The organization, which is supported entirely by donations, hosts movie and game nights, coffee crawls instead of bar crawls and dances in collaboration with the Michigan Electronic Dance Music Association that are open to all students, not just those in recovery, Cervi said.

“We have 20 core members that are in recovery, but we’ll get up to 200 people at our dance, easy,” she said.

The University’s Residence Halls Association also provides alternative events on the weekends, according to Public Policy sophomore DJ McKerr, RHA’s vice president for public relations.

In addition to RHA-sponsored events like Pre-Class Bash and Siblings Weekend, RHA works closely with each residence hall’s multicultural and hall councils to put on events such as casino nights and ice cream socials. McKerr said.the events draw students who would probably not attend parties as well as those who would but choose to go to the RHA events instead.

Though Heilmeier said UMix has a consistent attendance rate and is considering bringing in new activities like a live band to attract more people, many students say they never thought about attending the event.

LSA senior Maria Galano said she has never been to UMix and found it unappealing because of its association with the University.

“I just wasn’t interested in going and hanging out at, kind of, a school function on a Friday night,” Galano said. “I spent my whole week in school.”

LSA senior Nick Caverly said he hasn’t attended the events but said he doesn’t feel there is a stigma surrounding them.

“I don’t think that it’s socially unacceptable,” Caverly said. “I just think (it isn't) something that my friends and I … ever thought about going to, so we never went.”

Though she has never been to UMix either, LSA senior Kristen Krause said she thinks it is fun for students who do attend.

“I know a lot of people that … go all the time, so for those that like to be involved in that kind of thing, more power to them,” Krause said.