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An honest conversation about suicide

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Kat Piccolo

By Katlynn Mullins My best friend died by suicide when we were 17. We met in sixth grade, our birthdays were three days apart and she was going to go

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A fresh coat of paint on a sinking ship

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 Bryce Lawson

By Bryce Lawson With new coach Bruce Arians at the helm and quarterback Jameis Winston in the last year of his deal, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to rebound

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Letter to the Editor: Get involved in Student Government

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Jazzy Duarte

By Jadzia “Jazzy” Duarte Dear USF St. Petersburg Family, I hope all of you are getting adjusted to your classes and back to the ol’ school routine quaintly. For our

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How to zigzag: From lost to wandering

September 2, 2019September 1, 2019 Emma Lathrop

It’s OK to feel indecisive. By Emma Lathrop When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a ballerina. In middle school, I wanted to be a veterinarian. In

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Letter from the Editor: Embracing the uncertain

August 26, 2019August 25, 2019 Emily Wunderlich

Dear students, For better or for worse, another semester is upon us.  For those of you who don’t know me yet, my name is Emily and I’m the editor-in-chief of

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Enough is enough’

August 26, 2019August 25, 2019 Jane Roe

Dear Crow’s Nest,  It is time for me to no longer be silenced by your newspaper.  You have written a total of six articles about my sexual assault case, which

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Food doesn’t have to be complicated

April 22, 2019April 20, 2019 Kat Piccolo

By Katlynn Mullins There isn’t a “perfect” diet. Food is subjective. Some people are drawn to steak, while others are drawn to pad thai. It isn’t a question of weight

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Seniors look back at newspaper experience

April 22, 2019April 20, 2019 Whitney Elfstrom

A home on campus Before I started at The Crow’s Nest, I was an introverted English major with big dreams of working in a Hollywood writer’s room one day. I

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Letter to the Editor: Get it together, 47th term

April 15, 2019April 14, 2019 Naya Payne

By Naya Payne Hello, My name is Naya Payne, and I am a senator in Student Government. I am writing this Letter-to-the-Editor because I am very concerned about the current

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Letter to the Editor: 12 questions Kelso and Jordan refuse to answer

April 15, 2019April 14, 2019 Timothy Fanning

By Timothy Fanning Student Body President Daniel “Kaeden” Kelso and Ysatis Jordan, the student body vice president, cannot assure their constituents that the 2019-2020 student fee budget was not written

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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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