We encourage signatures from everyone, but please tell us if you are an Alum, a donor and/or a season ticket holder.
WHEREAS, the University of Alabama is a premier university of higher learning ranking among the top 50 universities according to US News and World Report; and
WHEREAS, the University of Alabama currently boasts an enrollment of 37,665 students, 56% are young female students aged 18-22; and
WHEREAS, it behooves the University of Alabama to refute the notion that it supports a local, rape culture; and
WHEREAS, the University of Alabama has had 51 Goldwater Scholars, including four in 2017, 15 Rhodes Scholars, 16 Truman Scholars, 32 Hollings Scholars, and 11 Boren Scholars; and
WHEREAS, the University of Alabama, in addition to its academic reputation, also proudly produces many heralded sports programs which have won national championships including the vaunted Alabama Crimson Tide Football team with a national record of 16 National Championship; and
WHEREAS, such academic and athletic programs are supported by alumni, boosters and fans of the schools that have a significant interest in the success of the University of Alabama and its reputation; and
WHEREAS, Megan Rondini was a student of the University of Alabama in 2015; and
WHEREAS, Megan Rondini reported to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department that she was raped by a powerful and influential booster and supporter of the University of Alabama, T.J. “Sweet T” Bunn, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, Megan Rondini, through numerous news articles, news stories and internet reports sought justice through the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Division, which handles such matters; and
WHEREAS, there exists significant doubt and controversy as to whether T. J. “Sweet T” Bunn, Jr.; exerted his significant influence with the University of Alabama and their Title IX representative as well as the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Division; and
WHEREAS, after withdrawing from the University of Alabama Megan Rondini hanged herself; an
WHEREAS, there now exists before the federal court a lawsuit against the University of Alabama, T.J. “Sweet T” Bunn and numerous others;
Now, therefore, we the undersigned in seeking to preserve the dignity of the University of Alabama, in an age where date rape is a national crisis, petition the President of the University of Alabama through its Director of Athletics to disassociate T.J. “Sweet T” Bunn as a booster, supporter, ticket holder, representative and any other capacity that connects him to the long and historic heritage of the University of Alabama, in keeping with such actions that other universities in similar situations have done.
