The professor says "whether we like it or not" which could mean there will be many effects of globalization, some could be positive or negative and there would be reason for certain people to not like it. Also, "here to stay" as in coming into our lives to remain forever.
Consider a time when mars is in the middle of one of its periods of apparent retrograde motion. during this time, mars appears <u>brightest</u> in our night sky and crosses the meridian around <u>midnight</u>.