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More chicken Here come the fishes in Coquina Club’s future

By Tyler Killette St af f Reporte r

WOW Café and Wingery is coming to USF St. Petersburg’s Coquina Club, joining a long list of vendors that have occupied the spot since it opened in 1984. With the Reef Dining Hall’s opening in the University Student Center came Sodexo’s monopo- lization of vending and catering services on campus. This meant no other service could open a dining hall or cater on-campus events (though loopholes have been found). WOW Café is an independent company; however, through con- tracts with university dining ser- vices, it operates on more than 40 college campuses nationwide. It will open at USFSP under a p art- nership with Sodexo. Graphic by Justin Duplain Before Sodexo came to campus, By Tyler Killette a food service committee awarded focus on marine biology, endorsed between the elevators and game sitting there,” he said, explaining St af f Reporte r three-year contracts to vendors that the $37,00 project. room. According to SG Senator that students have already paid were renewable upon both par- A $25,000 grant from Progress Thomas Hamby, who wrote the bill, activity and service fees and SG ties’ agreement. Up to five vendors Plans are underway to install Energy will be used to fund the the tank will take about six weeks wants to spend the money while could be used for catering campus a 1,100-gallon fish tank in the tank. However, the remaining to install and will not disturb stu- it can still be used to benefit those events, including the one operating University Student Center after $12,000 will come from student dent activity. who paid. in the Coquina Club. Student Government passed the activity and service fees, a $ 25.05 For those concerned over the Of the 20 SG senators who voted “Vendors know that catering bill “Here Fishy, Fishy” on Jan. 23. per credit hour charge every stu- tank’s cost, Hamby notes that the on the bill, four voted no. is a main source of revenue for an Interim Regional Chancellor dent pays with tuition. project is “not an expenditure, but on-campus enterprise—that is why Bill Hogarth, who has expressed The tank will be placed in an an allocation of funds.” companies want the exclusive con- plans to foster USF St. Petersburg’s unoccupied nook in the USC “We had a l ot of money just See TANK, pg. 3 tracts,” said USFSP alumna Sudsy Tschiderer, who works in the Snell House on campus. Many were sad to see Chik-fil-a, the Coqiuna Club’s last occupant, close when its contract ran out WiFi routers bring down Internet last year. But before Chik-fil-a, the Coquina Club housed mostly local By Jennifer Nesslar vendors serving three home-style Crow’s Nest Cor r es pondent Jan. 22 from Scott Hendershot, the Students in violation would then cause the Internet to crash, they meals a day. school’s interim housing assign- be processed by Student Rights and disrupt the connection, causing it The first vendor was Aunt ments and operations coordinator, Responsibilities conduct officers. to slow. Hattie’s, a “ signature St. Pete res- Students in USF St. Petersburg’s informing students of the problems According to Jeff Reisberg, the “The slow Internet makes it taurant,” according to Tschiderer. residence halls experienced wire- caused by the prohibited devices. director of Campus Computing, really difficult to get anything On it’s opening day Aunt Hattie’s less Internet connection problems Failure to remove the devices wireless routers broadcast a s ignal done,” said Angelina Bruno, a served roasted duck with all the the past few weeks due to prohib- within 48 hours would prompt in the same channel as the USF freshman who lives in Residence trimmings, she said. ited routers and wireless printers USFSP Campus Computing to run wireless network. The wireless Hall One. set up in dorm rooms. a report determining where the channel is then unable to function See HISTORY, pg. 3 Residents received an email on routers and printers were located. properly. While the routers do not See WIFI, pg. 2 January 28, 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 19 crowsneststpete.com ‘Unplug your WiFi routers’ News Briefs Continued from front page

A $10,000 bronze bull statue “I just want to do my homework Rebecca Pirie, haven’t noticed can be for all students,” he said. campus. Specific consequences will be placed on the Harbor without having to wait for a page to much of a disruption. Although the routers impair for failing to remove prohibited Lawn in effort to promote load for 10 minutes.” “Sometimes it takes a second to wireless networks, the wired net- devices have not yet been decided. campus tradition. Money from “The Internet won’t connect load, but I r eally haven’t had any work is still operating and avail- “We would hope that students Student Government’s capital right away when I l og on,” said problems,” Pirie said. able for students to use. Reisberg will unplug their wireless routers so account—made up of $25.05 Alicia Caruso, another RHO Hendershot is working to deal encourages students to visit usfsp. that we do not have to take further per credit hour service and resident. with students’ frustrations. edu/computing to answer any ques- action,” Hendershot said. activity fees—will be used to Her roommate, Krystal Castro, “Campus Computing and hous- tions they may have about the avail- fund the statue. added, “I lose connection halfway ing and residence life are work- able networks at USFSP. The bronze bull will look through.” ing as quickly as possible to figure Students can visit usf.edu/it similar those outside the Tampa But residents in the University out how we can make the wireless to read the USF system policy on campus’s Marshall Student Student Center, such as freshman Internet experience the best that it which devices are prohibited on [email protected] Center (let’s hope this one isn’t neutered). Many students believe the statue will boost morale and assert USFSP as a valued part of the USF system. Nothing says school spirit like a life-sized bull Students march for Martin in the middle of campus.

