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USF alums create opportunities for students 

April 30, 2026 Jorge Otero
Sports

USF Women’s Sailing places second in SAISA Championship, secures National Championship bid 

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Dominic Feo
News

Ahead of St. Pete mayoral primary, candidates talk resilience, Historic Gas Plant District, affordability  

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Alisha Durosier
News

USFSP students reflect on this spring’s rising temperatures  

April 30, 2026 Ashley Pena
Sports

Family, church and home: why Nico Gramatica chose USF  

April 30, 2026 Irena Mesa
News

Missing USF students confirmed dead, suspect in custody  

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Julia Ferrara
Movies Music and Entertainment

Heist movie gets busted

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Anthony Nolfi

By Anthony Nolfi “Den of Thieves” is a ho-hum heist that no burglar would risk his neck to check out. Directed, co-written and produced by Christian Gudegast, “Den of Thieves”

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Campus News Feature

How a small newspaper helped a Pulitzer Prize-winning alumnus do ‘big things in small places’

January 26, 2018January 27, 2018 Timothy Fanning

Above photo: Eric Eyre, a Pulitzer Prize-winning USF St. Petersburg alumnus, speaking to a small class of journalism students on Thursday. Since graduating in 1998, he’s juggled daily assignments with big

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Arts and Life Community

St. Petersburg Women’s March turns out in full force

January 26, 2018January 28, 2018 Sara McDonald

By Sara M. McDonald Demonstrators of all genders, colors, creeds and ages gathered together on Sunday in downtown St. Petersburg to demand changes in a country torn by injustice and

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Accreditation Campus News News Q&A

Got questions? Here are some answers

January 22, 2018February 8, 2018 USFSP Faculty

Above photo: Students from all three USF system campuses were tasked with lobbying Florida legislators in February 2017. Michael Moore Jr. | The Crow’s Nest What’s all the fuss I’m

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Accreditation Campus News News

Surprise move leaves campus frustrated, fuming

January 22, 2018February 8, 2018 Michael Moore Jr.

It came out of the blue last week. Powerful legislators want to roll back history and end USFSP’s independent accreditation. What would that mean? No one – not administrators, not

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Accreditation Campus News News

Campus in confusion: community weighs in

January 22, 2018February 8, 2018 Jeffrey Waitkevich

By Jeffrey Waitkevich Interim Regional Chancellor Martin Tadlock sought faculty and staff opinions at a Friday forum while keeping hush about his own. “I have my own thoughts about this,

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Accreditation Campus News News

USF alum pushes bill

January 22, 2018February 8, 2018 Michael Moore Jr.

By Michael Moore Jr. Rep. Ray Rodrigues, R-Estero, is officially the sponsor of a bill that would utterly change the landscape of the University of South Florida system. However, it’s

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Sports USF Sports

Student survey determines future of USFSP athletics

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Alexander Eubanks

By Alexander Eubanks In a survey sent out to students on Monday, USF St. Petersburg took another step toward introducing athletics to the waterfront campus. After months of town halls

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Opinion

Watch your language, girl

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Whitney Elfstrom

By Whitney Elfstrom Imagine the CEO of a Fortune 500 company sitting down for an interview and being referred to as a boy. That sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? But somehow,

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Arts and Life Community

Yoga on Tap conquers fear with a stretch and a brew

January 22, 2018January 23, 2018 Jessica Jagodzinski

By Jessica Jagodzinski Crowds gathered inside 3 Daughters Brewing Thursday to avoid the chilly weather, get drunk and namaste that way. Yoga on Tap, an hourlong class taught monthly by

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  • USF alums create opportunities for students 
  • USF Women’s Sailing places second in SAISA Championship, secures National Championship bid 
  • Ahead of St. Pete mayoral primary, candidates talk resilience, Historic Gas Plant District, affordability  
  • USFSP students reflect on this spring’s rising temperatures  
  • Family, church and home: why Nico Gramatica chose USF  

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As we approach the close of the Spring Semester of As we approach the close of the Spring Semester of 2026,

We would like to recognize and say goodbye to our fellow senior staffers:

Online Editor – Julia Ferrara
News Editor – Jasmin Parrado
Arts & Life Editor – Matthew McGovern
Sports Editor – Dominic Feo
Opinions/Features Editor – Julia Birdsall
Staff Reporter – Irena Mesa
Marketing Manager – Marcella Copeland
Managing Editor - María José Solís

and our 

Editor in Chief – Alisha Durosier 

Congratulations to our seniors and we are wishing them the best as the fly away to a new chapter in their lives. 🐦‍⬛🎓

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After 12 years as the Dean of Students at the Univ After 12 years as the Dean of Students at the University of Florida St. Petersburg, Jacob Diaz is resigning. 

