
{"id":27799,"date":"2012-09-13T10:10:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=27799"},"modified":"2012-09-13T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T14:10:26","slug":"a-campus-mourns-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2012\/09\/13\/a-campus-mourns-again\/","title":{"rendered":"A campus mourns again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Susan Dickson<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Staff Writer<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27807\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/09\/13\/a-campus-mourns-again\/_dsc9907\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"_DSC9907\" width=\"350\" height=\"527\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907-75x113.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907-66x100.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC9907-305x460.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds gather with lit candles to mourn Faith Hedgepeth while the Stoney Creek Drum Group performs at the UNC campus Monday. PHOTO BY DUNCAN HOGE<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nNearly a week after the murder of 19-year-old UNC student Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, police have yet to announce a cause of death.<\/p>\n<p>Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s family and friends and members of the UNC community gathered at a candlelight vigil in The Pit on the UNC campus on Monday night to celebrate her life, which was cut short Sept. 6. Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s body was discovered by friends around 11 a.m. on Friday in her apartment in the Hawthorne at the View on Old Chapel Hill Road, according to police. <\/p>\n<p>Police have said they do not believe her death was a random act. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re still waiting on a report from the medical examiner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s office before we can discuss what the cause of death may have been,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Chapel Hill Police Sgt. Joshua Mecimore said Wednesday. Mecimore said police had received a number of calls into a tip line that investigators have been following up on. <\/p>\n<p>At the gathering on Monday, hundreds of mourners filled The Pit to hear remembrances from those close to Hedgepeth, while a screen projected photographs of her, most of which showed her smiling. The vigil was organized by the Carolina Indian Circle and Alpha Pi Omega Sorority.<\/p>\n<p>Hedgepeth was deeply involved in college life, especially in the university\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s American-Indian community as a member of the Haliwa-Saponi American-Indian Tribe in Warren County. She came to UNC as a Gates Millennium scholar, receiving a full scholarship through the program, which seeks to promote academic excellence and provide an opportunity for 1,000 outstanding minority students every year.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27808\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/2012\/09\/13\/a-campus-mourns-again\/faithhedgepeth1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-27808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FaithHedgepeth1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"FaithHedgepeth\" width=\"300\" height=\"403\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FaithHedgepeth1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FaithHedgepeth1-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FaithHedgepeth1-84x113.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FaithHedgepeth1-74x100.jpg 74w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faith Hedgepeth. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UNC AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMarcus Collins, assistant dean of the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling and Summer Bridge director, said he first met Hedgepeth during her very first week at Carolina as part of the Summer Bridge program. He spoke of Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s positive impact through her mere presence and encouragement of those around her. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We must challenge ourselves to be just like her. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 She has had and will continue to have lasting positive impressions on this campus,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Collins said he had a hard time figuring out what to say at the event. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In some ways, I think Faithsaid it best. For many of you, you know what she would tell us \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcJust have faith,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. <\/p>\n<p>UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp urged the community to reach out to one another and to counselors for support in the wake of Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Faith was a student, a friend, a talented and bright young person who inspired those who knew her. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 She was one of us,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Thorp said, adding, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is important that we take care of each other.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Consuela Richardson, Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cousin, noted all that Hedgepeth brought to this world as a daughter, sister, aunt, granddaughter and much more. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All of this has been taken from us. Our hearts are heavy because we just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make sense of any of it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Richardson recounted how she had been shocked by the deaths of other young women, including UNC Student Body President Eve Carson. News of Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death was all-too familiar for many members of this community who still feel the effects of her 2008 murder. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We say, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t imagine how this family feels,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and then it happens to your family,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Richardson said. <\/p>\n<p>Richardson said that while she was older than Hedgepeth, she always looked up to her younger cousin. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She was outstanding. She is outstanding,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information related to the investigation to call (919)614-6363 or Crime Stoppers at (919)942-7515. Callers can remain anonymous. On Wednesday, the UNC Board of Trustees announced a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for Hedgepeth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s death. The Haliwa-Saponi Tribe and Hawthorne at the View also pledged $1,000 each to the reward fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a week after the murder of 19-year-old UNC student Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, police have yet to announce a cause of death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27799"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27812,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27799\/revisions\/27812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}