SG is hosting a fundrais- ing competition benefitting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. Each college—Education, Business and Arts and Sciences—is working as a team to raise the most money. A collection jug for each col- lege is set up at the University Student Center help desk. Green (dollar bills, quarters, nickels and dimes) adds points to a t eam’s score while gold (pennies and dollar coins) sub- tract points. Throw gold into opposing teams’ collection jugs to bring down their scores while continuing to donate money. The contest runs through Feb. 12.

Do you enjoy a nice cruise through campus on your long- board but hate lugging 40 to 60 inches of plywood into class every day? Then you’ll be relieved to know that the campus will soon have long- board racks available for you to safely and conveniently lock up your ride. After recent issues with longboard theft, SG decided racks were necessary and voted

to have them installed. Thomas Boyd/The Crow’s Nest Members of the juggling club entertain parade watchers, who cheered and collected thousands of beads from USFSP students and faculty. Grab a fresh bag of chips, chop some onions and mash up an avocado. Students Kathleen By Haley Christian Community, and Government their unique talent. tradition in Monica Edwards’ Matos and Eloy Martinez are Cr ow ’s Nest Cor r espondent Relations, helped organize the “Who doesn’t want to juggle in a family. Edwards, president of the teaching free salsa classes three event to get the school involved parade?” Wray said. Black Student Association, believes times a week at the fitness USF St. Petersburg clubs and orga- with the community. Freshman Sarah Smith made it is also important to learn about center. nizations showed up to celebrate Abby Featherstone, a member of balloon animals for children the history of Martin Luther King Salsa, perhaps the best party history at the Martin Luther King the sailing team, thought march- attending the parade in hopes of Jr. while celebrating the holiday. food, is pretty great, right? I like Jr. Day parade on Jan. 21 in down- ing in the parade was a f un way promoting her idea for a new club “It means everything to me,” to eat a nice, chunky salsa with town St. Petersburg. for her and her teammates to be a on campus. The Longboarding Edwards said. those Tostito’s scooper chips. USFSP students started arriv- part of the city they attend school Club also participated, using their Nothing like it. ing at 9 a.m. for the 11 a.m. parade, in, explaining, “not everyone on the talents to pass out beads while Oh, wait. This is salsa danc- dressed in gold and green and ready team is from St. Pete.” cruising along the sides of the ing. That’s cool, too! to hand out beads to the crowds According to Juggling Club parade route. Classes are Monday 1 to 2 along the route. President Lena Wray, USFSP jug- But the parade wasn’t just about p.m., Thursday 4 to 5 p.m. and Lazar Anderson, director of glers got involved to support the promoting clubs. Celebrating Friday 5 to 6 p.m. Student Government’s University, school while amusing people with Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a [email protected] crowsneststpete.com January 28, 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 19

