Two new independent student magazines will publish their first print editions next month, the culmination of a campaign to continue publications that The University of Alabama shut down Dec. 1.
The new publications, Selene and Sixty-Three, will replace Alice Magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six, respectively, which were previously UA-funded. Like Alice Magazine, Selene will also be targeted towards women, and Sixty-Three will continue having a target audience of college-aged Black people.
Masthead, a UA alumni nonprofit, will publish the magazines after raising over $25,000 in three days in December to fund the publications. The fundraiser came after the University closed Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six Dec. 1, citing a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi that warned federal funds recipients against using “unlawful proxies” for discrimination.
“The students at Selene and Sixty-Three have done an incredible job putting together these publications amidst so much upheaval,” said Victor Luckerson, president of Masthead. Over 25 alumni volunteers are working in coordination with Masthead to help get the publications off the ground.
Gabrielle Gunter, editor-in-chief of Selene, said that the name came from Greek mythology. The staff knew they wanted a woman’s name, and Selene is the titan of the moon. The magazine submark is inspired by the crown worn by Selene.
“I can’t speak for everyone on staff, but I am personally going to keep fighting for UA to undo their suspension of Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six,” Gunter said. “I am graduating next school year, but it’s still really important to me that current and future students have such incredible opportunities to create the work they love and gain future work experience.”
Gunter has helped lead the effort to petition the University to reinstate the discontinued magazines.
Sixty-Three pays homage to James Hood and Vivian Malone, like Nineteen Fifty-Six commemorated Autherine Lucy. In 1956, Lucy was the first Black student to attend The University of Alabama. Seven years later, in 1963, Vivian Malone and James Hood were the first Black students to enroll at the University.
“Just as 1963 could not have happened without 1956, Sixty-Three would not have been possible without Nineteen Fifty-Six,” said Kendal Wright, editor-in-chief of Sixty-Three.
Most of the editorial staff on the now-discontinued magazines carried over to the new publications. The staffs, which lost their dedicated work spaces in the Office of Student Media, now work out of classrooms and campus work spaces available to all students, Luckerson said. Students also used a studio space in Canterbury Chapel for photography and meeting sessions.
In addition to losing office space, students also lost access to a student media advisor when their publications were closed. According to Luckerson, a team of “media professionals” are serving as advisors to the new publications.
The magazines will be distributed the week of April 6, and both publications will host launch events that week. Luckerson said Masthead is still working out distribution plans, but that the organization expects that staff will table at the Student Center and partner with other student organizations to distribute through their channels.
“From the moment Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six were suspended, they have been working hard to ensure that diverse viewpoints are still represented in campus media. I’m glad MASTHEAD was able to support that vision,” Luckerson said.
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