[THIS VIDEO INCLUDES IMAGES OF THE MARCHING BAND, THE FOOTBALL STADIUM, AND THE MICHIGAN STATE VS. MICHIGAN GAME]
[THIS VIDEO OPENS WITH THE HOST JIM PECK STANDING ON A BRIDGE OVERLOOKING THE RED CEDAR RIVER IN THE WINTER]
JIM PECK: WELCOME TO "MSU TODAY.” I'M JIM PECK OVERLOOKING AN ICED-UP RED CEDAR RIVER. HERE'S WHAT'S COMING. THE BIG GAME...
[IMAGES OF THE STADIUM ON GAME DAY]
WOMAN #1: ONCE YOU'RE IN IT, IT JUST LOOKS MASSIVE.
JIM PECK: ...TATTOO RECOGNITION...
[IMAGES OF THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH THE TATTOO RECOGNITION SOFTWARE]
MAN #1THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE "CSI" SHOW.
JIM PECK: ...MSU JAZZ...
[IMAGE OF MAN PLAYING SAXOPHONE]
MAN #2: WE'VE BECOME A NATIONAL CENTER FOR JAZZ, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDWEST.
JIM PECK: ...CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE.
[IMAGES OF BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS]
WOMAN #2: IF YOU GO ALONG CIRCLE DRIVE, THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE A GROUPING OF FOUR OR FIVE BUILDINGS THAT WILL TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1890 AND 1910.
JIM PECK: THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GOOD BIG TEN RIVALRY, AND FOR THE MSU MARCHING BAND, ONE GAME IS ALWAYS A BIG ONE, ALWAYS A HUGE ONE. NOW, DO I REALLY NEED TO TELL YOU WHICH GAME THAT IS?
MAN #3: OUR GAMES WITH THESE GUYS ARE EPIC.
WOMAN #3: BEEN A REALLY LONG FIVE YEARS OF LOSING AND HAVING MICHIGAN BE LUCKY AND US BE UNLUCKY.
WOMAN #4: I'M JUST GONNA BE SO EXCITED.
WOMAN #5: IT'S MY THIRD TIME AT MICHIGAN.
ALL: WIN IT! SPARTANS!
MAN #3: I'M VERY EXCITED. [ LAUGHS ] NEVER BEEN TO THE BIG HOUSE BEFORE.
WOMAN #6: IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ANN ARBOR BEFORE TO PLAY ON THEIR FIELD OR ANYTHING.
MAN #4: IT'S GAME DAY.
MAN #5: WHOO!
MAN #6: GAME DAY.
MAN #7: GAME DAY!
ALL: GAME DAY.
MAN #7: IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF THE YEAR.
MAN #8: THE ONLY ROAD TRIP WE HAVE THIS YEAR.
WOMAN #7: ROAD TRIP. WHOO! WHOO!
MAN #5: WE JUST DO WHAT WE DO.
ALL[SINGING]: HEY, HO, WE'LL GO ANYWHERE THE WIND IS BLOWING ,MANLY MEN ARE WE, SAILING FOR ADVENTURE ON THE BIG BLUE WET THING. [ LAUGHTER ]
MAN #5: HERE WE ARE.
WOMAN #8: UNLOAD THE BUS. THE INSTRUMENTS -- WE'RE GONNA PULL THEM OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE.
JOHN MADDEN, DIRECTOR, MSU MARCHING BAND: WELCOME TO ANN ARBOR. LET'S HAVE A GOOD DAY, OKAY? WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW OUR GUIDE. WE'RE HEADING THAT WAY RIGHT NOW. SEE YOU WHEN WE GET OVER THERE. THERE'S THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT "THIS IS THE YEAR TO BEAT 'EM. I DON'T BUY THAT. I THINK EVERY YEAR IS THE YEAR TO BEAT 'EM.
MAN #5: WHOO! LET'S... GO!
[ WHISTLE BLOWS ]
MADDEN: DRESS CENTER, DRESS!
[ BAND PLAYING WARM-UP EXERCISES ]
MADDEN: THIS IS THE BEST I'VE FELT ABOUT A MICHIGAN GAME IN YEARS. IT'S A COOL DAY, BUT IT'S A LOT MORE FUN WHEN WE WIN.
MAN #9: A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO SEE US. NEVER HAD 100,000 PEOPLE BOO ME BEFORE.
