By Patrick Hedlund
DNAinfo News Editor
MANHATTAN — Not that many frat parties will be raging in Morningside Heights after all.
The growth of Columbia University’s Greek system has actually been much less than initially reported, according to New York magazine.
After reports came out earlier this week indicating that as much as 30 percent of the Ivy League school’s student body belonged to a fraternity or sorority, the university responded that the figure actually represented the jump in female students who had rushed sororities this year compared to last.
The total number of students actually belonging to the Greek system is more like 12 percent, a school spokesperson told the magazine.
While pledging has been on the rise over the past three years, the spokesperson added that the college did not see a significant spike in membership this school year.
