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Local art enthusiasts The price run gallery and of health music venue USF St. Petersburg from home students to finally pg. 4 get a local health care facility pg. 3

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by CHRISTOPHER GUINN Staff Reporter With the opening of the University Student Center, students can meet, eat, study and sleep in what is destined to become the center of campus life while taking pride in their sacrifices that turned a 37-year-old dream into a concrete reality.

The opening is especially sweet for the four current and former students who put their reputations, time and coursework on the line to make it happen. A team effort across the entire university system, they all called it, but as these students and graduates walk across the polished concrete floors, they will be first amongst equals— though few remaining know their names or their accomplishments. “This building was made possible by a tremendous effort throughout the university, especially among the student leaders who worked tirelessly on behalf of their peers,” said USF Trustee Debbie Sembler during the groundbreak- ing in spring 2011. “Student leaders,” the press releases have said and will invari- ably continue to say—the nameless and faceless idealized do-gooders and go-getters of the student body, props in the pursuit of a vision of what the university is and what it could be, organized and led by the professionals and politicians. see USC, pg 3

Perspective: “Neil Armstrong just died!” the National Convention descending yet-to-be-opened boxes, lifetime volunteer who had been welcom- student gasped into his iPhone, on Tampa Bay and a storm flood- supplies of cotton swabs, garbage ing new students since 7:45 a.m.— Moving in, running down the University ing the streets of Port-au-Prince bags filled with linens and endless was the street being “so completely Student Center steps in his brand and heading our way, fast. plastic storage bins. Other than packed” that students were directed new, neon kicks. By early afternoon, two rows the occasional “hurry up’s” and to park in the garage and carry their moving on Move-in day was expected to be of cars from as far away as New “c’mon’s,” few complained about possessions over by foot. Everyone something of a disaster, with 650 Jersey lined Second Street outside the heat, the parked-in cars or was friendly, she said. I heard this by WENDY JOAN BIDDLECOMBE students given a single day to step of Residence Hall One. Students, the line to get into the RHO front more than once—a busy day, but a Staff Reporter into their new lives. Off-campus parents and siblings unpacked door. The worst that happened, good day. chaos loomed, with the Republican printers and refrigerators in according to Brittany Yingling—a see Fresh faces, pg 2 August 28, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 01 crowsneststpete.com

Move-in day goes smoother Fresh than expected faces on Move-in day ‘almost went campus off without a hitch’ By STEVE SIEGFRIED continued from front page 1 Crow’s Nest Correspondent Except for the demise of the first man to walk on the moon, Saturday Despite the kickoff party for the was perfect—a manageable 90 Republican National Convention degrees for a Florida August, with a downtown forcing residence hall cool breeze coming in off of the bay. logisticians to condense move- Some families, ready to sever in weekend into move-in day, the ties, drove down Fifth Avenue annual exercise in controlled chaos South with empty trunks, leaving was an unprecedented success, said their children behind to become university staff members. adults. Others lingered, taking Throughout the day, waves of refuge in the air conditioning, or students and parents set two hours with an ice-cold beer under the fans apart carried luggage and boxes to at The Tavern. the residence halls and waited in Some gave advice—don’t do line for the elevators. drugs, don’t forget your keys. Most Despite the shorter sched- relaxed, delaying the inevitable ule, things ran smoothly for the goodbye by another hour or so. students settling in to their new The university is alive again in homes. Student Government Returning psychology major Stefani Gettle, left, signs in on move-in day in Christopher Guinn, The Crow’s Nest the midst of a long, hot summer. President Mark Lombardi-Nelson the ballroom of the newly opened University Student Center. Lone longboarders cruise up and organized his fellow students to down sidewalks, bikes are chained help people carry their belongings in previous years. Working to Scott Hendershot was in charge of up to her room. “They need more to racks. Fresh faces and interesting to their rooms. direct traffic and parking outside organizing the move-in process. elevators,” she said. people are everywhere—wearing “We had about 20 to 25 stu- of Residence Hall One, univer- “We tried to stagger out the Hendershot pointed to the same bright pink tutus over blue shorts, dents” volunteering for the move- sity employee Jerry Coleman com- whole day so we didn’t have a huge problem. “Sometimes the line at sporting freshly cut and dyed hair, in, said Lombardi-Nelson. “We mented on how well things moved rush in the morning,” he said. the elevator” is a problem, he said. with tattoos that logistically and were scared. With Sunday closed this year. “In the past… it was unor- Hendershot, new to the university, “We just don’t have as many eleva- legally cannot be more than a year because of the RNC, it was a hectic ganized,” Coleman said. “Now they was credited for how well the move- tors as we would like.” old. thought, we thought this day was are a lot more organized. To