UI official: Hoax e-mail sent from outside the university

The hoax e-mail that landed in the inboxes of University of Illinois students, faculty and staff over the holiday weekend was sent from outside the university, a campus official said.

UI administrators on Tuesday were still working to determine the source of the e-mail, which purported to be from Chancellor Richard Herman. The message criticized activities of fraternities and sororities and was signed "GDI Chancellor Richard Herman." GDI is an acronym for "(expletive) independent," a play on the three-letter identification system to indicate a student who shuns joining a fraternity or sorority.

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