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Insurrection Day
wednesday
october 6, 1971
vol 64 no 12
alligator file
When the list hit the fan
University president Stephen C. O’Connell considered Alligator editor Ron Sachs a criminal for inserting “The List” (of abortion clinics and women’s pregnancy and healthcare agencies) into the October 6, 1971 issue of The Florida Alligator. At the time, the dissemination of any information related to abortion was a violation of Florida State Law. In O’Connell’s mind, and in the eyes of The Lord, Sachs and The Alligator were sinners, who deserved to be punished.
“Don’t Do Me Like That”
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1979 — Damn the Torpedoes
((( Fighting Back )))
alligator file
Alligator editor, Ron Sachs and University of Florida president Stephen C. O’Connell at a press conference describing the new (after-trial) relationship the newspaper would have with the university.
Vietnam, Assassination, Woodstock, and “Whitey On The Moon.” In 1971, the whole damn World was shaking, and Gainesville, Florida was a part of the “whole damn world.” On October 6, though, locally, at the University of Florida, attention shifted away from Vietnam and toward Abortion and 1st Amendment rights. UF president Stephen C. O’Connell vs. The Florida Alligator, UF’s student newspaper. THE FIGHT WAS ON.
The Alligator fought the law and the First Amendment won.
On October 6, 1971, with a “gonzo” inspired, journalistic zeal, the Florida Alligator staff rose before dawn, and took their assigned positions next to the Alligator newspaper boxes all across the University of Florida campus. When the delivery truck dropped its bundles that morning, the Alligator commandos inserted a copy of “The List” (of abortion providers) into each paper before placing them in the box. In 1971, under the thumb of UF president Stephen C. O’Connell, The Alligator had broken THE LAW.
The Alligator vs. University of Florida. THE FIGHT WAS ON.
“The Cost of Freedom”
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
1971 — 4 Way Street
((( >>> )))
alligator
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.
Dead Presidents
ALBERT A. MURPHREE* (THE HOLY GATOR)
Best Bible College in the Land. Southland, that is.
STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL* (GATOR IN CHEIF)
ROBERT Q. MARSTON* (GOOD CHRISTIAN GATOR)
a.lligator*
PG1 — FROM THE BEGINNING
PG2 — RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE
PG3 — INTO THE ’80S
PG4 — TO THE MOON
PG5 — LOST IN SPACE
Summer ’69*
1968 — For Earth Below (APOLLO 8)
1969 — Gator On The Moon (APOLLO 11)
1971 — Space Truckin’ (APOLLO 14)
1970 — Friendly Fire
Kent State (Vietnam Goes to College)
Space Trucking
1971 — Insurrection Day
APOLLO 14 [MOON TREE]
1972 — Gainesville Rising
Gainesville Rising
Gainesville Screaming
George Wallace (Let’s Not Stay Together)
1973 — Independence Day
O’Connell Resigns
Who was Stephen C. O’Connell?
Nixon Won’t Leave
Naughty or Nice (Watergate Christmas List)
A Year to Remember and Forget
1974 — GoodBye Dick
Homecoming ’74
The Gainesville 8
Storm Is Rising
Nixon No More
Nixon Resigns
1975 — Living in Sin
1976 —
1977 — Saturday Night Fever
Year of “Soft” Rock (YouTube)
Disco’s Rise (YouTube)
1978 — BASS v BASS
Rick James (The Super Freak)
vs.
Ron Carter (The Distinguished Gentleman)
Last Poets
Gil Scott-Heron
Black Wax
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
“Whitey’s On The Moon”
“H2O BLUES”
“We Almost Lost Detroit”
“Gun”
Nina Simone
“Mississippi Goddamn”
“Everyone’s Gone To The Moon” (1969)
“Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Hair”
Saturday Night Fever
Bee Gees
Studio 54
Paradise Garage
Larry Levan
Bernard Fowler
I’m just a singer in THE Rock N Roll Band
David Mancuso’s Loft
The Roxy
Beat Street
Style Wars
Hip-Hop Happens (Vanity Fair)
Original Sugar Hill Rhythm Section
1979 — Looking Back Before Forward
Skip McDonald (guitar)
Doug Wimbish (bass)
Keith LeBlanc (drums)
Adrian Sherwood (mix)
Tack>>Head
Bernard Fowler (vocals)
Tack>>Head
Living Colour
Little Axe
1980 — SUMMER IN THE CITY (HIP-HOP, FUNK, AND FUSION)
1980 — Miami, Miracles, and Murder
1981 — MTV (Surfing With the Aliens)
1982 — Saturday In The Park (NYC)
Shelter from the Nuclear Storm (DC)
1983 — Going Back To New York
ball of confusion
1968 (ASSASSINATION, VOODOO, WAR)
1969 (LURE OF THE MOON)
1970 (VIETNAM JUNGLE FUNK)
1971 (ALLIGATOR INSURGENCY)
1972 (SEX DRUGS ROCK N ROLL)
1973 (ALLIGATOR INDEPENDENCE)
1974 (NIXON, WATERGATE, IMPEACHMENT)
1975 (NO MORE WAR)
1976 (PATRIOTIC DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN)
1977 (AFTER MIDNIGHT)
1978 (MIDNIGHT, MICANOPY, MADNESS, FEVER)
1979 (WELCOME TO GAINESVILLE)
1980 (INNOVATION, DISASTER, AND MURDER)
1981 (JUST SAY GO TO MTV, AND NASA’S RETURN TO SPACE)
1982 (JUST SAY NO TO EVERTHING)
1983 (GOING BACK TO NEW YORK)
O’CONNELL (UNEXPECTED RESIGNATION)
STEPHEN C. O’CONNELL (WHO WAS HE?)
IMPEACHED AND DEFIANT (NIXON WON’T LEAVE)
NAUGHTY OR NICE (WATERGATE CHRISTMAS)
1973: A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER (TO REMEMBER OR MOURN?)
THE GAINESVILLE 8 (HOMEGROWN MILITANTS)
STORM IS RISING (THE END IS NEAR)
NIXON BURNING (PROTEST SCREAMING)
SAY GOODBYE DICK (RESIGNATION FINALLY)
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