NEWS 4/10/26 9:44am

Junior Tyler Mastrangelo speaks about his past experience and future goals as the Vice President of Communications to the SGA Senate April. 9

Elon University's new SGA executive council details goals for 2026-27 term

Elon University’s Student Government Association appointed its vice presidents of communication and finance and elected the speaker of the senate at its first business meeting of the 26-27 term on April 9. 


NEWS 4/9/26 10:59pm

Dystopia to hope: New York Times columnist urges a shift in public mindset

Dystopian worlds have defined modern culture, through survival dramas like Squid Game to zombie-filled television shows. Some of today’s most popular stories imagine societies collapsed and filled with distrust and scarcity. Negative narratives have set themselves in everyday life. The same outlook appears in public opinion, according to New York Times journalist and best selling author Frank Bruni. Bruni delivered the James P. Elder Lecture on April 9 in Whitley Auditorium at Elon University. He talked about how pessimism has shaped Americans’ views of the country and their role within it, themes all relevant in his book “The Age of Grievance.”


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