"The UC is extremely sexist," she says. "It's difficult for women to move within it."
A council "cabal," comprised of Seton, Rollert and Michael D. Shumsky '00, seems to wield the most influence on the council's executive board.
According to Redmond, while none of the members of the "cabal" are themselves sexist, their close friendship can be offputting to women. She noted that the three of them are all in leadership positions on the council, are all good friends and are all male.
"The leadership is very chummy and old boy. Lots of camaraderie," she says.
Rollert and Seton don't deny that they are close--in fact, they say they are the closest of friends.
"Noah and I, I'm reminded of the Muppets," Rollert says. "You know, the two old cronies that sit in the top of the theatre and don't know when to leave?"
But Rollert says he doesn't feel like he and Noah have excluded Redmond and "would hope she feels like she is a part of [our] group."
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