WOMAN #7: 100,000 PEOPLE -- THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
MAN #9: THE ATMOSPHERE, IT'S GONNA BE HYPE.
[ CHANTING ]
MAN #9: OH, I'M READY FOR THIS. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOREVER.
MAN #10: WE SHOULD HAVE WON THERE IN 2000. WE'RE GONNA WIN THERE THIS YEAR.
WOMAN #7: YOU JUST -- YOU TUNE IT ALL OUT, AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THERE.
MAN #10: GOING CRAZY WITH IT.
ALL: GO, STATE!
WOMAN#7: FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM, IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT BIG.
[ CHANTING ]
WOMAN #7: BUT ONCE YOU'RE IN IT, IT JUST LOOKS MASSIVE.
MAN #9: HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE A LOT OF STATE FANS.
WOMAN #8: WE'RE IN LINE FOR A WIN.
WOMAN #9: YEAH.
WOMAN #8: OUR BAND JACKETS COULD USE A GOOD OLD WASHING.
WOMAN #9: GOOD OLD WASH, YEAH.
GAME ANNOUNCER: GOOD AFTERNOON, FOOTBALL FANS. PRESENTING THE SPARTAN MARCHING BAND.
MAN #9: WHEN WE GO OUT FOR PREGAME AND THEY BOO, I ACTUALLY LIKE IT.
WOMAN #8: IT'S FUN. IT PUMPS YOU UP, AND IT GETS YOU GOING.
[ CHANTING]
ALL: GO, STATE! GO, STATE!
MAN #9: I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD DAY FOR THE SPARTANS ALL AROUND.
ALL[CHANTING]: LET'S GO, STATE! LET'S GO, STATE!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
MAN #11: FINISH THIS WIN!
MAN #12: HUH!
ALL[ CHANTING]: GO, STATE, GO! GO, STATE, GO! GO, STATE, GO!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ALL[CHANTING]: FIGHT, FIGHT! RIGHT, TEAM, FIGHT! VICTORY FOR MSU
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
MAN #13: IT'S A WIN, BABY, WIN!
WOMAN #9: I CRIED THE WHOLE, LIKE, LAST MINUTE WHEN THE CLOCK WAS COUNTING DOWN. I JUST HAD TEARS, LIKE, STREAMING DOWN MY FACE.
MAN #13: THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!
MAN #14: FOR ME, IT WAS JUST LIKE -- IT WAS JUST MIND-BLOWING. IT WAS AMAZING.
MAN #15: OH, GOD! WHOO! YEAH!
ALL: YEAH!
WOMAN #10: YEAH! WHOO!
WOMAN #10: THERE'S NOTHING LIKE WINNING IN THE BIG HOUSE, BEING A SPARTAN.
MAN #16: IT'S JUST GREAT, YOU KNOW? GREAT DAY TO BE A SPARTAN.
[END]
[THIS VIDEO INCLUDES IMAGES OF THE TATTOO RECOGNITION SOFTWARE AND THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE RESEARCH]
[THIS VIDEO OPENS WITH THE HOST JIM PECK WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE IN THE WINTER]
JIM PECK: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE TOP RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES. YOU MAY NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT RESEARCH CAN LEAD TO SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF, SOMETIMES SOME PRETTY COOL PRIME-TIME-TV-TYPE STUFF.
ANIL JAIN, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOER, COMPUTER SCIENCE: THIS IS SOMETHING, CLEARLY, THE LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NEED. OUR LAB STARTED WORKING BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE "CSI" SHOW. THIS IS A PRINT, OR A PARTIAL PRINT, WHICH IS LIFTED FROM THE CRIME SCENE.
WOMAN #1: WHEN I SEE "CSI," I KEEP SAYING, "YEAH, THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S NOT TRUE. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.” [ LAUGHS ]
JIM PECK: IT'S JUST LIKE A TV SHOW.
WOMAN #1: NO.
JIM PECK: ALL RIGHT, MAYBE NOT, BUT THESE GUYS ARE STILL DOING A LOT OF THE SAME TYPE OF WORK THAT YOU SEE ON PRIME-TIME TV, JUST MORE REALISTIC.
JAIN: IT'S A CHALLENGING RESEARCH PROBLEM, SO I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING PROJECTS IN OUR LAB.
JIM PECK: DR. ANIL JAIN AND HIS RESEARCHERS IN THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT MSU ARE DIVING DEEP INTO THE WORLD OF BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION.
