Hayden Watkins is a Cornell University public policy student in the Brooks School of Public Policy, class of 2028. He is executive vice president of Cornell's Student Assembly and previously held the positions of representative at large and vice president for finance. Watkins also works as an administrative assistant in the Brooks School's admissions, student services and career management office and participates in the Cornell Speech and Debate Society.
We have documented 2 statements by Hayden Watkins, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Cornell student and Student Assembly executive vice president, interviewed on CNN
Condemned
Statement summary
Watkins says many students have received a severe lack of punishment for events like the Chi Phi house, and separately calls for undergraduates to lead a complete overhaul of the code of conduct.
“And a large part of that is because of the severe lack of punishment that many of these students have received for events like the Chi Phi house.”
The reference point is Cornell's disciplinary handling of the students named in the lawsuit. Watkins condemns the punishments and calls for an overhaul of the disciplinary code with student involvement.
Role at the time: Student Assembly executive vice president
Condemned
Statement summary
Hayden Watkins describes distrust of Cornell's administration and says students do not feel comfortable approaching administrators in the aftermath of the Chi Phi revelations.
Cornell says its investigation led to expulsions and suspensions. Critics say its response to the Chi Phi allegations was inadequate and opaque. The civil complaint mentions essays as a way to mitigate conduct, not as the only sanction.
