The White House travel office bills all news organizations for travel, meals, and even a percentage of any directional signs that have to be posted telling the press where to go. Locally, a lunch was prepared for the press corps by the UI Dining Services. UI spokesman Robin Kaler said the White House advance staff warned student helpers beforehand not to try to filch any press food. They said to bring a granola bar or something. Know the lingo UI officials got a lesson in security lingo from the army of White House advance people and Secret Service agents here for the past week.
People are also dirty until they're clean.
Bus out of service Buses come in handy when the president comes to town. On Wednesday, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District buses lined the runway when the presidential fleet landed at Willard Airport. But they weren't there to transport the occupants. The MTD also rearranged some campus routes to take people to the Assembly Hall. Costello can't say a lot about the system's third presidential detail, moving Secret Service agents from point to point.