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University of South Florida Scholar Commons Crow's Nest University History: Campus Publications 4-15-2019 Crow's Nest : 2019 : 04 : 15 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 : 2019 : 04 : 15" (2019). Crow's Nest. 794. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest/794 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 3 FEATURES, page 5 OPINIONS, page 7 MUSEUM MOVING FORWARD GETTING PERSONAL SENATOR SPEAKS OUT Student Government senator Naya Payne The Salvador Dalí Museum made its first This year’s TEDx at USF St. Petersburg step in securing funding to expand. See has one message for his colleagues: Cut the covered everything from mental health drama, and let’s get to work. Read about his what’s next for the beloved downtown St. to workplace harassment — all with Petersburg staple. observations about SG, and how he proposes strong, candid emotions on display. to address them. Here’s what you missed. THE CROW’S NEST THE CAMPUS NEWSPAPER AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA ST. PETERSBURG Volume 52, Issue 12 - April 15, 2019 | Online at crowsneststpete.com @CrowsNestStPete @USFCrowsNest @USFCrowsNest @USFSPCrowsNest Former SG leader gets expulsion lifted By The Crow’s Nest Staff with what the university documents that he did media, Goetz is now rights of due process calls “an ongoing not want to return to the apparently attending were denied by both the former Student restriction from access to university. He just wanted to community college and university’s student conduct Government leader the University” thereafter. remove the blot of expulsion working for an accounting board and Dean of Students A who was kicked out The change from from his record. firm in Tallahassee. He Jacob Diaz. of school in May 2017 for expulsion to suspension, Although I am not looking declined to comment to The Reversing their own June allegedly assaulting a female hammered out in negotiations to ever re-enroll at USF, an Crow’s Nest. 12, 2018, ruling, the judges student in his dorm room has between attorneys for Goetz expulsion will effectively His attorney, Mark O’Brien, said the board and the dean gotten the expulsion removed and the university, is a victory end my journey anywhere did not respond to several relied on a summary of an from his record. for Goetz. else,” he said. “I will lose messages from the newspaper. investigative report – “the Instead, the USF St. He was elected vice all opportunities to obtain a The turnaround in only document on which USF Petersburg record of president of Student good education as well as to the Goetz case began in relied in presenting its case” – Samuel Goetz will show Government two months pursue my dream of going to December, when three in making their decisions. that he was suspended, before his expulsion, but law school.” Pinellas County circuit effective December 2017, he has maintained in legal According to social judges ruled that Goetz’s >> SEE EXPULSION on P2 Bill failure causes division in SG By Amy Diaz the week of controversy [email protected] and chaos came from senators Naya Payne and proposal to increase Gregory Cote. openness and Their bill, which passed A outreach in the the SG policy committee a Student Government senate week earlier, would create died in a general assembly a position called secretary meeting on April 8. of the senate. The student in And then the fur started the volunteer position would to fly. take notes during meetings, In a donnybrook maintain easily accessible of accusations and public records and publicize recriminations that lasted COURTESY OF TOM KRAMER SG on social media. five days, there was a The position is Theater couldn’t be sweeter move to unseat Senate “something that we Places, Spaces and Art brought a week of performances to USF St. Petersburg for its president Tiffany Porcelli, a desperately need,” said inaugural “Short & Sweet Theatre Week,” and audience members got to join in on the action. counter move by Porcelli to Cote, noting that the USF See stories, page 4. reprimand the senator who campuses in Tampa and challenged her, a call for a Sarasota-Manatee already vote of confidence in Porcelli have it. Violence leads to second and – finally – a letter of But the proposal ran into apology from Porcelli. a buzz saw of opposition. In the middle of it all, It would violate the SG arrest in residence hall there was also a resignation. constitution, said chief By Amy Diaz not name the person they locate and arrest Brown off Christine Rowe, a legal officer Thomas Ryan. [email protected] arrested or say what he was campus minutes after receiving member of the SG supreme It would duplicate duties charged with. a call from the victim. court, said in a letter that SG that are already handled or the second time in University spokeswoman The bulletin did not say “is monopolized by people by senate members, said two months, police have Carrie O’Brion said on whether the latest suspect who are only looking out for Porcelli and student body Farrested a non-student Friday that a report with sneaked into the building as themselves and force their Vice President Ysatis Jordan. after a violent incident in more information would Brown did. opinions and ideas on others. Residence Hall One. be available “early next In an email sent on March “I don’t want to be in an In a bulletin to the USF week.” University Police 20, Chief Hendry said the organization where most of St. Petersburg community, Chief David Hendry did not department is “working the decisions are made by university police said a respond to two calls from with Residential Housing to one or two individuals.” former boyfriend got in The Crow’s Nest. evaluate technologies and Rowe added that she an argument with an RHO The arrest came just two processes” regarding security. had been hospitalized last resident on April 12 and “hit a months after another violent In the meantime, the crime semester and that “SG student during the incident.” incident in RHO. alert bulletin urged students has been affecting (her) The former boyfriend On Feb. 13, Anthony to “always report suspicious medical issues.” “fled the building,” police Xavier Brown,19, followed a persons or activities on “It is a very stressful and said, but he was arrested resident into the building to campus immediately to the unpleasant environment to be later in the day, taken to see his ex-girlfriend, whom University Police,” and “stay in,” she wrote. “Eventually, EMILY WUNDERLICH | THE CROW’S NEST the Pinellas County Jail he went on to beat and batter safe, never walk alone at SG becomes toxic to Gregory Cote, senator. and given a warning not to over the course of seven and a night and be alert to your everyone that is in it.” trespass on campus. half hours. surroundings.” The proposal that started >> SEE FAILURE on P3 In the bulletin, police did The police were able to 2 April 15, 2019 THE CROW’S NEST SG passes final budget, restores Campus Movie Fest funding By Dylan Hart cut, they’re the first thing to get still contains significant cuts The organization pays the [email protected] money back.” for The Crow’s Nest (23.4 outside CMF Tour to visit USF The action came after percent), Student Life and St. Petersburg with camera and unding for the Campus Kelso vetoed the senate’s Engagement (10.5 percent), editing equipment. With the Movie Fest, which original budget and noted the Office of Leadership new budget, HAB will be able Fwas eliminated when the criticism that this year’s and Student Organizations to host the fifth annual CMF Student Government approved budget process generated. (9.3 percent), and Campus next spring. a budget for 2019-2020, has “Since this budget process Recreation (6.8 percent). Kelso read a statement from been restored. has been very difficult for all SG, which is allocated HAB at the April 8 general At the recommendation of parties involved, I thought $70,704 in salaries, remains assembly. The statement said student body president Daniel it would be best to allocate largely unaffected by that this year’s CMF, from “Kaeden” Kelso, the SG senate that toward student clubs and budget cuts. February 20 through 26, voted April 8 to give CMF organizations,” Kelso said at The $721.60 cut to SG’s had lower turnout than usual $10,218.40 in leftover funds, the April 8 meeting. “A lot athletic bus program will not because many students were too plus $721.60 from an account of concern that we have been significantly affect the program, focused on midterm exams. COURTESY OF YSATIS JORDAN used to take students to football given is that we at Student Kelso said, because the original “We noticed a 65-percent Kaeden Kelso, student body games in Tampa. Government did not take $5,000 allocated to the program decrease in students president. “There were a lot of things as much of a reduction as was a “lump sum” used to pay attending the premiere this we had to reduce, and CMF was everyone else.” for buses as needed. year,” the statement said. “If the timing of the event can one of the first to be affected,” The final budget, which CMF is an annual student these funds are secured, we happen earlier in February.” Kelso said.