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Newspaper Page TextBiofuel research aims to ease farmers’ fuel issues By DANIEL O’CONNOR The Red & Black One day Georgia’s fanners will have no need to buy high priced fuel at the pump, hopes one University engineering stu dent. Nick Chammoun, a graduate student from Adel, spent much of his youth working on farms in South Georgia and has begun research to help farm ers. “My personal objective is to find ways agricultural producers can save money on rising fuel HEROES: Tiny cows make big fuss ► From Page 1A “In the future, the chances of this are much less likely,” Williamson said. “But I’m happy for the group.” Mike Ward, manager of Vending and Solicitation, said he was not aware of the event until he heard the helicopter. “We were all in the dark until today,” Ward said. “We were not notified at all.” Scott said he was not aware of this particular notification, but was sure to get approval for landing on the practice field from Charlie Whittemore of the Athletic Department. He also got approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. Many said they were in awe of the event, including Coach Mark Richt. “These students involved with UGA HEROs never cease to amaze me,” he said. One of the crucial elements of the event was Chick-fil-A’s donations, Scott said. Chick-fil-A has been a long-time sponsor of UGA HEROs and Shane Todd, operator of Chick-fil-A at Beechwood Shopping Center, said he was proud to be part of the event. “We’re excited,” Todd said. “UGA HEROs makes dreams come true.” OFFENDERS: Crimes not in ACC overlooked >- From Page 1A University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson and his staff take the list and com pare it with a list of enrolled students. If there is a match, they forward all information from ACC Police to Judicial Programs, Williamson said. He added policy plays a role in crime deterrence among students and raises awareness of their “obliga tion” to the Athens com munity. “Students now under stand they can be held accountable for off-cam pus actions,” he said. But does accountability cease at the county lines? It does in regard to how crimes are chronicled. Reports are forwarded to Judicial Programs only if a student is arrested by University or ACC police. For instance, if a University student is driv ing back to campus on Ga. 316 and is arrested by Oconee County police for driving under the influ ence, the police have no obligation to forward those records to the University. Drive a few miles further into ACC and the records are sent to Judicial Programs. Williamson acknowledg es the possibility of stu dent violations going unnoticed in the greater Athens area. “I’m not going to say people won’t slip through the cracks,” he said. “But nothing stops a sheriff from making us aware of a situation.” Williamson said it’s impossible to check every county in the state but added he’s not opposed to exploring ah extension to surrounding counties if law enforcement officers express interest. Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry said student crime constitutes a small portion of arrests in the county, with most coming from DUIs and bad checks. In the past, he forward ed incident reports to University Police when requested to do so, he said. He elaborated, saying those were rare circum stances, usually during highly publicized cases. “It wouldn’t be hard at all,” he said of adopting the policy in Oconee. Oglethorpe County Sheriff Mike Smith also was open to the idea. “It probably would be a good idea to do it the same way they do it in Athens,” he said. ‘Overstepping for the sake of good PR’ Gray isn’t the only stu dent who avoided University judicial scrutiny due to geographical cir cumstances. Since the new policy was instituted in 2006, at costs by producing their own feedstock for fuel,” he said. Dan Geller, an engineering fac ulty member, said Georgia grows many crops that could be con verted to fuel. Examples include peanuts, cotton, soybeans, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, poultry fat, watermelons and bakery waste, Geller said. “We really have to look at waste products,” he said. Much of the cost in producing biofuels comes from buying the raw materials and using waste lowers that cost, he said. least 14 students arrested in Oconee and charged with actions mentioned in the Code of Conduct were found by The Red & Black. These arrests include DUIs, underage possession of alcohol, shoplifting and marijuana possession. Anew alcohol policy enacted in May 2006 states all students found in viola tion of the University’s judicial process of alcohol and drug-related miscon duct would be given pro bation for the first offense, while a second offense dur ing probation would war rant suspension. Included among these Oconee arrests is a stu dent with two prior alco