“The concern was that people were hesitant to join certain kinds of groups because they didn’t want to be publicly associated with them,” said Wesley Craig, project leader and ITCS senior technologist. “By making the groups optionally private, people will be more free to associate.”

> From the Daily’s coverage of the changes to the U-M directory: “Privacy option hides e-mail group members”

Also, the Daily covers the impact of mad cow disease on campus: “‘U’ meal services unaffected by mad cow disease”