JAIN: FINGERPRINT MATCHING AND PALM-PRINT MATCHING. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON FACIAL RECOGNITION.
JIM PECK: BUT THERE'S A NEW WAY THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN I.D. YOU...
JAIN: LEAVE IT THE WAY IT WAS.
JIM PECK: ...AND IT'S ONLY SKIN-DEEP.
JIM PECK: LATELY, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN INTEREST IN ANOTHER SOURCE OF EVIDENCE, WHICH IS THE TATTOO.
WOMAN #1: BASICALLY, TATTOO MATCHING, AND THERE WAS INDEXING ALL THE TATTOOS.
JIM PECK: THE RESEARCH HERE HELPS IDENTIFY VICTIMS AND SUSPECTS BY THE INK WE PUT ON OUR BODIES.
JIAN: PEOPLE ARE USED TO SEEING TATTOOS ON A HUMAN BODY, AND THEY NEVER THINK ABOUT IT -- "WELL, PERHAPS THIS COULD BE A PIECE OF EVIDENCE WHICH COULD BE USED TO IDENTIFY VICTIMS AND SUSPECTS.
WOMAN #1: WE STILL TRY TO FIND THE MOST VISUALLY SIMILAR TATTOO IMAGES FROM THE DATABASE.
JIM PECK: AS MORE AND MORE OF US OPT FOR BODY ART, IT MEANS A UNIQUE WAY FOR AUTHORITIES TO NARROW DOWN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS.
JAIN: WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW THE SEARCH ENGINE A QUERY IMAGE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEARCH OUR DATABASE OF SEVERAL MILLION TATTOOS.
MAN #1: YOU CHOOSE AN IMAGE THAT YOU WANT TO ENROLL INTO THE DATABASE.
JAIN: FINDING THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN TWO IMAGES IS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM.
WOMAN #1: THIS BLURRED DOT IS SHOWING THERE'S SOME KIND OF FEATURE KEY POINT IN THE TATTOOS.
MAN #1: THIS IMPORTS MULTIPLE TATTOOS.
WOMAN #1: WHEN YOU TRY TO MATCH TWO IMAGES OF A TATTOO, WE ARE COUNTING HOW MANY MATCHING KEY POINT IS THERE.
MAN #1: YOU DOUBLE-CLICK TO CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU WANT.
WOMAN #1: TWO DIFFERENT IMAGES OF THE SAME TATTOO IS SHOWING THERE IS 370 MATCHING KEY POINTS.
MAN #1: YOU CHOOSE THE GENDER, RACE, AND LOCATION.
WOMAN #1: BUT WHEN YOU COMPARE WITH A DIFFERENT TATTOO, IT'S SHOWING ONLY 64 DIFFERENT FEATURES. THIS IS HOW WE ARE MATCHING TWO IMAGES.
JIM PECK: SO, BASICALLY, THE SYSTEM WORKS JUST LIKE A WEB SEARCH, BUT INSTEAD OF MATCHING YOUR WORDS TO A PAGE, IT MATCHES A PICTURE SEARCH TO OTHER PICTURES IN THE DATABASE. IT MIGHT SEEM EASY, BUT IT DOES HAVE ITS CHALLENGES.
JAIN: THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROBLEM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE CONTRAST IN THE IMAGE CHANGES, THE COLOR MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY OFF BECAUSE OF THE TIME DURATION WHEN THE TATTOO WAS MADE. THE TATTOO MAY FADE. THE HAIR MAY GROW ON IT. SO MATCHING OF IMAGES IS A RATHER DIFFICULT PROBLEM. BUT I THINK CURRENTLY OUR SYSTEM WORKS QUITE WELL.
JIM PECK: EVEN WITH THESE CHALLENGES, THE RESEARCH LOOKS VERY PROMISING.
JAIN: OUR SUCCESS RATE ON A SMALL DATABASE OF 20,000 TATTOO IMAGES IS CLOSE TO ABOUT 93%, 94%.
JIM PECK: THIS IDEA OF MATCHING PEOPLE WITH THEIR TATTOOS BRINGS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO MSU. AUTHORITIES ARE LINING UP TO CHECK IT OUT.
JAIN: HALF OUR RESEARCH IS FUNDED BY THE FBI, AND MANY OF THE STATE AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE INTERESTED IN MATCHING TATTOOS.
