For the first time in its history, FlipSide has elected a Saint Mary's student as co-president to the alcohol-free campus club.

Saint Mary's freshman Liesl Yost snd Notre Dame freshman Margaret Dois were elected co-presidents of Flipside.

While a Saint Mary's student is not allowed to run for president of a Notre Dame club, she is allowed to run with a Notre Dame student to hold a joint leadership position.

"Thankfully, one of my friends [Doig] had already spoken to me about running with her, and we wanted to run as co-presidents because it worked so well this past year," Yost said.

Doig said, "It may sound unusual to have two freshmen as presidents, but everyone encourages the younger members to get as involved as they can. It works out really well … and we now have multiple ex-presidents and many other knowledgeable upper classmen to help us out.

"As for Liesl herself: she is very hard-working and intelligent … I'm lucky to have the opportunity to work with her this way. We've only been in office a very short time, but we have already found various goals to tackle."

The club was founded to provide non-alcoholic alternatives to students.

"Our main goal obviously is to show that drinking isn't necessary to have fun, and we continue to offer a positive social environment for those students who choose not to drink," Yost said.

Yost believes FlipSide has more of a presence at Saint Mary's this year because of the housing of several events, including a Hollywood dance and a toga party.

"BOG [Saint Mary's student government], has also been involved in making FlipSide's presence known by co-sponsoring some of the events, which obviously plays a big role," Yost said. "But that is not to undercut the roles that SMC women have taken in the club itself. It makes sense that as we start to get more SMC students working with FlipSide that the role will be a bigger one.

"FlipSide moved one of its main events to another day because it would have conflicted with our all-school formal. If we didn't have SMC students, I doubt it would have been addressed at all."

FlipSide sponsors alcohol-free events every weekend. This weekend the improv group "Comedy Sportz" from Chicago will be performing.

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