FORT DODGE (AP) - The president of Iowa Central Community College is defending a photograph that appears to show him pouring beer down the throat of a young woman.

In a copyright story in Saturday's The Des Moines Register, Robert Paxton says he's done nothing wrong and that the actions were part of his private life, not his college work.

The photo shows 52-year-old Paxton with a group of young people on a boat. He and another woman are holding a small keg of beer above the head of a young woman. Her mouth appears under a spigot held open by Paxton.

He says the photo was made July 4 at West Okoboji Lake. He adds that the keg in the photo was broken and wasn't dispensing beer.

Mark Crimmins is a member of the Iowa Central Board of Trustees. He says it appears that the people who were drinking in the photo were of legal age and adds that there's nothing the college should do about the photo.