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USFSP student shot and killed in downtown St. Pete

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Friends expressed their grief over the loss of USF St. Petersburg student Owen Melin in a home invasion on Wednesday night. Courtesy of Matthew Lee on Facebook By

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USF campuses to return to online learning after Thanksgiving break

May 27, 2020May 28, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: In an email sent on May 27, President Currall announced that although the USF system will be open come fall, the campuses will move back into online learning

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USF Alum establishes investigative journalism scholarship

May 25, 2020May 28, 2020 Edyn Gottlieb

Pictured Above: Scholarship Creator Len Deadman poses for a photo. Deadman established a $26,000 scholarship for investigative journalism students at USF St. Petersburg.  Courtesy of Len Deadman By Edyn Gottlieb

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Florida public universities to open in fall, Florida Board of Governors says

May 18, 2020May 27, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: As a public university, USF St. Petersburg is set to re-open in the fall as per the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state public university system.

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UPD reports gas leak in Davis Hall

May 17, 2020May 26, 2020 Trevor Martindale

Pictured Above: Students received a USF emergency text alert warning of a natural gas leak in Davis Hall on Friday morning. Sophie Ojdanic | The Crow’s Nest By Trevor Martindale

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USFSP SG inaugurates first governor and lieutenant governor

May 12, 2020May 11, 2020 Sophie Ojdanic

Pictured Above: Andrea Campos, left, and Isaiah “Zay” Castle were inaugurated as governor and lieutenant governor of the USF St. Petersburg campus for the first consolidated student government term. Courtesy

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Accrediting agency to take up USF consolidation on June 12

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Nancy McCann

Pictured above: Under the prospectus sent to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the St. Petersburg campus will lose its independent accreditation on July 1. SACSCOC

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Move-out dates announced for residential students

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Emily Wunderlich

Pictured above: The university announced on May 6 that move-out times would be staggered based on students’ dorm populations and home addresses on file. Each move-out phase has its own

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Newly elected SG leader under Title IX investigation

May 6, 2020May 5, 2020 Kat Piccolo

Pictured above: Isaiah Castle said he believes investigators will find that he has “done nothing wrong” and that he will be cleared of “any wrongdoing.” Cassidy Schuck | The Crow’s

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Lawsuit accusing marine science researcher of sexual harassment has been dropped

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Emily Wunderlich

Pictured above: David Hastings, who taught at Eckerd College for 20 years, got an unpaid courtesy appointment at USF’s College of Marine Science in June 2019. The appointment was suspended

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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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