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Longtime benefactors give $1 million for endowed professorship

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

Pictured Above: Kate Tiedemann (left) and Ellen Cotton have donated more than $15 million to USF St. Petersburg. Courtesy of USF St. Petersburg By Crow’s Nest Staff The biggest donors

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Regional accrediting agency approves plan to consolidate USF’s three campuses

June 12, 2020June 13, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured Above: USF President Currall (left) welcomed the news, but St. Petersburg faculty leader Ray Arsenault had a less optimistic assessment. Left Image Courtesy of USFRight Image Courtesy of Ray

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St. Petersburg man arrested in fatal shooting of USFSP senior

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Joshua Pilley Jr. has been arrested in connection with the murder of USF St. Petersburg student Owen Melin. Courtesy of St. Petersburg Police Department By Sophie Ojdanic A

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St. Petersburg banker named vice chair of USF Board of Trustees

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

Pictured Above: Stephanie Goforth is also chair of the St. Petersburg Campus Advisory Board. Courtesy of USF By Crow’s Nest Staff Stephanie Goforth, a banker and longtime member of the

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USFSP custodial supervisor in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above:  A custodial supervisor at USF St. Petersburg is in self-isolation after a positive COVID-19 test. Cassidy Schuck | The Crow’s Nest By Sophie Ojdanic A custodial supervisor at

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Spring-Summer commencement canceled in accordance with Florida Board of Governors

June 5, 2020June 6, 2020 Catherine Hicks

Pictured Above: Following an announcement of cancellation from the Florida Board of Governors, USF St. Petersburg faculty moved to create alternative Spring-Summer commencement. Cassidy Schuck | The Crow’s Nest By

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Family, friends and USF St. Petersburg mourn loss of student killed in home invasion

June 4, 2020June 11, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: “I’m sad and disappointed that he’s not able to fulfill his dreams,” said Matthew Lee, a longtime friend of Owen Melin. Courtesy of Charles Melin By Sophie Ojdanic

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Student opinions vary as USFSP plans to reopen in the fall

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Cassidy Schuck

Pictured Above: “I think people need to embrace the fact that the old normal is gone and we are currently creating a new normal,” Byron Miller, an associate professor of

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No Small Talk: Eight student clubs and organizations joined together for Big Talk int he reef on Tuesday, March 21. Courtesy of USFSP Connect
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Serving up a new dining program

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Cassidy Schuck

Pictured Above: USF St. Petersburg has partnered with Aramark, the long-standing dining program at USF Tampa, as the university’s contract with Sodexo reaches its end. Courtesy of USFSP Connect By

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Nationwide George Floyd protests reach St. Petersburg

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: Protests have reached St. Petersburg following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, while in police custody. Trevor Martindale | The Crow’s Nest By Trevor Martindale

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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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