While the Board of Trustees were voting on whether they should censure Trustee Sunny Zia, Student Trustee Donnell Jones deliberately stepped out during the vote to use the restroom.
Due to business he had to attend at Purdue University in Indiana, Student Trustee Jones was absent from the meeting when Zia commented on Malauulu’s Christian faith.
Because Jones was away when the dispute happened, he believed that it wasn’t his place to take a stance.
“I wasn’t there and because I believe that it was an issue that should’ve and could’ve been resolved from the two of them, it was best for me to stay away from that,” Jones said.
“My only regret is that there are still unanswered questions that I have and I feel like maybe some of our students will have as well that I didn’t get a chance to ask.”
Questions Jones would’ve asked were regarding what the censorship of Zia means in the context of the board itself and what the precedent is for similar past issues.