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USFSP opens additional housing option

October 19, 2015 Julia Marcuzzo

Will the cramped rooms be worth the discount? How would it sound to have an additional $784 in your pocket? That’s what the Housing and Residence Life department offers students

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Bulls win homecoming thriller

October 12, 2015 David Stoner

It is important for any team to win its homecoming game and that is exactly what the USF football team did in a 45-24 Saturday afternoon thriller against the Syracuse

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Almost is enough

October 12, 2015 Choya Randolph

No one really wants to think about their goals and think “so close!” or “almost had it!”  But in reality, life happens. You can plan every aspect of your life

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The new normal

October 12, 2015 Duncan Rodman

On the morning of Oct. 1 my phone buzzed. CNN informed me, informed me in one simple push notification, that another mass shooting had occurred—this time in Oregon. I let

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Pinktober makes me sick

October 12, 2015 Moriah Fantuz

All the symbols of October have come rolling out: pumpkin spice lattes, Ugg boots, midterms, and, ah, yes…the ubiquitous pink-washing of all things commercial. Pink ribbons adorn many items, and

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Offense stalls, defense wilts in a tough loss

October 5, 2015 David Stoner

Sure, it was a loss. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some positives that USF football can take away from the 24-17 defeat to Memphis on Friday night.   The

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Booze or boos? Local fest gets mixed reviews.

October 5, 2015March 29, 2017 Angelina Bruno

Expressive tastes, dozens of wines…what could go wrong? Plenty. About a week ago, I was gifted the opportunity to drink and dine at the St. Pete Food and Wine Festival.

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Trump’s in the lead, but not with women

September 28, 2015 Moriah Fantuz

Over the past few weeks, there have been two Republican presidential debates. The media coverage following the televised sessions has highlighted who was the “most searched” during and after the

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Culture shock: American attire and lifestyle differences

September 28, 2015 Indhira Suero Acosta

On my first day at USF St. Petersburg, I was shocked. “Do you really wear those clothes when you go to class?” I thought to myself. Short pants and skirts,

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Bernie Sanders and the S word

September 21, 2015 Duncan Rodman

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has an electability problem. It isn’t because of his reliance on grassroots funding. It isn’t because he’s Jewish (but, in his words, “not particularly religious”). It’s

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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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