JIM PECK: SO, IT'S RESEARCH HAPPENING HERE TODAY THAT WILL HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECT US TOMORROW.
JAIN: WHAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS THE RELEVANCE OF THIS PROBLEM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ACADEMIC CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
[END]
[THIS VIDEO INCLUDES IMAGES OF
[THE VIDEO OPENS WITH THE HOST JIM PECK OUTSIDE ON A WINTER DAY]
JIM PECK: WAIT. DO YOU FEEL THAT? THAT'S A BEAT. THAT'S THE JAZZ. YEAH.
[ JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS ]
JIM PECK: SO YOU THINK, "JAZZ? IN EAST LANSING?"
BRANDON TESH, SAXOPHONE: I KNOW -- EAST LANSING JAZZ. REALLY -- ACTUALLY, UP UNTIL A YEAR AGO, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE PROGRAM REALLY EXISTED.
WES ANDERSON, PROFESSOR OF JAZZ: WELL, THAT'S HOW IT IS. SOMETIMES IT HAS TO START IN DIFFERENT AREAS. LIKE, BEFORE, IT STARTED IN AREAS WHERE MAYBE PEOPLE COULDN'T GO TO, BUT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S INSIDE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE'RE HOPING THIS TIME, PEOPLE LEARN IT AT AN EARLY AGE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MUSIC GREAT.
JIM PECK: THE PROFESSORS ARE A GROUP OF VETERAN JAZZ MUSICIANS WHO TEACH HERE AT MSU. THE JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM BRINGS IN THE TALENT FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
RODNEY WHITAKER, PROFESSOR OF JAZZ: I HAVE KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, AS FAR AWAY AS CALIFORNIA, AND SOME FROM THE BOSTON AREA. AND I'VE MET ALL OF THESE KIDS AT WORKSHOPS, SOME AT SEMINARS, OR PLAYING IN A JAZZ CLUB. AND EVEN THE KIDS FROM SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM FROM DETROIT, ANN ARBOR -- I MET THEM THROUGH THE DETROIT CIVIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA, WHICH I'M THE MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR. AND SO THAT ACTIVE PROFESSIONAL LIFE YOU HAVE WILL HELP YOU TO RECRUIT STUDENTS, BUT IT ALSO KEEPS YOU AT A CERTAIN LEVEL IN TERMS OF YOUR MUSICIANSHIP.
JIM FORGER, DEAN, MSU COLLEGE OF MUSIC: AND WE HAVE WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS WHO COULD BE OUT WORKING EVERY NIGHT BUT HAVE CHOSEN TO COME HERE AND SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, THEIR EXPERTISE, AND THEIR TALENTS WITH STUDENTS. AND, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE FUNCTIONING AS THE PROFESSORS OF JAZZ, SO THEY'RE OUT ON THE ROAD, BUT THEIR COMMITMENT IS TO THESE STUDENTS. SO, IT'S A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF WORLD-CLASS MUSICIANS THAT HAVE GREAT CONNECTIONS BUT HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE A MAJOR MARK BY PASSING THE TRADITION TO A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
JIM PECK: WES ANDERSON WAS WITH THE LEGENDARY WYNTON MARSALIS FOR YEARS. TEACHING IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF WHO HE IS.
ANDERSON: IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE THING. YOU HAVE TO TEACH IT, YOU HAVE TO LEARN IT, YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN IT, YOU HAVE TO OBSERVE IT -- ALL OF THAT.
TESH: AND I WAS FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK WITH WYNTON MARSALIS, BUT I HAD NO IDEA HE WAS TEACHING HERE AT MICHIGAN STATE. AND I HEARD HIM PLAY, TOOK A LESSON WITH HIM, AND ASKED HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE A PROGRAM I'D BE INTERESTED IN COMING TO SEE AND CHECKING OUT.
JIM PECK: THE ROOTS OF JAZZ ARE DEEP IN AMERICA. SOME SAY IT'S TIRED OUT, OLD. NOT HERE. HERE, KEEPING THE JAZZ IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
ANDERSON: PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC NOW SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING FROM ANOTHER PLANET, YOU KNOW? IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU SEE MUSICIANS -- IF YOU SEE THEM PLAYING, IT'S IN A BIG CONCERT, MAYBE IN NEW YORK CITY OR IN EUROPE OR IN ASIA. SO TO BE TEACHING AT A GREAT UNIVERSITY HERE AT MICHIGAN STATE IS -- IT'S UNPARALLEL.
