University of South Florida Scholar Commons Crow's Nest University History: Campus Publications 5-1-2013 Crow's Nest : 2013 : 05 University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest Recommended Citation University of South Florida St. Petersburg., "Crow's Nest : 2013 : 05" (2013). Crow's Nest. 738. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/crows_nest/738 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University History: Campus Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Crow's Nest by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The student newspaper at USF St. Petersburg | crowsneststpete.com May 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 31 Justin Duplain | The Crow’s Nest A noisemaker’s trajectory When the ladle spills, a By Ryan Ballogg before him on the concrete. He develops. He smirks. student invents a new one Staff Reporter spins a knob — a screech comes “It’s highly emotional trajecto- through the amplification cabinet ries of me,” McBratney, a USF St. By Lazar Anderson The eureka moment came The hot and dusty streets of the next to him. He turns to a different Petersburg junior, said of his music. Crow’s Nest Correspondent all at once, and the Spunnel was warehouse district in St. Petersburg pedal and maneuvers the screech “You know, getting feelings and conceived. fill with an unnatural sound around into the sound of a sputtering car s*** out.” A USF St. Petersburg student with The Spunnel is essentially a ladle 3:30 p.m. on a Friday in April. engine. It’s what some might call a lot of a stained shirt and a desire to solve with a sliding trapdoor that drops The noise echoes from one of Sweat starting to pour from racket. But for those with an adven- problems is reinventing the ladle. when the user pulls a trigger on the the miscellaneous industrial build- his face, he places a microphone turous taste in music, there is a Evan Koteles dreaded soup. handle. Rather than pouring liq- ings along Sixth Avenue South. It’s inside of a metal box — and then symphony in the cacophony. While waiting tables in Tampa, uids, it funnels them into the bowl. a music recording space on the edge drops it. A loop pedal records the each order of soup meant another “I enjoy soup,” Koteles said. “I of society, called The Fuzz Factory. resounding clang. He drops the box frustrating attempt at pouring it. have nothing against soup itself, Patrick McBratney is crouched again and again, and the din grows “The angle of the ladle made but the way it’s transferred, that on the floor of the open garage, a louder as each clang is added to the no sense,” he said. “Spills became will get better.” twisted snake of pedals spread out mixture, until an offbeat rhythm See NOISE, pg. 4 inevitable.” See SPUNNEL, pg. 3 May 2013 | Volume 47 | Issue 31 crowsneststpete.com The freshman and the sea News Briefs By Erin Murphy Crow’s Nest Correspondent Franklin Alves was voted the new senate president last Wednesday at the Student Many college students can say Government general assem- they have been on a cruise, but few bly. Bill Milazzo and Thomas undergrads have embarked on an Hamby were also nominated out-to-sea journey to conduct sci- for the position. Alves won entific research about the ocean. by one vote and was also the Freshman Tess Rivenbark, an only nominee to vote for him- environmental science and policy self. Both Milazzo and Hamby major, did just that. abstained from voting to avoid Rivenbark spent five days on the a conflict of interest. research vessel Bellows, which took After receiving his nomina- a crew of scientists from the USF tion Alves said, “I want us to College of Marine Science and the have more accountability; I University of Miami to the middle want us all to be knowledgeable of the Gulf of Mexico. and dependable. I want us all to “The cruise was mainly to col- know the services we provide, I lect samples for the study on how want us to know who our lead- the oil spill has affected the gulf, ership is … I want more train- but that was not the only thing ing and better training. And that was done,” she said. According also to bring back what our to the cruise plan, the voyage also core foundation is — we’re an aimed to compare oil spill damage organization. Although we’re between “non-impacted West business, it never hurts to have Florida shelf and impacted North fun. Having fun can be ben- Florida shelf sites.” eficial to us as an organization Rivenbark was the only USFSP and how to learn.” student aboard and actively partici- Courtesy of Tess Rivenbark Steven Bird was elected the pated in the research. For some, tasks like these would for the true chaos of life as a working stations at night. There new senate president pro-tem- “I wanted to go on this trip be daunting, but Rivenbark’s inter- scientist. were dolphins, flying fish and little pore. He beat Joey Vars in an because it was an opportunity to est and experience from high school “I definitely learned a lot about red squids.” 