1971-1981
What a difference a decade makes. After “winning” its “independence,” the University of Florida’s student newspaper, proved it was better when free of UF administration control.
alligator
NEW STUDENT EDITION 1981
MOVING PICTURES
The Daily Scroll
THE DAILY SCROLL #1
ORANGE & BLUE (THE ONLY TWO COLORS IN GAINESVILLE)
OTHER THAN GREEN
FOOLS IN LOVE
GAINESVILLE AFTER DARK
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING (MOONLIGHT TURTLES)
GATOR COUNTRY
SHOTS IN THE DARK (GOD GUNS & GATORS)
LOCAL NEWS
WAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
SPRING IS IN THE AIR
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
1970 — Kent State (Vietnam Goes to College)
1971 — Insurrection Day
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 Mourn
1974 — GoodBye Dick
The Gainesville 8
Storm Is Rising
Nixon No More
Nixon Resigns
1975 —
1976 —
1977 —
1978 —
1979 —
1980 —
1981 —
1982 —
1983 —
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)
Insurrection Day
thursday
october 6, 1971
vol 65 no 75
University of Florida president Stephen C. O’Connell threatened Alligator editor Ron Sachs with arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment, if he dared to publish a list of women’s health care and abortion providers. Such an act would violate both the university’s rules, and Florida law. Undeterred, Sachs chose to take the risk, saying “I’ve done worse things than hand out newspapers.”
Independence Day
thursday
february 1, 1973
vol 65 no 75
Two years after the insurrection, The Florida Alligator severed all ties with UF, and vacated its office in the Reitz Union. The paper was re-named The “Independent” Florida Alligator, and future staffs (still made of UF students) were filled with aggressive writers, photographers, illustrators, and editors, who set out to light Gainesville and the University of Florida on Journalistic fire.
turbulent times (1973-1974)
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)
1970 — Friendly Fire
• Kent State (Vietnam Goes to College)
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 Mourn
1974 — GoodBye Dick
• Homecoming 1974 Mix
• The Gainesville 8
• Storm Is Rising
• Nixon No More
• Nixon Resigns
1975 — Living in Sin
1976 —
1977 —
1978 —
1979 — Looking Back Before Forward
1980 — Miracles, Miami, and Murder
1981 — MTV and a Return to Space
1982 — Saturday In The Park (NYC)
• Shelter from the Nuclear Storm (DC)
1983 —
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough“
1967 — Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
((( “The day you set me free” )))
A BEACH FOR ALL SEASONS (COCOA BEACH)
ENERGY DANCE (SEBASTIAN INLET SURF)*
ENERGY DANCE (SEBASTIAN INLET)
SAIL AWAY (FORT LAUDERDALE KEY WEST)
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE POPE (JOHN PAUL II IN NASSAU)
SUMMER IN THE CITY (NYC)
SATURDAY IN THE PARK (APRIL 7, 1982)
MARDI GRAS MAGIC (TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS)
CEDAR KEY (BACK IN FLORIDA TIME)
road trips
ROAD TRIPS #1 (MUDCRUTCH / CASSADAGA)
ROAD TRIPS #2 (THE HAPPY MEDIUM)
ROAD TRIPS (NOTES) 1.
ROAD TRIPS (NOTES) 2.
ROAD TRIPS (BOUND FOR PORTUGAL)
ROAD TRIPS (TIME FOR SUMMER)
FLORIDA MAP (EAST COAST)
FLORIDA MAP (INTERIOR)
FLORIDA MAP (WEST COAST)
FLORIDA MAP (THE KEYS)
FLORIDA MAP (PANHANDLE)
MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING (TURTLES IN THE MOONLIGHT)
ROAD TRIPS #1 (MUDCRUTCH / CASSADAGA)
ROAD TRIPS #2 (THE HAPPY MEDIUM)
ROAD TRIPS #3 (BEACH FOR ALL SEASONS)
ROAD TRIPS #4 (HOME IS WHERE THE ROCKETS FLY)
ROAD TRIPS #5 (WAVE RIDER)
ROAD TRIPS #6 (SAIL AWAY)
