俄亥俄州立大学决定保留韦克斯纳冠名：512人要求除名未获采纳，爱泼斯坦关联审查就此打住
美国俄亥俄州哥伦布市消息，俄亥俄州立大学决定保留亿万富翁捐赠人莱斯·韦克斯纳在校园建筑上的冠名，不再就其与已被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的关联作进一步审查。
据《哥伦布快报》11 月 6 日报道，2026 年 1 月至 9 月，512 人向校方提交了要求撤销韦克斯纳冠名的请求，涉及九类不同的指控，并附上约 6000 页佐证材料。校方一个委员会建议对其中三项针对韦克斯纳的指控作更全面的审查，并于 10 月 7 日将建议送交临时教务长特雷弗·布朗。
布朗 11 月 6 日上午回信称，不应推进更全面的审查。布朗在信中说：“在作出决定时，我不受委员会同样的约束，可以考虑更广泛的背景与更多证据”，“我得出的结论是，现阶段不应推进进一步审查。”他同时表示，委员会的工作至此结束。俄亥俄州立大学校长拉维·贝拉蒙达 8 月曾表示，希望在年底前就冠名去留作出决定。
韦克斯纳是俄亥俄州新奥尔巴尼市的零售业亿万富翁、大学前理事，自 1959 年毕业以来已向俄亥俄州立大学捐赠逾 2 亿美元。韦克斯纳本人未被指控任何罪名；本次争议针对的是校方是否应因其与爱泼斯坦的关联而撤销其冠名，校方最终决定维持原状。
Ohio State Will Keep Les Wexner's Name on Campus Buildings: 512 Requests for Removal Rejected as Epstein-Linked Review Ends
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University will keep billionaire donor Les Wexner's name on campus buildings and will not conduct a fuller review of his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the university has decided.
The Columbus Dispatch reported on November 6 that from January through September 2026, 512 individuals submitted requests to remove Wexner's name from university spaces, raising nine different categories of claims and offering approximately 6,000 pages of supporting documentation. A university committee recommended a fuller review of three allegations against Wexner and sent its recommendation to Interim Provost Trevor Brown on October 7.
Brown responded on the morning of November 6 with a letter stating that a fuller review should not move forward. "In making my decision, I do not have the same constraints as the committee and may consider the broader context and availability of additional evidence," Brown wrote. "I have concluded that further review should not proceed at this time." He added that the committee's work was done. Ohio State President Ravi Bellamkonda said in August that he hoped to have a decision on whether to remove Wexner's name by the end of the year.
Wexner, a New Albany retail billionaire and former university trustee, has given more than $200 million to Ohio State since he graduated in 1959. Wexner himself has not been charged with any crime; the dispute concerned whether the university should remove his name because of his association with Epstein, and the university has decided to keep it.
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