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3 LwTROIT FREE PRCS3.FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1931 Iff; Lecturer promotes sex, but with a controversial tw ist 'Santa' cleared of molestation BY MARYANNE GEORGE Free Press Ann Arbor Bureau "I wasn't always comfortable with this," Sylvia Hacker told her audience as she prepared to lead a frank discus ETROIT A man who plays Santa Claus has been acquitted of a charge he molested a boy who sat in his lap Hacker is used to being controversial and refers to her critics as the "head-in-the-sand contingent." "It's time to acknowledge our sexuality," said Hacker, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native. "If we do not accept it then we're not prepared and we allow a lot of bad things to happen to us. First comes knowledge, then you must learn how to handle it." Hacker says the United States has the highest rates of abortion, teenage pregnancy and rape of any industrialized nation in the world, despite the growing knowledge of human Hacker is a popular guest lecturer at U-M and recently appeared in the Sociology of Love class. Luis Sfeir-Younis, a U-M lecturer -who teaches the class, said Hacker could spend the entire semester answering student questions. "She talks about sex in a comfort-." able way," Sfeir-Younis said.

"It's one of her greatest messages. And she talks about loving, caring, listening and waiting. "Students need to know about sex- uality and love. If we do not provide au context, we leave it to the hallways trial and error." Hacker's outspoken views are disturbing to some. "Her message is do anything you want to pleasure yourself," said Pat Rose of the Washtenaw County chapter of Right To Life.

"It's definitely destructive to say this to kids. Pro-family groups are concerned about her message." Because of her advocacy of masturbation, Hacker withdrew as a speaker for a program last month at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, a Catholic hospital in Ann Arbor, said Liz Patterson, director of communications. In addition to her teaching duties, "We know so much, but we won't share it," Hacker said. "Other nations are trying to wipe out teen pregnancy, we're trying to wipe out teen sexuality." Hacker tells teens to avoid intercourse because it is a health hazard, citing the possibilities of unwanted pregnancy, AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases.

"Look at all the other stuff we can do I give lectures on eroticizing safe sex," Hacker said. "You can be very sexual without intercourse. But young people are very skeptical. Intercourse is a big prize in our society." I tT'l sion oi human sexuality recently. "I grew up in a conservative home where I was told genitalia was an Italian airline." So began the three-quarters scholarly, one-quarter comic Dresentation by Sylvia Hacker WMfWM a 7T i ri7C 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 4J KfJU DOL'JrJ PAVil'HJT Dec.

8 at a Christmas party at the Taylor Community Center. Recorder's Court Judge Gershwin Drain said the prosecution's key piece of evidence a videotape taken by the boy's father helped William Whitmore's defense, i Drain said Wednesday the 10-second video doesn't show any sign of unlawful touching. The 64-year-old retired letter carrier from Taylor could have been imprisoned for 15 years if he had been convicted. Cmr Getaway driver killed by police during chase DETROIT Police killed a woman getaway driver after a robbery attempt and a chase about 11:35 p.m. Wednesday, police said Thursday.

Police gave this account: Two Detroit men tried to fob another man and shot at him near McNichols and Lindsay. They jumped in a car driven by Pamela Frowner, 21, and fired shots at police. Officers fired back, hitting Frowner in the head. The men were arrested. Ex-teacher, 2 others sentenced in pot growing DETROIT A former West Ploomfield High School teacher and two General Motors Corp.

employees were sentenced Thursday for growing ftiarijuana in a Southfield house. James Spinelle, 48, of Plymouth and Richard Barth, 31, of Southfield were sentenced to 18 months in prison. Elmer Drouillard, 43, of Southfield was sentenced to 12 months in a halfway house. Spinelle resigned recently from his teaching job. U.S.

Attorney Stephen Markman said there was no evidence that he gave marijuana to students. Pay garnishment sought in police harassment suit '-T DetroiT Lawyers for a former police officer who won a sex harassment suit are trying to garnish a police commander's pay on grounds the city won't pay a judgment against him. Attorneys for Cheryl Preston say the city owes $577,000 $225,000 awarded in 1987 for harassment by 12th (Palmer Park) Precinct Cmdr. Mack Douglas plus $352,000 in interest. Preston alleged she was harassed by coworkers who thought her job should have gone to a laid-off male officer.

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