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Journal Entry 10
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1) 4/7/11-8:00 p.m.-Lobby of Alliance Hall

2) The laundry room door opening and closing, the hum of vending machines, and faint voices coming from outside were the furthest audible sounds.

3) The ding of the elevator, the elevator doors opening and closing, a person putting coins into a jar for Penny Wars, people talking in the RA office, and the sliding entrance doors opening and closing would qualify as medium range sounds.

4) My earrings jingling and my soft breathing would be considered sounds closest to me.

5) The sound level was fairly quiet. The sound activity was low because people do not hang out in the lobby area; people in the lobby are either quickly leaving the building or rushing to the elevator.  The ding of the elevator was the most repetitive sound I heard.

6) Dull

7) Elevator dinging, entrance doors sliding open, and talking in the RA office.

Sound Journal Number 10
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Location/Date/Time: Student Center, Hofstra University, 4/5/11

Far Sounds: people talking, trash being thrown out, carts being rolled

Medium Close Sounds: Laughing, silverware clicking against plates, water bottles clanking

Very Close sounds: Crunching, water swishing in mouth, potato chip bag crinkling, lettuce crunching

Sound Level: Muddled at a overall medium level

One Word Description: Alive

Sounds to Recreate Environment: silverware for clanking, people for laughter, potato chip bag for crinkling.

Journal Entry Devin Gee
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1)   4/7/11- 4:00- Dempster Hall, Studio B control room

2)   There are people talking outside in the hallway, the elevator being used, doors closing and opening outside.

3)   There is a lot of equipment noise, there is button pushing noises, multiple people talking at once, there is intercom noise both feedback and crackling noises, music coming from speakers.

4)   Person whispering right next to me, movement of swivel chairs, snapping of rubber band, the sound of writing on paper, a few coughs and movement of backpack including zipper and rustling of papers and stuff.

5)   The sound level is low except for the talking and the activity is minimal besides the talking.

6)   Concentrated

7)   There would have to be talking/ commands, lots of ambient machine sounds and the sound of writing with pencil on paper.

Michelle, Journal Entry #10
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  1. 3:45 pm, 04/05/11, walk from Dutch Treats to the Student Center
  2. I can hear an airplane going by over my head.
  3. I hear the wind whooshing by very strongly. Someone is playing pop music from a car someone in the parking lot. Someone walks by me and I can hear her talking on a cell phone.
  4. I hear my keys jingling and me clearing my throat.
  5. The sound level is loud; almost everything around me is loud like all the noise is competing with each other.
  6. Distant
  7. Heavy wind, airplane, pop music

Sound Journal
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1- 7 AM, my apartment on 3/30

2- The bus goes by every 15 minutes, and people shuffle on and off, then walk by my closed window having conversation with each other.

3- My computer fan is on across the room and humming quietly.
4- I am coughing occasionally, but I can hear my friend’s breathing in the bed nearby.
5- Low, but focused.
6- Sleepy
7- Cars going by, the computer fan, the friend’s breathing.

Sound Journal #9
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DATE-TIME-LOCATION: 3/31/11; 1:30PM; Student Center Atrium

FARTHEST SOUNDS: people talking, metal pans clanking, coffee brewing

MEDIUM SOUNDS: music playing, people talking, oven beeping

NEAR SOUNDS: people talking, footsteps

SOUND LEVEL: loud

SOUND ENVIRONMENT: public walkway

ESSENTIAL SOUNDS: coffee brewing, music playing, people talking

Journal Entry 9
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1) 3/31/11-7:45 p.m.-Multipurpose Room East in the Student Center during the closing of a discussion sponsored by the Hofstra MSA

2) Overhead lights buzzing, people talking while passing by the doorway, video playing in the Multipurpose Room West, cardboard pizza boxes closing on a table in the back room, and a garbage can opening and closing were the furthest audible sounds.

3) Person snapping gum, pen tapping and clicking, speaker talking, shoes tapping, notebook page turning, zip of coat, clearing throat, coughing, plastic bag rustling, and folding chairs squeaking would qualify as medium range sounds.

4) My coat rustling, a tiny plastic cup cracking in my hand, and a quick breath while I was yawning would be considered sounds closest to me.

5) The sound level was moderate. The sound activity was high because people were getting restless as the discussion was wrapping up, so people began moving more and cleaning up the room.

6) Fidgety

7) Speaker talking, folding chairs squeaking, and notebook page turning.

Journal Entry
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1. 3-31-2011, 7:08, NAB

2. Air conditioning unit, people walking around outside
3. Actors talking, stretching, Steph leading stretches, mumbles and groans and breaths of actors stretching
4. Broken sticky keyboard typing, neck cracking Ike talking to me
5. Medium/Loud, it’s calm but loud
6. Release
7. Steph leading stretches, breaths and groans, neck cracking