Rau ntau tus neeg thoob plaws lub tebchaws, Virginia Polytechnic Institute thiab State University tau txhais ib yam thiab ib yam nkaus xwb: football. Qhov no yog lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm Michael Vick, nws muaj peev xwm tseem muaj teeb meem tus tij laug Marcus thiab NFL khiav rov qab Lee Suggs thiab Kevin Jones, ntawm ntau lwm tus. Raws li tus kws qhia Frank Beamer, Hokies tau dhau los ua lub koom haum ncaws pob tsis zoo. Lawv tau ua si hauv kaum plaub lub tais ncaj ncaj thiab muaj nees nkaum xya tus neeg ua si tau tsim los ntawm NFL hauv tsib xyoos dhau los. Lawv cov khaub ncaws kub-xim av yog ntau npaum li ib feem ntawm lub caij nyoog raws li qhov hloov ntawm nplooj. Qhov no yog Virginia Tech. Tsis yog lawm.
Tom qab kev tua peb tuaj yeem pom tias thaum Hokie Nation tau txhawb nqa los ntawm kev ncaws pob, nws tsis tau txhais los ntawm nws. Nws yog ib qho chaw uas peb nrhiav tau lub neej tiag tiag ntawm ntau pawg tub ntxhais kawm-dub, dawb, xim av, txiv neej, poj niam, Holocaust survivor thiab Muslim-tau koom nrog kev sib koom siab phem. Peb tau kawm cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv no yog leej twg: lawv qhov loj, lawv nyiam, lawv lub tswv yim, lawv tib neeg. (Thiab tej zaum nws tuaj yeem ua rau peb qee tus neeg quaj ntsuag ntau dua rau cov qhab nia tuag hauv Iraq thiab lawv cov tib neeg, uas tsis tshua muaj yog tias puas tau tshawb nrhiav dhau ntawm "kev puas tsuaj.")
Ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm ib lub tsev kawm ntawv muaj npe nrov rau kev ncaws pob, engineering thiab kev ua liaj ua teb yog Virginia Tech yog lub tsev kawm ntawv ntawm kws sau paj lug Nikki Giovanni. Ib zaug hu ua "Princess of Black Poetry," Giovanni muaj rau plaub lub xyoos dhau los sau cov haujlwm tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam txog pej xeem txoj cai thiab Black Power, kiv puag ncig thiab kev sib deev. Nyob rau hauv cov phau ntawv Dub Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Dub Kev Txiav Txim (1968) thiab cov hauj lwm tsis ntev los no hais txog hip-hop thiab nws qhov kev mob qog noj ntshav, nws tau sau cov paj huam zoo nkauj uas ua rau lub siab nyiam. Nws yog 63-xyoo-laus poj niam nrog tattoo uas nyeem "Thug Lub Neej" hauv kev hwm ntawm Tupac Shakur. Nws kuj yog ib feem ntawm Hokie Nation. (Thiab muaj tus neeg tua phom ua tub kawm). Ib qho nyuaj ntawm kev nplij siab hauv qhov kev txom nyem txaus ntshai no tau hnov Giovanni hais lus hauv lub rooj sib tham uas ua raws li kev tua neeg. Giovanni muaj lub siab dawb siab zoo thiab kev txawj ntse los kos rau ntawm nws txoj kev coj noj coj ua thiab Hokie cov lus ncaws pob ncaws pob coj cov neeg coob coob mus rau lawv ko taw. (Qhov no yuav tsum tsis txhob xav tsis thoob. Ib qho kev tshawb fawb me me qhia tau tias nws tau sau ib daim hauv nws phau ntawv 2007 Acolytes txog "poj niam txoj kev txhawb zog rau Virginia Tech Hokies football.")
