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The student newspaper at USF St. Petersburg February 23 - March 1, 2014 | Volume 48 | Issue 22 Brighter helmets Review: St. Pete Jazz Festival and bigger flags p. 5 The Bucs get a new look p. 8 crowsneststpete.com Students push for commencement Student voice leads debate topics By Jennifer Nesslar a stir from the section where several venue change Staff Reporter SG members were seated. By Krystal Blais Boyd thinks SG can do a better Crow’s Nest Correspondent Five candidates, in the most job of listening to students. If contested USFSP presidential elec- elected, he said he plans to ask his Lorenza Navarro, a 23-year- tion yet, discussed the role of the senators to go out on campus and old psychology major, started an student body president at a debate talk to students for at least an hour online petition asking USF St. on Tuesday, Feb. 18. per week. Petersburg to move the graduation Cody Boyer thinks the presi- As a transfer student from USF commencement to a larger venue, dent sets a good example. Sophia Tampa, Boyer saw how free print- citing Tropicana Field as one possi- Constantine said the president ing worked at a larger campus. bility. The petition, created on Feb. should go to administration to After swiping their IDs, each stu- 13, has gained 341 signatures so far. advocate for the students. Steven dent was allowed up to 22 pages. Each graduating USFSP student Bird believes the president repre- After that, each page cost 10 cents. receives five tickets to the ceremony sents the students for what they After pausing, he concluded, “We at the Mahaffey Theater. For those want. Tyler Hanson said the presi- can get you guys free printing.” with big families, five tickets isn’t dent should do what the student Bird doesn’t want to limit free enough. body thinks is best for themselves. printing to one room. He thinks Mahaffey Theater holds 2,030 Thomas Boyd believes the president kiosks for students to swipe their seats. More than 400 students should serve the students in an effi- Tyler Austin/The Crow’s Nest ID all around campus would be received degrees last semester, and cient and financially responsible Student body vice presidential candidate William Tift addressed students at helpful. about 250 students walked at the way. last week’s debate in the University Student Center, as Alexa Burch, Monica Regarding Sodexo, USFSP’s con- Gonzalez and Jordan Iuliucci waited for their turns at the podium. fall ceremony, including graduates The candidates come from tracted food supplier, Constantine and undergraduates. different places. Some, such as increase operational hours of the students first,” he said, adding it believes she and Alves have connec- Spring ceremonies typically Constantine, are established leaders library, Constantine referred to was important to see if there was tions from previously being on staff have about 100 more students who with Student Government. Others, the relationships she and her run- actually a need before going to the with them. She pointed to her work walk, according to Yoli Lanuza, the like Boyd, have experience with ning mate Franklin Alves have with administration. in extending the Reef hours during university’s commencement coor- campus communications. Some administration. The morning of the Hanson said the student-driven the fall. “If someone can work with dinator and executive administra- spend their time playing video debate, Alves met with library dean Facebook forum, the USFSP Know- them, it is going to be Franklin and tion assistant for Academic Affairs. games in the Cove. Two teams have Carol Hixson to discuss their idea It-All’s Guide, influenced him to myself.” Many students expressed their no previous SG experience. for a calculator checkout program. run. Despite the chaos of the page, Hanson had different thoughts extreme disappointment with the The debate questions centered She said they would work directly students raise good points and on Sodexo from his experience graduation venue saying five tick- around serving the students. Topics with Hixson to change hours. are often told to join Senate, he with living in the dorms. ets are not enough to accommo- included free printing, library Bird then took the podium and explained. date everyone they want to bring. hours, Sodexo, response to student rebutted Constantine. “I think the “I don’t think joining the Senate According to Lanuza, the admin- interests and sustainable initiatives. first step throughout opening this is the ideal way to have to get your istration understands the student When asked how she would channel is actually talking to the opinion out there,” he said, causing See PRESIDENTIAL, p. 3 population is growing, but nothing has been decided yet. The movement began as a Facebook post on the USFSP SG votes to expand Student Life Center Know-It-All’s Guide. “I think I’ve asked this before, By Meaghan Habuda but seriously why isn’t our gradua- Staff Reporter The Cove, the new student campus master plan was changed fundamentally different than tion held at Tropicana Field where lounge located on the first floor of by the Board of Trustees in 2009. the student union [students] had students would have the ability to the USC, is often overshadowed by The USC would be combined with agreed to support.” invite their whole family? Can I A majority vote from the Student the Reef. a future housing expansion, and the … start a petition for this?” Navarro Government Senate on Wednesday, The SLC has a student lounge, student services portion of the new Constantine said the 26-member posted on Feb. 12. Feb. 19, supported a bill that will equipped with a pool table, arcade building would be nixed. Senate was unanimous in its With many students respond- put the Student Life Center through games and a piano, but Constantine Kent Kelso, the former regional decision. ing, she quickly returned with a another period of renovation. said her expansion bill, cospon- vice chancellor of student affairs, SG’s budget for the 2013-14 aca- link to her petition. The legislation, proposed by sored by four other Senate mem- said removing student services and demic year was determined on June “I remember learning about Sophia Constantine, chair of SG bers, will create an “effective and organizations from the student 25, 2013, and $100,000 was dedi- this issue during my first year on legislative affairs, calls for an SLC open” haunt for students, a true center was an economic reality. He cated to the SLC expansion during campus. I saw students posting expansion to provide students student life building. said the university would be turn- that time. on Facebook, offering to sell their with a comprehensive student “We really need an all-encom- ing away students without housing Out of the $1.2 million avail- unneeded tickets to the highest space -- what was intended for the passing student space … We want and could not manage an influx of able to be spent, Constantine’s bill bidder. I couldn’t believe it. University Student Center at its to have the spaces that the USC new resident students without an secured a maximum of $500,000 conception. didn’t have that we were expecting,” expansion of services, dining and for the SLC, which includes the Davis 107, which housed the Constantine said. health specifically. $100,000 initially set aside. old Davis Lounge, gave students a … So, the activity and ser- space of their own. Last spring, it In a story published in fall vice fee-funded building mani- closed for renovation, reopening as 2012 titled “USC bait and switch,” fested. According to the arti- See USFSP, p. 2 the Student Success Center. The Crow’s Nest reported that the cle, “a University Student Center See STUDENTS, p.3 February 23 - March 1, 2014| Volume 48 |Issue 22 crowsneststpete.com Design students 1st in foreign exchange By Matt Thomas Staff Reporter than $70. News Briefs Zabala realized her semester trip, which costed roughly $4,000, Wednesday, Feb. 26 During her first day in Belgium, costs less than it would have to live Thinking about what to do Carmela Zabala, a senior honors in Residence Hall One with the when you graduate? The 2014 student in the graphic design pro- cheapest housing and meal plan Job & Internship Fair, hosted by gram, waited outside a train station. options. the Career Center, can assist you The person coming to pick her up She and Cuahutle agreed the in your job hunt. Only USF stu- was running late, and she was sur- graphic design program in Belgium dents and alumni are permitted rounded by non-English speakers. was quite different than the USFSP to attend. To be admitted, bring Months before, she and senior program. While USFSP’s is digi- your student ID or an official Maria Cuahutle were selected to tally focused, with more skills résumé with USF listed as your participate in the first-ever stu- being taught at once, Saint-Luc’s education.