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Damage to a room at Treetops Resort in Gaylord

Investigation
continues into
destruction wrought
by U-M fraternity
and sorority
members.

Ronelle Grier
Contributing Writer

A

new Student Honor Code
is being developed at the
University of Michigan as a
result of the destruction allegedly per-
petrated by members of six fraternities
and sororities at two northern Michigan
resorts during a recent ski weekend.
Michigan State Police officers are in
the process of interviewing more than
250 students on the U-M campus to
determine who was responsible for the
devastation of more than 40 rooms at
Treetops Resort in Gaylord during a
Jan. 16-18 ski trip attended by 270 fra-
ternity and sorority U-M members.
Described as "mindblowing" wreck-
age by Treetops General Manager Barry
Owens, the students allegedly dam-
aged furniture, ripped cupboard doors
off their hinges, ruined rooms full of
carpeting and destroyed a number
of ceiling tiles, leaving hallways filled
with debris. The damage, which has
been fully repaired, is now estimated
at "north of $150,000," according to
Owens.
During the same weekend, students
from four other U-M sororities and
fraternities allegedly vandalized 12 pri-
vately owned condominium residences
at the Boyne Highlands ski resort in
Harbor Springs, causing more than
$50,000 in damages. The vandalism
was reported to the Michigan State
Police, but to date no charges have been
filed for either incident.
Six fraternities and sororities were
involved: Jewish Sigma Alpha Mu
fraternity and Jewish Sigma Delta Tau
sorority were at the Treetops resort;
while Pi Kappa Alpha and Chi Psi
fraternities and Alpha Phi and Delta
Gamma sororities were at Boyne
Highlands.
All six Greek organizations have been
placed on varying degrees of suspen-

sion by their national offices, ranging
from social probation for Sigma Delta
Tau to complete suspension from all
activities for Sigma Alpha Mu.
The new Student Honor Code will
be created by an executive task force
created by Central Student Government
President Bobby Dishell, with the assis-
tance of his executive team. Following
the discovery of the vandalism, an
open letter of apology was written
and co-signed by Dishell, along with
Interfraternity Council President Alex
Krupiak and Panhellenic Association
President Maddy Walsh.
"The aim of the task force, and
eventually the honor code, will be to
encourage and motivate students to
hold ourselves to a higher standard:'
Dishell said.
In a previous statement, Sigma Alpha
Mu President Joshua Kaplan said the
fraternity is "embarrassed and ashamed
of the behavior" of some of its mem-
bers and that the chapter "accepts full
responsibility" for the damages and will
work with the resort management to
make restitution.
A Treetops management represen-
tative said the resort has received an
initial payment, but did not disclose
specifics about the amount or who
made the payment.
According to Lt. Derrick Carroll of
the Michigan State Police, the results of
the investigation, which is expected to
take "a while" because of the number
of students involved, will be turned
over to the Otsego County Prosecutor
to determine whether criminal charges
will be filed.
The incident in northern Michigan
struck a chord with Julie Harris
Buckner, whose son, former U-M stu-
dent Josh Levine, died last summer as
a result of mixing alcohol with the pre-
scription stimulant drug Adderall. Since
her son's death, Buckner has become a
passionate advocate about the dangers
of binge drinking and drug use.
"The vandalism is a prime example
of the negative repercussions of binge
drinking. There is no way those kids
would have behaved that way sober
unless they were raised by wolves:'
said Buckner, who will be speaking
during U-M Greek Week at Rackham
Auditorium on Tuesday evening, March
24. "These kids need to wake up:' ❑