University students and faculty marched to Rose Administration Building and Lakeside Dining Hall Thursday to publicly deliver a petition, calling for the reinstatement of Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine following their permanent suspensions on Monday.
Members of UA Leftist Collective, UA College Democrats, UA Queer Student Association and Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity accompanied the magazine staff in support of their efforts.
Staff from both magazines delivered the first copy of the petition, along with a physical list of attendees’ signatures, to the University’s vice president for student life, Steven Hood. The online petition had gained nearly 2700 signatures as of the time of publication.
“I hope we can find a path forward that’s successful for everyone,” Hood said.
Hood previously cited a federal memo issued by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in July as the reason for the publications’ suspension. He told magazine staff in a meeting on Monday that because both magazines target specific demographics, they are considered “unlawful proxies” as defined in the memo.
However, neither magazine limited who could work for or read their publications. Both had employed students outside their target audiences.
“The memorandum that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi released in July of this year is not applicable to the magazines,” the petition says. “Neither magazine implements criteria that excludes, advantages, or disadvantages individuals based on protected characteristics.”
Magazine staff later delivered a copy of the petition to UA President Peter Mohler while he was at Lakeside Dining Hall for an event.
Mohler did not answer whether or not the magazines would be reinstated, but said that he would look at the petition the night he received it.
Amber Buck, an associate professor of English, expressed her disappointment in the University’s decision to suspend the magazines. As the treasurer of the University’s American Association of University Professors chapter, she helps to promote academic freedom on campus.
“We sometimes think of censorship as being an issue of the past, and it’s not. It’s actively happening today,” Buck said.
Sarah Beth Caddell, web editor of Alice Magazine, handed the petition to Mohler.
“I told him that I believe that this is an infringement on our First Amendment rights, and that Alice is for everybody,” she said. “I also urged him to reinstate Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six magazines, and he said that he’ll take that into consideration.”
Caddell also expressed gratitude for the level of support the publications have received.
“It has been incredible to know that so many people support the amplification of students on this campus and want Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six to be reinstated,” she said.
Students in attendance agreed that the suspensions violated the First Amendment. Experts have agreed, saying that the University may have engaged in viewpoint discrimination since it shut down the publications because their content was targeted towards women or Black students.
“Nineteen Fifty-Six was a space where I felt safe and connected and welcomed,” said Kyra Richardson, a creative director of Nineteen Fifty-Six, in her statement to attendees at Rose Administration Building. “We want a voice and a space to be ourselves and talk about our lives and our culture. Anyone is welcome to work with us and read our magazines.”
Madeline Garcia, diversity, equity and inclusion director of UACD, said the University’s decision to suspend the magazines undermines the safe, inclusive environment students want.
“I was very concerned about coming here as a minority student and looking at these faces gave me some sort of hope for what my experience was going to be,” she said. “Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six do try and foster this diverse atmosphere, and I’m worried that future students won’t be able to see that.”
Gabrielle Gunter, editor-in-chief of Alice Magazine, said there has to be more pressure exerted on the University to change the decision.
“We’re devastated, but also a lot of us are ready to fight back,” Gunter said.
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