Universities Torn Over Epstein Donors' Names

0:00It's April 2, I'm Cory with the story and this is Canada News Today, local news powered by AI. Protests are popping up on college campuses, calling for universities to yank the names of buildings tied to Jeffrey Epstein's associates, starting with billionaire Leigh Wexner at Ohio State University. Nurses at the Wexner Medical Center, athletes from the less Wexner football complex and students near the Wexner Center for the Arts won his name. Gone because of his past links to the late sex offender Epstein, now, similar pushes hit Harvard with the Leslie H. Wexner building in Lobby, plus spots named for other Epstein pals like Steve Tish at Tufts, Howard Lutnik at Haverford, Glenn Dubin at Stony Brook and Casey Wasserman at UCLA. These donors poured in massive cash. Wexner and his family alone gave Ohio State over $200 million dollars for medical, arts, and sports. Survivors of abuse, including former Ohio State athletes from a school's candle, say

1:01honoring Wexner ignores their pain and taints the gifts since. Epstein influenced some family spending. We. Students and faculty argue it enabled Epstein's crimes, while defenders point out no charges against Wexner and question the race and gratitude for the buildings that still stand. Universities are reviewing these requests through private processes with no firm deadlines. Ohio State's new president calls it thorough, Harvard got. The petition, but stays quiet, and Haverford students just voted to push ahead on Lutnik despite pushback, Tufts clarified one name honors, Tish's dad, not him, and removed some handprints during renovations. This puts schools in a Tufts spot, balancing huge donations against demands for moral clarity from a generation that won't tolerate shady ties. Echoing the Sakura opioid fights were some names stuck, despite the backlash.