Back in November, as I’m sure you remember, ShagAtUni
crowned the “UK’s horniest student”. Taking this prize was Elina Desaine, a
Computer Science student at Exeter University, who allegedly has more sex than
most Computer Science students have in, well, ever.
Her degree title did set off a few doubts in people (as did
her face to some people who’ve commented on the crowning), as it’s not a course
renowned for having that kind of student enrolled on it. And indeed, she is now
claiming that she and some friends made up her entry as a joke. This does seem
more likely given the few details we know, and also because her shag list
(pictured below), does look like the sort of hastily slapped together list that
was written all at once in a short period of time, as a joke list probably
would have been. Also due to the descriptions on it; it’s unlikely she knows
that many guys she can only refer to by nationality.
Of course, this could also be a lie made up in an attempt to
protect herself from the disciplinary action her university are now
threatening. As this title obviously doesn’t reflect all that well on a) Elina,
and b) Exeter uni; it’s probably safe to say that they aren’t best pleased.
This
could mean a number of undesirable consequences for Elina, from being excluded
from her studies to fines or community service. None of it seems that
unreasonable, it’s a hell of a title to be crowned with.
There is of course some evidence to support the theory that
she’s lying about lying and her entry actually was genuine. For example, if it
was a joke, surely she’d have realised when she won that if she accepted the
prize she might be found out? Or if she was just kidding, I doubt she’d have
been quite as okay with all the barely-clad photos (or what looks an awful lot
like a completely un-clad photo), or you know, being titled across the internet
as the UK’s horniest student.
Either way of course, there will probably (hopefully) be
some action taken by her uni. And I’m hoping part of it takes the form of compulsory
counselling, because if it is a lie, it’s gone a bit too far, and is pretty
mental. If it’s not, it’s still weird.
Ari Carrington
