Perspectives – BluePrintsLive

Flourishing a passion for music

March 12, 2019

I remember when I was 12 years old, fresh to the sixth-grade, I picked up a trumpet for the very first time in my life. Obviously, I had no clue of how to play it. My little cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish, my hands fumbled ...

The dangers of desensitization towards pornography

Olivia Longmore, Staff Reporter

March 8, 2019

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Desensitization is a process used by psychologists in where a patient is exposed to a stimulus for the purpose of the elimination or reduction of sensitivity. In other words, the more someone, particularly the underdeveloped brains of ch...

Movie review: Glass

Jenna Balthazor, Staff Reporter

January 31, 2019

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The 2019 movie, Glass directed by M. Night Shayalamon was a plot-twisting thriller. From the start, Shyamalan gave himself a difficult task- he mad a comic book movie that analyzes what makes comic book movies so popular while...

Netflix original movie takes the U.S. by storm

Tiana Specht, Staff Reporter

January 31, 2019

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The Netflix Original “Bird Box” came out on Thursday, December 13. Written by Eric Heisserer and directed by Susanne Bier. The story tells about a mysterious force that makes you take your own life. If you see it then...

Silence is golden: implementing silence into our lives

Adam Flowers, Staff Reporter

January 31, 2019

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One day, as I was sitting in my living room on a calming afternoon, I was shrouded by a beaming silence. There were no sounds to fill that void of laconism that my ears had experienced. In that moment, I felt calm and at peac...

Straw pollution

Jenna Balthazor, Staff Reporter

January 31, 2019

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Many people have been hearing about the dangers of plastic straws in the ocean. Recent studies have shown that on a daily basis, we use over 500,000 straws a day in America, and almost all of those end up in the ocean. When the s...

Academic Spotlight: Rachel Rawlings

January 22, 2019

History of Fandom

January 22, 2019