This column was originally given as a eulogy on March 18, 2008. When I met with Eve to discuss the possibility of me serving as her vice president, I knew right away that something was different. As I listened to Eve discuss her vision for this university and the role she hoped student government would play in making that vision a reality, I was inspired. I had to be a part of her team.

The fourth anniversary of Eve’s death leaves the current student body with some tough questions. How do we commemorate someone we never knew?

Eve and I spent a lot of time in the student government suite, and I treasure the times I would pop my head into her office just to say “hi” and then end up staying for an hour or two just to talk. We discussed companionship, politics, editorials, friendships, personal strengths and weaknesses and the burden of missing even a single opportunity. I felt comfortable and loved around Eve because she was authentic in every way possible.

Eve Marie Carson’s murder was a random crime — but it has left a permanent mark on the University and those who knew the vibrant, beloved 2008 student body president. On Dec. 20, the almost four-year legal journey for the Durham man charged with Carson’s March 2008 murder came to a close. Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 21, was found guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, armed robbery and felony larceny in connection with Carson’s death and sentenced to life in prison — ending a three-week trial that revealed new details about Carson’s final hours.

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole for the murder of former UNC student body president Eve Carson.

More than three years after her death, the second man accused of former Student Body President Eve Carson’s murder has been found guilty. Following eight days of testimony and about three hours of deliberation, a jury found Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 21, guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, armed robbery and felony larceny in connection with Carson’s death Tuesday morning.

In closing arguments for the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. Monday, defense attorneys pointed out a “missing chapter” absent from the state’s presentation of evidence — the man already convicted of Eve Carson’s murder. Demario Atwater, Lovette’s co-defendant, pleaded guilty in 2010 to the murder of former student body president Carson and is now serving two life sentences in federal prison.

In a crowded Hillsborough courtroom, prosecutors urged jurors to look at evidence and testimonies presented in court that link Lovette to Carson’s violent murder, tying together testimonies and evidence presented throughout the eight days of testimony.

Laurence Alvin Lovette, the man on trial for the murder of former student body president Eve Carson, declined to testify in court Thursday, as the prosecution rested its case.

A State Bureau of Investigation analyst said the DNA found on the interior door of Eve Carson’s Toyota Highlander was many thousand trillion time more likely to be that of Laurence Alvin Lovette, Jr.

On the night of March 4, 2008, Jayson McNeil received a call from his childhood friend Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. asking for a ride to Chapel Hill. Lovette, who is on trial for the March 5, 2008 murder of former Student Body President Eve Carson, asked McNeil to drive him and a friend he called “Rio” to Chapel Hill, where McNeil said Lovette planned to rob someone.

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. is standing trial for the March 2008 shooting former Student Body President Eve Carson — but he wasn’t even on the suspect list for the first five days of the investigation. Chapel Hill Police Department’s lead investigator in the case, Celisa Lehew, added Lovette’s name to a list of 12 suspects that included now-convicted Demario James Atwater, following tips on March 10.

Shanita Love was Demario James Atwater’s live-in girlfriend in 2008 when he was charged with the shooting of former Student Body President Eve Carson. Love joined other witnesses in testifying Friday at the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. about the days following the killing. Lovette is the second man charged in the crime, but unlike Atwater — who pleaded guilty in 2010 and is serving a life sentence — Lovette was 17 at the time and cannot receive the death penalty.

As the second day of testimony in the trial of one of the men accused in the 2008 shooting of former student body president Eve Carson continues, the jury is learning more details about what prosecutors say happened the night of her murder. Those details included the testimony of one woman who said she saw two men who prosecutors say match the description of the accused and his already convicted co-defendant behind her former sorority house.

As testimony began in the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette, Jr., the man accused of killing former student body president Eve Carson in March 2008, details about what happened that night became clearer. Witnesses recounted the night of the murder, from what Carson wore and did to when they first realized she was missing.

Attorneys defending Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., a 21-year-old Durham man charged with the murder of former UNC Student Body President Eve Carson, urged jurors to question the reliability of witnesses who may have had personal interests at stake when they gave their original testimonies.

In the days following the murder of former Student Body President Eve Carson, a wave of shock resounded throughout the normally quiet town of Chapel Hill. More than three years later, local officials say Carson’s death sparked a change in how Chapel Hill officials and University students work together, which has in turn strengthened public safety options for students.

Today could be the last day of jury selection in the case of the man accused of killing former student body president Eve Carson. After getting off to a slow start, Judge Allen Baddour told potential jurors Thursday he is hopeful arguments in the trial of Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr.

Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. is accused in two different murders — and when evidence is presented in his trial for the March 2008 murder of former student body president Eve Carson, jurors could find out about both.

Three years after former Student Body President Eve Carson’s murder exposed cracks in the N.C. probation system and prompted a total overhaul, practices are still changing. Reforms to be implemented Dec. 1 and Jan. 1 will make it harder to revoke probation, will require that all felons are supervised upon prison release and will reroute offenders from prison to probation.