Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun da farko a lokacinsa a matsayin shugaban jami'a wani babban jami'in jam'iyyar a jami'ar ya hada da rahotonsa ga Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta Jiha (wanda alhakinsa ya hada da bin diddigin irin waɗannan al'amuran) kimantawa cewa Stern, a matsayin Shugaban Jami'ar, ba shi da kyakkyawar dangantaka da ma'aikatan jami'a, wanda aka nuna a cikin yanayi daban-daban na damuwa gaba ɗaya tsakanin ma'aikatan jami'ar. Idan aka duba ta wata fuska, irin wannan damuwa ba marar tushe ba ne, tun da yake Stern ya ga cewa aikinsa ne ya gudanar da jami'ar bisa ga ruhun jam'iyyar siyasa da ke mulki a ƙasar. An gudanar da "tsabtace-tsabtace" da yawa a lokacin da yake aiki, musamman a cikin 1958 lokacin da ya yi gaba da abin da ake kira "Spirituskreis" ("a hankali, "da'irar ruhaniya""), karamin rukuni na furofesoshi "bourgeois" waɗanda ba za a yarda da su ba. Tun da farko, a cikin 1952 da 1953 sau da yawa ya yi amfani da tasirinsa tare da majalisar dattijan jami'a don dakatar da zanga-zangar zanga-zangar jami'o'i don tallafawa daliban da aka kama a cikin yanayin rashin jin daɗin da ya faru a gaban ɗan gajeren lokaci amma an kashe shi (tare da sa hannun dakarun Soviet).
tayar da hankali na Yuni 1953. Har ila yau, rikice-rikice tsakanin abokan aiki a jami'ar ita ce hanyar da Stern ya gamsu da sanya tsoffin 'yan Nazi a kujerun farfesa, kuma, inda ya dace, sake nada su, idan sun tabbatar da cewa sun kasance masu goyon bayan jam'iyyar a karkashin sabon nau'in mulkin mallaka na jam'iyyar daya da aka kafa a jihar Jamus ta Gabas, wanda aka gina bisa ga ka'idodin Leninist-Socialist na Soviet, a kan tushe wanda, kafin 1949, ya kasance yankin Soviet. Daga ra'ayi na majiyoyin da ke da tausayi, Stern ya ji daɗi a cikin imanin cewa ya ci karo da yawancin masu fafutukar hagu na hagu waɗanda, da zarar sun sami matsayi da matsayi, sun gamsu da cin amanar da kuma watsi da ƙungiyar ma'aikata. Ba a da ikon cin amanar siyasa ga yan siyasa na dama.