Imagine that you are on the beach in Hawaii, or that a microphone stand was a beautiful model.That was what Matt Deaton, a freshman from Eaton, Ohio, experienced when he was hypnotized Thursday night.Over 500 people gathered in Independence Hall to see Dr. Jim Wand, a professional hypnotist.Wand has been in this business for 10 years and has hypnotized over a million people, including Miami Sound Machine, Jay Leno, George Strait, the Judds, and players from the NFL.”I started because I was an overweight college student and I went to a hypnotist,” Wand said. “The hypnotism worked and I went on to become a hypnotist.”The night began with 25 OSU students, none having any idea what the night had in store for them. Wand began by letting the participants know that there was nothing dangerous about the process and that they needed to have absolute concentration in order for it to work.After staring in to a light and listening to soft music, the 25 students were relaxed and listened only to what Wand said.”I will never ask you personal questions,” Wand said.Wand said that there are only two kinds of people that cannot be hypnotized. Those who don’t want to and those who have an I.Q. of 80 or below because there is no concentration.”I guess that is why it did not work at Michigan State,” Wand said.Deaton had been hypnotized before so it only took Wand 2 seconds to put him in to the right state of mind.”I felt like I was asleep, my whole body was relaxed. I was led to believe that a microphone stand was a beautiful model and that I should kiss her, I did,” Deaton said.Deaton said that he did not remember everything he did on stage, but his friends made sure to fill him in.”I never plan ahead what I am going to do, it all depends on the personalities that are on stage,” Wand said.Hypnosis is the use of the conscious mind as well as the subconscious mind and people use it to try and change a bad habit.The event was sponsored by the Intrafraternity Council and Women’s Panhellenic Association. Students were asked to donate clothes or canned goods, or pay for admission. The event was sponsored to benefit the homeless.”The community wanted something fun to entertain them, not just an educational speaker,” said Jennifer Portillo, co-director of Homecoming for the Greek community.As the night went on, Wand was able to make a student act like a Martian and sing the “Martian national anthem,” with someone standing by to translate.Even people in the audience were hypnotized by Wand and were able to participate in the event.”The night was great, I thought it was so cool. I now believe in hypnotism,” said Andrew Yang, the Public Relations Director for Homecoming.