Monthly Archives: January 2020

Journal Entry #1 – Ferguson
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1. Date: 1/30/20 – Time: 7:11pm – Location: Intramural Fields

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear groups of students chatting with each other as they are walking past the fields. I can hear the engines of the cars passing by from time to time, as they slow down to adhere to the stop sign and the speed bump. Also, the women’s Ultimate Frisbee team is on the other field practicing. I can hear them yell the plays to each other, and laugh and chat with each other during their “water breaks”.

3. In a more medium range of sound, I can hear my Ultimate Frisbee teammates stomping on the ground and breathing somewhat heavy, since we are completing the mile portion of our Fitness Test. I can also hear our coach assisting us with supportive words as we complete this activity, as well as him yelling out the time updates.

4. The sounds closest to me include my own feet stomping on the ground and my own heavy breathing. I can hear the certain sounds that teammates very close to me are making, such as grunts and moans. Internal sounds involve me motivating myself with supportive words in order to finish the run.

5. The general sound level is more quiet than it was loud. Although there are a lot of sound activity being produced on the field in general, my teammates are spaced apart due to their different run speeds. 

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “peaceful”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the stomps on the ground, the supportive words that our coach provides for us, and the motivational words that I provide myself internally as I get closer to finishing the run.

Journal Entry #1 – Artuso
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1/27/20 – 11:29A.M. – Pride Den

In the distance is the sound of a dull air conditioner blowing in the opposite side of the room, along with the sound of doors opening and closing as people enter and exit the room. At medium range, I hear the sound of groups of people talking to each other. Some are gossiping while some are quietly studying together. There is someone playing video games and loudly pressing buttons on a controller. Also, there are people getting into and getting out of chairs. Closest to me, there is a quiet hum from a television that is silently displaying announcement messages, along with a group that is loudly enthusing about video games and partying. The general sound level is constantly fluctuating with the many different conversations going on in the area. It constantly fluctuates between nearly silent and roaring. I would describe the sound environment as “social” because of the many conversations going on. The essential sounds that make this up are the sounds of the doors opening and closing, people getting constantly getting in and out of chairs, and the constant chatter of people talking. These all demonstrate how active the area appears to be.

Journal Entry One- Megan
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1/30/20 10:57 Hague House Room 311

Farthest Sound: Rumblings coming from the room upstairs, kids jumping and messing around

Medium Sound: People outside my window in the parking lot. Talking about assorted drama.

Closest Sound: Assortment of songs by Trixie Mattel and the rumble of the heater. Also my own voice

Sound Amount: Minimal, most of it coming from my music and myself.

One Word Description: Serenity

Essential Sounds: the music since it wouldn’t have the same energy without it, my voice because singing along adds most of the calmness, the sound of the heater because it balances out the background

Journal Entry #1 – Brennan
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When & Where: 01/30/20 8:34pm Netherlands Core

Far Sounds: Music playing, dancers talking and laughing, shuffling of clothes, occasional laughter, a door opening and closing, impacts, someone speaking another language, kitchen staff yelling order numbers

Medium Sounds: Squeaking of leather seats, conversation, a television show playing, keys jingling, footsteps, Velcro ripping, jacket zippers, beeps from the food ordering terminals

Close Sounds: A Different conversation, chair legs squeaking against the floor, someone on the phone

General Level: Medium, occasionally gets louder as different groups walk to and fro and the television commercials come on.

One-word Description: Casual

Essential Three Sounds: Overlapping conversations, footsteps, television

Hague House
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Location: Netherlands North, Hague House, 1/30/20, 7:33 PM

Farthest: Car’s driving by in the distance on oak street, the wind slightly blowing and making the trees outside my window rattle and shake, a plane flying overhead.

Medium: The buzzing of the two fridges in my living room, not much at this range tonight. For once Hague is relatively quiet. 

Closest: My roommate chewing on Swedish fish and playing solitaire on her computer, so there’s some quite clicks every few minutes.

General Sound Level: Quite with a few hints of sound here and there, the loudest thing is my roommate and even that isn’t very loud. Its a calm quite thruway night. 

Description of Sound: Calming

Essential Sounds: my roommate typing, the fridge, the cars outside

Journal Entry #1 Knight
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Location: Lowe 106, 1/30/20 6:52 (right before a rehearsal)

–Close: Laptop keys clicking, soft unknown music barely audible, dropped a phone on the ground, sipping empty iced Starbucks drink (very annoying), chair scooting back

–Medium: Director talking about the script to SM, pages of script turning, water bottle being unscrewed, more laptop keys clicking

–Far: About 20 actors chatting, lots of laughing, shoes dropping and hitting floor, feet stomping, water bottle(?) knocked over (metallic sound of something falling), chairs unstacking and being set on floor, some actress singing Bodack Yellow in monotone voice, script thrown on ground, another singing Mariah Carey All I Want for Christmas, some dancing stomps to the beat of AIWfC, someone making chipmunk squeaking noises???, door opening and slamming closed as people walk in or leave (a push bar that makes metallic clicking noise when pushed)

–Sound Level: High (some voices and laughs stand above as much louder), feels very busy and anxious, too much going on to focus on any one conversation or read email.
–Descriptive Word: Clamourous
–Essential Sounds: People talking, singing, laughing

Journal Entry #1
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Date, Time, Location: 1/30/20, Student Center, 11:04 am

Farthest away: Pizza being prepared in Brooklyn slice, people talking on the unispan and over by the Td bank ATM, cart rolling across the tile

Medium Range: Pride guide table trying to get new members,  footsteps getting closer, keys jangling

Closest: keyboard tapping, boots hitting the tile, computer fan whirring, someone on the phone

General sound Level and amount of sound Activity Description: There are waves of active sounds within the student center especially when there is a large group of people walking past. The sound level is at a medium volume.

One word description: busy

3 essential sounds to the environment: talking, footsteps, carts rolling

Journal Entry #1
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  1. January 29th, 2020 @ 4:52pm in my bedroom.
  2. Cars passing by outside.
  3. Housemates talking downstairs, footsteps, cupboards opening/closing, sink running.
  4. Clock ticking, fridge running. 
  5. The sound level is quite low and overall isolated.  It’s quiet enough that I feel calm and relaxed.  The amount of sound activity is not overwhelming because I can focus on each specific sound and they don’t clash.  
  6. Peaceful.
  7. Clock ticking, fridge running, and distant voices.