Spring Break
'Hitch' comes to campus
Loren McFalls
Issue date: 11/21/08 Section: News
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Coleman addressed many questions about relationships including "Why don't men call us back?" and "Why do women go to the bathroom in groups?" He also incorporated a number of pick-up lines that are actually used in reality.
"[I] taught people how to approach someone else, how to end a relationship if you're in a bad one, how to talk if you're in a healthy one, the stages of relationships, the characteristics of healthy relationships, [and] how to know if it's healthy or not," Coleman said.
He added that audience members left the program "knowing if they're with the right person or not."
"Life's a lot more fun when you're sharing it with someone else who shares your interests, passions …when we can share life's successes and failures, it makes life more meaningful," Coleman said.
"[Drexel] is one of my favorite schools because it's close, it's an inner city school; Philadelphia's right down the street. People are so honest and real; students don't try to be anything they're not. I love it," Coleman said.
During his presentation, Coleman presented theories about relationships, including the idea of a "Hmm," meaning a person who initially sparks one's interest.
He also spoke on "The Puppy Theory of Relationships" and interviewed 5,000 women on how to rescue men from being horrible lovers.
"College relationships are brutal and nearly impossible," Coleman said. "College men see a relationship and commitment as loss of freedom."
Graham Bach, a freshman communications major, said the presentation was, "Very useful and the ideas seemed accurate, but that they were definitely directed toward single people rather than people in relationships."
Audience members became familiar with the ABCs of initial interest - attraction, believability, chemistry and desire, as well as the five characteristics of a healthy relationship.
Drexel students at the presentation were asked their favorite animal, color, and body of water and to write down three things that each made them think of. They were told after answering that their favorite animal was how they think other people see them, that their favorite color was how they saw themselves, and that their favorite body of water was how they saw sex for themselves.
"The presentation was highly entertaining," Meghan Kartstein, a freshman entertainment and arts management major, said. "A lot of what he said was true."
The event, sponsored by Drexel's Business Services Retail Development department, is one of the 200 campus presentations Coleman does each year.
Coleman received a bachelor's degree in speech pathology and audiology, as well as a master's degree in college student personnel administration from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He has since written books on relationships and leadership, as well as visited more than 2,500 college campuses and spoken to more than 10 million people worldwide.
Similar to the movie "Hitch," Coleman has about 10 clients per year.
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