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Letter to the Editor: SG elections are approaching. Can they be trusted?

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Chase Cooley

My name is Chase Cooley, and I served as a senator in Student Government last year. It was both an interesting and questionable experience, and there are plenty of things

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Don’t mess with ‘The Nest’

January 27, 2020January 26, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

By Crow’s Nest Staff We’ve been assembling our “nest” of semicolons and headlines on this campus for 50 years. In fact, it’s a milestone we just celebrated in October.  So

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Opinion

My disability shouldn’t define my campus life

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Savannah Carr

By Savannah Carr At first glance, you would never know I am disabled.  Thanks to juvenile arthritis and a slew of back problems, I’ve struggled to keep up with what

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Why should we care about this yacht? We shouldn’t.

January 20, 2020January 19, 2020 Jonah Hinebaugh

By Jonah Hinebaugh The Bella Vita, a nearly 250-foot luxury yacht, docked in St. Petersburg last week. The yacht features all kinds of amenities for people to “Ooh” and “Aah”

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Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes monologue missed the mark

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 Dylan Hart

By Dylan Hart I’ll be honest: I couldn’t tell you a single thing about who won what at this year’s Golden Globe Awards.  What I can tell you is that

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Even when I vaped, I thought it was dumb

January 13, 2020January 12, 2020 James Bennett

By James Bennett III I really don’t want to sound like a “truth” advertisement, but vaping is dumb as heck. Juuls are probably the worst. Too many young people buy

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What the fuzz is a furry? A look into a one-of-a-kind fandom

December 2, 2019December 1, 2019 Jonathan Hernandez

By Jonathan Hernandez There are many communities in the world known as “fandoms,” where people socialize with other individuals who share the same interests.  There are communities that talk about

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Opinion

What does a vegan holiday look like anyway?

December 2, 2019December 20, 2019 Kat Piccolo

Story and photo by Katlynn Mullins Yes, I’m vegan. My holidays look like every other college kid’s — only with more relatives having an opinion on my diet. My grandmother

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Opinion

‘OK Boomer’ is OK by me

November 18, 2019December 20, 2019 Baron Reichenbach

By Baron Reichenbach For years, members of older generations have swept aside the opinions and ideas of younger ones with a condescending aloofness, using the argument that virtually anyone younger

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Opinion

What makes a man?

November 18, 2019December 20, 2019 James Bennett

By James Bennett III I honestly have no idea what a “real man” is. They’re a bit like the IRS — plenty of people have seriously assured me they exist,

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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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