Many people have used it, although their purposes and motives may be entirely different.

The main purpose for the online directory is simply to be able to find people and get their phone numbers. Have a question about biology homework but don’t have the number of anyone in your class? Look a name up on the directory, and your homework problem is solved.

Another advantage of the directory is in emergency situations. Kevin Miyasaki, BYU-I’s registrar, is in charge of the online directory.

“There have been emergency situations where students were able to get contact information from the directory,” Miyasaki said. “There have been other times when the information was needed but the student didn’t have any information listed, and they called me trying to get it, and I couldn’t give any information to them.”

In addition to use in emergencies, the directory can come in handy for returned missionaries who can use the directory to find old companions, and students are able to find friends from their hometowns.

Many students find locating students’ and teachers’ e-mail addresses also helpful.

“I use the directory all the time to find teachers’ e-mail addresses. It makes getting in contact with my teachers really easy,” said Emily Meik, a junior from Porterville, Calif.

Other students find the directory helpful in getting a date.

“I was looking for someone on “Stalker Net,” and I saw this guy. So I called him and set him up on a blind date with my roommate. They ended up dating for a couple months,” said Rhisa Oler, a senior from Castle Rock, Colo.

The information displayed when a students’ name is pulled up is entirely up to the student. The default information is a student’s name, local and home addresses and e-mail address. If students want their phone number, picture or class schedule displayed, they can choose to have it shown, or if they want no information, they can choose that as well.

“If a student feels like the information is a security risk,” Miyasaki said, “they can change it. Everything the online directory displays is up to them.”

The information available to be shown all comes from what students want, Miyasaki said. In past years students were surveyed, and the information now available is what they wanted to be shown.

Other schools also feature an online student and faculty directory. For example, BYU-Provo’s online directory will only display students’ names, their phone number, hometown and e-mail addresses, with students having the ability to restrict the information.

Other major schools, such as Harvard University and Temple University, display much of the same information BYU-I does.

Will there be any changes in the future for “Stalker Net”? “We’re looking at how to make finding people easier,” Miyasaki said. But other than that, “Stalker Net” seems to be working well and making life easier for students.