A moment of silence for Carolina
Yesterday we received the terrible news that the president of the UNC student body, a young woman named Eve Carson, was found murdered. Everything that I have read about her revealed her to be a woman of exceptional talent and promise - a Morehead Scholar, a student leader, a person for whom service and volunteering came naturally - all around the kind of student you’d love to know. Not at all unlike the typical Wake Forest student, actually.
This is senseless and tragic and horrible. And no matter how much I have ribbed UNC in the past or disliked some of their basketball coaches or players, today I feel like crying Carolina blue. Because it is terrible to lose someone so young and so beloved by her friends and classmates.
I know a little something about what UNC and her poor family is feeling, because I lost a sister to gun violence years ago. There are not good words to describe it. But today another poor family is joining what I call “The Club” - and it’s a club no one wants to be a member of.
Deacs everywhere, I hope today you will take a moment to think of Eve and observe a moment of silence for her, her family, and the Carolina campus. Though they are normally our rivals, today they are our neighbors and brethren and they can use all the thoughts and prayers they can get.