Columbia Morning With David Lile

The director and supervisor of MU's Law School Veterans Clinic talks about the work of the students who take veterans as clients and present their cases to the Veterans Administration. The veterans are seeking reversals of the denials for benefits in most cases.

CIS Head of School Adam Dube', students Charlie Bondurant and Nathan Weil talk about their recent experiences during a Be the Change trip to Papua New Guinea.

Sasha Chanoff, executive director of RefugePoint, talks about his new book FROM CRISIS TO CALLING: FINDING YOUR MORAL CENTER IN THE TOUGHEST DECISIONS. He builds his story around a rescue mission in the Congo. More info available: Facebook www.facebook.com/fromcrisistocallingchanoff Twitter twitter.com/SashaChanoff Web www.chanoff.com

Dr. Becevic talks about her study into the importance of reaching rural young people with tele-psychiatry.

Dr. Rahman discusses his research into "extreme overvalued beliefs." The study's title is "Anders Breivik: Extreme Beliefs Mistaken for Psychosis." It has been published in THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY AND THE LAW.

Ehrenreich talks about his travel and three-year living in the West Bank.

Mayor Treece discusses roundabouts. Columbia City Council is to debate and vote on a roundabout at the corner of Fairview and Chapel Hill. The mayor hears from many callers who have opinions about whether the roundabout should be built.

Ashley Waters discusses the history of and the meaning of June Dairy Month.

Coach Smith discusses the Missouri Wrestling Foundation and J'Den Cox, Columbia and MU's Olympic wrestler.

Judge Oxenhandler discusses mass incarceration, its costs, its effect on lives. He advocates using alternative sentencing plans and offering ways for ex-prisoners to reclaim some of the rights the rest of us have.

Chancellor Foley talks about enrollment numbers, about the loss of three deans from MU recently, about campus climate, about funding issues, and about relationship with the community.

Matt McCormick represents the "for" side of the hotel tax issue slated for the August 2 ballot in Columbia.

Mayor Brian Treece discusses the administrative delay on new student housing construction, parking downtown, advocating for gun safety, and handling developers' requests to close sidewalks and streets during phases of construction projects.

Chief Burton reacts to the posting of the racial disparity in traffic stops report from the Attorney General Chris Koster's office. The 2015 report shows Columbia police with a racial disparity index of 2.97. The state's is 1.61. Chief Burton says the process is flawed and leads to poor conclusions about his department.

Ed Baker, owner of Holiday Inn Executive Center, and Heather Hargrove, former president of Columbia Chamber of Commerce and sales exec for KRCG, discuss why they are against the increase of hotel room sales tax from 4% to 5%. The proposal will be on the ballot for Columbia voters in August.

Marilyn Upton and Sara Wohler talk about the Rotary Exchange Program. Marilyn's daughter was a participant. Sara is participating now as a student from Switzerland. Marilyn has begun the Elizabeth J. Upton Foundation to help participants defray some of the costs of taking part in the program.

Author, comedian, musician Dave Hill talks about his newest book. He recalls his meeting with Donald Trump and playing "Stairway to Heaven" with Hill's father.

Mayor Brian Treece discusses high-voltage transmission lines, a proposed "administrative delay" on student development, and raising the local hotel room tax.

Dr. Jim Spain, vice-provost at University of Missouri-Columbia, discusses the school's enrollment challenges and the efforts to retain current students and repair perceptions that prevent MU from being considered by potential new students.

Dr. Stephen Kanne from MU's Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders talks about SPARK, a research program that is the largest autism study undertaken in the United States. The Thompson Center is one of three pilot sports for the kickoff of the study.