The Free Press · October 2026
Ohio Wesleyan Chi Phi President on Cornell Chapter Lawsuit
- Hayden Kelner, 22, is a senior at Ohio Wesleyan University and president of its Chi Phi chapter, per the article.
- Chi Phi’s Cornell chapter in Ithaca, New York is at the center of a lawsuit alleging seven of its members drugged and gang-raped a female student, identified as Jane Doe, in 2024, per the article.
- Kelner told The Free Press: “I felt disgusting—not about myself, but about what that name carries now.”
- Kelner said he made his Instagram account private and worries about wearing his Chi Phi letters off campus, saying he is “worried about my own safety.”
Facts and quotations are from the article’s accessible portion; the piece is paywalled, so the summary covers the full text the page exposes. The lawsuit’s allegations are unproven claims reported in the article. Original headline: "‘It’s a Bad Day to Be a Chi Phi’".
Removed: the campus-tour scene-setting, the characterization of the fraternity name as “tainted,” and the subscription paywall pitch.