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USF ends regular season on top of the American Conference

March 14, 2026March 14, 2026 Dominic Feo
Feature

LSO spring break trip helps students step out of the classroom and into community volunteering 

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 Julia Birdsall
Arts and Life

LASA and CCE celebrate Carnaval

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 Arts & Life Staff
News

USF BOT to terminate four degree programs and add two 

March 11, 2026 Jasmin Parrado
Arts and Life

Public art exhibition ‘embracing our differences’ returns to Poynter Park

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 Zariya Bankston
Feature

The truth of true crime: USFSP looks past the caution tape

March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 Zariya Bankston
Opinion

Over-Reliance on A.I. Contributes to a Decline in Critical Thinking Skills

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Julia Birdsall

MIT study indicates that A.I. usage can lead to a drop in critical thinking skills.  Photo courtesy of MIT Media Lab  By Julia Birdsall Have you ever used A.I. to

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USF Health works with community to address health care access

September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Jasmin Parrado

Volunteers and church members unloaded resources for the annual Family Health and Food Fest event. Photo courtesy of Wholesome Church  By Jasmin Parrado In the sweltering summer heat, trucks were

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Arts and Life

Snowbird continues to provide support, joy to USF community 

September 2, 2025September 3, 2025 Matthew McGovern

Guirguis, like many USF students, was overjoyed the first time she met Snowbird and Officer Lickenfelt.  Photo Courtesy of Majo Solís  By Matthew McGovern Karen Guirguis, a third-year biomedical sciences

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News

Crow’s Nest and USFSP Community Relations to host screening of “RAZED”

September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Matthew McGovern

By Matthew McGovern The Crow’s Nest and the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Community Relations will host a screening of “RAZED,” a film directed by Andrew Lee, Gwendolyn Reese

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‘More than paint on pavement’: St. Pete Mayor and residents tell FDOT they can’t erase St. Pete

September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Julia Ferrara

Fluid Structures mural painted by Jay Giroux and students on the USFSP campus.  Photo by Suzanne Townsend By Julia Ferrara On August 29, St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch visited USF’s

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News

USF launches first-ever healthcare simulation concentration 

September 2, 2025September 1, 2025 Jasmin Parrado

CAMLS director of clinical simulation Melissa Milner (center) engages with students during a simulation training. Photo courtesy of USF By Jasmin Parrado The University of South Florida’s College of Public

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Students react: USFSP’s “Fluid Structures” among first of St. Pete murals to be removed   

August 31, 2025August 31, 2025 Alisha Durosier

Photo by Makenna Wozniak | The Crow’s Nest By Matthew McGovern, Daysha Moore & Alisha Durosier “This is senseless destruction of culture out here today,” University of South Florida St.

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Sports USF Sports

USF stuns No. 25 Boise State in gritty upset

August 30, 2025August 30, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo courtesy of USF Athletics  By Dominic Feo Oct. 28, 2016, the University of South Florida football team beat the No. 22 Naval Academy 52-45. USF went on to lose

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USF Board of Trustees approves proposal to increase tuition for non-Florida residents

August 30, 2025September 3, 2025 Jasmin Parrado

The Board of Trustees approved a proposal to increase tuition fees for non-resident students, a decision that worries many.  Photo courtesy of USF By Jasmin Parrado For the first time

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Sports USF Sports

For USF football, success is the expectation for 2025

August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 Dominic Feo

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest By Dominic Feo “We ended the [regular] season about as bad as you could end it,” said University of South Florida head

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  • LSO spring break trip helps students step out of the classroom and into community volunteering 
  • LASA and CCE celebrate Carnaval
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  • Public art exhibition ‘embracing our differences’ returns to Poynter Park

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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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