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Media Credit: Angeli Bueno Dr. Linda Gorman wrapped up Monday night's One Night Stand events with a lecture on the neuroscience of love and sex.

Like most young adults, Hopkins students get riled up at the mention of sex and free food. Therefore, it should be no surprise that Monday night undergraduates spilled into Remsen Hall for the One Night Stand event, hosted by Psi Chi, the psychology honors society.

Despite the travesty of the free pizza running out within minutes, students stuck around to hear three professors speak about their expertise in sex and sexuality.

First up was Dr. Gregory Ball, who studies animal behavior. Consequently, his talk revolved around comparing sex between humans with sex between animals, mainly birds.

From Ball's lecture, the audience learned that male birds will do anything to attract a mate ­- even walk across electrified grids. Females are impressed when males exhibit excessive behavior, as demonstrated in a video clip of a bird imitating sounds incessantly.

Ball also showed the audience a video of a quail's sex organs. He ended his talk by stating that, although quails may not have the same apparatus as humans, they can still "fall in love."

After a single session of coitus, the male will stare into the compartment where the female is kept for hours, without eating, waiting for her to come back.

After Ball's talk, Psi Chi introduced the fraternity brothers who had been chosen as the "most attractive" members of their respective fraternities.

Representing BETA was Ian McCue ('10), representing PIKE was Nick Gilson ('11), representing Sigma Chi was Jonathan Smalletz ('09), representing Phi Psi was Jonathan Charny ('11), representing AEPi was Justin Silverman ('11) and representing Sig Ep was Adam Reiffen ('11). After introductions, all the women in the audience got to jot down their vote for "most attractive." Votes were handed in, and the lectures proceeded once more.

Next up was sexologist Dr. Christopher Kraft. Kraft's lecture centered on the sexual problems that most commonly occur, including men who claim to suffer from rapid ejaculation, otherwise known as premature ejaculation. Audience members seemed surprised to learn that the average male only lasts two minutes before ejaculation during intercourse, and therefore rapid ejaculation is actually less of a problem than it may appear to be.

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