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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
Opinion Columns

Where’s the beef?

August 29, 2011 Aimee Alexander

The downward spiral in our economy has meant cutting corners, clipping coupons and forgoing certain luxuries. Goodbye caramel lattes, adios three course dinners at Ceviche, farewell organic dog food. Although

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Editorials

Congress cuts subsidized loans for graduate students

August 29, 2011 Crow's Nest Staff

Graduate students will potentially pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars more for school due to a last-minute addition to the mid-summer deal to raise the debt ceiling. As a

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Campus News News

New student center to offer health services next fall

August 29, 2011 Aimee Alexander

Students will have access to health services on campus when the new student center is complete. USFSP offers up to 12 free counseling sessions. General medicine health services are only

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Campus News News

Adjunct professors have full-time workloads with part-time benefits

August 29, 2011 Aimee Alexander

Adjuncts taught nearly one-third of all course sections at USFSP during the fall 2010 semester—the result of austerity measures, a decades-long shift in employment and an increased demand for college

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Arts and Life Campus

New clubs on the block at USFSP

August 29, 2011July 12, 2022 Lenay Ruhl

By Taylor Gaudens and Amanda Pretulac The new semester brings new ideas, and new student clubs on the verge of approval. Members from four of the new clubs explain their

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News

Gallery: Move-in Day 2011

August 28, 2011 Crow's Nest Staff

Students moved in to Residence Hall One on Saturday, Aug. 20. Check out our gallery and tag yourself and your friends via Facebook. [fbphotos id=10150264433522483] 00 Post Views: 2,093

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Arts and Life

Craft the Crow’s Nest’s new slogan and win a $25 gift card

August 27, 2011February 18, 2020 Crow's Nest Staff

The Crow’s Nest is flying into the University of South Florida St. Petersburg this fall with a ton of exciting changes in tow, and we want you to be a

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Arts and Life Campus Sports

CAC core to stay open through October

August 22, 2011 Taylor Gaudens

The Campus Activities Center will be closed for renovations at the end of October, and the search is underway for an alternate location for basketball, dodgeball and fitness classes to

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Campus News News

Julie Wong begins new position as regional associate vice chancellor for student affairs

August 22, 2011 Keeley Sheehan

Julie Wong, regional associate vice chancellor for student affairs, began her new position at USF St. Petersburg on August 1, after serving as the vice chancellor for student affairs at

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Campus News News

Bright Futures changes, again

August 22, 2011 Aimee Alexander

It has been a roller coaster year for budgets of any sort. As a student, it’s good to know where money for school is coming from and under what conditions

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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.

📲 Click the link in our bio to view all the photos.
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.

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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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