BEN JANSSON, SAXOPHONE: IT'S TIMELESS, YOU KNOW? I MEAN, WHEN I LISTEN TO CHARLIE PARKER OR LESTER YOUNG, IT'S AS MODERN AS ANYTHING THAT I'M HEARING NOW TODAY, AND JUST THEIR ABILITY TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES IS SO INCREDIBLE THAT IT'S TIMELESS.
ANDERSON: SO, A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE WILL TELL YOU, "WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING OLD.” I SAY, "WELL, YEAH, BUT THE SCRAMBLED EGG IS OLD. THAT DON'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT GONNA EAT IT ANYMORE 'CAUSE IT'S OLD.”
WHITAKER: WE'VE BECOME A NATIONAL CENTER FOR JAZZ, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDWEST, AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY -- I MEAN, EVERYBODY CALLS. THEY WANT TO COME HERE BECAUSE THEY HEARD THAT THE KIDS CAN SWING HERE AND THEY CAN PLAY, AND THEY WANT TO COME HERE AND DO RESIDENCIES. AND I THINK HAVING WYNTON HERE -- YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WYNTON TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY AND JUST HOW TO PRESENT AND HOW TO TALK TO FOLKS. I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM THAT I THINK HAVING HIM IS KIND OF LIKE THE ICING ON THE CAKE, AND IT REALLY SHOWS THE HARD WORK, SHOWCASES THE HARD WORK, THAT'S COME TOGETHER HERE. IN FACT, IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE COLLABORATIONS WHICH EXIST THROUGHOUT THE COLLEGE OF MUSIC.
[ APPLAUSE ]
JIM PECK: WYNTON MARSALIS DROPS IN FOR MASTER CLASSES AND PERFORMANCES. HE GOES WAY BACK WITH ALL THE PROFESSORS, AND HE SPEAKS ACROSS THE GENERATIONS.
WYNTON MARSALIS: DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT WAS A BLUES? ALL RIGHT. NOW, YOU KNOW THE BLUES. WE'VE BEEN PLAYING THE BLUES IN AMERICA FOR A LONG TIME. OVER 100 YEARS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS THE BLUES -- ROCK 'N' ROLL, JAZZ, RHYTHM AND BLUES, COUNTRY AND WESTERN -- THAT'S ALL BLUES.
WHITAKER: 1, 2. A-1, 2, 3.
JIM PECK: THE MUSIC BUILDING IS LOUD. YOU HEAR THE LEARNING HERE. IT'S NOT LIKE WHERE THEY'RE LEARNING MATH. YOU DON'T HEAR ALGORITHMS.
ANDERSON: THE MUSIC BUILDING IS DIFFERENT 'CAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR -- WHEN YOU COME IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN ALWAYS HEAR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC GOING ON. YOU KNOW, LIKE I CAME THIS MORNING -- I HEARD SOMEBODY SINGING A GREAT ARIA. YOU KNOW, BUT RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, I HEARD A SAXOPHONE PLAYER WORKING ON A JOHN COLTRANE SONG. SO TO HEAR THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER WAS SO CRAZY, BUT IT SOUNDED GREAT. I SAID, "WELL, YOU CAN'T HEAR THIS NOWHERE.”
JIM PECK: THE JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM AT MSU IS ALWAYS SWINGING, ALWAYS TEACHING, ALWAYS HERE WHEN YOU ARE READY. THE JAZZ GOES ON. THE TRADITIONS ARE PASSED ON. THE LESSONS AND THE MUSIC ARE ETERNAL. THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF, YOU RECEIVE, AND YOU GIVE SOME MORE. IT IS THE PLACE WHERE YOU CAN IMMERSE YOURSELF INTO A STUDY IN JAZZ. BUT IT FEELS LIKE PLAY. AFTER ALL, WHERE ELSE IS YOUR PROFESSOR GONNA LOOK AT YOU AND SAY, "ALL RIGHT, GO PLAY"?
