Columbia residents are being asked to decide in voting next week whether the City of Columbia should prohibit the use of Tasers within city limits. This program presents views from panelists and callers on various sides of the Proposition 2 measure. The discussion covers the pros and cons of allowing use of Tasers and delves into questions of reliability and police procedures that guide Taser use in arrest situations.

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Panelists:
Edward Berg, attorney, and one of the original members of Coalition to Control Tasers
Dwayne Carey, Boone County sheriff
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While the primary focus at MU over the past weekend was success on the football field, Intersection got ready for Homecoming by taking a look at what is being done to ensure that more than 500 student athletes at MU are also successful in the classroom. What kind of resources are devoted to helping MU athletes succeed academically? How does that compare to what other students get? And how well is it all working?

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Panelists:
Joe Scogin, MU assistant athletic director for academic services
Kim Martin, MU assistant athletic director for life skills
Larry Ganong, MU professor and chair of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Kevin Rutland, defensive back, MU football team
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In the 90 years since American women gained the right to vote, the movement toward gender equality has made great strides in some areas and still has a way to go. For example, as of 2009, women made 80.2 cents for every dollar men earned (compared with 62.3 cents for every dollar in 1979). On the pop culture front, women comprised only 7 percent of all directors, producers, writers, cinematographers and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films.
With the Citizen Jane Film Festival opening in Columbia later this week, we talk about the state of feminism in mid-Missouri and across America, and look at how elements of pop culture may be helping or hurting the women's movement.

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Panelists:
Paula Elias, director, Citizen Jane Film Festival
Mary Jo Neitz, professor, MU Department of Women & Gender Studies
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As consumers we expect the food we eat to be plentiful and affordable. But the factors that keep food prices down affect many different areas of our societal landscape. Today's Intersection discussion explores the business and management of agriculture -- in particular, how our complex food system affects people here in mid-Missouri and around the globe.

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Panelists:
Ronald Plain, MU professor of agricultural economics and Extension economist
Handy Williamson, MU vice provost for international programs and professor of agricultural economics
Richard Oswald, farmer and board member of the Missouri Farmers Union (joining the program by phone)
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