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TO THE EDITOR:
As we take the month of March to celebrate Eve Carson’s legacy and the Carolina Way, I would like to acknowledge one group of students that has truly exemplified what it means to make “Every Moment Count.”

This year, the Carolina Way and Tar Heel basketball have been synonymous.

The men’s basketball team is incredibly talented on the court. But I’m just as proud to be a fan of this team because of the exemplary character our players exhibit.

The team was featured in The Wall Street Journal not for their pre-season No. 1 pick or their ACC regular season titles, but for their incredible interactions with students while playing pick-up basketball around campus.

They’ve shown up every year to dance for the kids at Dance Marathon. You can always find them supporting local student groups in the Pit.

And they don’t eat lunch in the secret athletic dining hall.

Even their on-court accomplishments are telling of their character; Kendall Marshall broke a record for assisting his teammates.

I send our Tar Heels all the good wishes in the world. And I applaud them for, as Eve put it, “seeking to be great but always remembering that we first must be good.”

Alli Sarfati ’12
Biology

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