ANN ARBOR, MI (AP)-- University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel says the partying culture of fraternities and sororities could dim their futures at the Ann Arbor school.
Schlissel told reporters Tuesday following a program at the Detroit Economic Club that unless members of campus Greek organizations moderate some of the "risky behavior" that includes alcohol use "they may naturally wither and people may want to stop joining them."
The Sigma Alpha Mu chapter at the University of Michigan was disbanded earlier this year after a northern Michigan ski resort was trashed in January.
Schlissel said Greek parties "send the wrong message" that Michigan "is a party school and not a serious research university."
He added that students in fraternities and sororities, on average, have higher grade point averages than non-Greeks at Michigan.
