1:  Friday, February 15, 2013, 8:55 pm, Hofstra Student Center

2:  Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Students talking and eating in the large dining section.

3:  Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you.

The student center television, some other students in the front part of the dining section eating.

4: Identify and list the sounds closest to you (– you can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Students walking by on their way to their first class, “Kill Everybody” by Skrillex on my iPod.

5: Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

For such a busy hub on campus, the sound is rather muted and subtle.

6: Assign a one-word description to the “sound environment”.

“Subdued”

7: Select and list 3 sounds that are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact.

Footsteps of students, the tv, the cashiers at their posts ringing students up.