Regarding 'CPUC focuses on health task force report' (May 5):
I would like to reiterate some of the points made my colleague, Pat Gibney, at last Monday's CPUC meeting about the sick leave policy for professional Research, Technical and Library staffs that were not included in the article.
Professional staff members hired before 1997 understood that sick leave was on a par with that of the faculty, governed by an unwritten policy that did not limit the number of sick days. When that policy changed in 1997, no formal announcement was made to explain why sick leave for the professional staffs was now restricted to the eight days per year allowed to nonexempt employees.
Although, like the faculty, the amount of time we can, and do, work without overtime pay is unlimited, our sick leave was suddenly and sharply curtailed without any notice. Princeton went from having among the most liberal sick leave policies for professional staff of its peer institutions to having the stingiest.
Gibney's inquiries revealed that not only does Princeton allow the fewest sick days, but does not allow unused days to accumulate, unlike Brown (up to 60 days), University of Pennsylvania (up to 90 days), Harvard (up to 130 days), Yale (up to 204 days) and Stanford (unlimited accumulation).
The fact that the task force will continue to meet and its final recommendations will not be announced until the fall gives a glimmer of hope that a more supportive policy is still possible. Linda Oppenheim The writer is a University librarian.
Princeton lucky to get Gadowsky
Regarding 'Coach searches take different paths' (May 10):
I would like to wish new men's hockey coach Guy Gadowsky the best of luck at Princeton. I was the president of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Face Off Club when he was hired as our coach. And as much as I hate to see him leave UAF, I want to tell you that you are getting a great coach and even more a super person who will make winners out of your hockey team both on the ice and off.
I'm sure that Guy will succeed in getting the players and the community behind your hockey program as he did in Fairbanks. So, do not wonder about how it happen, just be glad you have him.
And good luck to the Princeton hockey team. We will be rooting for you. Keats McLaughlin
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