A debate open to the public on the pros and cons of affirmative action will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 14, in the Student Union Theater on the North Campus.

Discussing the viewpoint that employment-equity legislation is a mistake will be Jan Narveson, professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. A writer and philosopher, Narveson is author of the text, "Business Ethics in Canada."

Taking the "pro" side in the debate will be William Fischer, UB vice provost for faculty development; Major Coleman, UB assistant professor of political science and Buffalo Common Council Member-at-Large James W. Pitts. Richard Hull, UB professor of philosophy, will be moderator.

BRAEN COAUTHORS MANUAL ON EMERGENCY MEDICINE

G. Richard Braen, chair of emergency medicine at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is coauthor of the new edition of the "Manual of Emergency Medicine," a standard reference for professionals.

The manual, in its third edition, covers problems that might be encountered by physicians, residents, medical students and other personnel. Published by Little, Brown and Co. of Boston, it is available at medical bookstores.

President of the American Board of Emergency Medicine from 1994-95, and a director of the organization, Braen is the board's chief examiner and its delegate to the American Board of Medical Specialties.

He is a member of the Low Back Pain Task Force of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and serves on the Erie County Citizen's Committee on Rape and Sexual Assault. He heads Buffalo General Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine.

Braen also is coauthor of "Emergency Care," published this year, and "Bedside Diagnostic Technology," due out in 1996.

CREELEY LECTURES IN NEW ZEALAND

Robert Creeley, Samuel Capen Professor of Poetry and the Humanities at UB, received a grant from the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to give lectures at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Creeley received the award on the basis of a national competition after peer review by the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, affiliated with the American Council of Learned Societies.

FORUM TO DISCUSS DRUG LEGALIZATION

A public forum on drug policy will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Sept. 15 in the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Lafayette Square. Sponsored by UB's Department of Philosophy, it will explore topics including the pros and cons of decriminalizing or legalizing the use of drugs.

Among the speakers are R. Gil Kerlikowske, Buffalo Police Commissioner; Sandra Mobley-Terry, City of Buffalo director of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Programs; John Walters, philosopher, social theorist and member of a Washington-based 'think tank,' and Richard Gallagher, chair of the Erie County Consortium of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Professionals.

EVITTS HONORED BY GIFT TO HOLLINS COLLEGE

Hollins College has received a $50,000 gift from an alumna establishing the William J. Evitts Fund for the history department. Evitts, executive director of alumni relations at UB, is a former history professor at Hollins and served as department chair from 1974-80.

FALLACARO NAMED TO STATE BOARD FOR NURSING

Michael D. Fallacaro, co-director of the nurse anesthesia program in the UB School of Nursing, has been named to the New York State Board for Nursing. The board advises the New York State Education Department and the Board of Regents on matters relating to nursing licensure, education, practice and discipline.

Fallacaro, the only certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) on the board and only the second nurse anesthetist to be appointed, is a practicing anesthetist at the Buffalo VA Medical Center and a clinical assistant professor in UB's School of Nursing.

He received bachelor's degrees from D'Youville College and George Washington University, and a master's in nursing and doctorate in nursing science from UB.

A past president of the New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists, he has served on committees of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) and the American Veterans Association of Nurse Anesthetists. He is on the editorial advisory board of the AANA Journal.

UB GRAD WINS NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST

Edward J. Lydecker, who received a master's degree in urban planning from UB in May, has been selected one of five first-place winners in a national essay contest sponsored by Sunkyong Group, one of Korea's largest business groups. The annual "Global Leaders of Tomorrow" contest is held nationally for registered graduate and undergraduate students in the U.S.

Each first-place winner received a $2,500 cash prize and a week-long trip to Korea, which took place in June. Lydecker won for his essay, "The Threat of Reactionary Governance to Globalization."

MUSIC FACULTY WIN DISTINCTION

Four faculty members in the UB Department of Music recently were recognized for distinguished work:

Cort Lippe, visiting assistant professor of composition, has earned a growing international reputation for his electroacoustic and computer-generated compositions. His Music for Flute and ISPW was performed at the Emerging Voices Festival at the University of California, San Diego; the fifth biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College, and at the 1995 Society of Electroacoustic Music of the United States Conference at Ithaca College.

He was composer-in-residence at the 4th annual Electroacoustic Music Festival at University of Florida. Performances of his music were given in Sweden, University of Maryland, Northwestern and Towson State universities.

Arie Lipsky, lecturer in music, will conduct four concerts next season with the Israel Chamber Orchestra, four with the Israel Sinfonietta and plans a U.S. tour with the Israel Chamber Orchestra in 1997.

Percussionist Anthony Miranda, lecturer in music, recently completed a series of concerts and clinics at Penn State, Geneseo State College and Unistage of Buffalo. Miranda, who performed in the Academy Awards Orchestra this year, continues his studio recordings for TV and motion pictures. This summer, he toured with Gladys Knight and Englebert Humperdink and will tour in the fall with Natalie Cole. He also has two new publications, "Drum Set Technique" and "Snare Drum Technique," both from AM Percussion Publications.

