Chirongwa cheHokie Gold Legacy chinobvumira vadzidzi veVirginia Tech vakapedza kudzidza kupa mhete dzekirasi dzinonyungudutswa kuti dzigadzire goridhe rekushandisa mumhete dzekirasi dzemangwana—tsika inobatanidza zvakapfuura, zvazvino uye zveramangwana.
Travis “Rusty” Untersuber azere nemanzwiro paanotaura nezvababa vake, mhete yekupedza kudzidza yababa vake muna 1942, mhete diki yaamai vake uye mukana wekuwedzera nhaka yemhuri kuVirginia Tech. Mwedzi mitanhatu yapfuura, iye nehanzvadzi dzake vaisaziva zvekuita nemhete dzevabereki vavo vakafa. Zvadaro, netsaona, Untersuber akayeuka chirongwa cheHokie Gold Legacy, chinobvumira vadzidzi vekare kana nhengo dzemhuri dzevadzidzi vekare kupa mhete dzekirasi, kuti dzinyungudutswe kuti dzigadzire goridhe reHokie uye dziisanganiswe mumhete dzekirasi dzemangwana. Hurukuro yemhuri yakatevera uye vakabvumirana kupinda muchirongwa ichi. “Ndinoziva kuti chirongwa chiripo uye ndinoziva kuti tine mhete,” akadaro Winterzuber. “Mwedzi mitanhatu chete yapfuura vaive pamwe chete.” Mukupera kwaMbudzi, Entesuber akatyaira motokari kwemaawa gumi nemashanu kubva kumusha kwake kuDavenport, Iowa, kuenda kuRichmond kunoona mhuri panguva yezororo reThanksgiving. Akazoshanyira Blacksburg kunopinda mhemberero yekunyungudutsa mhete paVTFIRE Kroehling Advanced Materials Foundry paVirginia Tech campus. Mhemberero yekupa mibairo, yakaitwa musi wa29 Mbudzi, yave ichiitwa gore rega rega kubvira muna 2012 uye yakatoitwa gore rapfuura, kunyangwe vatungamiriri veKirasi ya2022 chete ndivo vakapinda nekuda kwezvirambidzo zvine chekuita nekoronavirus pahuwandu hwevanhu vanobvumirwa kupinda muzvikoro. Tsika iyi yakasiyana yekubatanidza zvakapfuura neramangwana yakatanga muna 1964, apo macadet maviri kubva kuCompany M yeVirginia Tech Cadets—Jesse Fowler naJim Flynn—vakapa pfungwa iyi. Laura Wedin, associate director wevadzidzi nevechidiki vakapedza kudzidza, anoronga chirongwa chekuunganidza mhete kubva kune vakapedza kudzidza vanoda kuti mhete dzavo dzinyungudutswe uye matombo abviswe. Inoteverawo mafomu ekupa mipiro uye bios yemuridzi wemhete uye inotumira email yekusimbisa kana mhete yakatumirwa yagamuchirwa. Pamusoro pezvo, Muchato wakaronga mhemberero yekunyungudutswa kwegoridhe, iyo yaisanganisira Almanac of Trumpets inoratidza gore iro mhete yegoridhe yakanyungudutswa. Mhete dzinopihwa dzinoiswa papeji reveruzhinji remunhu akapedza kudzidza kana kuti akapedza kudzidza, uye nhengo yekomiti yekugadzira mhete iripo inotamisa mhete imwe neimwe iyoyo muchikamu chegirafiti uye inotaura zita remunhu akapedza kudzidza kana akapedza kudzidza kana mukadzi wake akambopfeka mhete yacho uye gore raakapedza kudzidza. Mhete yacho isati yaiswa muchinhu chakaita sedenderedzwa.
Ant Zuber akauya nemhete nhatu kuti dzinyungudutswe - mhete yekirasi yababa vake, mhete diki yaamai vake uye mhete yemuchato yemukadzi wake Doris. Untersuber nemukadzi wake vakaroorana muna 1972, gore rimwe chete raakapedza kudzidza. Mushure mekufa kwababa vake, mhete yekirasi yababa vake yakapihwa hanzvadzi yake Kaethe naamai vake, uye Kaethe Untersuber akabvuma kupa mhete iyi kana pakaitika njodzi. Mushure mekufa kwaamai vake, mhete diki yaamai vake yakasiiwa kumukadzi wake Doris Untersuber, uyo akabvuma kupa mhete iyi kudare. Baba vaUntersuber vakauya kuVirginia Tech nebhezari renhabvu muna 1938, vaive cadet paVirginia Tech uye vakashanda muuto mushure mekuwana dhigirii muinjiniya yekurima. Baba vake naamai vake vakaroorana muna 1942, uye mhete diki iyi yakashanda semhete yekuroorana. Untersuber akapawo mhete yake yekirasi yegore rake rechi50 rekupedza kudzidza paVirginia Tech gore rinouya. Zvisinei, mhete yake yakanga isiri imwe yemhete sere dzakanyungudutswa. Asi, Virginia Tech inoronga kuchengeta ringi yake mu "time capsule" yakavakwa pedyo neBurroughs Hall sechikamu chekupemberera makore zana nemakumi mashanu eyunivhesiti.
