Lecture to enlighten opposite sex

Men are from Mars and women are from Venus -- or so the saying goes. \nMany would probably admit to being a bit perplexed by the opposite gender. Who among us hasn't wondered why women flock to the bathroom in herds or why he never seems to call when he says he will?\nTonight, students have the opportunity to be enlightened about the goings-on in the brains of their counterparts. Secrets of the opposite sex will be unveiled in an interactive discussion led by Dr. Lori Hart Ebert, titled "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Opposite Sex."\nEbert's program will emphasize good communication and healthy relationships with members of the opposite sex.\nKatie Grembowicz, vice president of risk programming for the Panhellenic Association, has attended Ebert's presentation before and said the program is very interactive and "a real crowd pleaser."\n"She doesn't talk at you, she talks with you," Grembowicz said. "She really makes an effort to get everyone involved. I know all of us who have worked with her previously are really excited to get to do so again."\nThe discussion, presented by PHA, will take place at 8 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union's Whittenberger Auditorium and is free and open to the public.\nSophomore Jessica Lewis, PHA vice president of public relations, said Ebert's program was popular when she came to IU a few years ago and she expects the same reactions from students this time around.\n"I've heard she's really funny," Lewis said. "We're expecting a good crowd for this program, so it should be a lot of fun."\nGrembowicz said she is expecting from 500 to 600 students to attend.\n"I really wanted to do something that wasn't so focused on the normal risk management stuff -- like alcohol or safe sex -- that would be fun and people would enjoy," she said.\nThe workshop also promotes self-esteem and self-awareness and is founded on the principles of an old African proverb stating, "If that which you are looking for cannot be found within yourself, it will never be found outside yourself," according to Ebert's Web site.\n"If students can gain self-esteem in college," Ebert's Web site boasts, "they can change their relationships for the rest of their life."\nEbert has a doctorate in higher education from Georgia State University in Atlanta. She has been an active volunteer in the field of higher education for several years and has served as associate campus director at Heald College in San Francisco and as the dean of students at American InterContinental University in Atlanta. \nCurrently, she works with over 100 volunteers and 925 chapters nation-wide as the director of alcohol education for Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. \n-- Contact staff writer Andrea Minarcek at aminarce@indiana.edu.