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* ^sports A dozen and counting The Nebraska baseball \ Thursday team won its 12th straight game by 7 0/45 beating list-ranked. Today, partly cloudy ole S') • with a chance of Aansas j-Z. thunder showers. Page 7 Athlete’s charges dropped By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter man accused of the Oct. 17 beating of Boon-Chung “Marco” Ong, a UNL Ma laysian student, had~chargcs against him dropped in exchange for an agree ment to take part in a pretrial diver sions program. Justin Stephens, a freshman foot ball player at the University of Nc braska-Lincoln, had the charge dropped and was charged $24 in court costs in a hearing held April 15. Lee Flynn, director of Diversion Services in LancastcrCounty, told the Daily Nebraskan earlier this year the diversions program wasoffered mostly to firsMime offenders. “It’s an opportunity for people to earn their way out of trouble,” she said. “By earning their way out of trouble ... you learn what got you to commit the offense. “If they haven’t learned anything, they’re going to get re-arrested.” Flynn said the program usually consisted of a fee for the program, a certain number of community service hours and a class deal ing with the type of offense. ror example, a person iacmg as sault charges would have to take an anger-control class, Flynn said. Stephens and his attorney, Hal Anderson, could hot be reached for common ts on the spec ificsof Stephens’ diversions program. The other men accused of the beat ing still have charges pending in Lancaster County Court. Ralph Lott, 21, of Lincoln failed to appear in court for a hearing on the assault charge on Jan. 28. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest on Jan. 31. Lott, a former UNL student and football player, also did not appear in court for several traffic violations. Scan Phillips, 17, was to appear in Lancaster County Juvenile Court Wcdnesday,buthchad thedate moved to May 23 at the request of his mother, Juanita. Phillips of Omaha originally had his case heard in adult court, but he has since been sent to juvenile court. According to court records, Phillips’ mother requested that the hearing date be moved to May so her son would not miss any school. i—-— Suzie Garrison, a freshman Spanish major, wins on the CBS College Tour version of “The Price is Right” Wednesday. Hosting the show at left is Keith Ammons of Mobile, Ala. Tour tunes students in to CBS By Julie Sobczyk Staff Reporter hi Carriere, a junior actu arial science and math ma jor, took a break from her stressful classes to win free prizes at the CBS College Tour at Broyhill Fountain on Wednesday. Carriere visited many booths, in cluding the Trident Golf Classic. “I like miniature golfing,” she said. “I won Listcrine and Halls here just for playing. “I’ve been trying out all the games and just walking around. It’s better than class.” The CBS College Tour featured boothslike Locker Talk, “The Price is Right” and Long Distance Shootout, as well as many trivia booths. Prizes like footballs, boxers, flying discs and T-shirts were awarded at most booths — just for playing the games. The tour has traveled to college campuses nationwide to promote the products ofCBS sponsors, said Mark Dicbold, event producer for the CBS College Tour. Some of these sponsors include L’Oreal cosmetics, Campbell’s soup and Nestle. The University Program Council sponsored the event at the University of Nebraska- Li ncol n. Dorcne Johnson, an event director from UPC, said the tour had become an annual event that was fun for students. “People seem ;o really like it. It’s a good way to hang outside and relieve stress,” she said. A mock “The Price Is Right” game attracted many students. John Ochoa, a sophomore criminal justice major, won his way up on stage and walked away with a free T-shirt. “I love to watch ‘The Price Is Right’ before ‘The Young and the Restless,’” he said. “I cainc today just to hang out. Plus, I wanted the free T-shirt.” Amy York, a freshman dcafcduca MAS A boycott continues By Matthew Waite Senior Reporter Meetings to try to end the Mexican American Stu dent Association’s boy cott of the multicultural affairs of fice will continue over the summer, the president of MASA said Wednesday night. MASA PresidentCathy Maestas and more than 20 of the group’s members met Wednesday with Chancel lor G raham Span ier, Janies Gricsen. vice chancellor for stu dent affairs, and Eric Jolly. UNL’s director of affirmative action, to begin what Maestas said was open ing dialogue. The boycott, which began March 3, was in protest to what MASA called unfair hiring practices in the -Ofllce of Multicultural Affairs. At the Wednesday night mect i ng, the two sides pul their propos als and ideas out into the open. Maestas said. Maestas said the meeting was an opportunity to elaborate on de mands MASA made to Griesen. MASA has refused to discuss its demands. Griesen said the meeting was one-sided, but there were reasons behind that. “We, in a sense, had put forward some ofour ideas.” hcsaid. Griesen released 15 policy changes March 15. UNL would be bringing in an external consultant lobring in fresh ideas on the issue. Griesen said. He said he hoped to have the consult ant in place by this fall. The meeting offers “hope for cooperation in future,”Griescnsaid. He said the three administrators came away with a better under standing of MASA’s concerns. People seem to really like it. It’s a good way to hang outside and relieve stress. — Johnson UPC event director lion major, said she really enjoyed the booth that let her star in a scene from “The Young and the Restless.” “I’m kind of addicted to soap op eras,” she said. “I played Victoria in a scene I had seen before on TV.” Many students attended the event just to sec what was happening. Scott Kimmci, a freshman biological sys tems engineering major, said he came to the event because his friends were going. “My friends made me stop down. and I m looking at playing one ol these trivia games,” he said. UN L students were paid to staff the event. Tanya Muckey,a freshman in: tcriordesign major, helped run a com edy quiz booth. “My roommate is an event director for UPC and signed me up for the job,” she said. “1 get paid and work as many hours as I can.” The CBS College Tour will con tinue Thursday from 11 a.m.to5p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ex-prisoner: Human rights abused By Todd Neeley « Staff Reporter Citizens in the United States andother free countries must denounce governments vio lating human rights, and become ac tive in pushing for the release of po litical prisoners in the world, a former prisoner said Wednesday. Greg Patyk, a Polish citizen im prisoned in 1981 for his work with the Pol ish Democratic Reform Movement, said human rights were abused throughout the world. Human rights arc not just given to people, he said, they are something that must be fought for. “In the 20th century, there arc people kill ing people to bek ill ing,” he said to a group of about 30 students attending the semester’s final UNL Amnesty International meeting. In 1980, Polish workers threat ened tostrike in protest of the commu mst government, he said. Some 12 m il lion workers supported the labor movement, Palyk said, and the government began to panic. This movement led to the arrest of about 85 percent of the union mem bers, he said. Palyk was separated from other union organizers during his seven year prison sentence. “When they arrested me, they wanted me to write about iny story and what I did,” he said. “I didn’t have anything to say because there was no story.” He said he felt he was an innocent man, and served about three years in prison after being falsely arrested. “The government tried to prove we were guilty,” he said, “but they had no witnesses.” The supreme court in Poland re viewed the case, and Patyk was re leased. He requested political asylum at - (4 I still sometimes can feel the intense pressure on us back then. — Patyk ex-prisoner -ff - the U.S, embassy in Warsaw, Poland, and eventually moved to Nebraska. “It was a hard decision for me to go and leave everybody behind,” he said. “I left my whole life back in Poland.” With the fall of the communist bloc and the rise of democracy in Poland, he said, he may someday return home. But for now, the memory of his life in Poland has not yet faded away. “I still sometimes can feel the in tense pressure on us back then,” Patyk said.