Date of publication: February 29, 2008
Source: Manitou Messenger (St. Olaf College, MN)
Author: Bryan Beaudoin
Emphasizing the importance of globalization and its effect on our lives, conference speaker Robert Muehlenkamp stated that, "the world has never seen a transformation anything like what we are going through and you students will have to live with [it]."
This year's conference, entitled "Globalization and Social Responsibility: Working for the Common Good" was meant to emphasize the importance of globalization in altering the paradigms of employment and its effect on human gains across the world.
A number of notable and controversial speakers came to St. Olaf to speak on this topic, including Woodrow Wilson fellow Robert Muehlenkamp, local SEIU (Service Employees International Union) president Javier Morillo-Alicea and former speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and St. Olaf alum Steve Sviggum '73...