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Journal Entry 1
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1. 2/6/26 – 7:01 PM – Student Center Starbucks

2. FARTHEST – People talking, a chair scraping against the floor

3. MEDIUM – music, paper crinkling

4. CLOSEST – a blender, 2 baristas talking, a trash bag being changed

5. It’s quiet, not a lot of people are around and sound activity is consistent but distant

6. Description: Monotonous

7. Essential sound: chairs scraping, people talking, blender

Journal Entry #1
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  1. 2/6/26, 1:03 pm, Hofstra University Student Center
  2. Farthest: People throwing trash into the garbage, a blender, a bag wrinkling
  3. Medium: People chewing, fingernails tapping, chairs moving, music playing
  4. Closest: Plastic utensils being used (like either when they pick up food or when it clicks their teeth), a can being placed down, bags or backpacks being placed down, people sniffing, people talking
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level is moderate, but constant
  6. Description: Crowded
  7. Essential: The music, people talking, chairs moving

Journal Entry #2
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2/22/24 – 12:51PM – The Student Center

Sounds farthest from me: People talking at different volumes across the Student Center, the workers making drinks, kitchen noises from other food places.

Sounds at a medium range from me: The music playing from the speakers, chairs moving, wrappers crinkling.

Closest to me: My friends’ conversation, keyboard clacking, my friend’s jewelry clanking as she writes.

Sound level: The sound level is medium to high – there is a lot of high volume volumes happening around. There are a lot of people at the Student Center at common hour all talking loudly. The metal dishes at Starbucks are loud as well.

Sound activity: There is a lot of sound activity. There is a lot of people talking and a lot of general physical activity happening that creates a lot of noise.

One work description for the sound environment: Noisy

Three sounds that are essential to the sound environment: Starbucks noises, my friends talking, music playing in Starbucks.