A history of closures Free flu shots at Continued from front page

But in a t ime when downtown said, who remembers the Coquina clubs and organizations but with- Wellness Center St. Petersburg was not doing well Club—then called the Coquina out the allure of food, attracts little financially, the restaurant closed. Dining Hall—as a campus meeting attention. Another popular campus restau- place. WOW (an acronym for World rant was Orange Blossom Catering, “One of the early deans had his of Wings) Café and Wingery will By M.S. Butler which has occupied the Coquina own reserved table and was there bring its New Orleans-inspired Cr ow ’s Nest Cor r espondent medical care or antiviral drugs and Club multiple times throughout pretty much every day,” he said, menu of burgers, wings, salads, will recover in less than two weeks,” the years. A few other catering ser- adding that many faculty members wraps and fajitas to the school. the CDC’s website reads. “Some vices took over but none were as would sit and chat during meals. While it’s unknown if the Coquina Amy Brown wants to make it per- people, however, are more likely to well received as Orange Blossom, “I’d say a l ot of business was Club will once again become a fectly clear that contracting this get flu complications that result in said Robert Dardenne a journalism conducted and a lot information choice destination, WOW Café will season’s flu is no fun. being hospitalized and occasionally professor. was exchanged there,” he said. “It at least provide students and faculty “Severe body aches and a h igh result in death.” Later came a s oul food restau- was basically the center of campus.” with another dining option. fever are the main symptoms to Still, many USFSP students rant called Atwater’s Cafeteria. But for the last 10 months, the look out for,” said Brown, the nurse had little or no knowledge of the “Atwater’s had great ribs and fish, Coquina Club has not been much practitioner at the Wellness Center eff rt to get students vaccinated. and greens, and cornbread and more than an empty room. It hosts at USF St. Petersburg. “It’s the feel- Freshman and athletic training other similar food,” Dardenne an occasional event for student [email protected] ing that I’ve been hit by a truck.” major Matt Perper was unaware of Avoiding that kind of misery is the program, but said it would have the driving force behind Flu Shot made no diffe ence in his decision Fridays, an ongoing vaccination not to get the vaccination. program provided free of charge to “I’ve never gotten it,” he said. “I Indigenous species will occupy tank USFSP students. have a really good immune system Since December, the Wellness and I rarely get sick.” Continued from front page Center has provided flu shots every Likewise, sophomore graphic Friday morning from 8 a.m. to 11:30 design major Mia Culbertson had a.m., no appointment necessary. never heard of the vaccination pro- “Everybody should get the shot gram. But knowing about the free Senator Andrew Kramer voiced USFSP student Lauren Dakers, be showcased in the tank, modeling because nobody can aff rd to take flu shots may have made a diffe - his grievances on the USFSP Know who works as a m arine educator a portion of the Florida Keys reef three or four days off to recover ence in her decision to get a flu shot. it All’s Guide, the school’s unofficial at the Pier Aquarium, explained tract and artificial reef systems of from the flu,” Brown said. “And The program is scheduled to Facebook group. that although the aquarium is relo- Tampa Bay. that’s if you get a minor case of the continue through Feb. 1, but could “In my opinion, it just seems cating to John’s Pass on Madeira The tank will feature an educa- flu.” go longer if the need arises. Students like the educational devices are Beach, it will continue to maintain tional kiosk showing a l ive feed of For many, the possibility of a can also make an appointment for a just a manner to find a way to jus- the tanks it has throughout the city. data streaming from buoys, glid- large backlog of missed homework flu shot at their convenience during tify spending such a large amount “Just because we are no longer ers and other platforms in the Gulf and compromised grades would be normal operating hours. of funds on a p retty fish tank,” down the street doesn’t mean that of Mexico. The kiosk will also host enough motivation to take action to The Wellness Center is located Kramer wrote. we won’t be able to maintain this Skype sessions between students prevent the illness; however, that’s on the second floor of the Student He also noted that The Pier tank,” Dakers said. and marine biology professors who not the worst that can happen. Life Center in room 2200. Aquarium—which in conjunc- Hamby said SG is looking are out at sea on research vessels. “We like to remind everyone Students can also make an tion with USFSP Marine Science for ways to establish more tradi- that people can die from the flu,” appointment or get more informa- and Environmental clubs will be tions on campus and “larger ticket she said. tion regarding the center’s other responsible for the tank’s mainte- items,” like the fish tank, will help The website for The Centers for services by calling the Wellness nance—will close with the reno- foster that. Disease Control and Prevention Center at 727-873-4422 or visit vation of the St. Petersburg Pier, Red fish, spiny lobster, stone fully supports Brown’s advice. their website at usfsp.edu/wellness. and asked if the responsibility of crab, grouper, snook and vari- “Most people who get the flu maintaining the school’s aquarium ous coral substrates are among the will have mild illness, will not need [email protected] would be left unfilled. indigenous Florida species that will [email protected] ISS is No. 6 major Staff Reports Johns said many students combine majors such as social work and psychology An article in last week’s Crow’s Nest identi- or social work and criminology to better fi d the top 10 majors at USF St. Petersburg, prepare for their careers. but due to the way USF calculates majors, The program has a r obust intern pro- it failed to mention interdisciplinary social gram, with students interning at CASA, a science. domestic violence non-profit; the Florida With 235 students, interdisciplinary Department of Juvenile Justice, a govern- social science ranks as the sixth most pop- ment agency that seeks to end juvenile ular major on campus. The program allows delinquency; Family Resources, a founda- students to combine other social science tion that helps teenagers and runaway chil- majors to broaden their studies and satisfy dren; and more. a wide variety of interests. Contact Johns at [email protected] “There are a lot of things the university for more information. doesn’t have,” said Rebecca Johns, the ISS program coordinator. “ISS allows students to do them.” [email protected] January 28, 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 19 Dalí series ‘lives on the edge’

