Journal Entry #3 – Dylan Pojano
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3/12/21, 11:23 pm, Enterprise (My Room)

Sounds farthest away from me: People conversing as they go in and out of Dutch and HofUSA, indistinct voices and trills carried out in the night sky, just before the cars pull up. They’re revving just outside HofUSA, their engines sounding like a wild pack of beasts as they drive by, some even popping like fireworks

Sounds at a medium range from me: Occasionally, I will hear someone going up and down the stairs, as they open and close the squeaky banshee that is the stairs door. Every now and then, an RA will patrol the floor. Even at one point, someone attempted to fill up their water bottle, as the old ceramic water fountain hisses at them for even trying.

Sounds closest to me: The room above me will drop a pencil, open and close their dresser, or simply just fiddle around and scoot in their chair. As I am in my room, with the repeated white noise that is my dehumidifier, accompanied by the sound of my keys and mouse clicking as I type this.

The general sound level and amount of sound activity: An adequate amount of sound, nothing too extreme, but there is a large quantity of different sounds occurring.

One word description to the “sound environment”: The culmination of all the noise would be best described as content, for every noise is serving a purpose for one reason or another.

Three sounds which are essential to the sound environment: The thunder from the engines, the squeaking stairs door, and the constant dry wheeze that is my dehumidifier.

Journal Entry #3- Dani Ruiz
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March 12, 2021 at 3:54 PM

Location: An outdoor table at a small cafe in Garden City

Far Sounds: The cappuccino machine inside the cafe, the bell as people enter and exit the store next door, cars honking, an ambulance going through the intersection

Medium Sounds: The conversations of people at the other tables, kids ridding skateboards on the other side of the street, construction workers backing up a truck, other people eating

Close Sounds: The cars going past the street next to me, the wind blowing, people walking past, my chair scraping against the sidewalk as I rock back and forth, my Zoom class in my headphones

Sound Description/Level: Loud and busy with another sound constantly getting my attention

Important Sounds: The cars passing by, the construction workers, my Zoom class

Journal Entry 3-Juliana Battaglia
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Friday, March 12th 2021 6:00pm

Location: At Citi Field, now a mass-vaccination site.

Farthest Sounds: The sound of cars driving by outside, sirens of emergency vehicles. 

Medium Sounds: The voices of the other nurses talking to their patients. The sound of footsteps as people walked around the facility and up and down the stairs. The opening and closing of the doors to exit.

Closest Sounds: The nurse speaking directly to me. The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The tapping sound from her fingers as she verified my information, coupled with the sound of her pencil against the paper as she filled out my information. 

Sound Description / Level: Organized. Medium level. 

Important Sounds: The unwrapping of the needle and sterilization equipment. The opening and closing of the exit doors.  

JOURNAL ENTRY # 3 – ALEXANDRA
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Friday, March 12th 2021 4:32pm

Location: Sitting under the sky light in my bedroom.

Farthest Sounds: the whistling of the wind, the sound of traffic a few streets over

Medium Sounds: our neighbors dribbling the basketball outside in the driveway, the sound of our front door opening and closing, birds chirping in the tree outside my window 

Closest Sounds: Emily and her boyfriend laughing at the tv in the next room, the hum of my mini fridge by my bed, the sound of my space heater turning on, the flickering of my candle on my bedside table

Sound Description / Level: peaceful/ambiance – I feel very relaxed. Not one sound is extremely louder than the other. I enjoy white noise, so I am at ease. 

Important Sounds: the bird songs overlapping with the wind, the hum from my electronics turning on 

Journal Entry #3 – Ash Boone
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Thursday, March 11th, 2021 at 1:02pm

Location: Balcony overlooking the Student Center

Farthest Sounds: students talking amongst each other and socializing, music from farther away in the student center, workers yelling orders at each other, worker cooking with the pans at the sushi place, doors all around the student center opening and closing, creaking of doors and also slamming of some closing on their own

Medium Sounds: bookbags and chairs moving of people a little farther away, the music playing from starbucks, noise of the machine used to clean these cups they use to prepare drinks at starbucks, the oven being opened and closed, janitors walking by here and there, occasional toilet flushing from the balcony bathroom

Closest Sounds: my music playing softly and my fingers tapping my ipad screen as i study for my rhetoric test, chairs moving, bags shifting, keyboard tapping of others near me

Sound Description / Level: bustling– students walking around to hang out and grab food, classes from that time just ended so a lot of people that just got let out from class are here now, the starbucks line is exponentially growing and i missed my chance to grab oatmeal before class

Important Sounds: the cleaning machine at starbucks, keyboard clicking in the balcony of the student center, my spotify homework playlist

Journal Entry 3
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In my kitchen. 3/10/21. 8:14PM

Far sounds: Cars, cat bell, housemate on the phone, dryer running

Medium sounds: Footsteps, refrigerator hum, wine bottle opening, pouring into glass

Close sounds: Bubbling, pans clanking, drawers opening/closing

Noise level: Soft 

Important sounds: Bubbling, footsteps