Students should plan
move a month ahead
By Jennifer O’Cilka
Staff Reporter
Lincoln movers and truck renters
agree that the most important thing
lor seniors to remember is to plan
ahead when moving.
Scott Turner, a sales and service
representative for U-Haul ofLincoln,
said graduates should begin making
moving plans at least a month ahead
of time.
Turner said students should learn
to par k a little at a lime, rather than
waiting until the last minute. Many
times students forget how much
“slut* they've accumulated over the
years md underestimate what they
will need for moving.
Turner said business peaks during
graduation time and in the fall when
students return to college.
Although U-Haul rents trailers,
pickups and large diesel trucks, most
students use trailers rather than large
trucks, because they don’t have many
items to move, Turner said.
He said U-Haul trailers range from
SKX) to $300 for a one-way trip. Pick
ups and trucks rent for more, and can
range from $300-$ 1,500 for a one
way trip, depending on where the
student is moving, Turner said.
Kim Morey, rental manager for
Ryder Truck Rental of Lincoln, said
students should call at least two weeks
m advance to reserve the si/e of truck
they need and to make sure it is avail
able on their moving date.
Morey said students especially
should make sure their boxes packed
with books are small enough to carry
and not packed so tightly that the
bottom falls out.
Ryder Truck Rental gives out free
movers’ guides, Morey said. Tips in
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Pen and pencil sets, picture frames
top list of popular graduation gifts
By Sara Bauder
Staff Reporter
Traditional items such as pen
and pencil sets arc among the most
popular gifts for graduates, said
representatives of several Lincoln
gift shops.
Bambi Carniclc, manager of
Things Remembered in Gateway
Mall, 61(X) O St., said engraved
picture frames are one of the most
popular gifts. The frames usually
are brass or silver-plated and sell
for S28 to S30 with engraving, she
said.
Canticle scud pen and pencil
sets, with brand names such as
Cross, Schaefer and Parker, arc
traditional and always popular
graduation gilts. Like frames, pens
can be engraved, she said.
Engraved clocks are not as
popular, but Carniclc said she sells
a few of those also.
Carniclc also said “graduation
bears" have been a popular gift. A
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bear wearing a graduation cap,
Carniclc said. The bear comes in a
blue paper bag labeled “Class of
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can be filled in with the graduate’s
name and date. The bear costs $5.
A popular item for female gradu
ates is the engraved trinket box,
Camiclc said. The boxes arc sil
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and sometimes are lined with vel
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Gwen Plummer, general mer
chandise buyer for the University
Bookstore, 14th and R St., said
graduation gifts arc not a major
piece of the bookstore's business,
but the store does sell some attache
eases, ranging in price from $60 to
SI00, and some pen and pencil
sets, which are about $25 to $30.
Graduation cards are a “huge”
seller for the bookstore, Plummer
said.
Melody Aude, supervisor of the
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one of the most popular graduation
gilts in the department is the beer
stein. The steins have the seal of
the University of Nebraska and are
glass, pewter or ceramic. Prices
range from about S12 to $23, Aude
said.
Parents have been buying class
rings for their graduates, Aude said.
She said the rings, which cost be
tween $3(X) and $500, arrive eight
weeks after full payment. Most rings
arc ordered with garnet or ruby
stones to represent Cornhusker red,
Aude said.
Marsha Misle, general manager
of Park Place Pontiac Cadillac GMC,
Inc, 5020 O St., said it is very
common for parents to buy their
children a first car alter gradu
ation.
Misle said the most popular
choices of cars at her dealership
are Pontiac Grand Ams and Grand
Prixcs. Red and white arc the col
ors of choice, and the cars range in
price from S10,(XX) to $30,(XX).
“They all want something
sporty,” Misle said. “Most have
been driving their grandma's boat
around.”
Although most parents don’t buy
the cars until alter graduation, Misle
said many ch(X>se them now and
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