Journal Entry #3 – Walking to Class

Date: February 13, 2018
Time: 12:20 pm – ish
Location: Student Center
Farthest: people talking, eating food, laughing, laptops wirring, people typing, beeping from the machines to order food, collecting their things
Medium: People drinking starbucks, impatient sighs, someone zipping up their bag and coat
Closest: The zipper on my combatboots clinking, the music coming from my headphones, the ice in my drink clinking and shifting, the metal on my purse clinking
General sound level: high
General sound activity: high
One word description: Bustling
3 important sounds: people talking, impatient sighs, music in my headphones

Getting a Croissant

Time/Location: Student Center, 04/14/17, 9:35am

Sounds heard: music, people talking, cash register, a door open, crinkle of plastic, tongs drop against metal, beeping from a timer

Student Center – Freshens, 3/2/2017, 4:30 PM
Far Sounds: Doors sliding open, people walking, light music
Medium Sounds: Random conversations, food being prepared, chairs sliding and screeching on the floor
Close sounds: Chewing, my phone going off
Sound Level: Loud
Sound Description: Crowded
Essential Sounds: Doors sliding open, Random conversations, Phone going off

2/10/17 8:45AM Student Center 2nd floor next to the hair salon
An ominous buzz from industrial kitchen equipment, someone taking out the trash, the ladies at Sbarro’s making food, an espresso machine, the speak of wheels from some sort of cart.
Boots hitting the ground, various chattering, this beeping noise when people use the kiosks, people grabbing utensils, the rumbling of the cart
People passing behind me, the opening and closing of the bathroom door behind me, me typing on the keyboard.
General sound level is low. There’s a moderate level of activity but most of it is very quiet to begin with.
Subdued
Light chatter, the ominouus buzz, people passing by

Location/Time: Unispan into Student Center, 6:54pm

Sounds Heard: footsteps, doors opening and closing, random chatter

Walking through the unispan into the Student Center, 4/13/16, 11:00pm

Footsteps, talking, rustling

Location: Student Center by the Unispan

Sounds heard: chatter, walking, someone saying “Yes” repeatedly

Location: Student Center
Farthest: soft ambient music over the loudspeaker
Medium: keys jingling, sneakers squeaking against the floor, salsa music on a portable speaker
Closest: AC unit clanking and chirping overhead, voices speaking
Sound level: Medium
One Word: Variety
Three Sounds: Voices, Salsa music, Sneakers squeaking

1/31/16, 10:54 am, Student Center
Farthest: Trucks unloading materials, the truck beeping as it backs up, pots and pans clanking
Medium: A group of girls talking about their wild night, chairs sliding, a man emptying the trash can
Closest: the girl sitting next to me eating cereal, typing on my laptop
Sound level: Medium. There aren’t many people in the dining area but those that are here are quite noisy
One word: lively
3 Words: trucks, pans, chairs