Pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold Legacy imalola ophunzira omwe adaphunzira ku Virginia Tech kupereka mphete za makalasi zomwe zimasungunuka kuti apange golide kuti azigwiritsidwa ntchito m'mphete za makalasi zamtsogolo—mwambo womwe umalumikiza zakale, zamakono ndi zamtsogolo.
Travis “Rusty” Untersuber ali ndi chidwi chachikulu pamene akulankhula za abambo ake, mphete ya abambo ake yomaliza maphunziro mu 1942, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake komanso mwayi wowonjezera cholowa cha banja ku Virginia Tech. Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yapitayo, iye ndi alongo ake sankadziwa chochita ndi mphete za makolo awo omwe anamwalira. Kenako, mwamwayi, Untersuber anakumbukira pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold Legacy, yomwe imalola ophunzira kapena achibale a ophunzira kuti apereke mphete za kalasi, kuzisungunula kuti apange golide wa Hokie ndikuziyika mu mphete za kalasi zamtsogolo. Kukambirana kwa banja kunatsatira ndipo adagwirizana kuti alowe nawo pulogalamuyi. "Ndikudziwa kuti pulogalamuyi ilipo ndipo ndikudziwa kuti tili ndi mphete," adatero Winterzuber. "Miyezi isanu ndi umodzi yokha yapitayo anali limodzi." Kumapeto kwa Novembala, Entesuber adayendetsa galimoto maola 15 kuchokera kumudzi kwawo ku Davenport, Iowa, kupita ku Richmond kukachezera banja pa tchuthi cha Thanksgiving. Kenako adapita ku Blacksburg kukapezeka pamwambo wosungunula mphete ku VTFIRE Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry pa kampasi ya Virginia Tech. Mwambo wopereka mphoto, womwe unachitika pa Novembala 29, wakhala ukuchitika chaka chilichonse kuyambira 2012 ndipo unachitikanso chaka chatha, ngakhale kuti ndi apurezidenti a Gulu la 2022 okha omwe adapezekapo chifukwa cha zoletsa zokhudzana ndi kachilombo ka corona pa chiwerengero cha anthu omwe amaloledwa kulowa m'mabungwe. Mwambo wapaderawu wolumikiza zakale ndi zamtsogolo unayamba mu 1964, pomwe ma cadet awiri ochokera ku Company M a Virginia Tech Cadets—Jesse Fowler ndi Jim Flynn—adapereka lingaliroli. Laura Wedin, mkulu wothandizira ophunzira ndi achinyamata omwe adalowa nawo m'maphunziro, amayang'anira pulogalamuyi kuti asonkhanitse mphete kuchokera kwa omwe adamaliza maphunziro omwe akufuna kuti mphete zawo zisungunuke ndi kuchotsedwa miyala. Imatsatiranso mafomu opereka ndalama ndi mbiri ya eni ake a mphete ndikutumiza imelo yotsimikizira mphete yotumizidwa ikalandiridwa. Kuphatikiza apo, Ukwati unayang'anira mwambo wosungunula golide, womwe unaphatikizapo Almanac of Trumpets yomwe ikuwonetsa chaka chomwe mphete yagolide idasungunuka. Mphete zomwe zaperekedwa zimayikidwa patsamba la anthu onse la wophunzira wakale kapena wophunzira wakale, kenako membala wa komiti yopanga mpheteyo amasamutsa mphete iliyonse kukhala chophikira cha graphite ndikulemba dzina la wophunzira wakale kapena wophunzira wakale kapena mkazi wake yemwe poyamba ankavala mpheteyo ndi chaka chomwe anaphunzira. Asanayike mpheteyo mu chinthu chozungulira.
Ant Zuber anabweretsa mphete zitatu kuti zisungunuke - mphete ya kalasi ya abambo ake, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake ndi mphete ya ukwati ya mkazi wake Doris. Untersuber ndi mkazi wake anakwatirana mu 1972, chaka chomwecho chomwe anamaliza maphunziro ake. Pambuyo pa imfa ya abambo ake, mphete ya kalasi ya abambo ake inaperekedwa kwa mlongo wake Kaethe ndi amayi ake, ndipo Kaethe Untersuber anavomera kupereka mpheteyo ngati pakhala tsoka. Pambuyo pa imfa ya amayi ake, mphete yaying'ono ya amayi ake inasiyidwa kwa mkazi wake Doris Untersuber, yemwe anavomera kupereka mpheteyo kukhoti. Abambo ake a Untersuber anabwera ku Virginia Tech pa maphunziro a mpira mu 1938, anali cadet ku Virginia Tech ndipo anatumikira mu usilikali atapeza digiri ya uinjiniya waulimi. Abambo ake ndi amayi ake anakwatirana mu 1942, ndipo mphete yaying'onoyo inagwira ntchito ngati mphete ya chibwenzi. Untersuber anaperekanso mphete yake ya kalasi kuti akwanitse zaka 50 akumaliza maphunziro ake ku Virginia Tech chaka chamawa. Komabe, mphete yake sinali imodzi mwa mphete zisanu ndi zitatu zomwe zinasungunuka. M'malo mwake, Virginia Tech ikukonzekera kusunga mphete yake mu "kapisozi ka nthawi" komwe kamamangidwa pafupi ndi Burroughs Hall ngati gawo la chikondwerero cha zaka 150 cha yunivesiteyi.
