![“[The 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb is] really to show our support and help build community and camaraderie with the first responders that are putting on this event at the Rowdies Stadium and to showcase our office and give the student veterans here and miliary-connected students something positive to do that day and a feeling of belonging,” veteran and junior personal financial planning major Thomas Wells said. Courtesy: Tampa Bay Rowdies](https://crowsneststpete.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Stair-Climb-1.jpg)
By Dylan Hart USF St. Petersburg’s Neighborhood News Bureau, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Times, the African American Heritage Association, the Weekly Challenger and the Dr. Carter G. Woodson
By Jonah Hinebaugh For the first time, artists living in the Old Southeast opened their doors to show off their home-based studios and artwork on Oct. 19. The self-guided tour
By Adam Arbisi Splat, smack, squish and scream are all words usually associated with insects. But for Jennifer Angus, they represent art, murals, conservation and interpretation. Angus is a modern
By James Bennett III More than 50 authors will be on campus next week for the 27th annual Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading. Bestselling authors will be in Lynn
By James Bennett III Of 4,217 eligible student voters, only 223 voted in this year’s Student Government senate election — a decrease from last year’s 256. Elections were held on
By Dylan Hart The university plans to raise local fees for new students at USF St. Petersburg and USF Sarasota-Manatee when consolidation takes effect on July 1. But the change
By James Bennett III Professor Karin Braunsberger, who teaches an online course called “Principles of Entrepreneurship,” likes assigning projects where students do “real-life work” whenever possible. This semester, while brainstorming
By Emily Sissell From painting graffiti on the sides of trains to creating a 135-foot-long mural, Leo Gomez’s struggle for artistic fulfillment continues. He grew up in Columbia, painting graffiti
By Courtney Amos Amid the newest art pieces on walls across the city from this year’s SHINE Mural Festival, it’s hard to miss the mural that kicked them off: a
By Crow’s Nest Staff The University Student Center was about to open, and The Crow’s Nest sniffed a scandal. In a 2007-2008 survey of the student body, 60 percent of