THURSDAY TUESDAY AUGUST OCTOBER 28, 18, 2018 2018
The Pnyx JOSHUA SCHUETZ STAFF WRITER
David Bassey | MSU Reporter
Enlightening discussion at Encounter about the realities of Halloween celebration. Pastor Sam Quartey provided knowledgeable to the audience about the spiritual realm and what comes to life on Oct. 31st.
DFL candidates
Interstate and what
meet with students they can offer you
JOSHUA SCHUETZ Staff Writer Candidates from the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party met with students over pizza Tuesday evening to discuss politics, policy, and the future of Mankato. Affordable housing, student debt, healthcare, education, community development, and diversity were among the topics discussed by candidates and state representatives that night. Bukata Hayes, who is running for mayor of Mankato stressed the importance of community development and quality neighborhoods as ways to keep graduates in the Mankato area to live and work. “We want to make sure that our neighborhoods are conducive to families,” he said.
Issues specific to college students and graduates were discussed as well. “We need to make sure that there are loan forgiveness programs for student debt,” Greta Bedekovics, a digital and field organizer for Dan Feehan’s campaign, said during the event. She added that careers in public service, whether in the military, government, or schools, should be rewarded with debt forgiveness. State senators and representatives were present at the event as well. Jack Considine, a state representative from district 19B, described the changes that Mankato has faced over the years, and his experience fighting for working men and women in the statehouse. “My biggest joy is when I can help local people,” he said. The difficulties of campaigning and handling the sometimes rancorous behavior of his opponents was tiring. “But when you can
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STEVEN JOHN NDIKUM STAFF WRITER Interstate offers electrical engineering, electrical construction, and control systems services. Through their unique integrated project delivery approach, they can provide customers with one or all their services. Whether the project is large or small, complex or simple; Moreover, they develop solutions tailored to specific needs. Interstates headquarters is in 1520 North Main PO Box 260 Sioux Center, Iowa 51250. On Tuesday, October 17 from 5pm to 6pm, Jill Netten, a recruiter at the Interstate Company held a meeting with her team in Wissink Hall 289 to elaborate more on the company policies, achievements, and core
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competencies the company has used to stay outstanding. The meeting was colored of many students having the zeal to extend their skills in a professional setting. This time around this great event began with some refreshment. Interstate constitutes of three main services which are electrical construction, electrical engineering, and control systems. Their services have impacted industries such as pet food, foods and beverages, chemicals /oil and gas, and automotive engineering. In addition, their great work can be seen in the grain export terminal in Longview, WA., and, Ozark mountain poultry in Batesville, AR. “We accomplish our work by having a zero-injury culture,” says Interstate. In today’s world, electrical and mechanical firms have one of the highest recorded injuries.
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The Cold War is back in the news again, thanks to president Trump’s tariffs and economic moves against China. Honestly, I’m more than a little skeptical that we’re entering a new Cold War. Like World War II and Nazi Germany, the Cold War is something that the pundit class rather enjoys hyperbolically comparing current events to. China is typically seen as one of America’s primary rivals in the 21st century. That position is more or less correct. But to compare rising tensions with China to the Cold War is more than fantasy; it’s hyperbole. The Cold War was an ideological and geopolitical conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Proxy wars, like those in Cuba and Vietnam, were a staple of the Cold War. So was nuclear buildup, the Space Race, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Other countries basically had to pick a side. Western Europe was with the US, Eastern Europe with the Soviets. It was a bimodal world, with two superpowers, both intent on spreading their ideological and economic structures globally. In the case of the Soviets, it was almost cult-like. Our new conflicts are different. We have entered a period of regionalization, in a sense. China is not in an ideological struggle with the United States; it’s in a struggle for hegemony over East Asia, a region that China believes it ought to dominate. Russia is much the same, regarding Eastern Europe as its own. China’s rise is something that needs to be contended with. But hyperbolic ravings about a new Cold War will do no good. For the US, policy must be done with an eye towards the future, not replays of the past.
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