![“[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 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
By James Bennett III Just as The Crow’s Nest started with a chicken, its founder’s story began on a chicken farm. Joan “Sudsy” Tschiderer grew up in DeLand with her
By Savannah Carr Marty and Bernie, two guide dogs in training, celebrated their first birthday on Oct. 22. The USF St. Petersburg Puppy Raisers Club threw a birthday party complete
By Katlynn Mullins and Jonah Hinebaugh Hundreds of Crow’s Nest staff members have left campus determined to make a mark in the world. One of them had already done that
By Crow’s Nest Staff It all started with a chicken. The campus activities program at the tiny Bay Campus of USF was sponsoring a fried chicken picnic and wanted to
By Emily Wunderlich It was the summer of ‘69. Humankind took its first steps on the moon. The Stonewall Riots kicked off the modern day LGBT rights movement. Woodstock brought
By Jacob Wilson and Manuel Vicente Lalande A wave of community, strength and joy rolled through the city of St. Petersburg last week as artists both local and international gathered
By Nancy McCann When consolidation takes effect next July, the USF system provost says faculty in St. Petersburg can count on his support for equal treatment with their counterparts in
By Joan “Sudsy” Tschiderer When I arrived at the USF Bay Campus in 1969, I expected to remain for one term, the fall quarter, and then transfer to the University
By Crow’s Nest Staff The modern era of The Crow’s Nest began with a bad pun and some impertinent questions. For years, the campus newspaper was small in size and