By Nancy McCann Crow’s Nest Cor r es pondent presented a s olution to the chang- power relations. McCracken said ing career landscape—give young that it is important for sex workers people the knowledge to start a new to directly participate in exploring A dean thinks the library is too business. issues, such as individual safety, so quiet. A b usiness program doesn’t “We are innovating all of the that the results can make the most prepare students to go out and time—we are at the forefront,” he sense. get a j ob. A p rofessor says it is said about USFSP’s leading entre- “What’s fascinating is the con- important to listen to sex workers. preneurship program. “Can you nection between the helper and What’s going on here? Those who teach an undergraduate to be an the helpee,” said McCracken, who If your non-college or commuter attended The Genius Next Door—a entrepreneur? Yes.” emphasized that it is important friends ever come over to your new, monthly series at the Dali Carol Hixson, dean of the when conducting research to ask, dorm room, they will probably Museum—were able to find out. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, “Who is helping who?” have some questions about dormi- On Jan. 17 in the museum’s said she wants to dispense with Sandee Steinberg, who recently tory life. Living away from home theater, a three-member panel the silent library because librar- retired from her job as a g en- can be a fascinating idea for those from USF St. Petersburg presented ies should be a place for collabora- eral merchandise manager with who have never tried it. But with vastly diffe ent ideas with the same tion (with, of course, some areas for Dillards, said she loved the pro- freedom comes responsibility. bottom line: individuals need more quiet study). Her vision: to disman- gram and was “fascinated by the You might find yourself in need opportunities to create and share tle old space and open new areas in idea that the entrepreneurship of a t houghtful answer to some their own ideas. the library where people can “con- program at our university is on common questions about USF The moderator, Frank Biafora, nect and interact” with resources the leading edge of something in St. Petersburg dorm life. Here are dean of the College of Arts and and each other. business.” some typical scenarios. Sciences, explained that the series “I never aspired to be a l ibrar- Lucy Trimarco, a USFSP art was launched so that the Dali ian,” Hixson said. professor, said she enjoyed it and Q: Why are these elevators so Museum could work more closely She explained that her early thought the event was a b eautiful slow? with USFSP, and it was decided that interest in foreign languages and overlap of the whole community. A: One of the trolls that operate they would “live on the edge and cultures developed into a commit- “Salvador Dali, with his the pulleys must be asleep. try something new.” ment to providing multiple points penchant for seeing things diffe - Q: Why is there vomit on the “The American dream has of view in graduate school. Hixson ently, would probably have enjoyed floor of this elevator? changed,” said Daniel James is all about connection—between it, too,” she said. A: I don’t know, but it’s not from Scott, associate director for the the library and the community, and The next program in The Genius motion sickness. These things are Sustainable Entrepreneurship & among the students. Next Door series is scheduled for so slow... Innovation Alliance, who cau- Jill McCracken, associate pro- Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6:00 p.m. Q: Why does this place look like tioned that students should no fessor in the English department, a dungeon? longer assume that a job will still be explained her research on sex A: It doesn’t. Dungeons don’t there when it is time to retire. Scott workers stems from her interest in [email protected] have electricity, so we don’t really know what they look like now, do we? Q: What smells like _____? (insert disgusting smell here) A: Probably the big pile of _____ A tournament of over there. Q: How do you deal with noisy roommates? A: Drown them in death metal. innovations Or Lady Gaga, if I’m feeling partic- By Amanda Starling ularly vengeful. Crow’s Nest Cor r es pondent event and we want to build with the Spunnel and Lazar Q: What do you call this pretty some tradition around it,” said Anderson in third with Localmark. carpet pattern? Entrepreneurship Creative in it. A: Sludge. Wildly named ideas like City Residence and judge Nathan City Sleekers is Price’s newly Q: Where do you study? Sleekers, Hedge Hugs, Mission Schwagler. founded eco-friendly mobile A: On the roof, usually. Control and the Spunnel were Other judges present included car detailing company. The ser- Q: Why isn’t the Internet among those presented at the John Morrow, the Entrepreneurship vice dispatches bicyclists to ride working? Entrepreneurship Club’s Business major’s Entrepreneur in Residence; out to vehicles and do on the spot A: Word has it they have a Idea Pitch. On Jan. 22, students Bill Jackson, director of the entre- cleaning with eco-friendly clean- possum problem in Tampa. They gathered in the University Student preneurship program; Kevin ing products. Price has two loca- chew on the generators sometimes. Center ballroom to compete in the Hackett, a W ells Fargo represen- tions and mobility in downtown Q: Are there maids here? tournament of innovation. tative and sponsor; Daniel James St. Petersburg. He won $200 and a A: No. (Ed. note: The Hilton “Our mission is to equip our Scott, the associate director of the spot to compete at the Southeastern does have maids. It’s a hotel.) members with best skills and con- program; and Reuben Pressman, Entrepreneurship Conference Pitch Q: Then who takes out the trash? tacts to help them change their the first graduate of the entrepre- Competition at the University of A: No one. That’s why there’s environments the way they see neurship program. The judges Tampa, on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2. trash everywhere. fit, no matter what their major,” based pitch rankings on presenta- “I’ve been pitching to myself for Q: Why don’t you have a p ic- said Entrepreneurship Club presi- tion quality, and whether the idea practice,” Price said. “I’ve been here ture of Judy Genshaft on your wall? dent Chris Carpentier. “We are presented validated an assumption in front of the mirror recording I thought all USF students wor- the do club. We don’t do ice cream and solved a problem. myself. The pitch will support itself shipped her. socials—we do startup workshops, Pressman spoke to the audience as long as I don’t get nervous.” A: I h ad one, but the brilliant business competitions and net- and the young entrepreneurs about radiance shining off of her face was working events.” the event and entrepreneurship as a giving people sunburns. Fourteen “pitchers” were given major. 90 seconds to explain their idea and “It teaches you to challenge impress the judges. Following the assumptions,” he said. “It teaches pitch, the judges asked questions you to turn problems into opportu- about the idea presented, from cost nities and look at things diffe ently and assembly to target buyers. As and tackle them with a whole other students elaborated on their ideas, way of thinking.” judges spoke to them more as inves- Winners of the evening included tors than instructors. Nick Price in first place with City “We see this as a once-a-semester Sleekers, Evan Koteles in second [email protected] January 28, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 19 January 28, 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 19 crowsneststpete.com

Editorial Hey commuters, wake up!

