Law School Dean Plans Spring Retirement By LORI BARRIST and BRIAN GART "I [s the most exciting and most teresting profes- Ot the Hurricane SteM sion ti :re is,',' she said id thete's always reom for mi i lawyers In the "Nobodv belie\es that foreseeable future. We hfavfn't beg to bring legal Dean Sola Mentschikoff will now have the time to am going ltoo retire. services to middle-income families.; hat's our chal- do the things she has always wanted - write a book, lenge,' travel, and go to the beach. EverytMM MMHMI that 1 Ac«*rd_ugJovJMenfscl.tkoff, law the "last of the The law school dean's busy schedule has turned her am a vtorkaholic. I am universal discipl encourages pre- into somewhat of a workaholic, never having the law students to read everything they can and to write chance to relax. one of the great beach­ all the time on everything. "And now that I'm going to be 65, I want the time combers of all times ... Mentschikoff said that law school changes people to write a book and live it up," Mentschikoff said. And now that I am and personalities. Mentschikoff, the first woman dean of the law "It's a good thing because when you're a lawyer, school, plans to retire this spring. going to be 65, 1 want to you're carrying responsibility for another person. You can do whatever you want with your own life, but as a "Nobody believes that I'm going to retire. Everyone write a book and live it assumes that I'm a workaholic. But I am one of the lawyer, you have responsibilities for others," the dean great beachcombers of all times," the dean said. up." said. Mentschikoff has been dean of the UM Law School Mentschikoff said that today's students mistakenly since 1974. And in that time, the faculty has doubled, believe that they have a monopoly on truth and justice. the law library has been expanded, the course offerings Soia Mentschikoff, "In law school, you find that you will always be have increased, and the quality of the student body has MIxVT. Hurricane BRIAN GART striving for that truth and justice, knowing you're improved. Dean of the Law School never going to get it," Mentschikoff said. The dean criticized the lenient academic standards "Our student body is superb. They get placed all at many undergraduate universities. over the country, and one student has even gotten a her law practice working in small firms In New York demic awards, and many national and international "One of the curses of our educational system is the clerkship with the Supreme Court. The law school has City. She was the first woman partner in a New York offices. She has also authored numerous articles and cop-out of our teachers in not training students to be become one of the first rate schools in the country," law firm. two books. critical about what they're learning. We get some stu­ Mentschikoff said. As associate chief reporter for the Uniform Com­ In addition to her other accomplishments, Mentsch­ dents who have never even written a term paper. And most, if not all, of the school's success can be mercial Code, Mentschikoff is credited with the coau- ikoff was the first woman to teach at Harvard Law Others have never taken an essay exam," Mentschikoff attributed to the dean's leadership. thorship of the legal code that governs all commercial School and was considered as a possible candidate for said. A graduate of Hunter College and Columbia Univer­ transactions in the United States. the United States Supreme Court three times. Although Mentschikoff plans to retire in the spring, sity Law School, the Russian-born Mentschikoff began She holds eight honorary doctorates, several aca­ The dean considers law a "great" profession. she will stay on as dean until a replacement is found. THE MIA URfUCANE Volume 55, Number 18 Friday, October 26, 1979 Phone 284-4401 Playin' Together UM Med School Wins Pot Grant By JANE L. MARCUS Naw. E-ltar UM's School of Medicine won ap­ proval la-t Thursday to begin using THC, marijuana's active ingredient, in research to study its effective­ ness in chemotherapy's side effects. It is first time in the state of Flor­ ida that a medical facility has been authorized to use THC in cancer chemotherapy treatment. According to Dr. Lawrence Bro- der, associate chief of the division of Pulmonary Oncology, the THC (tetrahydro-cannabinol), will be used to help control severe nausea and vomiting spells for patients on cancer chemotheraphy. Broder said that the THC will be a synthetic compound, rather than the actual extract from marijuana. If the patients do not respond to the drug in capsule form, then they will be allowed to smoke marijuana. The proposal made