u/CrunchyCrochetSoup

Hello! I have been wanting to join programming and robotics clubs but looking at current student orgs, the lack of activity in any of the “official” robotics clubs is a little disappointing. I would like to start one. The requirements are simple, it would just need 3 officers, (so 2 more plus me), an advisor, and a constitution (I will write one).

My main problem is the advisor, which would need to be a professor. I’m not sure how to get in contact with a professor other than email and it seems a bit awkward to ask someone to be an advisor for a club because I have not met with professors in person. I would also need 2 more advisors.

If people are interested I will make a discord or a slack or something and begin preparing the club registration. My main goals for this club are:

•Exploring microcontrollers and embedded programming.

•Embedded systems/control systems

•Robotics programming

•Electronics design

•Individualized electronics projects, perhaps weekly or monthly goals for everyone to complete projects and receive feedback. The club could help with accountability to actually complete projects haha. The main goal is to provide a space where students can fill their portfolios with lots of projects to put on their resume.

If people are interested or have advice on the advisor thing please let me know. Thanks!

From the time I get home at around 4 to when I go to bed around 10 the baby is all I hear. I live in a condo and the unit across the hall has this baby girl who I hear screaming herself hoarse at all hours, at least whenever I am home. I don’t know if I should be concerned for the poor baby/parents or if something is wrong here.

I’ve worked with babies a long time and I know they cry. But this amount of crying is truly a LOT. And like I said this baby’s lungs are raw.

I havent talked to these neighbors much since they moved in around January but I know the dad is an electrician and I have spoken to mom in passing like twice. I don’t think I have good enough relationship with them to ask if something is wrong, I don’t want to come off as an asshole. I know what it’s like living in apartment, it can never be noiseless and sometimes you just have to deal. When there’s a baby crying there really isn’t anything you can do.

But I worry about things like what if the parents aren’t home and the baby is just crying alone for hours on end? What if this is a genuine neglect situation. Maybe I haven’t been around enough babies. Is it normal for them to cry at all hours, not just when they are newborn but for MONTHS? The baby has to be almost 8 months old now.

And then I feel like an asshole because what if the baby is colic and the parents aren’t even more frustrated than me and they’re trying their best?

I’m sitting here in the living room and the baby is crying as I type, SCREAM crying… I just don’t know what I can do

ETA: I’m not so much bothered by the sound. I’m an adult, I can wear ear plugs, turn the tv up, or go back into the bedroom which is away from the shared wall. This isn’t a noise complaint. I am mostly worried about be baby because the sound it is making does not sound like normal crying and the length it goes on for worries me