"Tili ndi mwayi wothandiza anthu kuganizira za tsogolo ndikusintha zinthu, ndikupangitsa anthu kuganizira mafunso monga, 'Kodi ndingathandizire bwanji cholinga?' ndi 'Ndingapitilize bwanji cholowa?'" anatero Untersuber. "Pulogalamu ya Hokie Gold ndi zonse ziwiri. Ikupitirizabe mwambo ndipo ikuyembekezera kuona momwe tingapangire mphete yotsatira yabwino. ... Cholowa chomwe imapereka ndi chamtengo wapatali kwambiri kwa ine ndi mkazi wanga. Ndi lero. Ndicho chifukwa chake tikupatsa Untersuber awiri, omwe adatsatira mapazi a abambo ake ndipo adapeza digiri ya uinjiniya waulimi asanagwire ntchito mumakampani opanga zida zaulimi ndipo tsopano wapuma pantchito, adakhalapo pamwambowu pamodzi ndi mamembala angapo a Komiti Yopanga Mphete ndi purezidenti wa Gulu la 2023. Mpheteyo ikadzazidwa, mtanda umatengedwa kupita ku fakitale yoyambira, komwe ntchito yonse imayang'aniridwa ndi Alan Drushitz, pulofesa wothandizira wa sayansi ya zinthu. Mtandawu umayikidwa mu uvuni wawung'ono wotenthedwa mpaka madigiri 1,800, ndipo mkati mwa mphindi 20 golideyo amasinthidwa kukhala madzi. Wapampando wa Komiti Yopanga Mphete Victoria Hardy, wophunzira wachiwiri wochokera ku Williamsburg, Virginia, yemwe adzamaliza maphunziro ake mu 2023 ndi digiri ya uinjiniya wamakina ndi sayansi ya makompyuta, adavala zida zodzitetezera ndikugwiritsa ntchito pliers kukweza mtandawu kuchokera mu uvuni. Kenako adatsanulira golide wamadzimadzi. mu chikombole, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chikhale cholimba ngati golide wozungulira. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi bwino," adatero Hardy ponena za mwambowu. "Kalasi iliyonse imasintha kapangidwe ka mphete yake, kotero ndimamva ngati mwambowo ndi wapadera ndipo uli ndi mawonekedwe ake chaka chilichonse. Koma mukaganizira kuti gulu lililonse la mphete za kalasi lili ndi Hokie Gold yoperekedwa ndi omaliza maphunziro ndi komiti yomwe idawatsogolera, kalasi iliyonse imagwirizana kwambiri. Pali zigawo zambiri pa mwambo wonse wa mphete ndipo ndikuganiza kuti chidutswa ichi ndi chisankho chanzeru chopereka kupitiriza kwa chinthu chomwe kalasi iliyonse idakali yosiyana kwambiri. Ndimakonda ndipo ndikusangalala nacho. Tinatha kubwera ku fakitale ndikukhala gawo lake."
Mphetezo zimasungunuka pa madigiri 1,800 Fahrenheit ndipo golide wamadzimadziwo umathiridwa mu chikombole chamakona anayi. Chithunzi mwachilolezo cha Kristina Franusich, Virginia Tech.
Mzere wagolide wokhala ndi mphete zisanu ndi zitatu umalemera ma ounces 6.315. Kenako ukwati unatumiza mzere wagolide ku Belfort, komwe kunapanga mphete za kalasi ya Virginia Tech, komwe antchito anakonza golideyo ndikugwiritsa ntchito kupangira mphete za kalasi ya Virginia Tech chaka chotsatira. Amasunganso ndalama zochepa kuchokera ku kusungunuka kulikonse kuti ziphatikizidwe mu kusungunuka kwa mphete m'zaka zamtsogolo. Masiku ano, mphete iliyonse yagolide ili ndi 0.33% ya "golide wa Hoki". Zotsatira zake, wophunzira aliyense amalumikizidwa mophiphiritsa ndi wophunzira wakale wa Virginia Tech. Zithunzi ndi makanema zidatengedwa ndikuyikidwa pa malo ochezera a pa Intaneti, zomwe zimawonetsa abwenzi, ophunzira akusukulu ndi anthu onse mwambo womwe ochepa ankadziwa. Chofunika kwambiri, madzulowo adapangitsa ophunzira omwe analipo kuganizira za cholowa chawo chamtsogolo komanso kutenga nawo mbali mtsogolo mu mphete zawo za kalasi. "Ndikufunadi kusonkhanitsa komiti pamodzi ndikuchita china chake chosangalatsa monga kupita ku fakitale kachiwiri ndikupereka mphete," adatero Hardy. "Mwina zili ngati chikondwerero cha zaka 50. Sindikudziwa ngati chidzakhala mphete yanga, koma ngati ndi choncho, ndidzakhala wokondwa ndipo ndikuyembekeza kuti titha kuchita china chonga chimenecho. "Iyi ndi njira yabwino yosinthira mphete." Ndikuganiza kuti zidzakhala zochepa kunena kuti “Sindikufunanso izi” koma zidzakhala ngati “Ndikufuna kukhala mbali ya mwambo waukulu,” ngati zimenezo n’zomveka. Ndikudziwa kuti ichi chidzakhala chisankho chapadera kwa aliyense amene akuchiganizira.
Antsuber, mkazi wake ndi alongo ake ankakhulupirira kuti ichi chingakhale chisankho chabwino kwambiri kwa banja lawo, makamaka atatha kukambirana mozama pokumbukira momwe Virginia Tech inakhudzira miyoyo ya makolo awo. Analira atalankhula za zotsatira zabwino. "Zinali zokhutiritsa mtima, koma panalibe kukayikira," adatero Winterzuber. "Titazindikira zomwe tingachite, tinadziwa kuti ndi chinthu chomwe timafunika kuchita—ndipo tinkafuna kuchita."
Kampani ya Virginia Tech ikuwonetsa kusintha kudzera mu thandizo lake lapadziko lonse lapansi la malo, kupititsa patsogolo chitukuko chokhazikika cha madera athu ku Commonwealth ya Virginia ndi padziko lonse lapansi.
Nthawi yotumizira: Novembala-21-2023