me this in process went this year. University staff member Don I’m excited for them. My going to be crazy. But it was perfect. is the best year.” “A professional at his finest,” McCarty, taking a load off as the 26-year-old eyes are tired, and in a It went off almost without a hitch.” Organization was the key to said Lombardi-Nelson. last wave of students, W-Z, trickled few months I’ll be done with gradu- Haley Christian, a junior major- keeping thing flowing for those The only complaints from stu- in, said he was almost convinced ate school. ing in mass communication, was moving in to Residence Hall One dents were about the wait for ele- move-in weekend should always be The now-infamous Beloitthankful for the help from the and the new University Student vators. Waiting in line outside of a move-in day. College Mindset List reminds the student volunteers. “It was easy Center. This year, each student was Residence Hall One, freshman “Just get it over with,” he said. rest of us the class of 2016 has likely because people were there to help.” assigned a specific time to show up Hailey Mcauley said things moved never seen a paper airline ticket. To The process of moving in was to move in. pretty quickly except for the lack of [email protected] them, astronauts have always spent often disorganized and lengthy Residential Life Coordinator elevators to move her belongings more than a year in space during a flight, and their parents have never owned a new set of encyclopedias. The “traditional” college freshman—born in 1994—is more likely to watch TV on anything but a television set, measuring her life in “bits, bytes and bauds.” Closer to home, the new students won’t remember what used to be where the University Student Center now stands (a sports field?). The USC won’t be a new building, because for them, it will always have been there. Encyclopedia sets might be obsolete, but I spotted a RHO resident wheeling in a hardcover, coffee-table-sizedAtlas of the World on top of his suitcases. Surely, other students packed books, too. And, even though these young adults have grown up in “cyberspace” with endless technologies at their finger- tips, they’ve come to college, this brick and mortar school, to meet professors and peers in the flesh, to have the time and space to think, to learn, to just be. For move-in day, Second Street was converted into an unloading zone. Christopher Guinn, The Crow’s Nest [email protected] crowsneststpete.com August 28, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 01 Wellness Center to open Sept. 4th by CHRISTOPHER GUINN Staff Reporter issue was surpassed with legislation 2010-11 academic year, the admin- bring in a second full-time prac- additional services and tests will that allowed the state’s low-services istration, with the support from titioner. When the clinic opens come with a modest price, “about universities the one-time ability to the Student Government, allo- up on or soon after Sept. 4, it will Medicaid levels,” said McKinstry. The Wellness Center has a ten- equalize their “combined fees” with cated an additional 60 cents, ramp- be staffed by a registered nurse The center will also accept nearly tative start date of Sept. 4, the cul- the bigger schools with more devel- ing up the fee in anticipation of the practitioner and a licensed practi- any medical insurance and cash mination of at least a decade of oped student services. new clinic. Most recently, the rate cal nurse. The health director, Dr. payments. Likewise, students can planning toward the creation of a This is the same legislation lob- was increased to $3.90 per credit Joseph Puccio of USF Health, will sign up for one of the student health campus clinic, said Counseling, bied for by USF St. Petersburg stu- hour, less than half of USF Tampa’s visit the clinic on a bi-weekly basis, insurance plans through the uni- Health and Wellness Director dents that enabled the creation health fee. McKinstry and Saghal said. versity system. Diane McKinstry. of the University Student Center. Prior to this semester, the fee USFSP put out a request for pro- While there will be openings in Even though the campus is Along with building the USC, the brought in about $500,000, equip- curement, an instrument for public the clinic’s schedule for walk-in stu- neighbors with the downtown doubling of the combined fee led ping and furnishing the clinic. institution purchases, and received dents with more severe conditions, hospital district, administrators to the renovation of the Student The activities and services, two bids. USF Health, a quasi- most visits will be by-appointment. wanted a place solely for students Life Center, formerly the Campus health and athletic fees are bundled autonomous administrative section There is a 24-hour help line avail- where fee-subsidized services Activities Center, where the together as the combined fee, which within the USF system, was by far able outside of normal operating would be close, cheap and acces- Wellness Center resides. is limited by a maximum yearly the best fit on services, price and hours through the center’s main sible. The center will host an open The second issue, funding increase. Also, once fees are appro- experience, Saghal said. telephone number, (727) 873-4422. house during Welcome Week from daily operation, has been a game priated, they cannot be re-appor- “They provide student health For a complete listing of ser- 9 a.m till 11 a.m. on Thursday, of catch-up. From 1989 through tioned, so shifting priorities need to already, so we felt it would be a very vices, operating hours and other Aug. 30. 