Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

June 17, 20102010 DRRachel Johnson For the past four days we have been cooped up in a computer lab working tirelessly to compile ALL of the raw footage we have from our trip into some sort of rough cut.  Obviously, our final goal is to whip up a documentary on the story of Pedro and…

June 17, 20102010 DRPeter Freeze And the Academy Award for Best Documentary Goes To… Creighton University’s Journalism and Mass Communication Department for their Documentary titled, More than Beaches and Baseball. Wednesday was a long workday, but it was also quite productive.  We used the script that had been put together that is full of quotes.  We…

June 17, 20102010 DRGabrielle Mock Staying with a host family in compo was one of my favorite aspects of our trip to the DR. Dominican hospitality is remarkable! When we arrived, each family member greeted each of the group with a hug and a kiss as if we had known them our whole lives and…

June 17, 20102010 DRGabrielle Mock These were some of my thoughts on our last night in Santiago before traveling to Majagual that I wrote in my journal: Pedro and co. are so amazing because they are creating their own choices and choices for their kids. They might never actually have money to spare. But they…

June 17, 20102010 DRTim Guthrie Hel²o parents of bright & talented students _

June 18, 20102010 DRCarol Zuegner I have just been reading the post-trip profiles the students have written about each other for a different section of this website. (Do check them out in the section marked Features.) As usual, the students are blowing me away with their writing and with their honesty and candor. But I’m…

June 18, 20102010 DREmily Hanigan So, I am currently sitting in the Computer Lab trying to finish up the final touches on our rough draft of the film. Instead of doing that, I am writing this blog while Morgan and Jen are eating fruits and veggies, Rachel J is on youtube, and Amy is asking…

June 20, 20102010 DRRachel Belsha It is Sunday and thinking over the past week of adjusting back to life in the US, and ingesting and editing material for the documentary I am reminded of the principle of teamwork.  Our class is made up of nine students and three professors here in the States, Kyle Woolley…

June 20, 20102010 DRCarol Zuegner It’s important to me to keep the experiences from our backpack studies class present in my life and how I live my life. Here are five things I’ve learned:  1. I can take risks. I embraced the idea of this project from the start, though a little voice sometimes said:…