CHAPEL HILL, N.C. ? You couldn’t escape Eve Carson’s presence at the University of North Carolina.

The student body president welcomed all incoming freshmen – each and every one – to stop by her office for a chat. She was a member of the school’s Board of Trustees and a tournament-winning intramural flag football team.

She had friends in the chancellor’s office, friends on the school’s top-ranked basketball team and more among the school’s 28,000 students.

“She was a bright spot in anybody’s day,” said Seth Dearmin, a former student body president who met Carson during her freshman year. “She took time to talk to people, to listen to them. She cared about what they were interested in. That’s what drove her. She was a completely selfless person.”

And for it, North Carolina loved her back.

Twice in the hours after learning the 22-year-old Carson had been shot to death early Wednesday on a city street not far from campus, thousands of students, staff and faulty gathered to mourn her death.

The tears continued to flow Friday, and it’s likely the school will hold another memorial service after students return from next week’s spring break.

Detectives know Carson was killed by a shot from a handgun to her right temple but said Friday they still have no suspects in what they still consider a random act.