[ UP-TEMPO JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS ] [ CHEERING ]
[END]
[THIS VIDEO INCLUDES IMAGES OF CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE]
[THIS VIDEO OPENS WITH THE HOST JIM PECK WALKING OUTSIDE ON A SNOWY DAY]
JIM PECK: MSU IS A PLACE WHERE THE GROUNDS AND THE BUILDINGS CONNECT THE CENTURIES AND CONNECT THE GENERATIONS. YOU WALK AROUND CAMPUS, AND YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL THE PASSAGE OF TIME.
LINDA STANFORD, ASC. PROVOST, ACADEMIC SERVICES: MICHIGAN STATE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT FROM ITS EARLIEST YEARS, IT BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT THE CAMPUS AS A PARK AND VALUED THE ACTUAL GEOGRAPHY AND THE PLANTS AS PART OF THEIR AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE. SO, THE CAMPUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE. IT'S USED TO EVEN TODAY FOR STUDY.
JIM PECK: IT MIGHT BE EASIER TO THINK OF CAMPUS -- THIS WHOLE CAMPUS -- AS YOUR HOUSE...WITH A REALLY BIG YARD. ALL THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, EVERY DETAIL, HAS TO BE CARED FOR EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR AND THROUGH THE GENERATIONS. SO, IF YOU WERE GOING TO ADD ON TO YOUR HOME, WHAT WOULD YOU ADD? HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? MSU IS A LITTLE LIKE THAT. IT REFLECTS WHAT WAS, IS, AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE GOING ON IN SOCIETY.
STANFORD: THE CAMPUS IS A REFLECTION OF A SOCIETY, BUT ALSO, AS PRESIDENT HANNAH SAID, IT IS MEANT TO BE A DEMONSTRATION MODEL. SO AS POPULATION CHANGES, AS WE BECOME MORE URBAN, THE CHALLENGE IS NOT TO PRESERVE THIS AS A BUCOLIC MUSEUM BUT TO MAKE IT BE A WORKING, LIVING ENVIRONMENT, A LIVING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU GO ALONG CIRCLE DRIVE, THERE ARE PLACES WHERE THERE ARE A GROUPING OF FOUR OR FIVE BUILDINGS THAT WILL TRANSPORT YOU BACK TO ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1890 AND 1910, IF YOU WANTED TO EXPERIENCE THAT.
[IMAGES OF BUILDINGS ON CIRCLE DRIVE]
STANFORD: AND YET YOU CAN WALK ON OTHER PARTS OF CAMPUS AND FEEL AS THOUGH YOU'RE IN THE 1960s AND OTHER PARTS THAT REALLY LEAD YOU INTO THE FUTURE, AND THAT'S THE BIG CHALLENGE. SO IN MAKING THE DECISION TO ADD TO THE STADIUM, FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH WAS A RADICAL DECISION, THE IDEA WAS ALSO TO ADD TO A BIG BUILDING AND MAKE IT MULTIDIMENSIONAL IN ITS USEFULNESS, AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS.
[IMAGES OF SPARTAN STADIUM]
STANFORD: IT'S FAIRLY UNIQUE, FOR A SCHOOL OUR SIZE, TO HAVE THE STADIUM STILL ACTUALLY BE ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH MAKES IT MUCH MORE A PART OF THE WHOLE ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN WE BUILT BIOMEDICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCES, WHICH IS NOW BECOMING MORE -- NOT LESS NEW-LOOKING, BUT MORE A PART OF THE CAMPUS AS THE TREES GROW AND AS ART IS PLACED AROUND IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO THAT FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS, AND THEN, IN THE FUTURE, THE ART MUSEUM.
[IMAGES OF THE BIOMEDICAL PHYSICAL SCIENCES BUILDING AND THE ART SURROUNDING IT]
JIM PECK: THE ART MUSEUM IS COMING.
[IMAGE OF THE AREA WHERE THE ART MUSEUM WILL BE BUILT]
THE LONELY SPACE THAT'S JUST SORT OF HANGING OUT ON THE EDGE OF CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING BUT LONELY WHEN THE BROAD ART MUSEUM CASTS ITS EDGY SHADOW WHEN IT CRACKS OPEN ITS DOORS AND REVEALS THE TREASURES INSIDE, WHICH CAN BUT HOPE TO RIVAL THE AUDACIOUS DESIGN OF THEIR HOME.
STANFORD: WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE MEMORABLE, THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE -- THE DUOMO, THE CATHEDRAL IN FLORENCE, IS MEMORABLE BECAUSE OF THE TEXTURE OF ITS OUTSIDE STONE IN GREEN AND WHITE OR GREEN AND BEIGE. THIS IS GOING TO BE REMARKABLE BECAUSE OF ITS USE OF GLASS AND METAL AND OTHER MATERIALS.
