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Opinion: A case for creation

February 13, 2014 Erin Murphy

“Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” In a debate last week, Ken Ham, an Aussie and the CEO of Answers in Genesis, defended the

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Opinion: Indifference and the origin of Earth

February 13, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

Last Tuesday, an evolutionist and a creationist got together to talk about how they disagree on how the universe came into existence. Haven’t we done this before? Despite how tired

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Hookup culture: destructive or just different?

February 12, 2014 Tyler Killette

If you’ve ever had a casual sexual experience with someone, taking part in what our moms’ therapists are now calling “hookup culture,” you’re at risk of never finding love. This

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It’s funny because it’s awkward

February 3, 2014 Matthew Thomas

You’re taking a class that you like well enough, the teacher is friendly and you sit next to the people you know. It’s all fun, but there’s one student in

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The ‘sweetest’ way to pay for school

February 3, 2014 USFSP Faculty

Fact: College is expensive. Fact: Many college students struggle financially. Fact: There are many solutions for paying one’s way through college. Fact: One of these solutions is being a sugar

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Disney does gay characters right

February 3, 2014 Tyler Killette

Last month, the first ever gay couple was featured on a Disney Channel show. Though “Good Luck Charlie’s” two lesbian characters received no more than 10 seconds of airtime, the

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Editorial: Swipe here, save a life

January 30, 2014 Lenay Ruhl

In the age of the iPhone, there’s an app for everything. That’s not even hyperbole — there is literally an app for just about everything you can imagine. And if

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Editorial: Life after college # not a reality show

January 17, 2014 USFSP Faculty

For this editorial, we borrow an idea from the wise woman quoted on Page 1. In an interview last week, Amy Kedron told the Crow’s Nest, “If you treat a

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Opinon: USFSP # the little campus that could

January 17, 2014 Erin Murphy

USF St. Petersburg is the only college I applied to during high school, because it was the only college I wanted to attend. USF first came onto my college radar

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Opinion: Profanity # sometimes offensive, always ignorant

January 17, 2014 USFSP Faculty

“Did you see that s#- awesome car?” I overheard one student tell another while walking from the USF St. Petersburg parking garage. “It’s amazing as f#-.” As the students continued

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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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