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A race to normalcy

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Mark Parker

Pictured Above: Ryan Hunter-Reay takes the final turn before the finish line. Hunter-Reay would finish 14th in his No. 28 Honda.  Courtesy of Mark Parker By Mark Parker Starting the

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OPINION: Tommy takes Tampa Bay back to the championship

January 31, 2021February 1, 2021 Mark Parker

Pictured Above: Tom Brady signed to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 from the New England Patriots. Courtesy of Tom Brady on Facebook By Mark Parker For the first time

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The world’s fastest fall festival

November 1, 2020November 2, 2020 Mark Parker

Pictured Above: Josef Newgarden (middle) finished first in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Scott Dixon (right) won the IndyCar championship with a third place finish. Pato O’Ward came

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OPINION: Rays of hope

October 25, 2020October 26, 2020 Mark Parker

Pictured Above: The Tampa Bay Rays celebrate after their dramatic win against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series. Courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rays By

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Sports journalism students experience Bucs media day

October 29, 2018 Alec Arroyo

Tony Silvia’s eight sports journalism students got a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to be a sports journalist on deadline at Buccaneers’ media day. Courtesy of Alec Arroyo By

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Lightning Gear Up For Upcoming Season

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 Nikki Sawyer

The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking for another successful season. After almost winning the coveted Stanley Cup the last couple seasons, the team hopes to add a second trophy alongside

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Rowdies Win, Donate Money to Childhood Cancer Awareness

September 19, 2016September 21, 2016 Ryan Callihan

Childhood leukemia survivor Marissa Peddie stood in front of more than 6,000 fans at Al Lang Stadium to sing the national anthem on Saturday. Peddie, 11, sang as part of

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Ralph’s Mob Revitalizes Rowdies Games

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 Evy Guerra

Sixteen-year-old Alexander Watts was dressed in Tampa Bay Rowdies gear from head to toe. He’ll make the 75 minute drive to every home game this soccer season. “I came to

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Rowdies fan base lacks student support

April 13, 2016April 28, 2016 Grace Cunningham

The Tampa Bay soccer team wants to see more Bulls at matches   Not many schools can call a professional soccer team its neighbor, but USF St. Petersburg can. The Tampa

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Lightning offers students reasons to ‘rush’ to games

March 8, 2016 USFSP Faculty

After the Tampa Bay Lightning made the Stanley Cup finals last year, ticket sales for this season surged. But the team has continued its popular “student rush” program, which means

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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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