Yesterday was the third day of building robots with our German counterparts at the University of Koblenz. We spent the first two days building and hardwiring our robot and joystick. Yesterday we were tasked with writing a program to upload to the robot that would make the robot sync with the joystick and move appropriately based on our joystick movements. This task presented many problems. We found that not only our robot, but other groups’ robots as well would lock in on one joystick command given and continuously repeat that command despite others given. To troubleshoot this problem we re-checked our program and the wires on our robot to make sure...»

Tonight I had the opportunity to attend the first night of the four-week Writing Workshop for Women Veteran’s that SWAN has introduced this summer. Kalima, the Community Development Director, and I have been anticipating it all week. Three ladies showed up from a local shelter that provides temporary shelter for women veterans. I cannot even begin to describe how much I learned tonight from these amazing, wise and STRONG women. In order to protect their privacy, I will not describe their life stories in detail, but, put simply, each of these women has been through hell and back. Each of them entered the room shyly and quietly. During the two hours we were...»

A blog written for the Service Women's Action Network, when asked to write about a woman's issue I see at West Point He-Said, She-Said The Changing Aspects of Sexual Assault at the US Military Academy at West Point Sexual Assault is a well-known issue within the service academies, if not the most well-known issue. Sexual assault has always been based on a power and control factor and almost all cases occur when male students assault female students. Today West Point cadets are beginning to notice a different problem. In addition to the issue of sexual assault, there is a new and quickly growing problem: sexual assault cases that are false. These cases are the...»