11-2 vote. participate in a scientific study, prepared her. being a scientist at sea,” she said. Rivenbank said the workload [which is] what I hope to be doing “I went to a [high] school where “For one thing, your sleeping of a marine scientist at sea was an in my career someday,” Rivenbark we got to go out in the field and schedule revolves around the sta- unpredictable, positive experience. For chronic procrastina- said. do hands on stuff a lot,” she said. tions. We took naps whenever we “I never expected that I would get tors and those prone to all- Work included towing “bongos,” “It was focused on environmental could between working, [but] only to do something like this in my nighters (so, every college or plankton nets, to collect sam- and marine science. I had a lot of slept for about two hours at a time freshman year of college, so it was student ever), the Nelson ples for biomass analysis and spe- fun and decided that I wanted to most of the time.” an awesome opportunity.” Poynter Memorial Library cies identification, as well as filter- become a marine biologist.” However, odd hours did have has extended its hours for ing water samples. The tests mea- Though she had some prior advantages. exam week. Monday through sured nutrients in the water and the knowledge before the cruise, it was “One of the coolest things was Wednesday the library will be health of the phytoplankton. not enough to prepare Rivenbark [seeing animals] when we were [email protected] open from 8 a.m. to midnight. USF St. Petersburg 2013 spring graduates will walk the C1 and USFSP take it to the bank stage at the Mahaffey Theater at 6 p.m. on Sunday, May 5. The Crow’s Nest wishes the best By Amanda Starling investing in the trainees anymore.” “I pulled from my corporate compiled together with the case of luck to the entire graduating Staff Reporter With the contribution of background, my industry back- studies they need, PowerPoint, nar- class, but mostly to those on $80,000 from the Florida High ground and my academic back- rations, movies, intros.” our staff, Ren LaForme, Justin A collaborative effort between C1 Tech Corridor Council, C1 Bank ground [for curriculum] that is tai- Nine students are currently Duplain, Frank Kurtz and Bank and USF St. Petersburg has and USFSP established a training lored to meet the needs of C1 Bank,” enrolled in the course. Part of a Francesca Genovese. led to a new system to educate and program catered to the needs of the Patterson said. “Information needs three-year agreement, C1 Bank train local bank employees. bank. to be accurate and ethics needs to intends to its increase hiring of “As we go on, we remember From November 2012 to The program is split into virtual be behind the numbers.” managerial trainees and class sizes. all the times we had together. April 2013, a team of USFSP pro- and in-person classroom settings. Part-time student Daniel And as our lives change, from gram developers created soft- Students participate in classroom Forrester assembled the iBook soft- whatever we will still be friends ware intended to educate C1 Bank sessions four days a week in four- ware, allowing students to open forever” – Vitamin C management trainee associates on hour sessions. Monday sessions different lectures throughout the accounting, ethics, finance and allow students to explore manage- 15-week course. Chapters open other critical banking principles. ment strategy models for the legal with a video lecture by Patterson. Former USF Vice President for department, human resources, All of the material for the curric- Economic Development Rick Baker conflict resolution and ethics. ulum is provided within an iPad. pushed for a partnership between Presentation skills will be taught at Each course chapter provides the two community entities and American Stage. examples in an intense, case-based connected Alison Watkins, associ- Business professor Gary environment. ate dean of the College of Business Patterson developed the course “There is a practical application with C1 Bank president Katie curriculum. Patterson’s experience of finance that they can go over Pemble. with extensive training programs and see payroll versus production,” “When a bank is new, it’s impor- came while working in the corpo- Forrester said.