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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two cents:

1. I bet many posters were surprised to hear Bama had two long-running magazines catering to students that would prompt a DEI issue to begin with.

2. The Trump administration prompted this action. Don’t forget that.

3. Alums quickly stepped in to pay for the cost to continue publishing the magazines, so the problem has been solved.

4. Again: Bama alums quickly took action.

5. Other schools already have and will continue to do the same thing. Again: it’s in response to Trump’s policies. The schools have two choices: file a lawsuit or take steps to (temporarily) comply with the Administration.

6. Law firms were forced to do the same thing. Ditto for states, cities, etc.

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How posters can continue to paint this (or any) school as singularly racist/backwards/whatever is baffling. [/quote]

No, if the two magazines continue their operations, Alabama runs the risk of having their federal fundings cut off. It's not about funding the magazines with money external to the university. That is small money. It's the university allowing allegedly DEI activities to happen under their watch that may triggers the administration's wrath.[/quote]

It is exactly about funding the magazines with money external to the university. The magazines are now as private as a house in town owned by alums and rented to college students. The social connection to the university is clear but there is no legal relationship. [/quote]

No one here has bothered to read what this matter is about. The president of Alabama has determined that these two publications are “DEI proxies” of information. Since Alanama takes federal funding, my tax dollars are going to support DEI messaging that I don’t agree with. I would rather my federal tax dollars go to something else at Alabama, or, preferably nothing at all. The two publications can continue on, but not with federal funding through the university.[/quote]

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