Backhanded complement of the year

Only 22 days into the new year and the Backhanded Complement of the Year award for 2015 goes to Robert L. Breuder, President of College of DuPage. Breuder received this backhanded complement from the College of DuPage Board of Trustees in their contract addendum specifying the terms of Dr. Breuder's early separation of his employment contract which runs through June, 2019:

"The Board will install a sign on the Homeland Security Education Center naming the building in Dr. Breuder's honor SUBJECT TO THE PRESIDENT MAINTAINING CONDUCT THAT IS NOT MATERIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE REPUTATION OF THE BOARD AND/OR THE COLLEGE."

Besides being about as backhanded a complement as could be delivered, the Board's action for protecting the College's and their reputation is a little like closing the barn door after the horses have escaped.