Students at Duke University say they are tired of the negative publicity their school has received after a PowerPoint created by an alumna describing her sexual escapades garnered national attention.
Karen Owen, a 2010 graduate of Duke, created a 42-slide PowerPoint presentation about her sexual exploits with 13 Duke lovers — many of them college athletes.
Owen titled the PowerPoint “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics.”
The media coverage of the alumna’s PowerPoint sex diary has upset many students who say one student’s actions should not dictate the overall image of the student body.
Mike Lefevre, student body president at Duke, said this incident is another way for the media to target the university.
“A lot of students are rolling their eyes,” Lefevre said. “This is not who we are and it’s probably not who she is.”
The PowerPoint slides were sent to three close friends, but later ended up on fraternity listservs before being posted to the Internet, Lefevre said.
The PowerPoint listed sexual encounters, including pros and cons of the men’s sexual prowess and how they rated in comparison to others’ sexual creativity and performance.
Owen detailed her encounters involving the men with whom she had intercourse, calling them her “subjects” and her sexual escapades her “research.”
