Some factions on campus identify the Order of Angell as a secret society, but many dispute that characterization as its member list is now publicized in the university’s student newspaper, the "Michigan Daily". This has invoked controversy, as some see this as gloating and elitist. In the 1970s, when the group started performing its rituals in private, it effectively became a secret society for some years. Since then, the group's degree of secrecy has fluctuated year-to-year, with some classes appearing in the yearbook and others remaining unknown. Since the 2006 reforms, the Order of Angell has made a policy of keeping the roster public each year.