Ntawm no yog ib daim ntawv teev lus ntawm nws zaj paj huam:
“Peb yog Virginia Tech. Peb tu siab hnub no, peb yuav tu siab ib pliag. Peb tsis txav mus, peb tuav peb txoj kev quaj ntsuag. Peb yog Virginia Tech…. Peb ua siab tawv txaus khoov kom quaj, thiab peb tu siab txaus kom paub tias peb yuav tsum luag dua. Peb yog Virginia Tech. Peb tsis nkag siab qhov xwm txheej no. Peb paub tias peb tsis tau ua dab tsi tsim nyog, tab sis tsis yog ib tug me nyuam hauv teb chaws Africa tuag los ntawm AIDS, thiab tsis ua cov me nyuam tsis pom kev taug kev hmo ntuj kom tsis txhob raug ntes los ntawm cov tub rog siab phem, thiab tus me nyuam ntxhw tsis saib nws lub zej zog raug kev puas tsuaj rau kaus ntxhw. … Tsis yog tus menyuam mos Appalachian raug tua nyob rau nruab nrab ntawm hmo ntuj hauv nws lub txaj pw hauv tsev uas nws txiv ua nrog nws txhais tes raug hla los ntawm pob zeb vim tias thaj av tsis ruaj khov. Tsis muaj leej twg tsim nyog muaj xwm txheej. Peb yog Virginia Tech. Lub Tebchaws Hokie puag peb tus kheej thiab ncav tes nrog qhib siab thiab txhais tes rau cov uas muab lawv lub siab thiab lub siab. Peb muaj zog, thiab siab tawv, thiab dawb huv thiab tsis ntshai. Peb zoo tshaj qhov peb xav thiab tsis yog qhov peb xav ua. Peb muaj txoj sia nyob rau qhov kev xav thiab qhov muaj peev xwm peb yuav txuas ntxiv tsim lub neej yav tom ntej los ntawm peb cov ntshav thiab kua muag thiab dhau los ntawm tag nrho cov kev tu siab no. Peb yog Hokies. Peb yuav yeej. Peb yuav yeej. Peb yuav yeej. Peb yog Virginia Tech. "
Qhov no tau ua raws li tag nrho lub tsev hais plaub, cov kua muag tau khiav dawb thiab tsis muaj kev txaj muag, chanting "Cia Peb Mus Hokies" thaum Giovanni rub nws lub nrig rau saum ntuj. Ib leej niam ntawm Virginia Tech cov laus tau sau txog qhov no ntawm nws qhov blog.
"Kuv tau mloog tus kws sau paj huam Nikki Giovanni ntawm Convocation nyeem 'Peb Yog Virginia Tech' thiab xav tias qee cov neeg mloog yuav tsum tau xav tias nws khib rau tus kws sau paj huam tham txog "Peb yog Hokies." Kuv yuav xav ib yam ua ntej kuv tus tub pib Tech. Kuv koom nrog Hokies nrog cov kis las, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog football, thiab cov kiv cua loj ntawm lub chaw ntau pob. Tab sis nws yog ntau tshaj qhov ntawd. Thaum cov tub ntxhais kawm chanted 'Let's Go Hokies' lossis tsuas yog lo lus 'Hokie', qhov ntawd yuav tsum tau zoo li khib, tej zaum tsis txaus ntseeg, rau qee qhov xwm txheej. Nws tsis yog qhov ntawd kiag li. "
Tsis yog, nws tsis yog. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, tus Nom 1 Hokie Michael Vick tau los pab nyiaj pub dawb rau kev pam tuag thiab lwm yam kev pabcuam thiab hais tias, “Thaum muaj xwm txheej zoo li no tshwm sim, tsev neeg muaj peev xwm daws tau, thiab yog tias kuv tuaj yeem pab qee qhov me me. txoj kev, qhov tsawg kawg yog kuv ua tau. "
Lawv tus kws qhia, tus tub nyiam Frank Beamer, kuj tau los hais tias, "Peb yuav yeej qhov no. Peb yuav kov yeej. Tus txiv neej no yuav tsis hais tias peb yuav xav li cas. " Frank Beamer thiab Nikki Giovanni. Ob tug peas nyob rau hauv ib lub pod. Leej twg yuav thunk nws?
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