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Ken Bader
lauded for
honesty
"A yellow bellied administrator" is
what one enraged Ohioan tagged the Ohio
State University (OSU) dean of students
following the May 1970 student strike.
But two years later that same man,
Ken Bader, was given a hesitant pat on
the back instead of a slap in the face by
student leaders who knew and worked
with him at OSU.
Badrf, who bpyns his term as UNL
Vice Chartcelkx for Student Affairs
Friay. was prd by the OSU Lantern,
t cafTpNrfS nnrjjper, for his "disarming
ftcnejty . . . and genuine concern." The
paper a.50 praised him editor tally for his
willingness to "fZk out hts neck for a
student."
He had only "minimal support with
minority students," according to Michael
White, president of the OSU
undergraduate student government. But
the black student added that Bader had
better relationships with them than most
other administrators.
White, speaking in a telephone
interview earlier this week, said Bader had
a "positive approach to student
discipline." He also said the former dean
tried to help student government
implement new proposals.
Jerry Friedman, former president of
the OSU student body, character ized
Bader as a "compassionate and reasonable
dude.
"I don't know if he really had enough
power to do anything," Friedman said.
"But if he did, he didn't do as much as he
could have."
He said Bader allowed advisors to
student organizations to use "big brother
tactics" to keep those organizations
from involving themselves in controversial
activity.
He also said Baden "related to only a
narrow section" of students and charged
that minorities and dissidents often were
iqnored.
"He just didn't act to his fullest
capacities," Friedman said. "But I'm
always critical of administrators," he
added.
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