2010, the health fee at USFSP was be planned years ahead. good fit … it wouldn’t be as big of information, visit the Wellness Two hurdles prevented the uni- only 60 cents per credit hour and The medium-term goal, said a transition for all of us,” she said. Center’s website at www.usfsp.edu/ versity from building the clinic provided counseling and health Clinic Director Anita Saghal, is to It is free for students to speak wellness. sooner: space and funding. The first education services. During the get the fee to $5, and eventually, with a health practitioner, but [email protected] USC effort driven by students continued from front page 1 “Before we could go to the university to supervise the first depressed. Between Helen Levine Crist, a St. Petersburg resident, But the work of these students Pinellas County delegation, there years of Residence Hall One, and Kent (Kelso), they were so cal- kept an office in Bayboro Hall. not only contributed to the USC by had to be a clear voice of the stu- and then to make the push for an culated and so persistent and we Ultimately, Crist signed the one- unifying the student body behind dents,” Ellington said. “You can’t expansion of student services. just kept at it, it was a miracle it got time fee increase into statute, an idea, but also helped change just have the six or seven people Throughout his career, he has over- thrown back in.” giving the students and adminis- state law that implicitly separated in Student Government saying, seen almost 20 housing projects, Helen Levine, the Regional Vice tration the opportunity to build universities into haves and have- ‘Alright, this is what students want.’ dining halls, recreation centers and Chancellor of External Affairs, has their campus center. nots for student services. We had a survey that we sent out, an arena. extensive experience in Florida The scope of this change is not There is Jon Ellington, the con- the largest response to a survey in “There literally was a moment and university politics. She is also lost on the student lobbyists or sensus builder and peacekeeper, the the school’s history. … There was when we realized it was obvious USFSP’s official, registered lobbyist. administration. midpoint between his two higher- overwhelming support for increas- we (the students) would have to pay Levine doesn’t get enough credit, “Not only were we successful,” strung colleagues. Ellington served ing fees.” for it,” Scott said. “So we needed Kelso said. “Helen was dynamite on Kelso said,” but the state of Florida as student president and then vice By the time the students were approval to raise fees. At the time, this whole legislative thing.” agreed to do it for all Florida uni- president as he partook in nego- included in the idea to create a the Board of Governors and legis- In the eleventh hour, the text of versities. It provided a benefit to tiations between Tallahassee and student center the project had lature were locked in a legal battle the original, failed bills was uni- every public university student in Tampa. been alive for eight years, since over who could raise fees.” versalized, granting the same, one- the state of Florida.” Reuben Pressman graduated as Bill Heller’s term as USFSP’s chief During the 2010 legislative ses- time fee equalization across the “There are probably buildings the darling of the entrepreneur- executive. Heller had attempted to sion, Rep. Darryl Rouson (D-St. entire university system. and programs all around the state ship program and has started or purchase and convert the Bayfront Petersburg) and Sen. Dennis Jones The last step was to get the because of our last ditch effort,” nurtured several civic and com- Arena, where the Dali now stands, (R-St. Petersburg) sponsored iden- approval of Gov. Crist. Scott said. mercial projects. He’s a natural into a student union and confer- tical bills that would allow USFSP “We ran into that guy four or “Nothing would have hap- pitch man, personable and optimis- ence center. Even before Heller, to raise its combined fees, which five times. Strategically, yes, but pened if the student leaders hadn’t tic, but has little interest in getting civic leaders in the St. Petersburg include activities and services, unstrategically, too,” Ellington stepped up and done their due dili- bogged down in committee think- Downtown Partnership, then St. health and athletics, beyond the 5 said. When the students and Kelso gence,” Kelso said. “In my 23 years ing. “He’ll be the mayor of St. Pete, Petersburg Progress, had foreseen percent yearly limit. Both bills died bumped into Crist outside a bath- in higher education, that’s probably one day,” said Olga Bof, Pressman’s a need for a student center back in committee. room in Tallahassee, they made the most inspiring thing I’ve seen fellow board member with the in 1975 during the campus’s first “There were so many crisis their pitch. students do.” small business support group Keep major expansion. moments, calamities over and “We bent his ear as fast as we [email protected] Saint Petersburg Local. “It was simply an inevitable des- over,” Scott said. “When it was could,” Kelso said. The group also James Scott is the policy wonk, tiny. When they decided to build axed out of committee, we were so had a home-field advantage, as intense and knowledgeable with RHO, there was a new vision for “the numbers” as his guide. Since the campus, an urban, residential early in his college career he has campus. Emergency notification system installed been a major force in the student At first, the plan was for a “big, by TYLER KILLETTE political structure. Though he lost a big, big building,” Ellington said. they are an added component of Crow’s Nest Correspondent bid for a second presidential term, “Then, three months later, the our