A petition

Dear school administrators.

I would like to petition to change the university mascot from a Bear to a Bunny. I feel that the bunny would be a far more appropriate and popular mascot than the current bear. I have outlined the following points in support of the change:

1. The bear is a ubiquitous mascot. Many, many universities use the bear as a mascot and many of them have a far stronger claim than ours.
2. The Bunny statue has been a popular phenomena on campus for many years. It is traditional for student groups to dress up the bunny to advertise events. The bunny statue even had to undergo recent repairs because all the people climbing on it destablized the platform. When the bunny was out of commission, the engineering school was forced to create a new, full sized bunny out of paper mache to temporarily replace the missing statue.
3. Bunnies, unlike bears, are native to the midwest and to campus. One only has to walk outside at night to notice the many bunny rabbits that live on campus. Bears, on the other hand, are never spotted on campus.
4. The charm. Just think of it; our football team could be the "Fighting Bunny Rabbits." Examine our football team, I'm sure you'll agree it's an appropriate mascot.

I would like to suggest a campus-wide survey and forem on this matter. I'm sure that given a choice, the students will firmly support my proposal.