The fur, the leather, the feathers, the bling, the slinky, the over-the-top sexy -- no doubt, Ebony Fashion Fair had arrived.

More than 2,200 well-dressed women, and a few men, filled Southern University's arena Sunday afternoon for the annual fashion extravaganza brought to town by the Gamma Eta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.

The colors popped, the leathers fit like second skin, and the body-revealing low-cut gowns and high-cut skirts delivered the haute couture of Paris, Italy, Great Britain, Japan and Canada, along with some of America's Who's Who of fashion, to our back yard.   more >>

Family, friends, and faculty gathered for the opening of Brannon Hobbs and Michael Abney’s art exhibit, which began on Tues., Feb. 15, in the fine arts gallery. Both exhibits will run for two weeks.

Christopher Turner a senior Journalism major from Memphis explained the air in the room by saying, “The art exhibit shows that all the hard work has paid off.”

Hobbs, a senior from Germantown, chose a poster he had designed for Phi Beta Sigma Week of 2003 as his favorite piece. “I love this piece because of my love for the 1960s and the 70s demonstrated in the use of retro type characters used in the poster.”   more >>

The Beta Sigma chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was accused of hazing and the accuser is offended by the actions that members of this organization are saying took place.

Dean of Student Life, Robert Bennett reviewed all of the information concerning this case and the "not guilty verdict" given by the Southern University Pan Hellenic Council Judicial Committee and made the decision to place the Beta Sigma chapter on a three-year suspension.

The chapter has recently appealed this verdict, which according to Melvin Robinson, chapter adviser, the appeal was not granted and they are still facing the punishment set by Bennett.  more >>

Public Safety is investigating the Sunday evening theft of a vehicle from the UC parking lot.

The victim, a 23-year-old female UTM student, reported her green 1992 Geo Storm missing at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday from a 30 minute parking space in the UC parking lot after she recognized that her keys were missing.

The vehicle was recovered by UTM student Tamekia Dancy at Vowell and Sons Lumber Company, located at 1000 Broadway St., at 6:06 p.m., but the victim reported that her car CD player, three textbooks, a black bag with sorority letters, a sorority pin and sorority history book were missing. The victim also said the last photograph made of her mother before her death was missing.  more >>

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

And imitation of the other fraternities' acts is what got the brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. first place in the National Pan-Hellenic Council's second annual Steel City Step Show, held Saturday at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.

The winning Sigmas were wheeled to the stage on dollies during their performance, wearing straight jackets and masks -- a nod to the movie "The Silence of the Lambs." The four brothers pulled off their bindings and exposed crisp, button-down shirts showing Greek letters.   more >>