emergency plans.” his opponent, Mark Lombardi- economy collapsed.” An outdoor notification system Five speakers will broadcast the Nelson, is bringing him into the Two attempts to get state fund- was recently installed on campus emergency messages. The locations executive branch as chief of staff. ing had passed through the legisla- to alert the USF St. Petersburg are the College of Marine Science The last is Sarah Henry, who gets ture, but were vetoed by Govs. Jeb community in the event of a fire, peninsula, the southeast corner perhaps the least amount of credit, Bush and Charlie Crist. chemical spill, gas leak or other of the Nelson Poynter Memorial because while her colleagues were “We knew the only way this emergency. Library, the south side of Parking travelling between board rooms could be done is if the students “Campus safety is a para- Lot 17, the Welcome Center and and the capitol, she was keeping agreed to increase fees to a level mount concern at USFSP and Parking Lot 2. students engaged and the issue that would pay the bond on a stu- this system will provide an addi- The system is activated through alive at home from her pulpit as dent facility,” said former Regional tional layer of notification,” said a microphone at university police senate president. Without her, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Communications Diretor Tom services, where live or pre-recorded Christopher Guinn, The Crow’s Nest students never would have bought Kent Kelso. Scherberger. “Of course, we hope messages can be sent out. One of the five public address into the idea, Ellington said. Kelso had been hired by the they will never have to be used, but see Student notification, pg 8 speakers installed on campus. 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Film fest will peer into the morgue by RYAN BALLOGG Staff Reporter

Studio@620 is showing two movies that play on the morbid and mysterious nature of the morgue on Tuesday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. as part of the Tampa Bay International Film Festival. “My Time Will Come,” a 90-minute Ecuadorian film directed by Victor Arregui, tells the tale of a lonely morgue director who winds up involved in a murder case. Following this will be “Knock Knock (Who’s Dead?),” a film from Birundi directed by Grâce Nzeyiman. It is a comic story about a man who tries to make money by gathering Jesse Vance and Traye McEnany pose at their combined music venue, art gallery and residential space, The Venture Compound. dead subjects for the morgue. The showing is part of an effort to raise money for a The Venture Compound on Central Avenue full-scale film festival next year. All of the $8 for general admission ($5 for students) is challenging the conventional art gallery will go toward funding the College. The building has two bed- by JANE McINNIS rooms, one bathroom, a living area project. Staff Reporter The films chosen were and a tiled kitchen, with a wide- selected from the Global Film open warehouse and fenced-in Initiative’s catalog of movies. The Venture Compound, a non- yard. traditional performance space in Vance already has experience The Initiative, a group that St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts booking shows, mostly avant-garde funds international filmDistrict, is radiating sound waves electronic music, at Fubar, Cafe making and promotes the in the underground scene. Bohemia and others on Central establishment of International The living space, which doubles Avenue. It wasn’t until after signing Film Festivals around the as a show space and triples as an the lease on the warehouse space world, hopes to promote art gallery, has hosted shows since that the roommates realized they cross-cultural exchange and December 2011, with six scheduled could easily put on shows in their understanding through expo- for September so far. home. “It’s not a bar. We’re not having “We had no idea. We moved in sure to foreign films. music so that people come in and here blind as a bat,” McEnany said. Jane McInnis, The Crow’s Nest The group offers $10,000 buy beer. We’re having music to The Venture Compound,Patrons view artwork from local artist Norman Towle. grants to about 10 filmmak- have music,” said Jesse Vance, co- located south of Central Avenue ers each year, building up a creator of the venue. on the corner of 27th Street, is in a catalog of movies from which Non-traditional and “do it your- hybrid-industrial zone. Artists can rock, performance art and even consider themselves “artists.” venues can then select. It sup- self” show spaces draw artists and live, run a business and have an MCs have performed under the With this open-door policy, ports filmmakers in many audiences who are grounded on art gallery out of their space in the lights at the compound. All genres there are two standards: No art will an unapologetically independent district. are welcome. be displayed that’s already been dis- areas that would not other- ethos. “We have no noise ordinances. “Any music you like. Unless you played at a show in St. Petersburg, wise be able to produce works “Some of us are creating spaces Ever,” Vance said. “We could have like [bad] music,” Vance said. and all art pieces for sale must have or buy equipment, nurturing that foster community and don’t a show right now. We could have a Vance and McEnany recently modest prices. new film industries and film operate solely on selling alcohol or show at 5 in the morning.” made a room in their home an art Modest means about $50, so all culture. acquiring assets for already quite While Vance has booked shows gallery, which features one show a gallery visitors, “normal people and comfortable, rich men,” said