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Clintons prepare for moving day ■ Gary Watters, 30-year White House veteran,manages the president's home;he remains loyal to the first family's comforts. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - On Inauguration Day, in a frenzied but carefully choreographed four hours, Bill and Hillary Clinton and their household goods down to toothbrushes will be moved out of the White House. As the inaugural parade rolls by outside, a new presidential family will be moved in, right up to stocking the pantry with their favorite foods and snacks. Standing at the intersection of coming and going streams of furniture and crates, watching as teams of workers empty closets of one president’s pinstripes and fill them with another’s, will be Gary Walters, a 30-year White House veteran whose title of chief usher is an inheritance from the 19th century. The move is wrenching for all concerned and Walters, 53, has commonsense rules, starting with the obvious “Don’t panic!’’ and ending with the catchall, “Be prepared for anything!” This year’s move is made more difficult by the long uncertainty over the identity of the new president But the chief usher’s rules decree that even in this chaotic political season the staff is “blind to politics.” . Emotional farewells, however, are OK - even expected. “Hie emotional strain cannot be exagger ated; this staff has literally lived with the out going family for four to eight years,” Walters said. By late afternoon, when the new first cou ple walk from the inaugural reviewing stand [>n Pennsylvania Avenue, Walters will be wait ing at the North Portico. He is the mainspring of the professional staff that makes the White House a precision instrument for the president and first lady who live there. Both a big-picture and a detail person, Walters manages a historic house* that is at once national symbol, presidential office, cer emonial arena, family home and a museum filled with treasures viewed by more than a million people a year. At a recent conference on White House history, former presidential press secretary Marlon Fitzwater described him this way; “if you have to wake the president and tell him Iraq has fired a Scud missile at Israel, you call Gary Walters. If you want to know where they put Gorbachev’s coat, you call Gary Walters. And if you want to know if the president is awake and in a bad mood, you call Gary Walters. “And by the way,” Fitzwater added, "he will tell you if the president is awake, but he won’t tell you about the president's mood. He’s a man who keeps confidences." Walters is just the latest keeper of presi dential confidences in a 200-year-old tradi tion that began when John Briesler, President John Adams’ chief steward, arrived in the fall of 1800 to make the cold and bamlike house a home. Inauguration Day is the supreme test. “There is no more complex or demanding time,” Walters said at the conference, spon sored by the White House Historical Association. He explained that regardless of the out come of this or any election the staff remains loyal and committed to the comfort of the outgoing first family until noon on Inauguration Day. But after that is rule is, “We will adopt the new family’s routine, and not the other way around.” The move begins when the new and old first families leave together for the Capitol, “We need to know what they bring with them so that when they depart they take ... nothing that belongs to the government." Gary Walters White House chief usher shortly before noon on Jan. 20. Pre-positioned moving vans move up to the South Portico. Teams of workers move fur niture and boxes in—and out Upstairs there are packers and unpackers. Teams of “plac ers" position new furniture and hang clothes in newly emptied closets. The two aims, Walters said, are that “the departing family be as much at home on inaugural morning as is humanly possible” and that "the new first family comes into a White House which has been transformed into their home." That means “their clothes in the closets, not in boxes,” he said. “Their furniture in the place they have designated and even their favorite foods and snacks in the pantry." One of the most important activities of the day, Walters said, is the preparation of an inventory of everything the new first family brings to