University of South Florida Scholar Commons Crow's Nest University History: Campus Publications 1-30-2017 Crow's Nest : 2017 : 01 : 30 University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest Recommended Citation University of South Florida St. Petersburg., "Crow's Nest : 2017 : 01 : 30" (2017). Crow's Nest. 688. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest/688 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University History: Campus Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Crow's Nest by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. NEWS, page 4 OPINION, page 6 FEATURE, page 8 THE RUNWAY TO NOWHERE THAT WAS NOT ALT-RIGHT NOT YOUR GRANDDAD’S CLOTHES Albert Whitted’s proposed runway extension White nationalist Richard Spencer took a Need to look good for class tomorrow? Or maybe could mean relaxed height restrictions for harsh blow to the face on Inauguration Day a hot date? USFSP graduate Alessandro Cocozza buildings on USFSP’s campus, but the results of from a protester during an interview. Is has everything you need to thrift and still looker the study are still months away. violence really the answer? flyer than your grandpa. The Crow ’s Nest THE CAMPUS NEWSPAPER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG Volume 48, Issue 3 - January 30, 2017 | Online at www.crowsneststpete.com University Sailing students take Kennedy Cup from Navy housing rates to increase By Tyler Gillespie [email protected] or the majority of students who live on campus, the Frent is about to go up. Under a plan approved by the university’s trustees, approx- imately 375 of the 540 students who live in Residence Hall One and the University Student Center will see their rent go up by 7 per- cent in each of the next two years and 4 percent in the fall of 2019. That means, for example, that a single in RHO that costs $3,922 this semester will increase to $4,200 per semester in the fall, $4,490 per semester in fall 2018 and $4,680 in fall 2019 – or a cumulative annual growth rate of 6 percent. (See chart, page 2.) DEVIN RODRIGUEZ | THE CROW’S NEST An RHO single is apart- Sail On: Andrew “Ty” Baird, a junior business major, participates in a team race outside Bayboro Harbor. Baird has sailed for 12 years, and plans ment-style accommodations to lead an Olympic campaign in the future. Baird was on the team that won the Kennedy Cup last November, along with seven of his peers. with four individual bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a By Evy Guerra say a word. It’s a comment he’s where the eight-man team beat He spent his freshman year common room. [email protected] heard too many times. the U.S. Naval Academy at their at Old Dominion University in “We’re literally out there all the home in Annapolis, Maryland. Virginia, but returned to escape The 165 students who live in and Devin Rodriguez rooms that have been reconfig- time,” Baird said. “I mean, have The victory allowed USFSP to the cold weather. [email protected] ured to add an extra bed or two you been on the waterfront?” advance to the 37th annual Stu- Even with the team’s recent will not see a rent increase. itting in class, Andrew “Ty” The USF St. Petersburg sailing dent Yachting World Cup, which success, Baird doesn’t expect The university has raised Baird listened to another stu- teams, varsity and co-ed, often will be held in France in the fall. the popularity of the sport on housing rates only once in dent complain about the lack get overlooked. In November, Baird, a junior business ma- campus to change. the past four years, said Joe S the co-ed team won first place in jor, grew up in St. Petersburg, “[Sailing] isn’t a specta- of competitive sports on campus. Trubacz, the university’s region- Baird sighed and lifted his the Kennedy Cup Intercollegiate where both of his parents are tor-friendly sport and it’s super al vice chancellor for adminis- USF sailing backpack, but didn’t Sailing Association competition, professional sailors. See “Sailing Team” P4 trative and financial services. During that period, several other state universities raised their Rap duo Run The Jewels destroys Jannus Live rates every year. “Housing rates are more By Jonah Hinebaugh like a rental rate and costs like [email protected] electrical, utilities, and internet continue to go up,” he said. rapping around the “There comes a point when we corner of First Avenue need to raise our rates to get WNorth and Second these costs covered.” Street North were hundreds For four decades, USF St. Pe- of fans, eagerly