Neil over the year, high volumes of art- month. college students,” can take part in Campau, founder for DoDIY.org. ists from as far as Los Angeles have The Compound’s art director, buying art specific to their tastes. [email protected] Vance, 27, along with venue reached out to bring shows to The Bradley Kokay, 34, is interested Kokay, Vance and McEnany co-creator and roommate Traye Venture Compound. McEnany in showcasing art from anyone, have all adopted this method from McEnany, 28, found the ware- explains that the ability to rent out skilled or unskilled. He said some seeing art pieces around town they house after they were kicked out of the space brings in a wider variety of the most interesting art is from liked, but were unable to afford. their apartment near St. Petersburg of music. Punk, electronic, math people who aren’t trained or don’t “The problem with a lot of that crowsneststpete.com August 28, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 01

‘So long, sweet summer’ A playlist

As summer draws to its sweltering conclusion, Get political you may find yourself wondering, “Where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday I was making with the RNC spelunking plans, brewing hot lemonade and chewing on discarded watermelon rinds.” No? Well, on campus our visions of an ideal summer may differ, but we Staff Reports can find commonality in the music that spanned the break and served as a soundtrack to our sunlit The Republican National Convention may have flinched escapades. So here are the good, the bad and the as Isaac barreled across the dreadfully awful songs of summer 2012. Caribbean, but three related on- campus events will continue as Live and Die scheduled. by The Avett Brothers Michael Grunwald, a senior correspondent for Time Magazine, This touching track from the folk/bluegrass roots duo is a shining will discuss his new book, “The monument to what country music could have been. That must be why it New New Deal: The Hidden Story was chosen for a recent GAP commercial. If it goes over well, they may of Change in the Obama Era” on soon be featuring a line of flannel shirts... Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 5 p.m. Grunwald has won several Tearz for Animals awards for journalism, includ- by CocoRosie ing the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Wroth Surely one of the more serious ballads to come from the artsy freak Bingham Award for investiga- folk sisters, it is only improved by Antony Hegarty’s melancholic vocal tive reporting and the Society of layering. The chorus is likely to linger in your head for a few hours, if not Environmental Journalists award days, after listening. for reporting he completed about the Everglades. Call me Maybe In his latest book, “The New by Carly Rae Jepsen Deal,” Grunwald examines the

Jane McInnis, The Crow’s Nest $800 billion stimulus bill passed Hey this just hit me, and it might be crazy, but I saw Batman, like five by the Obama Administration art is it’s geared toward a very spe- “That’s gonna be our thing. times maybe? Many of us doled out the coin to see Batman’s final hoorah and makes a case for the bill pre- cific audience … but that very Affordable art,” Kokay said. “That more than once this summer, but that was nothing compared to the venting a depression. specific audience is … broke,” was one thing we saw when we put amount of times we all heard this song. American for Tax Reform McEnany said. on this Norman Towle show. It was President Grover Norquist will Most recently, the gallery fea- kinda like a feeding frenzy.” Today’s Supernatural speak on the American political tured artworks by the late Norman Inclusion of spectators is key to by Animal Collective process Wednesday, Aug. 28, from Towle, a local artist who faithfully building excitement at an art show, 3:30 to 5 p.m. painted zany celebrity portraits and Kokay explained. All art shows No summer is complete without some psychedelic meanderings. Norquist is a lobbyist, conser- St. Petersburg cityscapes, among coincide with music shows, giving However, be careful that this hippity-hoppity number doesn’t have you vative activist and member of the other subjects. guests a wider range of things to do, falling down rabbit holes. This may be the angriest song the Animal Council on Foreign Relations. The gallery walls couldn’t hold and allowing younger spectators Collective has yet unleashed, with the line “sometimes you gotta go get He is perhaps most famous for all of Towle’s 180 paintings, so some to avoid the “awkward” vibes they mad” serving as the song’s crescendo. If mingling with local hipsters his strong promotion of the were hung on the ceiling. A paint- sometimes get at gallery showings. doesn’t make you mad, pick up a copy their album Centipede Hz out on “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” ing of Richard Nixon covered the Shows typically have a $5 cover, Sept. 4. a pledge signed by a majority of window unit. all BYOB, and fend-for-yourself Republican congressmen and The plan was to sell Towle’s parking. What Makes You Beautiful presidential candidates opposing paintings for donation prices and The next show includes exper- by One Direction increases in tax rates for individu- give all proceeds to help Towle’s imental and electronic music, als and businesses. widow, Margaret, pay for medica- including Andre Obin from Among the things that don’t make one beautiful are lack of musical Celebrate the final night of tion costs. Boston, as well as bands from Vero taste, lack of lyrical ability and public butchering of classic Beatles the RNC with a watch party In less than a month, half of the Beach and St. Petersburg. songs. Though