the White House with them. “We need to know what they bring with them so that when they depart they take everything that belongs to them and nothing that belongs to the government," Walters said. It all has to be done in four hours. “I get to answer all the questions and be a kind of traffic cop,” Walters said. “Eight years ago this was an amazing feat,” he said. “I had lost my voice to laryngitis and had to write everything on a pad of paper.” Illinois'poet laureate dies at age 83 ■Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the black community in tier famous poems. WE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO - Gwendolyn Srooks, who promoted an inderstanding of black culture iirough her candid, compas sionate poetry and became the irst African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize, has died of cancer. She was 83. She wrote hundreds of joems, had more than 20 books published, and had been Illinois' [>oet laureate since 1968. Her poetry delved into pover ty, racism and drugs among black people. “I believe that we should all know each other, we human car riers of so many pleasurable dif ferences," she said in a recent interview. “To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy." Dr. Jifimza Wright, who was Brooks' attending physician, said the poet died Sunday at her home, surrounded by friends and family members who had been taking turns reading to her. Her Pulitzer was awarded in 1950 for her second book of poet ry, ‘Annie Allen.” One of her most famous poems is “We Real Cool," from the 1960 collection “The Bean Eaters.” The short poem sums up hopelessness in eight lines: “We real cool. We/Left school. We/Lurk late. We/Strike straight. We/Sing sin. We/Thin gin. We/Jazz June. We/Die soon." Brooks continued to write throughout her life and had completed her most recent vol ume of poems late this summer, her agent Carolyn Aguila said. "Her activity regarding her creative muse was very high,” Aguila said. “She continued to speak and read and do all sorts of appearances.” In 1989, Brooks received a lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts. She was named the 1994 Jefferson Lecturer by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the highest honor bestowed by the federal govern ment for work in the humanities. Brooks was bom in Topeka, Kan., in 1917, but grew up in Chicago. She began writing at 11 when she mailed several poems to a community newspaper in Chicago to surprise her family. Her early works were mostly autobiographical, detailing the death of Mends, her relationship with her family and their reac tion to war and racism. After a number of her poems had been published in Chicago's black newspapers, Brooks sent 19 poems to a list of publishers. "I said to myself, I'm going to go straight down that list until somebody takes these poems,” she said. Harper & Bros., now HarperCollins, was at the top of the list Its editors suggested she needed more poems, then pub lished the collection in 1945 in a book called “A Street in Bronzeville.” “Annie Allen” followed four years later. Brooks often referred to her works as her family, which also included black people in general “If you have one drop of blackness blood in you—yes, of course it comes out red — you are mine,” she once said. “You are a member of my family.” But she was quick to point that she wasn’t exclusionary, not ing that she had the liveliest interest in other families. Brooks was also known as a tireless teacher, promoter and advocate of creative writing in general and poetry in particular. "She mentored literally three generations of poets — black, white, Hispanic, Native American,” said longtime Mend, poet and literature professor Haki Madhubuti, who founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Creative Writing and Black Literature at Chicago State University. “She was all over the map sharing her gifts.” 