Diaz’s last day is on May 15; he will then serve as the inaugural assistant vice president and dean of Students at the University of Maryland. 

 Diaz described his time as dean of students as a “dream come true.” 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Secilia Ruiz 

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The thought of an early graduation is a harrowing The thought of an early graduation is a harrowing thought for third year digital communications and multimedia journalism major Sophia Lowrie, who said that she wishes they had more time to assimilate to life on a college campus before being thrust into adult life. 

She is not the only one. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall 

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Whether the next steps involve graduate school or entering the workforce, many of the seniors at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg are feeling similarly anxious and uncertain in the weeks leading up to their graduation dates.
Nico Gramatica did not grow up playing football. Nico Gramatica did not grow up playing football. 

The sophomore kicker for the University of South Florida played club soccer and only started kicking footballs in his sophomore year of high school. 

“My dad kicked, my uncle kicked and people were asking me, ‘Why don’t you come out, try it for a year and see if you like it. If you don’t like it, you can be done after one year,’” Gramatica said. “I went out, had a great time and got to make some really good friends.” 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📸 Photos by Irena Mesa 

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Irena Mesa 

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College campuses are a place where a strong sense College campuses are a place where a strong sense of community can be formed among students, but many commuter students, like junior English major Zoey Earles, feel that they have fewer opportunities to form these connections. 

“Positives [of being a commuter], I have my own apartment,” Earles said. “Negatives, I don’t make as [many] friends, and I don’t necessarily know about all the things that are happening on campus.” 

Events hosted on campus are a great way to meet people and find that sense of community, but sustainability senior Estela Najera said that being aware of events is difficult. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Julia Birdsall 

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In the familiar currents of St. Petersburg, the Un In the familiar currents of St. Petersburg, the University of South Florida Women’s sailing team placed second at the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SAISA) Women’s Team and Fleet Championship Races on April 12. 

The regatta secured USF a spot in the College Sailing Women’s Fleet National Championship, which USF St. Petersburg will also host from May 15-18. 

Before the competition, USF’s Division A Fleet Race starters Kailey Warrior and Madisen Hamai told The Crow’s Nest about the advantages of sailing in local waters. 

🎨 Graphic by Olivia Young

📸 Photos by Kendall Bulkiewicz | USF Athletics 

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Dominic Feo 

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USF St. Petersburg Student Government Governor, El USF St. Petersburg Student Government Governor, Elise Prophete, is speaking out after not being able to give the speech she’d initially written for the annual Rocky's Leadership Award Ceremony.

“I am choosing to do what is right for me and provoke the thoughts that I hope are right for this campus. To shift the self-censoring, student-second attitudes back into a space where the stories we have are told and appreciated,” Prophete wrote.

📲 Click the link in our bio to read her entire column and her original speech.

✍️ Column by Elise Prophete.
Zahid Hasan Pranto, Bristy’s brother, shared a  Zahid Hasan Pranto, Bristy’s brother, shared a Facebook post on April 26 with a joint statement attached from both students’ families. 

“This is the final plea to the authorities on behalf of our family and Jamil’s family,” Pranto’s translated post read. “May Allah grant their departed souls a place of honor in Jannah. Our loss is indescribable and can never be compensated for by anything. On behalf of myself and our families, I humbly request that we do not post anything disrespectful about them for the sake of a few 'likes.' Please, pray for them instead.” 

A GoFundMe page for Limon and Bristy’s families has been posted and is receiving donations to date. 

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire story.

✍️ Story by Julia Ferrara, Jasmin Parado, and Alisha Durosier.

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On April 19-20 and April 26, the new Musical Theat On April 19-20 and April 26, the new Musical Theatre Club at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg put on a student-directed production of “Theory of Relativity.”

“Theory of Relativity” is a musical written by Brian Hill with music and lyrics by Neil Bartram. The ensemble musical uses seemingly separate comedic and dramatic scenes that portray the complex situations that young adults experience and how they eventually connect to each other.  

This cast had no shortage of talent, with actors fully embodying their characters.  

📲 Click the link in our bio to read the entire review and a feature of the club.

✍️ Review by Secilia Ruiz and feature story by Zariya Bankston and Reagan Haskell. 

📸 Photos by Makenna Wozniak.

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