On 28 Oct 1997, Megan Brown wrote:
>> Can it be that Oregon Health Sciences University really does not give
> people a holiday for Veterans' Day? Isn't it a public institution? Here in
> Seattle, both the University of Washington (a public institution) and Fred
> Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (a private
> institution) give Veterans' Day off. Although many scientists work on
> those "funny" holidays, they certainly are not required to by their
> institutions. It bothers me that many scientific events go on "as
> usual" on these official days off. Seminars are given, lab meetings
> continue, etc. I remember one time the comment of the PI in charge of our
> weekly Signal Transduction meeting on whether to cancel the meeting due to
> a holiday or not. He said "Oh, no one takes that day off. We'll all be
> here." That statement totally dismisses all the scientists who won't be
> there because they'll be home with their kids. I guess in his mind,
> scientist-parents don't really count. You know, they're not serious about
> Science, they contributions won't be missed, etc.
>>Here at UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) and teh rest of
the University system of Maryland, all of the Holidays are lumped
together. From around December 20, to January 3 Memorial Day, Veterans
Day, Columbus Day, etc. all occur. Its great to have the block of time
off, but horrible if you have children who are out of school on the
official observances of the days.
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