It’s no secret that frat boys love to party; however, what happened at two Michigan ski resorts over the weekend undoubtedly went too far, as crews are still working to clean up the mess.
9&10News reports that three University of Michigan fraternities are to blame for over $50,000 worth of damage caused at two popular ski resorts in northern Michigan. Treetops resort in Gaylord saw the worst damage, committed by members of Sigma Alpha Mu, with damages totaling over $50,000 alone, the management said.
The other hard-hit resort was Boyne Highlands Resort, where two other fraternities were staying and caused thousands more in damage.
Treetops manager Barry Owens said that they were forced to call police to the premises to escort the college students off of the property after many were belligerently drunk, according to the Detroit Free Press. He said the rooms and hallways suffered significant damage to basically everything except the windows.
“We had a group of a fraternity that was visiting and had an excessive party and did damage on the resort. Food, beer, alcohol, the walls, carpet damage, ceiling broken down and furniture damage,” said Owens.
Crews are still working to clean up the massive path of destruction from the young men. Apparently, their party spanned across several floors and involved multiple rooms.
“They had a series of rooms, a couple [of] floors of rooms, obviously things got out of hand. We estimate the cleanup and damage is around $50,000,” Owens said. He also said they estimated there to be about 120 people at the resort when the damage occurred and that a total of 45 rooms were affected.
“They caused an excessive amount of damage,” Owens explained. “The rooms were just a pigsty. Unfortunately, I’ve been in this business for 30 years and it’s the worst condition of rooms that I’ve ever seen. There were broken ceiling tiles in the hallway, broken furniture, broken windows. There’s carpet that’s going to need to be replaced.”
The second resort saw damage to 12 separate private condos throughout the premises. The general manager expressed his disgust with the abhorrent behavior of the University students.
“We’re the stewards of the property and it’s disturbing to us and we need to protect their investments,” said Mike Chumbler. “We are following up with U of M and they promised us swift action. We assessed a significant fee when they checked out not knowing what’s in repair but we wanted to protect our owners and ourselves.”
The University’s spokesman, Rick Fitzgerald, said that the school is “very disappointed in the behavior” of some of the students. He vowed to hold both the students and the organizations they belong to accountable.
“While we are still gathering information, we understand that the damage at Treetops Resort and Boyne Highlands is expected to total in the thousands of dollars,” Fitzgerald said. “U-M staff members in the Office of Greek Life have begun meeting with the presidents of the fraternities and sororities involved.”
Fitzgerald said they’re going to demand the fraternities pay for all the damages. They’re also going to be notifying the national chapters of their organizations, who may decide to bring sanctions upon the students as well.
While everyone loves a good party, it’s hard not to wonder what these kids were possibly thinking. Both resorts have mentioned bringing criminal charges, let’s hope they do and these kids get punished to the fullest extent of the law for their poor judgement.
Source: http://madworldnews.com/
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