This issue marks the culmination backpacks, free snacks, free water, and organizations put on. They Harborside Activities Board and of the inaugural St. Petersburg free candy, free beads and free pins, have fun and enjoy the activities any club about throwing an event Student Choice Awards, sponsored nobody wanted to vote. Students and make sure they’re getting their or starting a club you’d like to see. by The Crow’s Nest. walked by and gave a q uick “no money’s worth. But they’re in the Most of these folks are here to make The student newspaper at the University Every day last week, we asked thanks” when they were offe ed minority. sure students have a g ood college of South Florida St. Petersburg. students to vote for their favorite something from the pile. We would Commuter students just don’t experience, but they’re not mind everything around St. Petersburg. have been offe ded, but it happens spend much time at their school, readers. [email protected] Some voted online, some voted on all over campus. and that’s a s hame. Whether they Three: If you really hate every- Harborwalk (and got some sweet USF St. Petersburg, still some- want to or not, students pay $25.05 thing offe ed around here, or if Edit or -in-Chief : schwag, to boot) but everyone’s where between a commuter campus per credit hour toward activity and you’re concerned about your future Ren LaForme voice counted. and a real, thriving university, has a service fees—a pot of money used student loan repayments, you can Managing Edit or: With the tallies totaled, problem with participation. to fund clubs and events (though a start a m ovement to get A&S fees Mike Hopey Acropolis and the Tavern came out A recent poll performed by good chunk of it is used to pay the lowered. Cr eat ive Dir ec t or: Chelsea Tatham on top (see pg. 5 for full results). It Student Government to test stu- bond for the University Student Any of the three options will New s Edit or : turns out students love to hang out dent opinion about a g iant bronze Center). By not participating, stu- improve your college experience. Tyler Killette at the Greek restaurant’s vibrant bull statue was deemed successful dents are throwing that money Maybe you’ll even make some new Ar t s & Lif e Edit or Central Avenue location, where when fewer than 60 people replied. away. friends. Ryan Ballogg plate breaking is celebrated and At a campus of over 4,000, that’s an Many complain. Few do any- And now, thanks to your fellow Opinio n Edit or fires are known to flare up on abysmal figure. But it’s better than thing. But there are options. students who choose to participate, Jane McInnis purpose. And the Tavern, ever a usual. One: You can attend events, join you have a list of good places to go Spor t s Edit or Samantha Ouimette campus mainstay, continues to You can see it at almost any clubs and make sure your money with them. Phot o Edit or please those who appreciate a great event. Sure, the numbers are is being put to good use. Colleges Thomas Boyd sandwich and a great location. improving. And sure, there’s a core exist to educate. But they’re also a Gr aphic Desig ner But one thing was a l ittle trou- group of students—mostly made up great place to have fun. Get out and Jus tin Duplain bling. On Harborwalk, where we of those who live on campus—that make it happen. Dist r ibuti on Manager offe ed students free pull-string attends almost everything clubs Two: You can talk to SG, Frank Kurtz Adver t ising Manager Editorial Cartoon Francesca Genovese Adver t ising Repr esent at ive A ndrea Inman St af f A dv iser Deb Wolfe No a series by ElizabethIdea Malley [email protected].

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The Crow’s Nest is printed by: Web Offset Printing Throwback 12198 44th Street North Clearwater, Florida 33762 Elvis Presley made his first television appearance on Jan. 28, 1956. Shortly “The first time that I a ppeared on stage, it scared me to d eath. I r eally after, he recorded “Blue Suede Shoes” and became the first rock & roll per- didn’t know what all the yelling was about. I didn’t realize that my body Join us at our weekly staff meetings during former to top the Billboard charts. His career didn’t quite take off from was moving. It’s a natural thing to me. So to the manager backstage I said, the spring semester. Mondays at 5:00 p.m. in SLC 2400. there, though. A two-week stint at a ritzy Las Vegas hotel was poorly ‘What’d I do? What’d I do?’ And he said, ‘Whatever it is, go back and do it received—critics said Presley was “like a jug of corn liquor at a champagne again.’ ” party.” A few months later he upset “good people” everywhere by auto- -Elvis Presley, as quoted in “The Leading Men of MGM” graphing one young lady’s abdomen and another’s thigh.