hol and drug violations, meaning his next alcohol related arrest could be grounds for suspension. But he wasn’t arrested in ACC. Andrew O’Shea, a junior from Atlanta, wasn’t as fortunate. He was arrested for underage possession of alcohol while on probation with the University and is serving a suspension through the end of the semester. O’Shea voiced his displeasure with the geographical specificity of the policy. “You would like to think they are going by a case to case basis,” he said. “But obviously, that’s not what they are doing.” O’Shea said the admin istration should not pun ish students for crimes that occur off campus, and he said the policy seems to only target drinking offens es. “It hasn’t done anything effective for my life,” he said of his punishment. “It seems like they are over stepping for the sake of good PR.” Alan Campbell, associ ate dean of student affairs whose office oversees Judicial Programs, said the policy of forwarding reports was adopted out of the “need for uniform reporting practices.” But when asked on Tuesday if it was inconsis tent to punish students for offenses going unreported from neighboring counties, he did not provide a spe cific answer. Instead, he told The Red & Black to e-mail him a list of ques tions. He did not reply to any of the questions in the e-mail directly, but wrote on Wednesday, “As mem bers of the UGA commu nity, we all have a vested interest in promoting responsible behavior of members of our communi ty. We hope that students will be good citizens on and off campus.” What’s next for Gray? Gray is the third University student The Red & Black has uncov ered to be a sex offender IILANA MCQUINN ! Thk Rid*Black ▲ Students reach for stuffed Chik-fil-A skydiving cows as they fall from a helicopter during a UGA HEROs promo tional event in the Tate Plaza Wednesday. during the last two aca demic years. Both Joshua Clay Oliver, who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with attempt to rape, and Bryan Scott Palmer, who pleaded guilty to statutory rape, were suspended by Judicial Programs for one year after the spring semester of 2006. However, they were suspended for furnishing false information on their admission application, not for the actual sex crimes. Oliver since has been removed from the sex offender list, and the Office of the Registrar has no record of either he or Palmer attending the University this semester. According to a May 2005 Oconee County Sheriff’s report, Gray was pulled over by police in his black Mercedes on Colham Ferry Road, where an officer found a 14-year-old girl in the passenger seat, an open container of alcohol, a small bag of a leafy sub stance, a smoke pipe and a condom. The girl later told authorities she had con sensual sex with Gray in a church parking lot near Astondale and Colham Ferry Roads. An officer reporting on the scene found “a condom lying on the grass,” the report said. Under his plea agree ment, Gray accepted eight years of probation for the statutory rape charge and one year for possession of marijuana. Gray was contacted multiple times by The Red & Black, but he said he was unable to get in con tact with his lawyer and did not want to speak on the record until he could do so. Kim Ellis, associate dean for student affairs, said a complaint would need to be issued against a sex offender before Judicial Programs would investi gate if the matter per tained to the University Code of Conduct. Speaking hypothetical ly, she said a police report would ' suffice as a com plaint. She was not made aware of Gray’s situation by The Red & Black. After learning of Oliver’s and Palmer’s sex crimes, University Vice President for Public Affairs Tom Jackson told The Red & Black in April 2006 that officials could consider cross-referencing enrolled students with the state sex offender list. He added there are many factors to look at including who to check, what would be required from those accepted and if the results of checking would be cost effective. A year and a half later, no clear plan has been established. “You’d have to ask Jimmy (Williamson),” Jackson said Thursday. “I can’t remember what we do.” NEWS Chammoun said biodiesel would be easy to generate on a farm. “You could grow peanuts or soybeans, crush them for the oil and convert that to biodiesel,” Chammoun said. “I’d like to farm myself, but it’s hard to do today,” he said. Hopefully this research at the University will help farmers, he said. While much of the research is done in labs at the University, Chammoun said most of his work will be done in the field. “I am trying to do large scale, Pearls Before Swine® A t£. £ * I HAVE > AND \ IDIOTS THE WORLD OVER \ BEFORE YOU RETORT, CONSIPER PETE 0F i WHAT SWUNG THEIR WORTHLESS 5 THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEOVENCES. 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