ʻAe ka papahana Hokie Gold Legacy i nā alumni o Virginia Tech e hāʻawi i nā apo papa i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e hana i ke gula no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā apo papa e hiki mai ana—he kuʻuna e hoʻohui i ka wā i hala, kēia manawa, a me ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua piha ʻo Travis “Rusty” Untersuber i ka manaʻo nui i kāna kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i kona makuakāne, ke apo puka o kona makuakāne i ka makahiki 1942, ke apo liʻiliʻi o kona makuahine a me ka manawa kūpono e hoʻohui i ka hoʻoilina ʻohana ma Virginia Tech. ʻEono mahina i hala aku nei, ʻaʻole ʻo ia a me kona mau kaikuahine i ʻike i ka mea e hana ai me nā apo o ko lākou mau mākua i make. A laila, ma kahi hanana, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Untersuber i ka papahana Hokie Gold Legacy, kahi e ʻae ai i nā alumni a i ʻole nā lālā ʻohana o nā alumni e hāʻawi i nā apo papa, e hoʻoheheʻe iā lākou e hana i ke gula Hokie a hoʻokomo iā lākou i nā apo papa e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻomaka kahi kūkākūkā ʻohana a ua ʻae lākou e hui pū me ka papahana. "Ua ʻike wau aia ka papahana a ua ʻike wau he apo kā mākou," wahi a Winterzuber. "ʻEono mahina wale nō i hala aku nei ua hui pū lākou." I ka hopena o Nowemapa, ua kalaiwa ʻo Entesuber i 15 mau hola mai kona kūlanakauhale hānau ʻo Davenport, Iowa, a i Richmond e kipa i ka ʻohana i ka wā hoʻomaha Thanksgiving. A laila ua kipa ʻo ia iā Blacksburg e hele i kahi ʻaha hoʻoheheʻe apo ma ka VTFIRE Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry ma ke kahua ʻo Virginia Tech. Ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha hoʻohanohano, i mālama ʻia ma Nowemapa 29, i kēlā me kēia makahiki mai ka makahiki 2012 a ua mālama ʻia hoʻi i ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ʻo nā pelekikena o ka Papa o 2022 wale nō i hele mai ma muli o nā kapu e pili ana i ka maʻi coronavirus ma ka nui o ka poʻe i ʻae ʻia i loko o nā ʻoihana. Ua hoʻomaka kēia kuʻuna kūikawā o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka wā i hala a me ka wā e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 1964, i ka wā i hāpai ai ʻelua mau kadeta mai ka Hui M o nā Kadeta ʻo Virginia Tech—ʻo Jesse Fowler lāua ʻo Jim Flynn—i ka manaʻo. ʻO Laura Wedin, ka luna hoʻokele pili o ka hoʻopili ʻana o nā haumāna a me nā alumni ʻōpio, e hoʻonohonoho i ka papahana e hōʻiliʻili i nā apo mai nā alumni e makemake ana e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ko lākou mau apo a wehe ʻia nā pōhaku. Hoʻopaʻa pū ia i nā palapala hāʻawi a me nā bios o ka mea nona ke apo a hoʻouna i kahi leka uila hōʻoia i ka wā e loaʻa ai kahi apo i waiho ʻia. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Wedding i ka ʻaha hoʻoheheʻe gula, me kahi Almanac of Trumpets e hōʻike ana i ka makahiki i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ai ke apo gula. Hoʻolaha ʻia nā apo i hāʻawi ʻia ma ka ʻaoʻao lehulehu o ka alumnus a i ʻole alumnae, a laila hoʻoili kekahi lālā o ke kōmike hoʻolālā apo i kēlā me kēia apo i loko o kahi ipu hoʻoheheʻe graphite a haʻi i ka inoa o ka alumnus a i ʻole alumnae a i ʻole ka wahine/kāne nāna i komo mua i ke apo a me ka makahiki o ke aʻo ʻana. Ma mua o ke kau ʻana i ke apo i loko o kahi mea cylindrical.