"Tine mukana wekubatsira vanhu kufungidzira remangwana uye kuita shanduko, uye kuita kuti vanhu vafunge nezvemibvunzo yakaita sekuti, 'Ndingatsigira sei chinangwa?' uye 'Ndingaramba sei ndichichitsigira?'" akadaro Untersuber. "Chirongwa cheHokie Gold ndicho zvese zviri zviviri. Chinoenderera mberi netsika uye chinotarisira kuona kuti tingagadzira sei mhete huru inotevera. … Nhaka yachinopa inokosha zvikuru kwandiri nemukadzi wangu. Nhasi uno. Ndosaka tiri kupa vaviri Untersuber, avo vakatevera tsoka dzababa vavo uye vakawana dhigirii muinjiniya yekurima vasati vashanda muindasitiri yemidziyo yepurazi uye ikozvino varega basa, vakapinda mhemberero pamwe chete nenhengo dzinoverengeka dzeRing Design Committee uye purezidhendi weKirasi ya2023. Kana mhete yazadzwa, crucible inoendeswa kunzvimbo yekuisira, uko maitiro ese anotarisirwa naAlan Drushitz, mubatsiri wepurofesa wesainzi yezvinhu. Crucible inozoiswa muchoto chidiki chinopiswa kusvika kumadhigirii 1,800, uye mukati memaminitsi makumi maviri goridhe rinoshandurwa kuita chimiro chemvura. Sachigaro weKomiti yeKugadzira mhete Victoria Hardy, mudzidzi wechidiki wekuWilliamsburg, Virginia, uyo achapedza kudzidza muna 2023 nedhigirii muinjiniya yemechanical nesainzi yekombuta, akapfeka zvishandiso zvekudzivirira uye akashandisa pliers kusimudza crucible kubva muchoto. Akabva adurura goridhe remvura. muchimiro, zvichiita kuti zviome kuita bhaa diki regoridhe rakaita sedenderedzwa. "Ndinofunga kuti rakanaka," akadaro Hardy nezvetsika iyi. "Kirasi yega yega inochinja dhizaini yayo yemhete, saka ndinonzwa sekuti tsika yacho pachayo yakasiyana uye ine hunhu hwayo gore rega rega. Asi kana uchifunga kuti boka rega rega remhete dzekirasi rine Hokie Gold yakapihwa nevakapedza kudzidza nekomiti yakavatangira, kirasi yega yega ichiri yakabatana zvakanyanya. Kune zvikamu zvakawanda zvetsika yese yemhete uye ndinofunga kuti chidimbu ichi chisarudzo chakanaka chekupa kuenderera mberi kune chimwe chinhu uko kirasi yega yega ichiri yakasiyana. Ndinochida uye ndinofara nacho. Takakwanisa kuuya kunzvimbo yekugadzira matombo uye kuva chikamu chayo."
Mhete dzacho dzinonyungudutswa pa1,800 degrees Fahrenheit uye goridhe remvura rinodururwa muchimiro che rectangular. Mufananidzo wakapihwa naKristina Franusich, Virginia Tech.
Bhara regoridhe rine zvindori zvisere rinorema maounces 6.315. Muchato wakazotumira bhara regoridhe kuBelfort, iro rakagadzira zvindori zvekirasi yeVirginia Tech, uko vashandi vakanatsa goridhe ndokurishandisa kukanda zvindori zvekirasi yeVirginia Tech zvegore rakatevera. Vanochengetedzawo mari shoma kubva pakunyunguduka kwega kwega kuti zvibatanidzwe muzvindori zvakanyunguduka mumakore anotevera. Nhasi, mhete yega yega yegoridhe ine 0.33% "goridhe reHoki". Nekuda kweizvozvo, mudzidzi wega wega anobatanidzwa nenzira yekufananidzira kune aimbove mudzidzi weVirginia Tech. Mifananidzo nemavhidhiyo zvakatorwa ndokuiswa pasocial media, zvichizivisa shamwari, vaanodzidza navo neveruzhinji tsika iyo vashoma vaiita sevaiziva nezvayo. Chinonyanya kukosha ndechekuti manheru acho akaita kuti vadzidzi vaivapo vafunge nezvenhaka dzavo dzeramangwana uye mukana wekupinda muzvindori zvekirasi yavo mune ramangwana. "Ndinoda kuunganidza komiti pamwe chete toita chimwe chinhu chinonakidza sekuenda kufoundation zvakare ndopa mhete," akadaro Hardy. "Zvichida zvakaita sekupemberera makore makumi mashanu. Handizive kana ichava mhete yangu, asi kana zvakadaro, ndichafara uye ndinotarisira kuti tinogona kuita chimwe chinhu chakadai. "Iyi inzira yakanaka yekuvandudza mhete." Ndinofunga kuti zvichave zvishoma kuti “Handichadi izvi” asi zvichave zvakaita sekuti “Ndinoda kuva chikamu chetsika yakakura,” kana izvozvo zviine musoro. Ndinoziva kuti iyi ichava sarudzo yakakosha kune chero ani zvake ari kufunga nezvazvo.
Antsuber, mudzimai wake nehanzvadzi dzake zvechokwadi vaidavira kuti ichi chaizova chisarudzo chakanakisisa kumhuri yavo, kunyanya mushure mekunge vana vavo vaita hurukuro yemanzwiro vachiyeuka kukanganiswa kwakaitwa Virginia Tech muhupenyu hwevabereki vavo. Vakachema mushure mekutaura nezvemhedzisiro yakanaka. "Zvaiva zvemanzwiro, asi pakanga pasina kuzeza," akadaro Winterzuber. "Patakangoziva zvataigona kuita, takaziva kuti chaive chinhu chataifanira kuita—uye taida kuzviita."
Kambani yeVirginia Tech iri kuratidza simba rayo kuburikidza nerubatsiro rwayo rwepasi rose rwevhu, ichisimudzira budiriro inochengetedza nharaunda dzedu muCommonwealth yeVirginia nepasi rose.
Nguva yekutumira: Mbudzi-21-2023