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Avery believes he's being targeted because he asks critical questions about UHHSA proposals and is frequently opposed to its majority positions. He described the student government as "very local-oriented ... .They're all buddies." The only other Global Hope-connected student senator, Randy Rambo, resigned from UHHSA on May 24.
According to Avery's account of the May 26 UHHSA meeting, "I had a few issues ... . They didn't care about any of them." After the formal meeting was adjourned, six UHHSA members and Kusano stayed in the room to keep talking. When Avery suggested that the student government is not held in such high regard, and criticized the UHHSA polo shirts that student senators are required to wear to meetings, Melendez became agitated.
"It became heated," Avery said, noting Melendez was passionate about UHHSA and her polo shirt. "Good for you," he responded, when Melendez stood and made an obscene gesture toward him. Avery requested she do it again and grabbed his camera. "She ran around the table and attacked me," he said. "I stood up and defended my camera with my hands.
"She really freaked," he said. "She punched me on both shoulders and on the jaw with her clenched fist." The digital camera was knocked to the floor and broken. Avery said he sought help from Kusano in calling campus security but she refused. Avery said he addressed her as "Aunty," a commonly used title for her among student senators, but that Kusano replied coldly, "I'm not your aunty."
Kusano and all the remaining UHHSA members except Avery left before police and campus security arrived, Avery said. He filed complaints later with Jim Mellon, UHH director of student activities, and with Keith Miser, vice chancellor of student affairs. Neither Mellon nor Miser would confirm that the complaints were filed, however, citing privacy laws. Kusano declined to comment.
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Avery believes he's being targeted because he asks critical questions about UHHSA proposals and is frequently opposed to its majority positions. He described the student government as "very local-oriented ... .They're all buddies." The only other Global Hope-connected student senator, Randy Rambo, resigned from UHHSA on May 24.
According to Avery's account of the May 26 UHHSA meeting, "I had a few issues ... . They didn't care about any of them." After the formal meeting was adjourned, six UHHSA members and Kusano stayed in the room to keep talking. When Avery suggested that the student government is not held in such high regard, and criticized the UHHSA polo shirts that student senators are required to wear to meetings, Melendez became agitated.
"It became heated," Avery said, noting Melendez was passionate about UHHSA and her polo shirt. "Good for you," he responded, when Melendez stood and made an obscene gesture toward him. Avery requested she do it again and grabbed his camera. "She ran around the table and attacked me," he said. "I stood up and defended my camera with my hands.
"She really freaked," he said. "She punched me on both shoulders and on the jaw with her clenched fist." The digital camera was knocked to the floor and broken. Avery said he sought help from Kusano in calling campus security but she refused. Avery said he addressed her as "Aunty," a commonly used title for her among student senators, but that Kusano replied coldly, "I'm not your aunty."
Kusano and all the remaining UHHSA members except Avery left before police and campus security arrived, Avery said. He filed complaints later with Jim Mellon, UHH director of student activities, and with Keith Miser, vice chancellor of student affairs. Neither Mellon nor Miser would confirm that the complaints were filed, however, citing privacy laws. Kusano declined to comment.
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