Meanwhile, Rollert is one of Seton's closest confidants. When Seton agreed that a campus-wide referendum was the best way to decide on a term bill increase, reversing his own position, he credited a conversation with Rollert as partly responsible for his change of mind.
The two have been friends ever since they first met on the council their first year, and last year, Rollert gave up a potential presidential bid because he didn't want to compete with Seton.
Rollert approached Redmond after her address to the council, questioning her decision to criticize without first consulting Seton, Redmond says.
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The conversation represented a year of frustration for Redmond.
"I didn't feel like I had to clear my speech with Noah," she says.