it might get you a spot in the closing ceremonies of the and audience discussion mod- paintings were sold, raising over Olympics. erated by Judithanne Scourfield $300. [email protected] McLauchlan, Ph.D. Politicians, Too Close elected officials and international by Alex Clare press members are expected to attend the event, which will be Just when you think a quality song has finally made it onto the held from 7 to 9 p.m. mainstream radio, the dubstep-backed chorus erupts. Oh well. Let’s see Scourfield-McLauchlan is an if Clare regrets that one in a few years. In all seriousness though, having associate professor of political sci- to listen to a little bit of electronic throbbing is worth the sacrifice of ence at USF St. Petersburg. She hearing a decent tune on the radio. Step back and listen, and you’ll dub recently wrote “Congressional this a bit of bluesy brilliance. Participation as Amicus Curiae before the Supreme Court,” which I’m Shakin examines Congress’s attempts to by Jack White sway Supreme Court decisions. All three events will take place Listening to Jack White’s new album, “Blunderbuss,” leaves you with in the Harbor Hall Gallery, 1000 the oft-eerie impression that Mr. White is a very old soul. Sounds he 3rd Street South, and are free of conjures up manage to blend the spirit of long-gone ragtime and blues charge and open to the public. days with a very new edge. The album’s soulful progression rattles right along like a cart of old bones, for a collection of tracks that range from [email protected] The Venture Compound offers performance space for Jane McInnis, The Crow’s Nest his White Stripes days to a new and ghostlier Jack. Get shakin’. local musical artists. August 27, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 01 crowsneststpete.com

Editorial: Tune in, turn off, walk it out Humans have been active pedestrians for centuries-why stop now?

The first humans walked out of the Active commutes include walk- Results showed nearly 80 per- Students perform in the class- cradle of civilization somewhere ing, as well as biking, skating and cent of commuters drive alone room better when they’re physi- in Africa about 60,000 years ago. any other non-automotive means in Florida; only 2.8 percent were cally active during the day, accord- They walked to Europe and Asia. of transportation. Environmental, active commuters. ing to research conducted by They walked across long-gone land physical and mental benefits of Starting an active commute the American College of Sports The student newspaper at the University of bridges of ice and sand to reach tiny walking and biking are typically could be a benefit, said the New Medicine. South Florida St. Petersburg. Pacific islands and the Americas. clear to many. Economics Foundation, a British Walking also helps digestion, Editor-in-Chief: They walked and ran to catch “Strange as it seems, though, think-tank working in areas of mental stress, depression and Ren LaForme prey, walked to exotic civilizations modern man appears determined community, democracy and eco- reduces cardiac disease risk factors. Managing Editor: to trade goods, and walked from to walk as little as possible,” the nomics in a 2011 report. For those in St. Petersburg— Christopher Guinn the centers of vast empires to the Harvard Medical School reported “Studies comparing the experi- which though hot and humid is Creative Director: outer reaches to wage wars. in a 2009 health publication. ences of commuting by bicycle and flat and, in many places, beauti- Chelsea Tatham Then they stopped walking. The journal reported that eleva- car report that cyclists find their ful—who want to track their walks, News Editor: With the largest incoming tors, escalators and moving-walk- mode of transport at least as flex- 12 average city blocks count as one Wendy Joan Biddlecombe freshman class to date and a record ways only deepen the dread of ible and convenient as those who mile. Arts & Life Editor Ryan Ballogg number of resident students this walking. use cars, with lower stress, greater For those whose commute is Opinion Editor semester, USF St. Petersburg is “If the Segway ‘walking’ feelings of freedom, relaxation and too long, there are other ways to Jane McInnis quickly turning from its roots as a machine ever catches on, walking excitement,” it reads. increase walking time. The Harvard Graphic Designer “drive-to U” as students make St. will suffer yet another setback,” it Dealing with parking meters or report suggests parking further Justin Duplain Petersburg their home. reads. the parking garage weekday morn- from destinations and enjoying the Distribution Manager The influx of students comes In 2011, the Federal Department ings can be stressful and time-con- walk. Frank Kurtz with an efflux of parking spaces. of Transportation reported on suming. Instead of spending time Now, too, is a good time to take photo Editor To avoid screaming into dash- commuting trends and conditions and energy hounding a parking advantage of the stairwell in the Thomas Boyd boards this semester, it might be a in Florida. Its report was based on space or digging for parking meter University Student Center, which Advertising Manager Francesca Genovese good time to leave the cars at home a survey of 100,820 households and change, a stroll or ride to class has an almost 360 degree view over Staff Adviser and—making like our pedestrian 7,417 people living in college resi- can benefit students in the class- one of the most beautiful parts of Deb Wolfe ancestors—actively commute to dential halls and other group living room and throughout the day with St. Petersburg. [email protected]. school. quarters. increased circulation and focus.

