow’s Nest Staff Barry McDowell, the assistant director

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College of Education brings ‘Call Me MISTER’ program to St. Petersburg campus

January 17, 2021January 19, 2021 Annalise Anderson

Pictured Above: Call Me MISTER, which stands for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models, will initially be housed at the St. Petersburg campus and is set to launch this

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St. Pete faculty leader goes to bat for campus

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: Twice in two days, David Rosengrant (left) complained to USF President Steve Currall about the lack of representation for St. Petersburg on a university task force. Courtesy of

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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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