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Digitas Web Site Draws CUE Fire

The committee did not reach a decision about the situation yesterday.

According to Wong, about 4,100 individual computers have accessed the Digitas site between Jan. 19 and yesterday.

Because the University limits access to CUE information to computers with harvard.edu addresses, Wong said Digitas used the same criteria in determining who could see the reviews on their site.

He said that more than 10,000 course searches have been performed on the Course Decision Assistant program to date.

Because Digitas downloaded much of the CUE data, Wong said, the site still allows students to plan their schedules even though the CUE site is no longer accessible on the Web. However, links to the original CUE reviews on the ICG server no longer work.

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CUE members also noted that the Digitas site includes links to The Crimson's Confidential Guide to Courses, which is also on-line.

According to Justin S. Funches '99, manager of information services for The Crimson, Digitas did not ask The Crimson's permission before touting the site as a joint venture of Digitas, The Crimson and the CUE Guide.

"We had absolutely nothing to do with [the Digitas site]," Funches said. "In the spirit of doing what's right, this is wrong.

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