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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Julie Carr Smyth and Michael Casey

University students demand names of Epstein associates be removed from campus buildings

Students have protested for Les Wexner’s name to be removed from campus property - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A growing wave of protests is sweeping across American university campuses, demanding the removal of prominent donors' names from buildings due to their documented associations with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

From Ohio State University to Harvard, students, faculty, and alumni are calling for accountability, arguing that these names tarnish institutional reputations and cause distress to survivors.

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