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How the MLB’s current lockout is affecting the Rays

February 14, 2022February 16, 2022 Max Steele

With Opening Day set to begin on March 31, an agreement needs to be made soon or the Rays’ season could be postponed. Courtesy of Max Steele | The Crow’s Nest

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MLB denies Rays’ request for split-season in Montreal, Canada

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Max Steele

The Rays will be staying in Tampa Bay as MLB council strikes down Montreal split-season request. Courtesy of the City of St. Petersburg By Max Steele  The Major League Baseball

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Competition gone right: Hockey fans raise over $26,000 for charity over bet

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Candice Lovelace

Twitter users Bolts Jolts and Hythlodaeus started with a bet of $100, which instead turned into the first donation.  Courtesy of Tampa Bay Lightning By Candice Lovelace  The weekend of Jan.

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Jake Paul knocks out Tyron Woodley in stunning fashion

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Max Steele

Pictured above: Paul knocks Woodley out with a strong right hand during the sixth-round of the rematch.  Courtesy of ESPN By Max Steele Internet-sensation Jake Paul defeated former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Tyron

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Kriseman chooses Midtown Development to redevelop Tropicana Field site

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 Max Steele

Midtown Development of Miami released renderings of its proposed redevelopment of the Tropicana Field site. Courtesy of Midtown Development of Miami By Max Steele Following years of discussion, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announced that he

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Why the Rays move to Tampa makes sense

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Max Steele

Pictured above: Tropicana Field’s location in Downtown St. Petersburg is hard to access for many Tampa Bay residents due to limited highway entry points. Courtesy of Tampa Bay Times  By Max

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Tampa Bay can’t stop winning: Rowdies secure No. 1 seed with 3-0 win over Miami

October 24, 2021October 25, 2021 Max Steele

Pictured above: The Rowdies defensive line shut out Miami, not allowing a single shot on target throughout the entire game. Courtesy of Max Steele | The Crow’s Nest By Max

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Hockey season is back and Lightning look for Tampa Bay’s first three-peat

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 Max Steele

Pictured above: Tampa Bay’s 2021 Stanley Cup champions banner is raised into the rafters of Amalie Arena on Oct. 12.  Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Lightning By Max Steele  Hockey is finally back, and so

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Rays revenge tour begins, win AL East and clinch 2021 MLB playoff spot 

September 26, 2021September 27, 2021 Max Steele

Pictured above: St. Petersburg native and Rays star Brett Phillips is met at home plate by his team after hitting a clutch walk-off homerun in the 10th inning.  Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rays By Max Steele 

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A celebration a year in the making: The Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup back to back

July 11, 2021July 26, 2021 Sofia Garcia Vargas

Pictured above: On July 7, the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Montreal Canadiens in game five of the National Hockey League final series, successfully defending their title as Stanley Cup

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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.

✍️Story by Julia Birdsall
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.  

✍️Story by Julia Ferrara
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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The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the stre The Nascar Craftsman Truck Series came to the streets of St. Petersburg for the first time this weekend and the on-track action did not disappoint. 

Layne Riggs started the race 28th after rain cancelled the practice and qualifying sessions that were scheduled for Friday afternoon. At the end of the first 20-lap stage, he already gained 21 positions and was 7th at the beginning of the second 20-lap stage. At the end, he was first. 

However, it was a three-way battle between Riggs, Ty Majeski, and Ben Rhodes in the closing laps of the race. Riggs wasn’t sure that he’d have enough fuel to even finish the race, let alone defend against Ty Majeski who finished in second. 

Riggs held on and captured his first win of the season. The Nascar Craftsman Trucks Series picks up again on March 20 for the Buckle Up South Carolina 200 in Darlington. 

📸 Photos by Makenna Wozniak and Irena Mesa | The Crow’s Nest.

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Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park Dom and Irena stopped by the GP Party in the park and asked some questions to the drivers! 

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Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought pra Day 1 of the St. Petersburg Grand Prix brought practice and qualifying sessions to the downtown street course.

The Crow’s Nest will be covering the event all weekend. More coming soon.

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Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” i Hearing Depeche Mode’s “Black Celebration” in a crowded room was something pre-graphics arts sophomore Kea Shindel never thought she would experience.  

She was raised on goth and industrial music and partakes in the style. 

“It was crazy hearing that with a room full of people that were all liking the same thing,” Schindle said. “Which I’ve never experienced before.” 

It’s an experience that many students from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg can recall — walking into The Castle for the first time and feeling like they belong.  

The Crow’s Nest decided to take students’ word for it.  

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall
Basketball has been a recreational activity for Un Basketball has been a recreational activity for University of South Florida students at the St. Petersburg campus since 2006. Twenty years later, the courts are more often hosting pickleball.   

Over a hundred USF St. Petersburg students have played the recent phenomenon since the Pickleball Club began in 2024

Club meetings have provided students four extra hours a week to play, while basketball still shares the regular time of 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday with pickleball.   

A few students organized this semester to help USF St. Petersburg basketball reach overtime. Senior business analytics and information systems major and club president, Gabriel Lopez and his friends have considered creating the St. Petersburg Basketball Club since last April. 

We knew that USF [St. Petersburg] needed a basketball club, we wanted the courts a little later, and we want to start building a consistent community with basketball,” Lopez said. 

The club gives basketball its own four additional hours, scheduling meetings every Friday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

✍️Story by Dominic Feo
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