By the time the members of Sigma Gamma Rho took the stage, the Ferguson Center Theater was packed.

Attendees crowded into the seats and even stood in the aisles awaiting the sisters of Sigma Gamma Rho to announce their return to the University.

"I'm glad they are back on campus," said Irvin Carney, a sophomore majoring in management information systems and a member of Phi Beta Sigma.

Sigma Gamma Rho was founded nationally in 1922 and first came to the University on Nov. 14, 1975. After going inactive a few years ago, the Zeta Chi chapter of the sorority was restored to the University in fall 2007. The event Thursday evening was designed to publicly inform attendees that the sorority had, indeed, returned.

"It was to reintroduce us to the campus," said Latesha Dejean, a senior majoring in special education.

Members of the audience entered the theater while   more »