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Frank’s declassified college survival guide not be found in your orientation grades; it is a time for personal to an away football and basketball not understand a subject matter, packets. growth that is perfectly situated in game decked out in South Florida swing by and ask. It makes things This ain’t gonna be your typical one’s life cycle. Be prepared to make apparel. But don’t be an obnoxious tremendously easier later in the advice column that one would read mistakes, and be prepared to learn fool—nobody likes those folks. We semester. in countless campus gazettes from from them. play Miami at Joe Robbie Stadium Sixthly. You are now in college. coast to coast across this fine coun- Secondly, visit your friends from and at the new arena at UCF this You are young. You have noth- try. What follows is more along the senior high school who chose to year during the football and basket- ing else better to do (except maybe lines of what your older brother or attend other institutions of higher ball seasons, respectively. Make the schoolwork, but that’s what Sundays a friend’s sister who was a year or education. Visit them often, and road trips and take the back roads. are for, right?) Wrap the tool. When two ahead of you on the cross coun- be sure that they visit you here Thirdly, knock a few back at The you drink, be safe about it. try team might pass along now that at USFSP. These voyages will be Tavern at Bayboro and then go for Seventhly, read your student you are ready to head off into the among the most rewarding of col- a walk through the stacks at the newspaper, The Crow’s Nest, weekly. brave new world. lege memories. This is especially library. There is a lot of information Be sure to have a good time over by FRANK KURTZ First and foremost, you will not true if your actions start a virtual that you do not know out there. these next few years. Try to learn Staff Columnist recognize the person you become fraternity war at The Swamp that Fourth. Cops are not the enemy. something both from the books, after the four or five or six years it results in bonus points, or driving Don’t put yourself in a position to from life and about yourself. Welcome to headquarters. I am will take you to earn your bachelors down Bruce B. Downs Boulevard have a negative encounter with not sure how you found this place, degree. Regardless of what your with a sheet of plywood on top of Florida’s Finest. [email protected] but now that you have I have some parents and administrators might a Mazda. Fifthly, your professors hold important information that will say, college is more than making Piggybacking on number two, go office hours for a reason. If you do Lessons from shepherds They cast open the curtains of the him that he will. The word “tim- those choices are school and major, Alan West. mind. shel,” when translated as “thou but other important decisions Or, closer to the folks who wrote Timshel is an ancient Hebrew mayest,” blesses Cain with the abil- follow. Do I go to class today? Are these articles, ask Keeley Sheehan. word whose meaning has vexed ity to choose whether to conquer these friends good for me? What She was last year’s editor of The translators since it appeared along- sin. clubs or organizations do I join, if Crow’s Nest. After earning her mas- side Cain and Abel in the origi- Lee, a Chinese servant in “East any? ter’s degree from the school’s journal text of Genesis. It is changed of Eden,” phrases it best: “[I]f ‘Thou They tell you in high school that nalism program, she was offered to “thou shalt” in some versions of mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou your SAT scores, behaviors and a job at the venerable Tampa Bay the Bible. In others, it is “thou do.” mayest not.’ That makes a man grades will shape your future—and Times. The great American writer John great and that gives him stature they’re right, to an extent. But your This isn’t a column to tell you Steinbeck used the correct transla- with the gods, for in his weakness decisions in college have a clear and not to screw up in college. We’re not tion of “timshel” as a major symbol and his filth and his murder of his noticeable effect on your life after trying to make you feel bad or goad in “East of Eden,” the novel he con- brother he has still the great choice. graduation. you into doing something other by REN LaFORME sidered his magnum opus. He can choose his course and fight Just ask Cory Hebert. He got than what interests you. Staff Columnist “Thou mayest.” it through and win.” involved in Student Government We’re suggesting that on Sept. 5, Unlike the word “shalt,” which Timshel never has more rele- and the Residence Hall Association on Get On Board Day, when dozens Learning a new word can expand infers a command, and “do,” which vance than it does during the col- during his time at USF St. of opportunities are literally lined a person’s vocabulary, opening a obviates choice, “mayest” allows for lege years. It is often the first time Petersburg. Work on campus up on campus for your perusal, take crack in a curtain against a midday the ability of free will. In the Bible in a young person’s life when he or translated to future opportuni- a minute to consider your options. sun. story, God does not order Cain to she is free to make choices without ties, as Hebert now serves as a field And then you may choose. Some words do more than that. conquer sin, nor does he promise parental interference. The first of manager for Florida Congressman [email protected] Finding God in gold medals by BOB FAY in fact reminiscent of medieval enough faith. behavioral manifestations