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Giants have Bulls connections

By Frank Kurtz cannot bring myself to cheer for the fellow Rust Belt city team, I shud- wearing a jersey for Baltimore’s Ray and eating Rice-A-Roni, it is after St af f Col umnist Baltimore Browns. der at the thought of the Bills leav- Lewis should be locked up for child all a “The San Francisco Treat.” Pier You may be wondering why I ing Western New York, even if it is abuse for wearing the jersey of an 39, home of the famous seals, is a By now I’m sure you know that the keep referring to the Ravens as the just to Ontario. alleged murderer. At least Orenthal sweet spot to hang out. I’d suggest San Francisco 49ers of the NFC will Browns. In 1996, the late Art Modell The Browns originally played James, commonly referred to as a trip to Trish’s Mini Doughnuts be playing against the Baltimore moved the Cleveland Browns to in the All-American Football “The Juice,” waited until he was out for delicious bite-sized miniature Browns—excuse me, the Baltimore Baltimore. Then-commissioner of Conference and eventually were of the league to get wrapped up in doughnuts. Ravens—who will be represent- the No Fun League, Paul Tagliabue, sucked up by the National Football murder charges. Former South Florida Bulls head ing the AFC in Super Bowl XLVII announced that within three years League beginning with the 1950 The San Francisco 49ers, the coach Jim Leavitt is the lineback- in New Orleans, La. broadcast on an NFL team would be back in season—which means they were an NFC representative, are also former ers coach for the ‘Niners, so that’s CBS. Cleveland. Said franchise would be NFL franchise prior to the merger members of the All-American cool (we miss you, a l ot.) Current My bet? It’s going to be boring— named the Browns and hold on to with the enemy, the AFL. Upon Football Conference. They’re not head coach Willie Taggart was with CBS doesn’t do a g ood job with the history of the team. The staff finalization of the merger, the quite old NFL like the Green Bay current San Fran head coach Jim anything they do and I’m otherwise and players of the Browns team Browns, Steelers of Pittsburgh and Packers or Chicago Bears, but NFL Harbaugh when he was at Western conflicted on who to root for. that went to Baltimore eff ctively Baltimore Colts left the old guard nonetheless. Kentucky and Stanford. I was raised, as a Bills fan, in an became an expansion franchise. NFL and joined the 10 American I was born in San Francisco’s So I r eckon that I’ll be rooting AFC household. I have pulled for Granted, it is nice to see a team Football League teams in the new East Bay, so I g uess I c an root for for San Francisco and some good the AFC when watching the NFL back in Baltimore. The way the AFC. the West Bay team, though if I said commercials. championship game ever since Colts left that city for Indianapolis Back on the topic of Super Bowl that I’d be liable to roughed up by Buffalo went to four straight Super on the morning of March 29, 1984 XLVII, I vividly remember an uncle Oakland Raiders fans back in my Bowls in the early ’90s. However, I was just criminal. As a fan of a joking that the parents of a k id birth town. I like riding cable cars [email protected]

