newuser = Person.new
      newuser.name = currentstudent.first_name.first + currentstudent.last_name
      newuser.role = "1"
      newuser.password_reset = "1"
      newuser.salt = [Array.new(9){rand(256).chr}.join].pack('m').chomp
      newuser.encrypted_password = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest("password" + newuser.salt)
      newuser.save