article_snippet: the Treetops Resort in Gaylord has issued the University of Michigan with a bill for half a million dollars after six fraternities and sororities staged a huge party that tore apart the hotel in an Animal House-style melee.
article_snippet: Originally, it was estimated the college students caused around $75,000 damage at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord during a ski trip in January.
article_snippet: And according to Barry Owens, general manager of Treetops in Gaylord, the fraternity that originally apologized for the damage - Sigma Alpha Mu - is refusing to pay up.
article_snippet: Barry Owens told MLive: 'The destruction done to the Treetops Resort in Gaylord by the University of Michigan fraternity and sorority students in mid-January is now near or beyond $430,000. '
article_snippet: While an investigation is ongoing, the University of Michigan has stated that they expect the students who are responsible to make full restitution to Treetops for the damages. '
article_snippet: the University of Michigan also has become evident that the fraternity representatives have suggested that the fraternity representatives are unwilling to pay for the damage that the fraternity representatives caused the Treetops Resort in Gaylord.'
article_snippet: Combined, the damage done to the Treetops Resort from January 16 -18 is also estimated to be worth tens of thousands.
article_snippet: Sigma Alpha Mu chapter President Joshua Kaplan said that Sigma Alpha Mu chapter President Joshua Kaplan accepts full responsibility' and 'will be working with the management of the Treetops Resort to pay for all damages and cleaning costs'. '
highlights_snippet: The owner of Treetops Resort is looking into suing for damages .