def clean_symbols(in_text):
    """ Convert subscripts/superscripts, symbols, etc to characters

    """
    if u'\u00B2' in str(in_text):
        return in_text.replace(u'\u00B2', '2')
    elif u'\u00B3' in str(in_text):
        return in_text.replace(u'\u00B3', '3')
    elif u'\u00B0' in str(in_text):
        return in_text.replace(u'\u00B0', 'Degrees')
    else:
        return in_text