Eve Carson

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1. February 8, 2007 The GLBT-SA endorses Eve Carson at its student body president forum At its annual forum for student body president candidates, all four of whom backed adding gender identity to the nondiscrimination policy, the GLBT-Straight Alliance endorsed Eve Carson. She went on to win the election; Lambda noted that this time the group's endorsed candidate had won. People: Eve CarsonSearch the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), March 2007, p. 6
2. January 24, 2008 Senate candidate Jim Neal speaks to students in Gardner Hall Chapel Hill resident Jim Neal, seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, spoke to more than a hundred students in Gardner Hall on health care, the Iraq war and the environment after an introduction by student body president Eve Carson. People: Eve CarsonSearch the index · Lambda (Carolina Gay and Lesbian Association, UNC), March 2008, p. 10
3. March 5, 2008 Eve Carson, UNC’s Student Body President, is killed Eve Marie Carson, 22, UNC's student body president and a Morehead-Cain Scholar from Athens, Georgia, was abducted from her Chapel Hill home early on March 5, 2008, robbed and shot on Hillcrest Road near campus. Two men were convicted of her murder: one pleaded guilty in 2010, and a Hillsborough jury convicted the other on December 20, 2011. People: Eve CarsonIn the index: Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · Daily Tar Heel: Eve Carson's case is closed, but her legacy lives on through the Carolina Way (January 7, 2012)
4. March 5, 2008 Thousands gather on Polk Place to remember Eve Carson On the day student body president Eve Carson was killed, thousands gathered on UNC's Polk Place for a moment of silence.Search the index · UNC News Archives: Carolina in the News, Monday, March 10, 2008
5. February 6, 2009 The first Eve Marie Carson Scholar is announced Students, friends and family turned Carson's plan for a student-run scholarship into the Eve Marie Carson Scholarship. The first scholar, a junior, received funding for a summer experience and aid toward senior-year tuition.In the index: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Carolina Alumni (GAA), archived copy: Ceremony Remembers, Celebrates Eve Carson
6. March 5, 2009 Several thousand gather in the Pit on the anniversary of Eve Carson's death Students, faculty and staff met in the Pit, where friends spoke about Carson, Chancellor Holden Thorp recalled her service, the Clef Hangers sang and the Bell Tower tolled Hark the Sound. People: Holden ThorpSearch the index · Carolina Alumni (GAA), archived copy: Ceremony Remembers, Celebrates Eve Carson
7. March 4, 2010 The Eve Marie Carson Garden is dedicated on Polk Place UNC dedicated a garden behind the Campus Y in memory of Eve Carson and of all students who die before they graduate. A stone slab carries a quotation from her, and private gifts paid for it. People: Holden ThorpSearch the index · Documenting the American South, Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina: Eve Carson Memorial Garden, UNC (Chapel Hill)