The Daily Tar Heel
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UNC-system leaders Shooting marks first use of alert system mourn loss of Carson Text messages sent out Wednesday Safety tips from By Eric Johnson and Rebecca Putterman Senior writers
Because of the expansive role of her office — and the expansive reach of her personality — Eve Carson will be mourned well beyond the walls of UNC-Chapel Hill. Student leaders from across the state gather regularly for weekend retreats to discuss their campuses, their jobs and their lives. In the course of any given year, many of them form friendships that outlast their time in office. “The first time I actually met her in person, I absolutely fell in love with her,” said Keri Brockett, East Carolina University student body president. Student leaders across the UNC system stayed in close contact Thursday, sharing in the surreal shock of losing one of their own. Several student body presidents made plans to attend the candlelight vigil in the Pit, with Brockett making the drive from Greenville to show her respect. “It’s a traumatic loss in itself for any student to be killed on any campus,” Brockett said. “But for it to be the student body president … it really hit home to me.” N.C. Central University Student Body President Tomasi Larry, who served with Carson as part of the UNC-system Association of Student Governments, had trouble finding
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Butler said. And once she was elected, Eve brought vivacity to all of her committee and board meetings. There were few — if any — Board of Trustees meetings during which Eve didn’t interject the monotony of policy discussion with a question, and usually it went something to the tune of, “But does this represent the Carolina Way?” One of her most prominent goals this year as student body president was making tuition more predictable for students. She proposed an expense report to the board and brought it up almost every chance she got. “She was full of ideas and wanted to explore opportunities,” trustee Nelson Schwab said. And though her ideas didn’t always resonate with the trustees or the committees she was on, she held her own. “She tried to be as assertive as possible and still be upbeat,” said Margaret Jablonski, vice chancellor for student affairs, who met with Eve and the rest of her Cabinet at least once a month — usually more often. “Eve and I had a very personal relationship. We talked a lot about what it’s like to be women leaders.” The two also talked about Eve’s plans for after graduation. Although she had been considering a consulting position with McKinsey & Co. and had talked about summer school, Jablonski was encouraging Eve to take a break from the jam-packed schedule she’d created for herself. “In typical Eve fashion she started saying, ‘Maybe I can go to Africa and work for Carolina for Kibera.’” The world-traveling was something Eve was familiar with. Part of the Morehead-Cain program includes spending summers abroad, and Eve had spent time in Cuba, Egypt and other foreign Empire National Nursery
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words to describe his sense of loss. “Eve was one of the most beautiful, impressive …” Larry said, breaking off. “I mean, I’m serious — she was just a wonderful person.” Carson was, by all accounts, an unfailingly joyful presence at ASG gatherings. Even as the organization suffered through some of the toughest months in its history last year, Carson would consciously work to lighten the mood. That tendency was also well noted among UNC-system officials. System President Erskine Bowles said he was “destroyed” by Carson’s death. “Like everybody who knew her, you felt like you were her friend — like you knew her well,” he said, his eyes closed and his head shaking slowly. Jim Phillips, chairman of the UNC-system Board of Governors, pushed back tears as he spoke about Carson after Thursday’s board meeting. Phillips, who has a freshman daughter at UNC-CH, served as student body president in 197879. “I think we’ve grown used to the fact that senseless acts take place every day, everywhere,” Phillips said. “That doesn’t mean we accept them.”
By Laura marcinek staff writer
After Wednesday’s shooting, UNC students and employees received text messages alerting them of the off-campus incident, marking the first time the alerts have been used. About 5,200 people, including students, faculty and employees, received text message notification of the shooting that killed Student Body President Eve Carson. Brian Payst, director of technology and systems support for the Division of Student Affairs at UNC, said officials decided to send a text message because they received a “specific request” from the Chapel Hill Police Department to help identify the victim. Mike McFarland, director of University communications, said Alert Carolina received a description of the victim at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday. Officials sent the alert text message before 11:30 a.m. “It did take some time since we never had done it before,” McFarland said. Students and employees received their alert text messages through Alert Carolina or UNC Mobile. Students and employees who registered their cell phone number with both programs received two alert text messages. “It’s OK to get it more than Contact the State & National once,” Payst said. “What we’re worEditor at
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“She was in the public eye. Was someone infatuated over her because she was a beautiful person? Did they target her for that? It just throws up a lot of red flags,” Brockett said. The last time a UNC student was murdered in Chapel Hill was 1995. Carson’s murder came one day after an Auburn University freshman was found with a gunshot wound to the head a few miles from her car. Curran said that Chapel Hill police had been in contact with Auburn police investigating Lauren Burk’s murder but that the two murders did not appear to be related. The discovery of Carson’s car is an important breakthrough expected to help investigations. Police are questioning Carson’s friends, and anyone with information is asked to call police at 968-2760. A memorial service for Carson is planned for after Spring Break. “I don’t think we’ve even begun to realize the magnitude of our loss,” junior Jillian Casey said. “She had such an amazing future ahead of her.”
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