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Alright, Rookie Reddister, right, didn't you?

I did.

And you extended, uh, you made every attempt possible, and I got I regret when we have to say this.

To reach St. Kate's president Becky roll off apparently she is not talking to the media.

I left a message with her with her assistant.

I gave my phone email, even if they couldn't do it, I said, please let me know and just a quick no will do.

Thank you.

Shocked about that.

You ready?

And again, a more I learned and wrote this for the Star Tribune, and I tipped my cap tour.

Last fall, St. Catherine University invited 30 business women and inspirational speakers to lead the breakout sessions at a popular annual leadership conference.

But the conference, which was billed as a networking and career building event, never took place.

The university canceled it because of what it called a lack of diversity among the invited speakers.

Well, they invited them.

The decision which caught many of the speakers by surprise has cast the Catholic University in St. Paul in an uncomfortable national spotlight.

Last week, the conservative website campus reform reported that St. Catherine's had pulled the plug on the event because most, if not all of the scheduled speakers ended up being white.

Thank Catherine officials declined to be interviewed for this story, but this week the university issued a statement defending its decision to call off the leadership imperative conference, which had been scheduled for January 19.

We did not feel the list of speakers adequately represented the St. Kate's community or fulfilled the objective of lifting up the voices of all women.

It said, while this was a tough decision, we believe it was an important one.

It's absurd.

It's absurd. That was a blind. The invites went out and back in November, the university actively promoted the one day conference as the event of the year for professional women in the Twin Cities.

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