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After the announcement Thursday of Student Body President Eve Carson's death, the Chapel Hill community came together to remember a leader, student, friend and inspiration.
As news trickled across campus, the University mobilized.
More than 5,000 people attended an address by Chancellor James Moeser in Polk Place that afternoon. A few hours later, they reassembled for a candlelight vigil in the Pit. Some events that already were planned incorporated the emotions across campus.
"This University needs an enormous group hug. It's OK to cry," Moeser told the crowd at his address.
Throughout the day, people turned to each other in grief and disbelief, embracing each other as they tried to comprehend the loss.
Hundreds of flowers adorned a makeshift memorial behind the Campus Y, and hundreds of messages of Eve scattered large boards nearby.
The outpouring brought the community together in a way that Eve strived to achieve throughout her time at Carolina.
Campus administrators, town leaders and students spoke of Eve's ability to truly be a voice for the entire student body and the perfect example of what the University is to future students.
"I think more than any other student I've ever known, Eve Carson embodied the Carolina Way," Moeser said.
"Not only did she like to talk about it, she really lived it."
