TO THE EDITOR:
I was raised in Miami, where violence was part of the background noise that each student heard during the morning bus ride to school.
At Carolina, I believed this wouldn’t be the case. But Monday afternoon, I heard the deafening sirens of ambulances, and North Campus residents heard the screams of a fellow Tar Heel as she saw her life flash before her eyes after being struck by a car that then fled the scene.
I read frantic texts after residents heard traumatizing screams and the hit-and-run, but all I could think was: please let it not be one of our residents.
It appalls me that in a community that prides itself on the Carolina Way, we were not alerted that a fellow student was so brutally injured.
As Kenan Community Governor and a future resident adviser, I live for my residents, and I shudder every morning when I see cars speed through intersections without looking to see if someone’s there.
Our community is a home away from home and shouldn’t be a place where students fear for their lives on their way to class.
We live in a place of respect, something that was not extended to that victim. Sometimes we forget that life is a blessing.
Protect your life and the lives of others. Live your life with everyone in perspective.