awaiting the tersburg was strictly a commuter sold out Run The Jewels show. school without campus housing. Jannus Live was the 11th stop on But that changed as the universi- the North American leg of their ty grew in size and ambition. Run The World tour and fans RHO, which houses 340 were certain not to miss it. students on seven floors, opened The show featured hip-hop in 2006, and the USC residence producer and DJ The Gaslamp hall, which has 200 students on Killer, who opened for the group. five floors, opened in 2012. Sporting long, curly hair and a In 2010, the university began beard to match, the DJ remixed contracting with the nearby Hil- popular songs as well as perform- ton St. Petersburg Bayfront hotel ing his own psychedelic instru- to handle the overflow. Twenty mentals while he ad-libbed about students are living there this his distaste for Donald Trump. semester under a contract that The feeling of protest ran KASAMBA KOKAYI | @KASAMBASSHOTS USFSP has with the hotel. through the crowd throughout Legend Has It: Run The Jewels leads the charts in vinyl sales and top hip-hop/rap album on Billboard. The crew visited Jannus Live, Jan. 24 and featured DJ Trackstar (pictured above) and the Gaslamp Killer. See “Housing Increase” P2 See “Run The Jewels” P5 THE CROW’S NEST IS THE WEEKLY STUDENT NEWSPAPER THE CROW’S NEST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG. Got News? We’ll Cover It. Since 1969 ALL CONTENT IN THE PUBLICATION IS PRODUCED BY USFSP Contact Us: email [email protected] office (727) 873-4113 STUDENTS. SINGLE COPIES FREE. @USFCrowsNest @CrowsNestStPete @USFCrowsNest 2 NEWS JANUARY 30, 2017 THE CROW’S NEST Housing Increase Continued from P1 On average, a two-person Fourth streets, replacing the electricity, cable and water, more on-campus housing.” Salvador condominium tower room at the Hilton costs $1,000 parking lot just south of the said Scott Hendershot, the uni- “Once people see there is an is near completion on Fifth Av- more than a double unit on soccer recreation field. versity’s assistant director of option for a more traditional res- enue S, just steps from RHO. campus in the fall semester and That building, Trubacz said, housing and residence life. idential experience, we’re going Its 74 condos, now 90 percent $2,000 more in is projected to “At a regular (off-campus) to get even more students,” said sold, start at $350,000, accord- the spring semes- be nine floors apartment, you’re paying for Hendershot. “It’s going to be ing to its website. ter, which falls high with dining the space and that’s about all,” cheaper than living downtown.” Just up the street, at 330 during the busy There on the first floor, he said. “Living on campus you For years, the university Third St. S, the new 17-sto- winter tourist housing on the get the experience of having a was within walking distance ry AER apartment building season, when comes a next seven, and residence life staff really build- or a short drive of hundreds of charges monthly rents ranging most hotels raise a conference ing that community.” small, modestly priced apart- from $1,795 for a studio to their rates. point when center on the Hendershot said campus ment buildings, duplexes and $3,300 for a three-bedroom, Increasing “we need to top floor. housing is now at 121 percent single-family homes that housed two-bath unit. on-campus hous- Five develop- capacity. One hundred percent a number of USFSP students. Trubacz said the university ing is one of the raise our ers are bidding means all the beds on campus But when the city’s long-dor- approached AER managers university’s long- for the project are taken; the additional 21 mant downtown core began about getting a block of rooms term priorities. rates to get and will present percent comes from adding coming to life in the early for overflow student housing in Research these costs their proposals extra beds to certain rooms and 2000s, those modest housing an arrangement like its contract shows that next month. The using the Hilton. units were gradually supplant- with the Hilton. campus housing covered.” Florida Board “Being at 121 percent occu- ed by high-rise condominiums AER declined, but said improves both of Governors – pancy means that there is a defi- and apartment buildings that it would rent to individual student retention the 17-member nite need for students to live on dramatically drove up down- students who can afford it, and graduation rates, universi- board that oversees the state’s campus,” said Hendershot, “and town housing prices.