Funeral For A Friend
Elton John played the Florida Gym, a stop on his “Goodbye Yellowbrick Road” tour. (OCTOBER 21, 1973)
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January 15, 1971 — The Alligator and General Manager Ed Barber get dragged into the fight. [STORY HERE]
The Incredible Pulp
by Alligator Staff Writer David Klein
september 9, 1979
for The St. Petersburg Times
Insurrection Day
thursday
october 6, 1971
vol 65 no 75
Independence Day
thursday
february 1, 1973
vol 65 no 75
50 YEARS AFTER (2022)
The Tallahasse Democrat talked to two lead characters in The Independent Florida Alligator’s fight for both First Amendment and Abortion rights. Ron Sachs and Jean Chance explained, from their perspective, the circumstances of the day (1971) and pondered the implications of the right-wing Christian Nationalists making it a crime again for a woman to exercise her right to choose an abortion rather than birth.
SUMMER OF ’69
JULY 8 (BEFORE THE RIDE)
JULY 11 (HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?)
JULY 15 (THE MOON AWAITS)
JULY 18 (RESTING UP)
JULY 22 (PIONEERS)
JULY 25 (HOME AGAIN)
Apollo 14
FEBRUARY 3, 1971
ON THE ROAD WITH CHARLES KURALT
Wakulla to the Moon
FLORIDA SUGAR: HOW SWEET IS IT?
EXTRA! (PG3)
A1A (FLORIDA’s EAST COAST)
A Beach For All Seasons
DAY TRIPPING (#1.)
Cassadaga and other mysteries in Florida’s interior
DAY TRIPPING (#2.)
Weeki Wachee and (SR50)
Florida’s road through Space & Time
Choice Mattered
The question from which The Independent Florida Alligator was born.
For more than fifty years, Ed Barber was the soul of the Independent Florida Alligator, as he will be forever.
THE ALLIGATOR & ABORTION
It Started With Ed (JANUARY 15, 1971)
APOLLO 14 (FEBRUARY 3, 1971)
For the Alligator, America sending astronauts to the Moon was “local” news.
ARTEMIS 2 (APRIL 1, 2026)
Fifty five years after Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon, four NASA astronauts and their Orion/Artemis 2 rocket were launched from the 39B, and onto orbit the Moon, having travelled farther from Earth than any manned mission before.
Astronomy (PLAYLIST)
ROCK N ROLL [TIMELINE]
alan ferguson
friday
march 19, 1982
vol 75 no 129
Night of the Homophobic Moon
LETTERS TO THE EVIL EDITOR
OPINIONS
NICARAUGUA
JOHN BELUSHI
MARCH 19, 1982 — Another memorable day in the Alligator life of Ed Barber, ten years into his being The Independent Florida Alligator’s General Manager. This time, he was having a discussion with Robert McClure, the editor. They were discussing, whether or not to publish Alan Ferguson’s picture of a group of homophobic fraternity brothers exposing themselves as the Greek assholes they were. Ed, representing the business side of the Alligator, reasonably argued that a consequence of publishing the picture would be a certain loss of significant grocery store advertising.
In his always respectful way, Ed spoke his piece, but always leaning toward the editorial, “allowed” Robert to publish the photograph.
Of course Ed was right. Winn Dixie did pull a month’s worth of advertising, and all sides of critical shit hit the fan. [LETTERS HERE]
The Year God Saved The Growl
friday
october 24, 1980
vol 74 no 25
buster o’connor
The Association
1979 —
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