Ua lawe mai ʻo Ant Zuber i ʻekolu mau apo e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia - ke apo papa o kona makuakāne, ke apo liʻiliʻi o kona makuahine a me ke apo mare a kāna wahine ʻo Doris. Ua mare ʻo Untersuber lāua ʻo kāna wahine i ka makahiki 1972, ʻo ia hoʻi ka makahiki i puka ai ʻo ia. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o kona makuakāne, ua hāʻawi ʻia ke apo papa o kona makuakāne i kona kaikuahine ʻo Kaethe e kona makuahine, a ua ʻae ʻo Kaethe Untersuber e hāʻawi i ke apo inā he pōpilikia. Ma hope o ka make ʻana o kona makuahine, ua waiho ʻia ke apo liʻiliʻi o kona makuahine i kāna wahine ʻo Doris Untersuber, nāna i ʻae e hāʻawi i ke apo i ka hoʻokolokolo. Ua hele mai ka makuakāne o Untersuber i Virginia Tech ma kahi haʻawina pôpeku i ka makahiki 1938, he kadeta ma Virginia Tech a ua lawelawe ma ka Pūʻali Koa ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kēkelē ma ka ʻenekinia mahiʻai. Ua mare kona makuakāne a me kona makuahine i ka makahiki 1942, a ua lawelawe ke apo liʻiliʻi ma ke ʻano he apo hoʻopalau. Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo Untersuber i kāna apo papa no kona makahiki 50 o kona puka ʻana mai Virginia Tech i ka makahiki aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo kāna apo kekahi o nā apo ʻewalu i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia. Akā, hoʻolālā ʻo Virginia Tech e mālama i kāna apo i loko o kahi "capsule manawa" i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi kokoke iā Burroughs Hall ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki 150 o ke kulanui.
"Loaʻa iā mākou ka manawa kūpono e kōkua i nā kānaka e noʻonoʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana a hana i kahi hopena, a hoʻoikaika i nā kānaka e noʻonoʻo i nā nīnau e like me, 'Pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke kākoʻo i kahi kumu?' a 'Pehea wau e hoʻomau ai i ka hoʻoilina?'" wahi a Untersuber. "ʻO ka papahana Hokie Gold nā mea ʻelua. Ke hoʻomau nei ia i ke kuʻuna a ke kakali nei e ʻike pehea mākou e hana ai i ke apo nui aʻe. … He waiwai nui ka hoʻoilina āna e hāʻawi ai iaʻu a me kaʻu wahine. ʻO kēia lā. ʻO ia ke kumu e hāʻawi aku nei mākou i ʻelua Untersuber, nāna i hahai i nā kapuaʻi o kona makuakāne a loaʻa i ke kēkelē ma ka ʻenekinia mahiʻai ma mua o ka hana ʻana ma ka ʻoihana lako mahiʻai a ua hoʻomaha loa ʻia, ua hele i ka ʻaha me kekahi mau lālā o ke Kōmike Hoʻolālā Apo a me ka pelekikena o ka Papa o 2023. Ke hoʻopiha ʻia ke apo, lawe ʻia ka ipu hao i ka hale hana hao, kahi e mālama ʻia ai ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa e Alan Drushitz, ke polopeka kōkua o ka ʻepekema mea. Hoʻokomo hope ʻia ka ipu hao i loko o kahi umu liʻiliʻi i hoʻomehana ʻia i 1,800 degere, a i loko o 20 mau minuke ua hoʻololi ʻia ke gula i ʻano wai. ʻO ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ke Kōmike Hoʻolālā apo ʻo Victoria Hardy, he haumāna ʻōpio mai Williamsburg, Virginia, nāna e puka i ka makahiki 2023 me ke kēkelē ma ka ʻenekinia mīkini a me ka ʻepekema kamepiula, ua komo i nā mea pale a hoʻohana i nā pliers e hāpai i ka ipu hao mai ka umu. A laila ninini ʻo ia i ke gula wai i loko o ka mold, allowing it to solidify into a small rectangular gold bar. “I think it's cool,” Hardy said of the tradition. “Each class changes their ring design, so I feel like the tradition itself is unique and has its own character each year. But when you consider that each batch of class rings contains Hokie Gold donated by the graduates and the committee that preceded them, each class is still so closely connected. There are so many layers to the whole ring tradition and I think this piece is a smart decision to provide continuity to something where each class is still so distinct. I like it and I'm happy with it. We were able to come to the foundry and become part of it.”
Hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā apo ma 1,800 degere Fahrenheit a ninini ʻia ke gula wai i loko o kahi ʻōmole huinahā. Kiʻi na Kristina Franusich, Virginia Tech.
ʻO ke kaumaha o ke kola gula i loko o nā apo ʻewalu he 6.315 auneke. A laila ua hoʻouna ʻo Wedding i ke kola gula i Belfort, nāna i hana i nā apo papa Virginia Tech, kahi i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai nā limahana i ke gula a hoʻohana iā ia e hoʻolei i nā apo papa Virginia Tech no ka makahiki aʻe. Mālama pū lākou i kahi liʻiliʻi loa mai kēlā me kēia hoʻoheheʻe ʻia no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā apo hoʻoheheʻe i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. I kēia lā, aia i loko o kēlā me kēia apo gula he 0.33% "Hoki gula". ʻO ka hopena, ua pili like kēlā me kēia haumāna i kahi haumāna puka mua o Virginia Tech. Ua lawe ʻia nā kiʻi a me nā wikiō a kau ʻia ma nā pāpili kaiapili, e hoʻolauna ana i nā hoaaloha, nā hoa papa a me ka lehulehu i kahi kuʻuna i ʻike ʻole ʻia e kakaikahi. ʻOi aku ka mea nui, ua hoʻoulu ke ahiahi i nā haumāna i hele mai e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ko lākou mau hoʻoilina e hiki mai ana a me ka hiki ke komo i kā lākou mau apo papa i ka wā e hiki mai ana. "Makemake maoli wau e hoʻākoakoa i kahi kōmike a hana i kahi mea leʻaleʻa e like me ka hele hou ʻana i ka hale hana hao a hāʻawi i kahi apo," wahi a Hardy. "Malia paha e like me ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki 50. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā ʻo koʻu apo ia, akā inā pēlā, e hauʻoli wau a manaʻolana e hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea e like me ia. "He ala maikaʻi loa kēia e hoʻohou ai i kahi apo. Manaʻo wau e emi iki ana ka ʻōlelo "ʻAʻole pono hou iaʻu kēia" a ʻoi aku ka like me "Makemake au e lilo i ʻāpana o kahi kuʻuna nui aʻe," inā kūpono ia. Ua ʻike wau he koho kūikawā kēia no ka poʻe e noʻonoʻo ana i ia mea.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Antsuber, kāna wahine a me nā kaikuahine ʻo ia ka hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa no ko lākou ʻohana, ʻoiai ma hope o ka kamaʻilio ʻana o lākou ʻehā me ke aloha e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka hopena o Virginia Tech i ke ola o ko lākou mau mākua. Ua uē lākou ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i ka hopena maikaʻi. "He mea naʻau ia, akā ʻaʻohe kānalua," wahi a Winterzuber. "I ka manawa i ʻike ai mākou i ka mea hiki iā mākou ke hana, ua ʻike mākou he mea ia e pono ai mākou e hana—a makemake mākou e hana ia mea."
Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Virginia Tech i kona hopena ma o kāna hāʻawi ʻāina honua, e hoʻolaha ana i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau o ko mākou mau kaiāulu ma ka Commonwealth o Virginia a puni ka honua.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Nov-21-2023