How a concert rewrote A bad movie By Thomas Boyd St af f Col umnist empty seat next to me had been filled by a couple in their late 60s, my definition of ‘artist’ and I swear they must have raised Last weekend I chose to indulge in skunks. The lady’s perfume was the the greatest of America’s pastimes: mustiest thing I have ever smelled. the bad movie. Just like a good This lady wasn’t even the worst comedy, you go to be entertained. of the moviegoers there. Behind By Ryan Ballogg he seemed to have borrowed his A lot of people speculate about But you won’t be laughing with us were two 14-year-old girls who St af f Col umnist shabby wardrobe from a homeless why he stopped releasing music. actors on screen—you’ll be laugh- insisted on making conversation man or a Civil War re-enactor. You Maybe he felt he couldn’t outdo ing at them. with us for the whole 10 minutes I tend to say that a concert is the best hear about those historical figures what he had written before. Maybe For this particular journey into before previews. During this time one I’ve ever been to every time I go like Abe Lincoln who have such a he had said all he wanted through the bowels of Hollywood’s under- there was no question that they to one. But last night, things might commanding presence—almost an that medium. Some thought he had side, I decided to go to see “Hansel would not ask. have changed. A chance to see Jeff aura. I would argue that Mangum a breakdown. Whatever it was, he and Gretel: Witch Hunters,” which, “Who’s your girlfriend? Are you Mangum rewrote the meaning of is one. It’s something you know had his reasons and felt no need to for the record, is an excellent bad and that girl next to you dating? the word “artist” for me. when you encounter it. explain them. movie. But what happened at the What’s her name? Do you know Anyone familiar with the ’90s He sat down in a l one wooden Such an appearance and attitude theater ensured I h ad the worst Chuck Finley? Can I t ouch your music scene knows of Mangum’s chair next to a row of mismatched and purity of voice—such a c har- movie experience ever in the two hair?” band Neutral Milk Hotel. In an age guitars. He eyed them all for a acter—makes you want to know a decades I have inhabited this earth. After asking that particular of grunge and acoustic pop, he was moment and then selected one that person to the smallest detail. What The first problem occurred question, they began molesting my the alternative. He wanted to be the might have been a cheap toy. did he do with himself for all of that when I w as purchasing my ticket. hair. They kept doing it, randomly, alternative. He made great, unfil- Then his mouth opened and he time? Was he living in a dilapidated Recently, Muvico has decided that during the film. These two charac- tered music for a time. And then he sang, and his voice cut through cabin somewhere or traveling the their theaters should become like ters apparently thought they could was gone. all external appearances and pre- world? airplanes, you have to reserve the do anything they wanted because It was amazing to see an artist sumptions. After almost 20 years But that kind of obsession steals specific seat you want to sit in. they paid $11.25 to see a 3D film. with such great potential walk away since recording his debut album, from an artist’s art. We crave the Muvico has even set up their own At one point during the movie I when he had only just started. But his voice only sounded better. He minute details, and in the process first class—they call it D-Box. You saw a couple who decided that they besides for a few collaborations and did not need tricks, gimmicks or lose the ideal that the artist repre- pay an extra $8 to sit in a b igger needed a p icture of themselves. solo releases, there wasn’t another extravagance to make beautiful sents. Music, at its heart, is a pursuit chair in the middle of the theater They pulled out a p hone, took a peep from him, and no new NMH music. of an ideal sound. and have it to massage you for the self-photo and blinded the individ- music. He avoided the public lens The crowd ate him up with a Unlike many, Mangum has length of your viewing. uals behind them. But at least they for years. fervor that really seemed to humble walked his path in that spirit. He The whole selected seating had the courtesy to only disturb It was almost metaphoric last him. has glorifi d his music instead of becomes a massive problem because the people behind them. Another night when he sauntered onto the He said, “You know, I n ever himself. no one wants to sit next to someone group took a group photo with flash stage from the shadows and into could have imagined so many Most of all, he has kept alive they don’t know. The theater ends while the movie was rolling. Their the lights and a g ush of crowd people showing up just to hear me some much needed uncertainty. up looking like a massive block of shadows were cast across the screen racket. He looked rather like a star- sing.” There is beauty in the mystery of Swiss cheese—random holes poked for the whole theater to see—not tled bear. He also looked like he had He explained how his first not knowing everything. It pre- throughout that no one wants to just once but three times. been asleep for a long time, as time recordings had been meant for a vents existence from becoming inhabit for the next hour and a half After putting up with these and the world passed him by. friend’s ears only. He had sent him mundane, and leaves room for the away from their friends. schmucks for the length of my bad His hair was long and unkempt, a collection of songs on a c assette creation of modern mythology. Or Once I b ought my ticket, my movie, I’ve decided something. I’m and accompanied by an even tape in the mail. When he visited at the least, a folk legend. friend and I found our selected just going to pirate from now on. longer (mostly gray) beard. A c ap the friend a w hile later, everyone seats near the back of theater. cast a s hadow over his eyes, and had copies of it. [email protected] Unfortunately for myself, the [email protected] January 28, 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 19 crowsneststpete.com Bulls alumnus at Bowl A surefire Super Bowl bet By Samantha Ouimette St af f Reporte r By Mike Hopey St af f Col umnist Jim Leavitt, the first coach in USF football history and the man who built the program from the ground- Super Bowl predictions are a dime Northern Illinois set a new up, is headed to the Superbowl. a dozen. Someone has guessed record for fewest points scored Shortly after his departure whether the first play will be a run in a first half on Saturday, from the USF, Leavitt was hired or pass or whether the coin flip is scoring just four points as the linebackers coach for the heads or tails. Predicting the Super against Eastern Michigan San Francisco 49ers. He has flour- Bowl isn’t very hard. There is a fifty- through the first 20 minutes ished under Jim Harbaugh’s direc- fifty chance to get it right—though of the game. tion since that time, and in only his some will manage to make a fool of The Huskies broke their own second season with the team he will themselves. record, as the team had set the have his players competing for the I won’t be predicting the game record for the fewest points in most coveted prize in professional