is so consider all humans to be equal and Guest Columnist times; where an elitist few domi- This fundamentalist Dark Ages prevalent in American society worthy of respect. The new Olympic champion, still nated through the church and doctrine leads to a separation of now that what was once radical Let’s stop honoring and admiring breathing hard after winning her humanity was led blindfolded into society into the elites (those whom religious canon is now considered the elites and dismissing everyone race, was asked by the television the Dark Ages. God has blessed for their faithful mainstream, and its elitist “I am else. Furthermore, let’s renounce interviewer, “How does it feel to be Now, the new ruling elite uses entreaties to Him) and everybody better than you” precepts are now any and all religious zealotry and Olympic champion?” “family values” religious dogma to else (presumably those that can’t accepted by a large portion of the elitism and keep any manifesta- “A dream come true,” said the make bold promises that “if you be bothered to worship God or who electorate. Not only is it desirable tions of religious hegemony result- runner. “I just have to thank God work hard and pray you will be through a lack of hard work, or by for us to pray, our political leaders ing from them out of the laws that for this win. I give Him all the rewarded.” This sophist supplica- a lack of faith, or having the wrong must also do so. Not only must we govern us all, while spurning politi- glory.” tion of false promises and religious faith, are not worthy). be good enough for God to want to cians who use such devices to solicit I wondered to myself if she lies deceives those looking for more The elites, then, do not have to help us win a race, our leaders must voters. thought that God didn’t like the purpose in their life into think- care about everyone else because be blessed as well. We can turn away religious elit- other racers as much as He liked her, ing that simply praising God and they are not worth caring about. The manifest destiny of the elite ism at the polling booth and keep so He helped her win; and I won- working hard is all they have to do Furthermore, and this is where the is to turn our democracy into some religion out of government. By so dered why she would think that. I to achieve it. propaganda really gets piled high kind of theocracy, all while claim- doing, we can begin to stop cloud- remember just a few months ago So, even Olympians and famous and deep, these elites will have you ing fealty to the Constitution they ing the minds of Olympians and seeing several different Grammy musicians, hard workers all, can believe that if you work hard and hope to usurp. Eventually, the cit- Grammy winners and anyone else winners accept their trophies with fall prey to these Bible beseechers know God, you, too, can become izens of this country are going who thinks that God somehow likes similar words of approbation, such and attribute their success to God one of them, and who wouldn’t to have to wake up, smell the “In them better than most everyone as “Thank you God for this award,” mindlessly, instead of attribut- want that? Thus, the medieval God we trust” roses, and save our else. and having the same thoughts then. ing it to their own tireless efforts. power of religious dictatorship is democracy. How about instead of Otherwise, there is little hope for It has become patently obvious They do this at peril of excluding with us again because the fear of having a belief system where God the democracy that is the United to me that these seemingly harm- all other efforts as being insufficient being a non-elite, and never being likes certain people better than States of America. less tributes to God are actually to gain God’s favor; i.e., the runner- able to achieve elite status, is a pow- others we place our emphasis on “E indicative of a new American soci- up in the race just didn’t pray hard erful and ever present fear. Pluribus, Unum”, letting the people Bob Fay is an adjunct professor etal zeitgeist, not so harmless, and enough, or they just didn’t have This fear and its concomitant of the world know that Americans of mathematics. August 27, 2012 | Volume 47 | Issue 01 crowsneststpete.com Student notification options continued from front page 3 Messages can also be sent out from a remote location via cell phone if necessary. The state of Florida financed the outdoor emergency notification system. A committee of five USFSP employees purchased the system though an official invitation to negoti- ate process, Scherberger said. USFSP Police Chief Rene Chenevert, who led the project, said the system will ensure campus safety by allowing authorities to quickly reach out to students. The university already has multiple systems in place to notify its students during an emergency, including email notifications, bulletins posted to the homepage of the website and mass- distributed campus phone messages, Scherberger said. Also in place is the MoBull Messenger text message alert system. Subscribers receive text message alerts Christopher Guinn, The Crow’s Nest with information pertaining to emer- gencies or dangerous situations on or near campus. Those not signed up Fought law, law won can do so in their NetID account ser- A small American alligator was discovered in the shade behind Davis Hall by student Andrea Inman on Friday, August vices, under the emergency notification settings. 24, who promptly called police services. After a a brief encounter with four baton-wielding officers, the reptile was appre- [email protected] hended in a garbage can. It was later released into a freshwater canal.