Travel Bug Dog Tag Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi!

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Released:
Tuesday, January 20, 2004
Origin:
Vermont, United States
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Current Goal

This bug wishes to travel to and be logged into a cache at or near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

This is a replacement for the original bug, which vanished in Michigan after winning a travel bug race.

About This Item

Replacement Hokie Bug

WHAT'S A HOKIE?

The answer leads all the way back to 1896 when Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College changed its name to Virginia Polytechnic Institute*. With the change came the necessity for writing a new cheer and a contest for such a purpose was held by the student body.

Senior O.M. Stull won first prize for his "Hokie" yell (see below) which is still used today. Later, when asked if "Hokie" had any special meaning, Stull explained the word was solely the product of his imagination and was used only as an attention-getter for his yell. It soon became a nickname for all Tech teams and for those people loyal to Tech athletics.

The official university school colors - Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange - also were introduced in 1896. The colors were chosen by a committee because they made a 'unique combination' not worn elsewhere at the time.

The official definition of "hokie" is "a loyal Virginia Tech Fan".

"Old Hokie" Cheer

Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi!
Tech, Tech, VPI
Sol-a-rex, Sol-a-rah
Poly Tech Vir-gin-ia
Ray rah VPI
Team! Team! Team!

* The official name of the university was changed from "Virginia Polytechnic Institute" to "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" in 1970 to reflect its ever-broadening mission.  VPI&SU, the largest university in the commonwealth of Virginia, is, however, nowadays colloquially known as "Virginia Tech".

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Tracking History (3935.4mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/9/2005 GeoJeanne retrieved it from Bennington Area Cachers (and more) Unite! Vermont   Visit Log

Grabbed this one from the BACU event today. I really like the way it looks. I didn't have a clue as to what was supposed to be the design on this TB until I read the description on the TB's page. I think their fight song is cute. I will be moving this guy to Jersey (Joisey as Nancy exlaims)for my cache-a-thon. I can't wait for next week.

GeoJeanne (who will be brining this cache to the land of the Floopy- a.k.a. New Jersey)
Dropped Off 4/8/2005 Otter and Lemur placed it in Bennington Area Cachers (and more) Unite! Vermont - 516.35 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/7/2005 Otter and Lemur grabbed it   Visit Log

Grabbing it to make a copy and send it back out.
Dropped Off 7/9/2004 Team Tigger International placed it in Squirrel's Perch Cache (now open to everyone!) Michigan - 18.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 7/9/2004 Team Tigger International retrieved it from Metroparks: Estuary Wanderings Michigan   Visit Log

Always ready to help a bug complete it's mission.
Dropped Off 7/7/2004 nikcap placed it in Metroparks: Estuary Wanderings Michigan - 477.49 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2004 nikcap retrieved it from Night Sweats 2: Beer & Wings New Jersey   Visit Log

We're headed to MI in July. Although our main stop will be Bill & Gary's Excellent Adventure III, we should be able to get this bug close, if not to it's goal cache.
Dropped Off 6/2/2004 avroair placed it in Night Sweats 2: Beer & Wings New Jersey - 247.14 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/30/2004 avroair retrieved it from Loantaka Brook #1 New Jersey   Visit Log

Will move it North shortly.
Dropped Off 5/26/2004 sailing nomad placed it in Loantaka Brook #1 New Jersey - 257.05 miles  Visit Log
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