but I a m willing to make another a first half in the shot clock era football. prediction. I am willing to bet that earlier this season with just five Leavitt’s success in the NFL will in the infinite expanse of social against Dayton on Dec. 1. The have many USF fans rooting for the media Ray Lewis and his checkered Huskies’ dreadful first half was 49ers this weekend. However, his past will be trending. marked by a 3 p ercent shoot- success has also lead to those same It’s inevitable. Detractors will ing accuracy that included 29 fans wondering what might have latch on to the story of the double Courtesy of USF Athletics straight misses. been had Leavitt been allowed to murder after Super Bowl XXXIV NIU would go on to lose to stick around, and where the USF back fondly on Leavitt’s time with is the current Big East conference in Atlanta that involved Lewis as a Eastern Michigan by the score football program might be today the program. Leavitt is a p rimary and into a m ore stable conference reason to root against him. Because of 42-25. had he never been fired. reason for why the USF Bulls are such as the Big 12 Conference. At in their minds, no one who has The controversy surrounding playing Division I f ootball today. the very least, the program would ever been involved in a murder has Leavitt’s removal is well known. His leadership helped to move the not have suffe ed the setbacks that turned his life around. A dominating win over the An investigation launched by the program up from independent to have caused them to fall in the eyes Lewis’ supporters will cry foul Detroit Pistons wasn’t the school found that he had grabbed Conference USA to the Big East. of recruits and the college football at those critics because he has only thing that had the Miami former Bulls wide receiver Joel Under Leavitt, USF enjoyed world. found God and leads a b etter life. Heat celebrating on Friday Miller by the throat, slapped him in the fastest ascension into the The future with Willie Taggart Lewis appears in more commer- night. the face and then lied about doing top 25 r ankings from entry into at the helm is looking bright, so the cials answering questions from Michael Drysch, a 5 0-year- so. Leavitt continually denied the I-A/Football Championship nostalgia felt towards Jim Leavitt little girls than ones where he snarls old computer technician from allegations brought against him, Subdivision in NCAA history as will have to remain just that. The at the camera. To his supporters McHenry, Ill., nailed a shot but ultimately USF President Judy well as many other records and man who turned down the head everyone who has found God is from the half-court line and Genshaft and Athletic Director firsts. So what if he had stayed? coaching job at Alabama twice to above reproach. won himself and the Boys & Doug Woolard found that they had There is simply no way to relate stay with the program he built, the Sunday will be Lewis’ last NFL Girls Club of America $75,000 all the evidence they needed to let in definite terms what Leavitt might one who ran sprints up and down game and a d ay where noise will courtesy of the LeBron James him go. have accomplished had he stayed. the fi ld before games to get himself crowd the air from supporters and Family Foundation. Drysch Despite the documented back- After three disappointing seasons pumped up, is now lending his tal- critics trying to have the last say on was excitedly tackled by 6-foot- tracking by Miller— and his father, under Skip Holtz, and the relative ents to the 49ers in their quest for a his legacy. After all, the public is the 8-inch James immediately after who at one point told reporters that uncertainty that comes with any sixth Super Bowl win. keeper of his legacy. sinking the incredible hook Leavitt did not hit his son but rather new coach such as Willie Taggart, All Bulls fans can do now is wish Ray Lewis doesn’t owe the shot. grabbed him by the shoulder pads it’s easy to see why USF fans yearn Leavitt the best of luck going into people anything, though. There When asked what he in an attempt to motivate him,— for the better days of huge home this weekend’s game, and hope that is little more he can do except live would do with the money, he it is not necessarily hard to believe wins over West Virginia and a No. he looks back on his time with USF with the burden of the truth about responded, “Give the govern- that this sort of coaching style is up 2 national ranking. as fondly as USF looks back on their that January night. If you have ment half.” After taxes, his Leavitt’s alley. Many fans think if Leavitt were time with him. never had any faith that people can winnings are $52,770. Even with the findings of the coach today, USF would almost make a b etter life for themselves investigation, many USF fans look certainly be out of the debacle that [email protected] then Lewis is a good place to start. Lewis isn’t going to care much National Signing Day for the on Super Bowl Sunday what the world of college football is less world has to say about him and his than a week away, and half of legacy. When you see a grown man the top 10 recruits have yet Smith leads on court, off crying and drooling on himself to announce who they will be By Samantha Ouimette during the Star Spangled Banner playing for next season. St af f Reporte r insisting that any team that offe ed you had better think that that is a Florida, who is projected to her a s cholarship do the same for man secure with who he is. have the best 2013 recruiting her sister. USF obliged, and after But they’ll still talk about him. class in the nation, has snagged Senior guard Andrea Smith has two years at community college, One side wants to make sure our two five-star recruits, corner- been lighting up the court for Smith thrived under coach Jose quick-to-forgive society doesn’t back Hargreaves III and run- USF’s women’s basketball team this Fernandez’s direction. prematurely raise Lewis to saint- ning back Kelvin Taylor; the season, and has been a major con- But Smith would go on to tear hood while the other side wants to three other committed recruits tributor to the Bulls’ impressive the ACL of her left knee in the make sure that his past won’t con- belong to Auburn, Notre Dame, 14-5 record. Together with her twin final game of her junior year, leav- demn him. and Alabama respectively. sister Andrell, who she is older than ing her senior season in doubt. When the talking heads on The remaining young men, by just five minutes, she has helped She’s come back better than ever, ESPN are done yelling at each other who have been ranked by to form a d uo that has left oppo- and is this season’s standout in the and the dust settles on Lewis’ career scouts at ESPN, will have until nents struggling to answer. quest to attain the second NCAA both sides will have their voices Feb. 6 to make their official Smith leads the team in points Tournament berth in USF women’s heard. No one, not even a popular decision. scored with 337, an average of 17.7 basketball history. athlete, is remembered for just the per game, and has already been good. named Big East player of the week Courtesy of USF Athletics Who wants to take that bet? this season. In high school, she scared off potential recruiters with Andrea Smith her “double or nothing” mantra, [email protected] [email protected]