Editor’s note: The following letter is a response to a column written by Glenn Lippig that ran in The Daily Tar Heel in April entitled “Dear Tar Heels: we’re rich.”
TO THE EDITOR:
I am sometimes tempted to publicly congratulate myself for exhibiting basic human decency toward my peers.
In these moments, I like to meditate on something Coach (Dean) Smith once said that has stuck with me: “You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it.”
The Carolina Way is more than a fuzzy marketing scheme to make college kids feel exceptional. It is the specific philosophy of a man who saw humility as integral to his vision of success and went above and beyond to live his life with honor.
Tar Heels credit players who make assists, and they stand against injustice. They don’t need to write columns about begrudgingly not leaving a drunk person in the street.
Sarah Hirsch
Carrboro
