WHAT Interview opportunity with Lt. Col. David Grossman, author, retired military psychologist and historian, about the connections between media violence and youth violence

WHEN 9-9:45 a.m., Monday, Oct. 12,

WHERE Ben Linder Room, Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave.

WHO • Lt. Col. David Grossman, author of "On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society"

• Jeff Sprague, co-director, University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior

Grossman will meet with UO faculty and students Monday, Oct. 12, to discuss his research. The UO Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior is sponsoring the campus event, which will begin at 10 a.m. On Monday evening, Grossman will deliver a free public lecture in Springfield sponsored by the Emerald Valley Forum.

Grossman, who recently retired from the U. S. Army, is an expert on the psychology of killing. Currently, he teaches psychology at Arkansas State University, and directs the Killology Research Group in Jonesboro, Ark.

He says violent movies and television programs, along with video games, routinely expose children to many of the methods used by the U.S. military to increase soldiers’ "kill ratios."

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