<p>Agree eadad....there is no normal schedule for college students, and certainly no reason to jump to any conclusions. We will all know soon enough, and sadly, knowing doesn't bring her back. I'm so sad for your son eadad. This has to be incredibly hard for him. </p>
<p>Mine was already having a rough week. A good friend and fellow h.s. cheerleader was one of the 4 UT students hit by a wrong way driver on 290 outside of Austin a few days ago. Both drivers died and her friend is very badly injured. She will survive, but faces many surgeries which will keep her out of school for a long time.</p>
<p>I guess what is tough for parents is this....at our age, we can truly imagine a life only partially lived and what that really means. It's heartbreaking.</p>
<p>If you check the Duke Police News and Warnings you will see that there is no mention of the murder of a UNC student. To say the least this is very disappointing to me as a parent. Amazingly enough the last warning was posted February 21st and the topic is "What is Duke's policy on alerting the campus about safety concerns?"</p>
<p>I went to the vigil tonight with my parents. They came because my brother was very close friends to Eve... he gave the speech about Eve tonight.</p>
<p>I've tried to figure out what happened in my mind, but for now, we just don't have enough information. What's more important than that is what an outstanding person Eve Carson was. I only knew her through my brother, but she made an effort to get to know me - a sincere one - and I always felt that she was probably that way with all acquaintances. After only having met her once, I was once tanding at an intersection, and as she pulled through in her car she rolled down the window and yelled out my name. That was who she was. Energetic and always kind. Eadad, I'm so sorry for your son. If he and Eve were close I'm sure he and my brother are friends, too, and that whole group is being so kind to one another.</p>
<p>Eve touched thousands and thousands of people at Carolina.</p>
<p>basically duke doesn't care of anything outside duke?..
or is it that duke doesn't wanna insult UNC by saying that their student was murdered(it will look UNC as not so secure school.)
either of the above could be the reason.
But i don't understand why somebody cares if duke posted it or not amongst such sad and touching happenings.</p>
<p>vickpick and others~not only does the Duke student newpaper (the Duke Chronicle) have a front page article about it online, but the Duke website has a condolence letter to the community from President Brodhead.</p>
<p>^This is true. At dukechronicle.com, they began running a breaking news banner as soon as they became aware a UNC student was involved. There are just precious few details to report at this time. The Duke-UNC rivalry becomes null and void at times like this, and comparisons are not merited.</p>
<p>Btw...talking about Duke expressing their condolences is not the same as doing it yourself. I think this is a place best reserved for those condolences. We can always defend our universities at another time.</p>
<p>ldmom06~I have left a condolence letter myself on another forum, and have talked about it with both of our sons, but should have also said something here about this beautiful young girl being senselessly killed. For that I am sorry. I am by no means insensitive to how everyone is feeling. She was obviously not only a brilliant student, but also a close friend to so many, young and old alike. Her family must be reeling, as we so rarely think something like this will happen to one of our children when they have so successfully navigated their college years and are on the verge of adulthood. It is upsetting on so many levels, and I hope all of the UNC students will take advantage of the counselling that is available to them at this time, if they feel they might need it.</p>
<p>It just a shame that such a beautiful and brillant young lady was murdered. Whoever done is a true coward. What a shame to take anyone's life, but Eva had worked so hard to achieve what she had accomplished and someone just takes that away. It is so hard to understand, but by the way everyone describes her, she would have tried to befriend this cruel person if given the chance. I really do not know how someone could live with themselves after doing this, but I guess a coward could.</p>
<p>I just retrieved ldgirl at airport and she brought a copy of the DTH with her. It IS a wonderful edition. Some of the tributes brought tears to my eyes...especially the words from the bell toller and the recollections of Eve by a Rhodes Scholar who was a friend. I have also rec'd an email from UNC regarding the Eve Carson Memorial Fund. Though I can't link it here, info about the Fund is easy to find and I encourage all to consider contributing.</p>
<p>Idmom,
Here is the main message sent to my email:</p>
<p>"Memorial Fund in Memory of Eve Carson</p>
<p>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has established the Eve Marie Carson Memorial Fund in memory of Eve Carson, our student body president, trustee, wonderful person and great friend. The purpose of this Fund is to celebrate and remember Eve Carson’s love for the University and its students. The specific use of contributions to this fund will be determined in consultation with Eve’s family.</p>
<p>For those wishing to make an online gift, please visit giving.unc.edu/gift, choose one of the giving options, select “Eve Marie Carson Memorial Fund” under University Designation, and select “Eve Marie Carson Memorial Fund” under University Fund.</p>
<p>For those wishing to mail a check, please make the check payable to UNC-Chapel Hill, write Eve Marie Carson Memorial Fund in notation line, and send the gift to Carolina, P.O. Box 309, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0309."</p>