7 believe that we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. Gwendolyn Brooks Illinois’ poet laureate She used her prestige as Illinois’ poet laureate to inspire young writers, establishing the Illinois Poet Laureate Awards in 1969 to encourage elementary and high school students to write. She said she found it intoxi cating and exciting to see young talent. She would attend poetry slams in Chicago, where aspiring poets would line up to read their works, and she often financed awards to the poet voted the best reader by the audience. Brooks once said of the awards she received—including having a bronze sculpture of her placed in the National Portrait Gallery — that there was only one that meant a great deal to hen "In December 1967, at a workshop called the Kumuba Workshop in a rundown theater in Chicago, I was given an award for just being me, and that’s what poetry is to me—just being me.” Law & Order i-resnman area ror naving makeshift marijuana pipe The smell of marijuana smoke in a Selleck Quadrangle hallway led University Police to a drug arrest early Monday morn ing. A residence assistant in Selleck 8200 called police shordy after 2 a.m. after smelling smoke, University Police Assistant Chief Bill Manning said. When an officer arrived, he got permission to search the room and found a plastic botde that had been converted into a makeshift pipe with drug residue on it. No drugs were found. Police ticketed 18-year-old UNL freshman Weston Rowe for possession of drug parapherna lia. Pina colada party ends with MIP citations in Abel Three underage women were cited for possessing alcohol in Abel Residence Hall on Saturday night after police caught them sipping piiia coladas. A community service officer reported the women, and university roiice iouna a ou milliliter bottle of Bacardi rum and pina colada mix in the third floor room at 11:30 p.m., Manning said. Police ticketed UNL fresh men Ella Washburn, 19, Jill Johnson, 18, and Lindsay Kohmetscher, 18, as minors in possession of alcohol. Noise draws police to find 54 beer cans in Abel loom Five women were ticketed for alcohol violations early Saturday morning in Abel after noise complaints summoned police to the ninth-floor room. A CSO was responding to noise complaints at 12:20 a.m. and spotted open beer cans in the room and called an officer, Manning said. Police found five open beer cans, 19 unopened and 30 empty cans in the room. UNL freshman Summer Latham, 18, sophomore Sarah McCracken, 19, freshman Lisa Heck, 19, freshman Rebecca Moran, 18, and freshman Alysson Dietrich, 18, were all ticketed for being minors in pos session of alcohol. Compiled by Josh Funk lied Center programming is suoported Sy the Friends of Ued and grants som the Naacnai Endowment fa the Afe a tederal agtnqr Hearted Ants fund tocithr supported iw Arts Midwest and Mfe-America Arts A&ance; and Nebraska Ats Cound. Ak events n the lied Ceser are made possble by me Lad ifafarsance fund wfacn has Seen established in memory of fenaEUedaidfe parent^ Ernst M. and Ida H tied. n University of Nebrasfca-Uncoirt An equal opportunity educator and employer vwih a comprehensive plan tor diversify. The University of Nebraska-lincofn Department of Theatre Arts and the Lied Center for Performing Arts present 4 Share this classic tale with your family and friends! The holidays aren't complete without this enduring and beloved story of Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and all the necessary Christmas spirit(s). The script is written by Jeffery Scott Elwell, chair of UNL's Department of Theatre Arts, adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens. AurnmrWl Generous support provided by AMERlTAS^TJ Ameritas Life insurance Corp. UR INSURANT* CORP. Thursday-Saturday, December 7-9,2000 • 7:30pm Saturday & Sunday, December 9 & 10,2000 • 2:00pm Lied Center for Performing Arts Lincoln, Nebraska Tickets: (402) 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231 Box Office: 11:00am - 5:30pm M-F www.liedcenter.org (402)472-2588 FAX: (402) 472-1761 dn@unl.edu $5.25/15 words $3.50/15 words (students) $0.15 each additional word $0.75 billing charge $0.75/line headline Deadline: 4 p.m. weekday prior Classifieds 200s Nr ate 205 Bicycles For Sale GT mountain bike for sale. 18* frame, 21 speed, Rockshox, Shimano equipped. Reicent tune, new cranks. $350 obo. 476-4679, email at m_wiUits4hotmaii.com. 210 Books For Sale Management 150 or 198D course books with CD ROM for sale. Great shape, $25 each. Call anytime and leave a message. Ask for David (402)475-7828. 216 Computers For Sale IBM, Dell, Compaq, Toshiba Laptops. Prices from $295. 