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Welcome to the United States

September 21, 2015 Indhira Suero Acosta

How can you describe the feelings you get when you enter the unknown? How do you describe that your heart is full of excitement and fear, but that you have

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The running of the Bulls

September 14, 2015 Wesley Elstun

With recent news taking a toll on everyone’s emotions, college football isn’t on our minds. Despite this, sports networks have already begun slinging endless barrages of statistics, and showing non-stop

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The 2016 presidential nominees: A race of the deceitful

September 14, 2015 Sean Leroux

  With 2016 quickly approaching, the upcoming election’s myriad of presidential hopefuls have wasted no time with mud slinging and hefty promises. With a leading line-up consisting of Hillary Clinton,

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Fight or flight drives us all

September 14, 2015 Moriah Fantuz

Picture this: I’m having my yearly eye appointment with my doctor, and we’re discussing the recent news about those two women who made it into the Army Rangers program. I

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St. Petersburg: The 6th most Godless city in America

August 31, 2015 Sean Leroux

ST.PETERSBURG – Boston, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle and St. Petersburg. No, these aren’t the hottest travel destinations of 2015 – they’re just a handful of the fifteen U.S. cities

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Get off the couch and change the world—for college credit

August 31, 2015 Candice Reshef

Twenty-five community partners will be present to seduce students into creating change in their community during the Civic Engagement Fair. The fair will take place alongside the Get On Board

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Opinion: The kindness of strangers

April 20, 2015 Jennifer Nesslar

If you look at my right knee, you’ll notice a scar about the size of a quarter. The scar reminds me of the kindness of strangers. I woke up the

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Opinion: The Rolling Stone gathers no story

April 20, 2015 Jeffrey Zanker

The Rolling Stone article “A Rape on Campus” and the reports of its publication boil down to a recent fact: basic journalism rules and skills are getting misled in the

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Our thoughts: Grateful for the experience

April 20, 2015 Mark Wolfenbarger

Note: As the year winds down # and graduation approaches # the editors at The Crow’s Nest want to offer their insight on life at USF St. Petersburg. This is

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Opinion: Concealed carry on campus is a danger to us all

April 13, 2015 Duncan Rodman

Have we learned nothing? Is it so hard to conceive that allowing more firearms in an environment will not reduce gun violence, but instead do just the opposite? I lived

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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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