Kappa Sigma returned yesterday from its conference before the national Supreme Executive Committee (SEC) with its charter intact. The fraternity’s on-campus housing remains at the discretion of the University.

The fraternity was placed on provisional alcohol and party suspension last October for violating the Controlled Substances and Alcohol Policy. Student groups that breach this policy risk suspension of social privileges and loss of University recognition and housing.

Kappa Sigma allegedly hosted an unregistered event during New Student Orientation, which is a “dry” week. Stanford subsequently ruled that the fraternity could not host large-scale events in which alcohol is served or consumed.

This weekend’s conference, which took place in Las Vegas, mainly focused on how Kappa Sigma’s Stanford chapter can more closely abide by national guidelines. The meeting had tangential implications for the chapter’s violation of Stanford’s alcohol policy.

“We were called to present why we deserve our charter,” said Sam Gould ’11 of the meeting.

Had its charter been revoked, the fraternity would have been at greater risk of losing its campus housing. According to Kappa Sigma president Brian Barnes ’12, this is no longer a main concern.

Since the fraternity will retain its charter, the disciplinary meeting “does not reflect on the current case” with the University of maintaining campus housing, Barnes said.

Speaking on the future of Kappa Sigma’s presence on campus, former president Harris Brown ’11 was optimistic about finding a solution.

“We view it as privilege to have a place that we can call ‘home,’” Brown wrote in an e-mail to The Daily. “As such, we look forward to remaining in our house for the foreseeable future.”

— An Le Nguyen