30-Day Warranty visit www.usedlaptops.com. 220 Furniture For Sale Pull and Queen size mattress sets. New and in 1c. Never used. 10 years warranty. Retail for I and $639. SeU for $165 for the Futt, Queen King size waterbed. Bookcase headboard, minor ana doors. Sealy 95% waveiess mattress worth $500. SeU for $200.474-4688. Simmons baby crib, white with light oak trim, like new - $100. CaU 421-6490 for more informa tion. Very nice sleeper sofa $400, regular sofa $200. CaU 328-8350. WiH deliver. 240 Misc. For Sale Bv size Pool Table, one inch solid slate. $800 O.B.O. Cal 423-6352. Elegant wedding gown, never worn: $500. White gold diamond engagement ring, paid $2500, asking $1500. Call 489-0495 before 9pm or e-mailkristiOzhuskers.com for more information. Nintendo 64, only played twice. 2 controllers and 3 games. $150 obo. CALL 423-2475. Surplus City Scooters, camoflauge, airsoft pistols, jeans and much more. 3241 South 13th. 420-5151 Trek - Jazz Voltage Bike $95 o.b.o. Coleman 7-Man tent used once $90 o.b.o. Call Andy 436-9405 ext 1. 250 Pets Two guinea pigs (3/4 yrs old) need good home. Free with cage & set up to experienced guinea pig handler. Call 438-4939 and leave a mes sage. 260 Sporting Goods 4 Weider multi-function weight machine. Paid $500. reduced to $200. ♦ CaU 421 -6490 for more information. 265 Stereos/TVs For Sale One year old 27" TV and huge entertainment center would make a great gift for only $350 or best offer. Call 421 -7254 or leave a email at hunnypb1Qmsn.com. Selling a Kenwood 3CD/tape Stereo. Perfect working condition. Asking $70. Call 436-8877 for information. Leave a message if no answer. Sony MiniDisc with Monster Cable digital con nect. Hardly used. Asking just $100. Call 416-5892. 290 Vehicles For Sale 1980 4 door Volvo. $500 obo. 483-0569. 1987 Pontiac Firebired Trans-Am. T-tops, A/C, New Z-Rated Tires, New Fuel Pump, Newer Brakes. Asking $4,000 or OBO. Call 477-0942 ask for Ryan. 1990 Jeep Cherokee Laredo automatic, power windows, four wheel drive, great condition, highway mileage, $3500, obo. 435-3024, 1995 Mitsubishi Mirage, silver, auto, cruise, dual air bags, 87,350 miles. Very clean, KBB $5400. Asking for $4300. Call 436-8835. Sell your CAR or TRUCK with pictures FREE on the internet at www.ezcaiiocator.com. 300s Sanlcts 300 Adoption A young, loving, financially secure couple longs to adopt newborn. Will provide lots of love and a wonderful future. Cali Barbara and John at 1-888-258-3293. 365 Legal Services Auto Accidents & DWI Other criminal matters, call Sanford Pollack, 476-7474. 365 Legal Services Automobile Accidents Call Dean Law Office, 17 years insurance claims experience, 435-2424. 370 Misc. Services Daycare - Are you looking for a loving and nur turing environment for your child? Call Jean at 420-7170. Financial Problems? Let us help. Call Premium Financial toll free at 1-866-749-2925. We deal with good credit, bad credit and no credit. For all your insurance needs: auto, home, health, life and business, call Jim Wallace at American Family Insurance, 1340 L St., Lincoln, NE 68508 or call 402-474-5077. GRADUATING IN DECEMBER! Looking to get your own insurance? Need short-term health insurance before you start a job? We have It all: Auto, Renters, Health, and Life. Call 24 hrs 477-8383. 378 Pregnancy Free Pregnancy Test Birthright is a confidential helping hand. Please call for appointment or more information, 483-2609. Check out our website www.birthright.org. 400s nm Afibk 400 Roommates Female non-smoker to share 3 bedroom apartment. $248 + 1/3 utilities. Call 423-3340 or 473- 0662. Female roommate wanted to share 3 BR apt. near sunken gardens. $210 + 1/3 utilities. Call after 5pm, 476-6498. Ask for Meghan. Female, nonsmoker to share 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, spring semester $250/month plus 1/3 utilities. Own bedroom and bathroom. Call 474- 6978. Graduate student needs housemate as of De cember 1. $325/month, no utilities, 475-7581. 22nd and D. M/F nonsmoker roommate wanted, $300/month for everything, close to campus. Call 438-6163. 400 Roommates Male/Female needed for 2 BR/2 bath, newer apartment, close to East Campus, ASAP. $300/month plus 1/2 utilities. Call 325-0498. Roommate needed to share nice 2 bedroom apartment. $275/month and 1/2 utilities. Call 438-7206. Roommate needed to share 3 bedroom duplex. Call Chris or Jason, 438-6645. Roommate wanted to share 2 bedroom house near zoo. Must enjoy dog. $250 + utilities. 