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Central Florida Future. 1071. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1071 fj. • Thentral Flori Future© •• Volume 23, Number 64 Serving The University of Central Florida Since 1968 Wednesday June 26, 1991 BOR names ex-Gator-interim president Robert Byan takes over until UCF finds a new president . by He.idi Steiner I have to do ... my Gainsville them to be cordial and coopera­ •• NEWS EDITOR [ties] have nothing to do with tive," he 33.id. that," Bryan said. Bryan told the faculty/sen- The search is over for UCFs The faculty expressed con- ate that the university's major new interim presidA:p.t. cern on how Bryan would ban- concern is quality and teach- . The Board of Regents select­ dle administrative duties. · ing students well. ed Robert Bryan, a 65-year-old "I'm going to be p~esident, ''You have a developed pro- retiree and former University not caretaker.We'll settle per- gram and are not in such a hur­ of . Florida interim, as UCF's sonal issues as they come up. ry to be big. I admire that," Bry­ new interim. Ifyou look at my records, you'll an said. As interim, Bryan will make find I spent more time being Speaking about the state $11,700 a month for about six an academic administrator budget cuts, he said the uni­ to nine months. than a professor. If there is one versity system is going through He told administrators, facul­ thing I have; it is experience. I the "Great Depression." ty, staff and students his two ma­ don't think I'll make many mis- "That is how bad I think it jor goals while at the university. takes there. I may even help," is. We have to guard our mon­ "I want to keep UCF on the he said. ey well, spend wisely and be pre- l.nanes I\. Morrow11.,1:1'11 HAL i-LurllUA i-u i Unc forefront of community con­ Faculty/Senate Chair Glenn pared for further cuts. [However] Interim President Robert Bryan was chosen Thursday morning. sciousness [and] I want to use Clµlningham welcomed Bryan I am going to make sure that the what resources we have wise­ with a "Go Knights" banner. university gets·its fair share of Bryan brings experience as administrator ly," he said. Cunningham had -previous- the dollars out there." he said. Bryan told reporters that his ly said that he did not want a But Bryan is not going to by Tom Kopacz Kentucky. UF background will not affect Gator or Seminole to take the panic. CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE He received his Ph.D. from the importance of his duties position as interim president. "I'~ not going to just throw that school in 1956, majoring with UCF. "Since you are a Gator, I X out and throw Y out because Interim UCF President Rob­ in English with a minor in phi- "fv~ spent most of my ca­ want to present this to you, we cannot afford it," he said. ert Bryan describes himself as losophy. _ reer at Florida. I'm not going Cunningham said, while hand- As far as the Master Plan a professional administrator Bryan started his teaching to give up my love for it, but ing, the· banner to Bryan. "I goes, Bryan ·said he was not with a type A personality. career in 1956 as an instructor I'm a professional. I know what pledge to you our support. You very familiar with it but he's "fve spent more time as an at UK In 1957 he started at won't have us · going to follow it. administrator. than as a pro-. UF as an assistant English pro- holding · yoU: "fm going to buy it whole fessor," he told a group of stu­ . fessor and became assistant to back. There and do what I can," he said . dent government leaders the dean of the graduate school are no nega- Bryan asked the faculty and Thursday. in 1961. tive feelings student leaders how they feel His resume bears that state­ In 1962 he began a seven­ here," about the undergraduate pro- ment out. Bryan spent most of year stint as the director of . Bryai:i gram and counseling and if his adult life at the University UF's Ford Foundation three­ told reporters there were any complaints. of Florida as an administrator. year master's degree program that he does "I think the main problem is Bryan, 65, was born in Leb­ in addition to his assistant not foresee the lack of sufficient numbers anon, Pennsylvania and grew dean's duties. any possible of sections of a variety of dif­ up-in Miami. He was promoted to assis­ p r o b 1 e m s ferent courses but, for the most He graduated from the Uni­ . tant professor in 1962 and full with the fac- part, the students are quite versity of Miami in 1950 with professor in 1968. ulty /senate. pleased,'' answered one faculty - a B.A. in English. In 1951, he Bryan spent· the 1969-70 Charles K. Morrow/CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE "I want leader. received hjs master's degree in Bryan told the Faculty/Senate that he was im­ my relation­ English from the University of see BRYAN page 5 pressed with UCF's quality of teaching. ship with see VISIT page 5 Senate overrides 2 veto.es 5 senators confirmed, DiBona appoints '5 more to fill vacant posts by Tom Kopacz and Brynner W. Yee He also listed several times throughout the CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE year when the senate is not available, including semester breaks and fall elections. The student senate June 16 overrode with- "I would be unable to provide a service to the out comment two vetoes by former student body student body, and I doubt the senate would be *' President·JeffLaing. highly concerned about a day to day operation One bill would create a new ·such as that," Laing wrote. chapter in Student Govern- He also said SG has a mhent'.s finance cofdehreqSwG"ring l~ • ~et tshystet m .for flcon~br~l~tyt sign- t e signatures o t e ac- ~ ~4 mg a a, 11ows exi i 1 . countant and coordinator for .7' ~ Another bill changes the administrative services on all . -IA ~ elections code so the Judicial •• contracts, in addition to the -.r ~ Council will handle all appeals student body president's. ~ ... JI of Ele·ction Commission deci- The senate would also have -'fl \ ~ sions during campaigning. to approve, by majority vote, ~.. ·" / ·""' Presently, the commis- all contracts that extend past '~ ./,...., sion makes both rulings in- the end of that president's Student volvingviolations duringcam- term. G paigning and the initial If the coordinator for admin- overnment ~ appeals of those d~cisions. ~ -~'".alive services was un~hl 0 - • - - -- - 8c-ri-ate Prgsithmt Pro ~L~;; - ~ co~tr~ct, a~~~;.~~!&~rs _ official would Tern D~vid ~ann, . 'Yho brought up the. vetoes be required to sign. · ___ f~r_:ons1derab~n, said he ha? spoken with s~- Laing, in an April 29 memo explaining the cien.,-~~y_fyes!?~.t Jason DiBon~ and that Di- veto, said he felt the bill does not allow flexibili- Bona had no obJeca,~~ ~o t~~-?~erndes. 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The Cent~a,I Fiorida Future June 26, ·1 ·991 3 Growth forces department into ·portable by Rebecca Falcon the planned date." bles. fessional Studies, will change its name CENTRAL FLORIDA FUTURE Ed Neighbor, associate vice presi- "I don't think j~ is fair," she said. to Health and Public Affairs in July. dent of academic affairs, said the move "We're going to be in those portab1es for Dr. Belinda McCarthy, dean of the col­ tJ Not only is the Social Work ·Depart­ is only temporary. two to three years. That is a pretty long lege, said the new name will more ac­ ment moving out of the Humanities and "The department will eventually temporary situation. I hate to think that curately define each department with­ Fine Arts building, but they are mov­ move into a new building under it's now my last year at UCF will be spent out in the college. ing out of the college all together. proclaimed college. However, this is not of a portable." Teelie Fitzgerald, a student in the Dr.