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MONDAY
September 19, 2005
Vol. 113, No. 22 | Athens, Georgia
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>- Watch how loud
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WHAT IT MEANS
> University employees will be
reimbursed 48.5 cents per mile
traveling for business in their per
sonal vehicles.
>- University employees travel
about 3 million miles a year doing
business in personal vehicles.
> Departments might cut back
travel for this year, since budgets
already have been set.
>- Departments will adjust future
budgets for a $600,000 increase
to reimburse employees for fuel
costs.
Bill increases gas reimbursement
Univ. employees to save on mileage
By GRAYSON IRVIN
girvin@randb.com
University students are
not the only people on cam
pus suffering from high gas
prices.
Until last week, University
employees using their person
al vehicles for business pur
poses were being hit hard by
low University gasoline reim
bursement rates.
In response to the high
price of gas, Governor Sonny
Perdue passed Senate Bill
1EX last week, which raised
the state-wide reimburse
ment rate from 28 cents to
48.5 cents.
The University officially
adopted the increased rate
on Sept. 10, the day the bill
was signed.
The bill permanently sets
the state travel reimburse
ment rate to the federal stan
dard determined by the
General Services
Administration (GSA), a fed
eral agency that helps imple
ment government-wide poli
cies dealing with federal
workers.
On Sept. 1, the GSA raised
its rate from 40.5 cents to 48.5
cents per mile traveled in a
personal vehicle.
For University employees,
the bill brings a major
increase in the money they
will receive — about 20 cents
more than the previous state
rate of 28 cents per mile.
Melvin Garber, the associ
ate dean for extension in the
College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, said
the previous rate was one of
the lowest in the Southeast
and was inadequate for
employees’ travel needs.
Garber, who heads the
University’s Cooperative
Extension program, said
many of his employees rely on
their personal vehicles.
“We’re pleased with the
action,” Garber said. “It (the
low rate) was a burden on our
employees.”
Although the mileage may
be a relief for many employ
ees, University Budget
Director Ryan Nesbit
said each department will
► See GAS, Page 3
SARA FREELAND | The Red & Black KATIE FOLEY | The Red & Black
▲ Louisiana Monroe linebacker Jason Schule #32 strips the ball from Georgia tight end
Martrez Milner while safety Austin Willis, #5, attempts a tackle, during the final seconds
of the second quarter in Saturday’s game.
Despite big win, Richt has
mixed feelings about game
By DAVID PITTMAN
dpittman@randb.com
After having an opportuni
ty to review Saturday’s game,
Mark Richt found that his ini
tial impressions about his
team’s performance were
wrong.
The Georgia head coach
had some mixed feelings
about how his team played
soon after the 44-7 win over
Louisiana Monroe.
“We struggled,” Richt said
Saturday after the win. “We
struggled.”
Richt on Sunday: “It
was not that bad of a day. It
was actually a pretty good
day.”
Richt pointed to 543 yards
of total offense the Bulldogs
gained, including 94-yard and
66-yard drives on its first two
possessions of the game.
But there were mistakes.
Tight end Martrez Milner
fumbled 28 yards short of
the end zone with less than
one minute left in the first
half.
Also, place kicker Brandon
Coutu missed a 31-yard field
goal in the second quarter.
Georgia had 79 yards of
penalties in the first half,
compared to 81 yards of
offense for the Indians.
In the game, Georgia had
11 penalties for 99 yards.
All the penalties “got
under my skin,” Richt said
Sunday
Offensive lineman Russ
Tanner said Saturday what
Richt would say later.
“Take away the penalties,
and I think we played pretty
well,” Tanner said. “A lot of
times, playing hard gets you
penalties, unfortunately.”
But Tanner didn’t have to
think long about one scenario
proposed to him by a
reporter.
What if Georgia plays the
same way it did this weekend
when it visits Mississippi
State on Saturday?
“We’ll get beat,” Tanner
said.
When Georgia plays a
team it should beat, like
Louisiana Monroe, it should
execute well, Tanner said.
“That didn’t happen
tonight,” he said. “If it doesn’t
happen next week, we’ll
get beat, or it’ll be down
>- See GAME, Page 11
KATIE FOLEY | The Red & Black
A Offensive tackle Daniel Inman consoles Martrez Milner as he leaves the field after
fumbling the ball during Saturday’s game.
Clean-up crew picks
up tons of trash
after each game
SARA FREELAND | The Red & Black
▲ Discarded beverage bottles, half-eaten snacks and other miscellaneous trash fill
Sanford Stadium’s bleachers after Saturday’s game against Louisiana Monroe. Trash was
cleaned out of the stadium’s bleachers on Sunday.
By KATHLEEN FREY
kfrey@randb.com
The sun has barely peeked
over Sanford Stadium
Sunday morning when about
150 clean-up crew members
arrive ready to erase the evi
dence of Saturday’s game.
Bill Fox, co-owner of
American Stadium Services,
a private business contracted
with the University Athletic
Association, delivers a pep
talk at 7 a.m. to the workers
from the back of a truck bed.
“We got to get out there
and pick up everything we
see,” Fox said. “We’ll be outta
here in a heartbeat if we
hurry.”
As he talks, the workers —
who range from teenagers to
almost-60-year-olds — pass
out latex gloves and trash
“grabbers,” poles with two
grips at the end used for pick
ing up litter.
Cleaning up after 92,000
Georgia fans can be either
daunting or routine, depend
ing on the opponent, the
game time and the weather,
said Fox.
As a general rule, evening
games or those with well-
known opponents produce
more trash because tailgaters
stay on campus longer and
more people attend the
game. Afternoon games or
those with less-popular
opposing teams — like
Louisiana Monroe on Sat
urday — produce less trash.
Though American
Stadium Services does most
of Sunday’s cleaning, the
Athletic Association is
responsible for the overall
clean-up.
“It is our task to have the
campus, the stadium and the
parking lots back to a pre
sentable condition by
Monday morning classes,”
said Charles Whittemore,
assistant athletic director for
facilities.
After a roll call, the
American Stadium team
divides and conquers.
About 40 workers enter
the stadium under the direc
tion of Paul Baughns, 58,
who has worked for the
University’s custodial depart
ment 36 years, with all but
>- See TRASH, Page 3
BY THE NUMBERS
150+
Number of workers hired for post
game clean-up.
25.000
Dollars spenfon clean-up efforts
each week.
25-60
Tons of trash collected after each
game day.
1.000
Average number of cardboard trash
bins on campus each Saturday.
1
Number of trucks that have caught
fire due to hauling off smoldering
charcoal.
— American Stadium Services is
in charge of clean-up.
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