by UM's AAlami Hurrlcana BRIAN GArtT Comprehensive Cancer Center to experiment with THC was ap­ Cancer Patients To I se THC proved by the state's Department of . help ease chemotheraphy's side effects Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). "Our study is going to compare THC with other standard anti-nau­ juana, which did not result in the According to Broder. the drug sea drugs," Broder said. usual nausea and vomiting incurred will be supplied by the National In­ The center will receive $38,000 by other patients. stitute of Drug Abuse. per year for two years in an effort to compare THC's effectiveness THC, the ingredient in marijuana The program will begin within with other anti-nausea drugs. which produces the "high," has the next couple of months. Broder The idea of using THC's compo­ been used in several other states to will be working with Drs. Charles treat both chemotheraphy's side ef­ Vogel and Howard Lessner. They Miami Hurricane BRIAN &ART nents came from younger patients with cancer who were not getting fects and glaucoma. Its use had will work with a minimum of 50 patients who require chemothera­ It was an awfully hot afternoon, it was so hot that the sun was unbareable, unless you sick after chemotheraphy treat­ never been authorized before in ments, according to Broder. Florida. phy but whose subsequent nausea were one ot the lucky persons out at the pool. However, it wasn't too hot for Frank and Smith. It was later determined that "Similar acts have been passed in cannot be controlled by other They spent Wednesday afternoon playin' some good ol' mellow tunes out on the patio, for stu­ these patients were smoking mari- seven other states, " Broder said. drugs. dents listening pleasure. Frank and Smith were sponsored by SEC - and next week stay tuned for Laurel and Hardy ... Presidential Hopeful Speaks By TERRY FEIN employment. Some say that's im­ Hurrlcana Stalf Writar possible, but it's not with the right "I hold that it's our top priority program." said Harold Stassen, be­ to combat inflation through full- fore over 125 students on campus Miami News Monday afternoon. Stassen is the first guest speaker of the 1979-1980 Undergraduate Student Body Government (USBG) Publisher t, Students Discuss JournalismPolitica l Forum. Stassen outlined his proposals as a 1980 Republican candidate for the Presidency. By LORI BARRIST The program was the second in a bers of the Hurricane staff, and "I find these programs very im­ Nawt Edltar series of trustee luncheons for com­ other UM students. portant and valuable in terms of the The man who always seems to be munity leaders and selected stu­ The purpose of the program was exchange - getting to know one an­ running for the highest office in the Miami News Publisher and UM dents. In attendance were Vice to help trustees learn about stu­ other," Kraslow said. land spoke enthusiastically before a Trustee David Kraslow met with 15 President for Student Affairs Dr. dents while at the same time, en­ Kraslow, a 1948 UM graduate, small audience. UM students at a special luncheon William Butler. Assistant to the able students to meet influential has a distinguished career in jour­ Stassen, one of the more liberal held at the Faculty Club Tuesday. Vice President Rick Artman, mem­ members of the community. nalism beginning with his term as members of the Grand Old Party, Miami Hurricane JEFFREY WEISS Hurricane managing editor in his cited his long career in politics as a senior year. Also during his senior valuable experience in confronting Harold Stassen year, he worked at the Miami News today's complex issues. long distance runner as a sports writer and desk man. He served as a three-term gover­ The publisher emphasized the im­ nor of Minnesota from 1938-1945, War II. as a drafter of the original portance of work on a campus pub­ as an assistant chief of staff to Ad­ United Nations charter, as president lication. miral William Halsey during World See Stassen Page 2 "Without that work on the Hurri­ cane, I would not have gotten the opportunity at the Miami News. It opened the door. Having the door opened for you is of immense im­ portance," Kraslow said. From 1948-1956 Kraslow worked Ofi fhe Inside at the Miami Herald and in 1956 was promoted to the Herald's Washington Bureau. He began working for the Los Angeles Times' Student and /acuity critisisms of Washington Bureau in 1962 and served as Bureau Chief from the UM Athletic Department are 1970-1972. To add to his list of accomplish­ constantly on the uprise. €ditor-in- ments, from 1972-1974 Kraslow was the assistant managing editor ChieJ Harry H.