Issue date: 11/4/05 Section: Arts & Entertainment

Media Credit: Ethan Moore Students run into some rough spots on their quest for super sober fun in a not so super sober environment.

A new student organization is caught in the middle of a controversy involving alcohol, but this time it is because of a lack of the substance. Throughout the past month, a group of freshmen have been working to formalize a new organization called the Super Sober Society (SSS). On top of clashing with students pressing for more alcohol freedom on campus, students and members of the Student Senate began to question where the funds from their recent event, Flashback Friday, originated.

The Super Sober Society actually began as a facebook.com group and is in the final stages of becoming a Hendrix College registered student organization, pending approval by the Student Senate and the student-faculty Student Life Committee. The idea for the club surfaced one night after a Martin Hall party when a group of freshmen, including Justin Warren, Michael Goodbar, Trenton Elliot, and Michael McCallister, expressed their disappointment in the lack of a non-alcoholic social scene on campus. In fact, they jokingly suggested forming a club or support group called the Super Sober Society.

"That night I got really bored and so I decided to make a group on facebook called the Super Sober Society," Warren said.

Although the original idea of the SSS was never to become an actual student organization, but the students quickly realized its potential.

Warren's discussions with Hendrix faculty and staff led him to speak with Dean of Students Cassy Bailey to discuss the idea.
"I was surprised at the amount of drive and determination the students had," Bailey said.

At that meeting, they presented a constitution for the Super Sober Society, according to Warren. The club is now only one step away from becoming a recognized student organization.

"All we have to do now is present to Senate on Tuesday," freshman and SSS Vice President Michael Goodbar said.

Bailey and Assistant Director of Student Activities Tonya Hale are the advisors for the group, and though not yet an official organization, SSS already co-sponsored Flashback Friday with the Office of Student Activities, a $7,000 event that about 400 students attended, Hale said.

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