The petition has led to briefcases and laptops scattered across a conference room.
Somewhere in the papers taped to the glass wall is the start of an answer to a question a thousand student signatures had posed: Can there be football at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock?
The question is being taken seriously about a program that hasn't competed since 1955.
The university and its newly hired chancellor, Andrew Rogerson, announced in July that a feasibility study was commissioned to calculate the cost of a football program and measure whether there's enough financial support.