People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, and its youth division peta2 are giving students a chance to experience animal cruelty on campus, starting today.

The organization will host an educational event, including a large interactive exhibit and information sessions, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Tuesday on Tower Drive.

The group is setting up the display on campus as part of a national college tour that began in September.

According to a news release, the exhibit, which is intended to give students an idea of how animals are treated at factory farms, will be contained in a 20-foot-by-30-foot inflatable tent.

As part of the project, students will have a chance to experience the same conditions many animals do, including being contained in a sow gestation crate, which is used to hold pregnant pigs at factory farms, the release said.

Other elements of the exhibit will include a meat industry video exposé titled “Glass Walls,” samples of vegan foods, and vegetarian and vegan starter kits, according to the release.

“College is the time to consider new ideas, and peta2’s factory-farm display gives students an idea of how much suffering goes into a chicken nugget or a beef burger,” peta2 Associate Director Marta Holmberg said in the release. “Once students see what cows, chickens, and other animals go through on factory farms, in transit and in slaughterhouses, they’ll want to load up their cafeteria trays with humane vegan selections.”