In the spring of 1969, a group of SDS sympathizers performed a humorous guerrilla theater reenactment of the Night of Bayonets. Students pulled the strings of an effigy of President Marshall, mocking him as a puppet of the State Board of Regents.
In April of 1971, several FSU students traveled to Washington, D.C., to partake in the Vietnam War Out Now Rally, a peaceful demonstration against the war.
Page scans of the 1969 Tally-Ho show how shocked the students were, as well as how the burning administration building seemed to symbolize the semester's troubles.