September 22, 1994: Vol26n3: McLaughlin Group opens Speakers Series

By MARY BETH SPINA
News Bureau Staff
It'll be "no holds barred" as members of the lively, entertaining
McLaughlin Group take their show on the road to UB Oct. 5, as the
first presentation of the 1994-95 edition of the Distinguished Speaker
Series.
	The McLaughlin Group will appear at  8 p.m. in Alumni Arena on
the North Campus.
	Now into its eighth year, the Distinguished Speaker Series is
sponsored by UB and the Don Davis Auto World Lectureship Fund. The
appearance of the McLaughlin Group is provided with the cooperation of
WNED/Channel 17, which airs the PBS program at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays.
	The McLaughlin Group has been described by The New York Times
as "five barking, squawking, ideologically split pundits who argue
national and foreign affairs in a go-to-hell fashion."
	Appearing will be moderator and sometimes referee John
McLaughlin, former Washington editor and columnist for The National
Review; Fred Barnes, conservative senior editor of The New Republic,
who also appears on CNN's "Crossfire;" Eleanor Clift, a liberal who
serves as deputy Washington Bureau chief for Newsweek; Morton
Kondracke, a moderate and executive editor and columnist for Capitol
Hill's twice-weekly newspaper Roll Call, and Clarence Page, the 1989
Pulitzer-Prize winner for commentary, liberal columnist and member of
the editorial board of The Chicago Tribune.
	The Distinguished Speakers Series will continue April 27, at 8
p.m. in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus with a
presentation by scholar and journalist Garry Wills.
	A Pulitzer Prize winner, Wills is the author of "Lincoln at
Gettysburg," "Under God," "Reagan's America," "Inventing America" and
"The Kennedy Imprisonment."
	Tickets for both programs in the series are $7.50 for student;
$18 for UB faculty, staff, UB Alumni Association members and senior
citizens; and $22.50, general admission.
	For one event, prices are $5 for students; $12 for UB faculty,
staff, UB Alumni Association members and senior citizens, and $15 for
general admission.
	Twenty-five percent discounts are available for groups of 15
or more by calling 645-3414.
	Tickets can be purchased at The Book Revue onHertel Ave.;
Buffalo State College Ticket Office; Don Davis Auto World Inc.,
Niagara Falls Blvd.; Fredonia State College Box Office; New World
Record on Elmwood Ave.; Center for the Arts Ticket Office; 221 Student
Union, and the University Bookstore. They may be purchased before
Sept. 30 by mail from Distinguished Speakers Series, 537 Capen Hall,
Box  601602, University at Buffalo,  Buffalo, N.Y. 14260-1602.