European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse I _ notion s work mix during Clinton s Day by Nancy Benac the associated Pressw Hen Bill Clinton Speaks the whole world listens. When Chelsea Clinton Speaks her dad jumps to attention. You know when you have a teen age child it s a daily struggle to avoid becoming completely irrelevant to them the president confesses. So when my daughter asks me to help her with math i always try to do thus does the new age president head propped in hand voice a bit Gravelly explain that he is a Little sleepy after a late night father daughter math session. Just checking her work he hastens to add. Clinton offered his observations about life in the White House in an interview that touched on his work habits his office his heroes and his family life. I do need More sleep now than i used to and last night i did t get it Clinton admitted a bit sheepishly. Six hours is his goal seven the Ideal in conducting a guided tour of the Oval office redecorated in bolder colors to Clinton s specifications the president told As much about himself and his aspirations As about his workplace. Pointing to a reproduction of Rodin s sculpture the thinker Clinton explained it shows the Power of reflection. I like it because there s nothing weak associated with pondering and thinking and trying to work through so when does the president find time for reflection in the morning before i come Over of Teffner if miniature Golf or Homework president Clinton it ready to assist daughter Chelsea. At right Hillary Rodham Clinton Waits her turn. Here and late at and sometimes in Between. If i can do it i la sometimes take a Little time out in the Middle of the Day when i m still fairly refreshed to really kind of work through some of the big problems Clinton said. He and the Oval office were a natural fit. While some presidents used the office largely for ceremonial purposes Clinton said he does a lot of the work of the presidency there. Clinton has filled his work space with personal political and historical objects that mean a lot to him a colourful Little Clayd a a fashioned by Chelsea busts of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt a four Leaf Clover a tiny Model of the Clinton Core Campaign bus family photos unread books some of which have been hanging around for months. His desk last used in the Oval office by president Kennedy reminds him of his predecessor s youth and vigor he says mentioning the famous photo of Kennedy immersed in desk work while son John John plays at his feet the busts of Lincoln and Roosevelt on the Credenza just behind Clinton s desk come from his personal collection. I admired them both very much for different reasons Clinton said. Roosevelt he said energized the country and he gave it Lincoln had the ability to make people see big things in profound a bust of Franklin d. Roosevelt and other personal items decorate a Credeman behind Clinton s desk. Tuesday 9,1993 Short subject what s in a name Only a nerd knows by Martha Groves los Angeles times Are nerds an oppressed minority is nerd itself a slur the Issue has t sparked the uproar that Ted Danson s blackface did at the whoop Goldberg roast. But it has caused some flaming email at a Silicon Valley publication. One Middle age Man connected with the Magazine had evidently had it up pocket protector. Firing off charge messages to colleagues he likened the term to a racial slur contending in effect that in the Avo red of pcs Nis no longer politically Correct to use then word. A few were debating this mostly by email which is what nerds or those people the technically inclined do said David Diamond managing editor of san Mateo based unix world which covers the world of High powered computer operating systems and whose readers include you know whats. The controversy at the Magazine cooled after the expression old guard nerds was removed from a headline on an upcoming Story. But the Issue arises just when the technologically advantaged seem to be most in the Driver s seat what with an the to do Over information highways. Indeed Many fully empowered nerds Wear the appellation proudly. Canyon co., which creates windows and multimedia software Drew a big Eclectic crowd to a recent nerd networking Bash at a san Francisco hotel. This is the True revenge of the nerds exulted software designer Alan Cooper. Today the Guys who Are successful Are the Guys who have control of information. It used to be the jocks had the Power. They re no important any More. The Guys bom to master information Are the new ruling Case in Point Bill Gates bespectacled founder of Microsoft corp and a classic nerd. With a Fortune estimated at $8.7 billion he s now one of the world s richest men. And he s even engaged. At rent a nerd a Vienna va., firm computer problems founder Mike by Crofts business card reads he and his 40 consultants charge their 300 clients nationwide $1 a minute for seem to notice the name Wyckoff said ifs been of course not an computer wizards Are comfortable being nerds. Unit world products editor Lisa Stapleton. Who majored in applied math and physics at the University of California Berkeley has not Only been a nerd but a female nerd which is even she would vote to scrap nerd in the Magazine but when her husband a Programmer fouls up a Home plumbing repair she reserves the right to say what a nerd thing to historically nerds certainly have been fair game. Homer Simpson uses the term pejoratively. And to computer columnist Guy Kawasaki a nerd is anyone who consider Compuserve a dating service. Diamond of unix world said no one aside from staff members has Ever quibble with the use of nerd but Fred Gault Canyon co so founder said it in t a term he d throw around. I think it s something that Only nerds can Call 15