[IMAGE OF THE 3-D DESIGN PLAN FOR THE ART MUSEUM, CONTINUES TO A VIRTUAL TOUR OF WHAT THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING WILL LOOK LIKE]
JIM PECK: IT WILL BE, BY DESIGN, ICONIC. IT WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL.
STANFORD: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD IT, BUT THAT'S THE TERM THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS USED, AND THAT WAS THE CHALLENGE -- WAS TO FIND A FIRM THAT WAS WILLING TO CREATE A BUILDING THAT YOU COULD THINK OF AS OUR LARGEST SCULPTURE ON CAMPUS, AS THE HOME FOR THE UNIVERSITY'S ART COLLECTION, AS A PLACE THAT BRIDGES BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE CAMPUS, AS A PLACE FOR CHILDREN, STUDENTS, ANYONE OF ANY AGE TO COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE ARTS, THE VISUAL ARTS.
JIM PECK: ONE LOOK, ONE SINGLE GLANCE, AND YOU KNOW IT STANDS OUT.
STANFORD: WE WANT A DESIGN THAT'S CHALLENGING, AND IT WILL BE DEFINITELY DIFFERENT FROM ITS NEIGHBORS.
[IMAGES OF OLDER BUILDINGS ON CAMPUS]
JIM PECK: BUT ITS NEIGHBORS WILL UNDERSTAND. THEY'LL GET USED TO THE NEW FAMILY NEXT DOOR, JUST AS THEY HAVE THROUGH THE YEARS.
STANFORD: AND THAT'S, AGAIN, SOMETHING YOU FEEL ON THIS CAMPUS THAT YOU DON'T FEEL ELSEWHERE -- THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO MAKING THE CAMPUS WORK. THERE ARE SOME CITIES IN THE U.S. OR IN THE WORLD THAT FEEL THAT WAY, AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT FEEL DISJOINTED. AND HERE, THERE'S A SENSE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING THE WORK, THAT ARE MOWING THE LAWNS OR DOING WHATEVER ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE, ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING TO MAKING THIS ORGANISM THRIVE.
JIM PECK: THE BUILDINGS, THE LANDSCAPE -- ALL OF IT COMES TOGETHER AND HAS TO COME TOGETHER TO MAKE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY A REAL COMMUNITY, NOT JUST A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS.
STANFORD: IT'S THE INTERPLAY OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE GREEN SPACE THAT MAKES OUR CAMPUS WONDERFUL. AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN FIND PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN INHABITING, SITTING IN, WALKING THROUGH THAT DON'T EVEN HAVE NAMES, AND YET THEY'RE PLACES THAT PEOPLE GO TO. THE PLACE BEHIND THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WHERE THE DUCKS ARE IS NOT NAMED, BUT EVERYONE KNOWS IF YOU SAY, "I'LL MEET YOU AT THE DUCKS," THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED TO GO. AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LEARN WHEN THEY'RE ON THE CAMPUS -- THAT IT'S NEAT, PEOPLE ARE NOT THROWING TRASH, AND YET IT'S NOT ANTISEPTIC. IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING ORGANISM. AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S A ROLE MODEL THAT PEOPLE WILL KEEP WITH THEM WHEN THEY MOVE BACK TO -- THEY LEAVE SCHOOL AND THEY MOVE INTO BUILDING AND BEING A PART OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
JIM PECK: THROUGH THE YEARS, BRICKS AND MORTAR BECOME BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS BECOME ICONS, AND ICONS BECOME TRANSFORMATIONAL. BUT AT THE HEART OF IT IS MICHIGAN STATE. AND BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS MICHIGAN STATE -- THESE BRICKS AND MORTAR, THIS GLASS AND STEEL, ALL OF IT -- ALL OF IT FEELS LIKE HOME AND ALWAYS WILL.
[IMAGES OF PEOPLE IN THE BEAL GARDENS]
JIM PECK: WE LEAVE YOU AT THE BEAL GARDENS ON CAMPUS -- A SWEET SPOT FOR SOME PEACEFUL MOMENTS IN WARMER MONTHS.
ANNOUNCER: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BIG TEN NETWORK.
[END]
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