474-6616. Available 1/1. Share 4 bedroom house in Northeast Lincoln. Quiet neighborhood. Nonsmokers. $275/month + 1/4 utilities. Call 466-3122. Leave message. 420 Rooms For Rent Private room includes cable, laundry, utilities, own phone line. $180/month plus deposit. Non-smoking female. 435-0030. 430 Houses For Rent 1 Bedroom, central A/C, W/D, 125 C St. $450/month, 890-5985. 440 Duplexes For Rent 200 South 44th, new duplex, four bedroom, two bath, two car garage, washer/dryer hookup, no pets, $950,423-6334 or 890-3321 ■ $760,1135 North 32nd, 4 bedroom, 2 bath. New paint, carpet. Washer/Dryer, dishwasher, central air. BetweWi campuses. 580-1121. 4811 S 45th. Nice two bedroom. Garage. Private yard. $600. 421-2159. Deluxe 4 Bedroom/2 Bath 2701 N. 37th or 808 Peach. Near new. Between Campuses. Low Utilities. Washer and drier in cluded. No Pets. Available January 1. $995. 474-5327. Large, two bedroom, oak floors, recently updat ed, no dogs, W/D, C/A, off street parking. $525. 402-944-2846. http:\\on.to\joerent. Students! Duplex, 4BR, 2 bath, available 1/1/01. Near campus, all appliances, garages. Call 434-1220, day or 488-4159, night. Take your pick, Brand New close to UNL 4 B/R 2 Bath, 1 stall Gar, W/D, 2225 R St. $940 or large 4 B/R 2 bath $695 at 375 N 33rd. N/S N/P call Julian 432-7030 or Rembolt Homes 488-9222, www.rembolt.com. Walk to campus. Large remodeled 2 bedroom. Central Air. Washer/drier. Off-street parking. 2410 Vine. $525.432-6476. 490 Apartments For Rent ***Close to City Campus*** 2 bedroom, electric-entry building, 5439.00 & up. 475-7262. ***Efficiency Apartments*** Close to City Campus Water, Heat, and Gas Paid Available now. Call 477-4490. 2 bedroom 2 bath units available nowl 1 bed room units also available. Just minutes from UNL campus. Ail appliances. Spacious. On site laundry. Controlled access. Call for move-in special. 438-0946 Tri-Win Properties. 2 Bedroom Apartments for rent near city cam pus. Nice, newer with lots of space. Special in troductory offer! A must see. Call 540-4301. Owner is a licensed Realtor. 1932 R Street Available January. 2 bedroom. 1 bath. $425 plus electricity. Washer/dryer hookups, parking and lease. Call 475-3111 for more information. 2040 F. Clean, quiet, 1BR, new carpet, laundry, no pet/smoking, $345. Call 476-1363 or 450-4826. 3501 Baldwin. 2 bedroom. Large, nicely deco rated, balcony, parking, laundry, no smoking. Available December 20. $460.464-4696. Clean and Quiet 1910 J Street. 1 BR $325/month and 2BR $435/month. No pets. Call Jim 430-9014. East campus large 2 bedroom, fireplace, balco ny, parking. 4220 Huntington. $460. 423-0902 Furnished one bedroom near capital, 819 South 12th. Security building, washer/dryer, $250. 432-6476. 450 Apartments For Rent ★ NEAR CAMPUS ★ 1 BR, Heat/water/trash paid, appliances, W/D, 3 closets, blinds, laundry, parking, $375. 2 BR newer, appliances, W/D, blinds, ceramic kitchen-bath-entry, laundry, parking, $475. 2504 Vine St., 402-489-4857, Large Efficiency on UNL Campus Open in January. $375. No smoking/pets. Park ing included. Call Julie 475-4453. Now leasing for 2nd semester move-ins. Short term leases available. Meadow Wood. Heated pool. Jacuzzi fitness center. 1 & 2 bedrooms. Lots of closets. Convenient location. Beautiful landscape. Country quiet. On site manage ment/maintenance. 7th & Superior. 476-3393. One BR, close to campus, newly remodeled, wood floor, C/A, ceiling fan, ready to move in mid-December or January 1. $375+utilities. Call 438-9475 and leave message. rtorifttits One, two, three bedroom apartments available. 438-0946. Roommate needed Spring ‘01. Convenient loca tion. 2 bed/bath, big. $283/month + electric. Call 770-0912. Student Special 1329 South 14th. Unique one bedroom, 3rd floor, no pets, $300.474-5327, Studio and 1 BR Vintage-studio and 1 BR close to both campus es, $300-$350.432-2288. Two bedroom, close to UNL, fireplace. Available November 15. For details contact 438-0777 or 466-8181. Two bedroom, fireplace, central air, $460, 3541 Baldwin Avenue, perfect for students. $100 singing bonus. Available August 16. 420-7331/310-7331. ♦ One Bedroom 2000 J St. Parking $310. ♦ One Bedroom 1507 S 19th. Roomy $335. ♦ 3 BR 5232 Cooper, w/d hookup, fire-place, MB $730. No Smokers/Pets 440-3000. rtorintiis We Offer 1,2 and 3 bedrooms Apts, Duplexes & Houses 24 Hour Maintenance Call 438-0946