A memorial service is in the works at UNC Chapel Hill for March 5, the first anniversary of the killing of Eve Carson, the popular student body president.
A ceremony that day will be held in The Pit at 4 p.m. Chancellor Holden Thorp will speak and the Clef Hangers, a student singing group, will perform.
If it rains, the event will move indoors to the student union, which is nearby.
"For many of us, the loss of Eve Carson continues to occupy our thoughts," Thorp said in a news release. "This ceremony gives us a chance ot remember and celebrate Eve together after a difficult year."
Carson's impact at UNC and in the community is seen in a variety of other ways.
A scholarship in Carson's name has been established and a campus garden bearing her name is in the works as well.
Click here for more information on the March 5 ceremony.
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manhattan manatee
Thu, 03/05/2009 - 02:40 — carolinastudentThe UNC student body continues to "make such a big deal" about Eve's life because her life was incredible, inspiring, and devoted to things larger and greater than herself. And, cbrose, you're right--every life is important, and Eve's life has shown us this. Eve was one single person, and she has united and transformed a university campus and the whole entire world because of the things she accomplished in her lifetime. One single person has changed a student body forever, which is a testament to the fact that every life is important and full of potential. This is why we are still inspired to keep Eve with us in our hearts every single day, because she reminds us of our own potential to change the world.
Anyone trivializing UNC's continued devotion to and remembrance of Eve as a "popularity contest" obviously have no grasp of the incredible capacity in which she has touched every UNC student's life.
I also find it baffling and cruel that any person would actually have the audacity to criticize others for remembering and honoring someone who has been killed--really? Please have a little tact and think about how your words could affect her friends and family who are in agony right now.
Finally, Manhattan manatee, you sound really bitter, which makes me feel sorry for you. And, you (of all people) shouldn't judge people based on their looks--whether their looks happen to be good or bad.
Let it Go....
Tue, 03/03/2009 - 14:27 — ManhattanManateeI've seen the error of my ways in regards to this issue. Look, I'm an obese woman and a former UNC-CH graduate. Should something such as this happened to me, an unattractive person who is not aesthetically pleasing in any regards, no one would care!!
This case, much like the Burk case of Auburn, has received so much publicity because she's a pretty white girl. As a woman who has climbed the ladder at a major bank (breaking many rungs along the way) and shattered the glass ceiling, I saw many women pass me by simply because they were attractive.
It shouldn't matter than I am obese and unattractive, my life should be given the same amount of media coverage should something horrible have happened to me while I was in college. Thing is, I know it wouldn't receive similar attention. I will be glad when this coverage is over.
Sincerely,
Sallie
--ManhattanManatee
My big question
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 23:34 — cbroseok. So what happened to her was horrible. Guy needs to be locked away somewhere for life. No arguments there. I also get she did some good stuff. But really why is everybody making such a big deal about her? How is she any more special than any other murder victim? To the point of building memorials and scholarship funds, etc. I'd like to think that every life is important. I feel like a lot of this kind of thing is a continuation of the social popularity contest. Ugly truth is if she was some poor black woman who was a UNC student killed in a bad neighborhood by this same thug the people of Chapel hill wouldn't really care much nor go to all this trouble. I find it curious that the people who espouse egalitarianism in CH are just as guilty of playing the popularity as the people on the other end of the political spectrum they despise so much who live in Cary.
I think the justice system...
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 23:22 — GainesT1958Will take care of him in due time. My concern is for Eve's family, friends, and the University community, among whom she had so many friends of whom she once said "we just haven't met yet". Her life needs to be commemorated, especially her dedication to helping others.
EVE CARSON
Mon, 02/23/2009 - 18:49 — radiomanTo bad they can't hang the piece of crap that killed her at the memorial service !