Richard Myers, lecturer in music, recently saw his 53rd arrangement of music for trombone choir published by Acura Music, Inc. He has inaugurated a new series, "Music for Trombone Choir and Organ," also to be published by Acura.

One of Myers' earliest transcriptions, J.S. Bach's Fugue in D Minor, has sold more than any music ever published for trombone ensemble. It recently was recorded by Summit Records on a CD, "Four of a Kind."

MAGILL HONORED AS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

Kenneth D. Magill Jr., professor of mathematics at UB, has received the 1995 Jesse D. Heiges Distinguished Alumnus Award from Shippensberg University, Shippensberg, Pa. Magill is a 1956 graduate of Shippensberg.

The university's highest award recognizes the alumnus' distinguished achievements in his field to the benefit of society and community.

Magill, who holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State, came to UB in 1963, serving as assistant and associate professor of mathematics before becoming a professor of mathematics in 1967. Between 1967-70 he was chair of the department. He is a national leader in the field of near-rings of continuous function and has been a visiting professor in Leeds, England, at the University of Florida, the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur and Monash University in Australia.

MSALL RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Michael E. Msall, associate professor of pediatrics and rehabilitation medicine at UB, has received the Sir James Carreras Medical Award for 1995 from Variety Club International. The award and a prize of $10,000 are given annually by Variety Club to "the physician who has done outstanding work in the field of pediatric medicine during the previous calendar year." Msall was chosen from among 60 physicians nominated from around the world.

A UB faculty member since 1987, Msall also is chief of developmental pediatrics and rehabilitation medicine at Children's Hospital of Buffalo and the Robert Warner Rehabilitation Center. His research has focused on the problems and consequences of extreme prematurity and functional independence in children with Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy and neurodevelopmental disabilities.

UB GRAD WHO AIDED BOMBING VICTIMS, BISHOP TO RECEIVE AWARDS

A UB graduate who aided in rescue efforts at the site of the Oklahoma City bombing and Bishop Edward D. Head, former bishop of the Buffalo Diocese, will receive awards Sept. 24 in St. Joseph's University Church, 3269 Main St.

Sponsored by the Newman Centers at UB, the Mass will begin at 11:30 a.m. Faculty in the processional will wear academic garb.

The Newman Centers' highest award, The Newman Medal, will be presented to Bishop Head in recognition of his longtime support of the campus ministry at UB.

Lt. Stephen T. Spall of the New York City Fire Department, who received a UB degree in civil engineering in 1985, will be presented a special Distinguished Alumnus Service Award from UB's Newman Centers. He was an active Newman Centers member while at UB.

Spall joined the New York City Fire Department shortly after graduating from UB. In 1993, he became a member of a 56-member elite task force designed to assist municipalities requesting emergency assistance during urban crisis and operating under the direction of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Spall's group, activated to assist in search-and-rescue efforts at Oklahoma City's federal office building on May 20, worked at the bombing site for seven days.

SHAPIRO SPEAKER FOR INTERNATIONAL EVENT

Stuart C. Shapiro, professor of Computer Science, and a member of the Center for Cognitive Science, gave the invited Closing Plenary Talk at the Eighth Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium (FLAIRS-95) held in Melbourne, Fla. In his talk, "Steps Toward a Computational Rational Agent," Shapiro discussed highlights of his 25 years of research.

TOMKINS RECEIVES SERVICE AWARDS

Suzanne E. Tomkins, a co-founder of the Domestic Violence Clinic in the UB School of Law, has received several awards from social service organizations, including the Exemplary Service Award from the Erie County Coalition Against Family Violence, composed of agencies and individuals working together to stop family violence. She served the coalition in 1994 and 1995 as vice chair.

She also was named Citizen of the Year, along with Bernadine Butler, a 1994 UB law school graduate, and third-year UB law student Julia Hall, by the WNY Division of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). That designation led to the trio receiving the same honor at the state level.

The NASW awards recognize the work of Tomkins, Butler and Hall as co-founders of the Women's Law Center, Inc. founded in 1993 to meet the legal needs of women who do not qualify for free legal services, but who cannot afford a private attorney.

Tomkins, a 1992 graduate of the UB law school, serves as clinic instructor in the Domestic Violence Clinic, part of the Legal Assistance Program in the law school. While a student at the UB law school, Tomkins also helped set up the school's Domestic Violence Task Force.

ACE/NIP PLANS BREAKFAST SEMINAR

The American Council on Education/National Identification Program will hold a breakfast seminar Sept. 15 at 8:30 a.m. in the Presidential Lounge of Seton Hall, Niagara University. This will be an opportunity to network with other women of ACE/NIP-WNY.

Speaker will be Carolyn Schaik, executive director of the Center City Corp. in Niagara Falls, who will discuss risk management and the implications for those who hire, supervise, teach or operate service programs. An enhanced continental breakfast will be served. For more information, call 286-8072.