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Annual USFSP night walk aims to improve campus safety 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Ferrara
Feature

USFSP alumna’s anthology explores Florida’s history through fiction 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Julia Birdsall
Arts and Life

The Tampa Bay Journalism Project takes local news to the next level 

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Reagan Haskell
Local Sports Sports

Álex Palou powers past field for dominant win in 2026 St. Petersburg Grand Prix 

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 Irena Mesa
Local Sports Sports

Local driver Nikita Johnson wins Indy NXT St. Petersburg Grand Prix  

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 Dominic Feo
Local Sports Sports

Scott McLaughlin takes pole at IndyCar qualifying, Johnson finishes top two in NXT

February 28, 2026March 1, 2026 Dominic Feo
Sports USF Sports

March Recap: Men’s basketball make history in March

April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 Jorden Pompey

Photo by Jorden Pompey | The Crow’s Nest By Jorden Pompey USF men’s basketball reached new milestones in March Getting ranked for the first time in program history by the

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Sports USF Sports

Bulls secure series win against Tigers in conference opener 

April 1, 2024April 1, 2024 Jorden Pompey

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest. By Jorden Pompey The University of South Florida baseball team won its American Athletic Conference series opener against Memphis University 2-1 on

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Campus News News

Students can voice concerns at USFSP townhall

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Riley Benson

Student can attend the Student Townhall on April 3rd to voice their concerns about topics on campus.  Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest By Riley Benson USF St.

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Feature

At USF’s Nest, Ray Heffernan serves up witty remarks, great conversation and restaurant-style customer service

March 29, 2024September 18, 2024 Mahika Kukday

Photo courtesy of Mahika Kukday. By Mahika Kukday At peak hours in The Nest, around 7 p.m., the voice of one man in a yellow t-shirt stands out.   Chances

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Arts and Life

Peace, Love & Blueberries in Gulfport 

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Suzanne Townsend

Photo by Suzanne Townsend | The Crow’s Nest. By Suzanne Townsend It’s not quite blueberry season in Florida right now but Gulfport has its own ever-fruitful Blueberry Patch.   This is

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Arts and Life

Serve and Explore aims to help students feel more connected to the campus and St. Pete area 

March 27, 2024March 27, 2024 Riley Benson

Photo by Kendall Bulkiewicz | The Crow’s Nest. By Riley Benson USF Bulls: Serve and Explore, presented by the USF St. Pete Student Success Belonging Committee, is a “choose your

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Feature Spotlight

Spotlight: Out Outdoors creates safe space for queer students 

March 27, 2024November 25, 2024 Alisha Durosier

Photo courtesy of outoutdoorsusfsp on Instagram By Alisha Durosier Through rustling leaves and the gentle trickling of shallow waters, the songs of varied species of birds echo. Hikers who venture

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Sports USF Sports

Men’s basketball historic season ends in defeat 

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Jorden Pompey

Photo by Jorden Pompey | The Crow’s Nest By Jorden Pompey The University of South Florida  men’s basketball team was defeated in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament

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Arts and Life

St. Pete’s MOM museum celebrates Women’s History Month year ‘round 

March 26, 2024 Suzanne Townsend

Photo by Suzanne Townsend | The Crow’s Nest By Suzanne Townsend In the Factory building across the space from Daddy Kool Records you can find the Museum of Motherhood, or

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Local Sports Sports

Newgarden dominates St. Pete Grand Prix 

March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 Jorden Pompey

Photo by Jorden Pompey | The Crow’s Nest By Jorden Pompey The NTT IndyCar series kicked off its season at the Firestone St. Petersburg Grand Prix downtown St. Pete. on

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  • Local driver Nikita Johnson wins Indy NXT St. Petersburg Grand Prix  

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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.

#usf #usfsp #grandprix #nascar
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! 

#gpstpete #usfsp #usf  #indycar
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.

#usfsp #usf #grandprix #gpstpete
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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