Lifestyles

George Griffith is leaving the business of explaining. After 39 years of clarifying the mysteries of literature to his students, Griffith is retiring from his post as a professor of English and humanities at Chadron State College.

Chadron State College Justice Department volunteers helped the Chadron Police Department clean up the gun range in Chadron Saturday during The Big Event.

This year The Big Event was a very gratifying activity for my teammates and me. Last year, I was stationed at Wilson Park spreading wood chips, but this year I was stationed at a house on Maple Street cleaning out broken branches on an elder lady’s property with 12 of my teammates.

As a volunteer in The Big Event, I had a good experience overall. I was able to take in matters in the community and pay more attention to them than I may have before.

The Big Event expanded to include job sites in Crawford this year. Volunteers were transported either on their own, or on one of two buses to Crawford.

The sun was high and bright as the CSC men’s basketball team, cleared tumble weeds from the fences at the Crawford Cemetery, one of the team’s tasks in Saturday’s The Big Event. Decked in their white “The Big Event” T-shirts and gloves with pitch forks in hand, led by Head Coach Brent Bargen, the team got to work.

The Nearly Naked Mile will take place next Thursday, May 1. The festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. with dinner being served in the Student Center; it will be served until 6 p.m. when comedian Ryan Clauson will take the stage.

Eight members of the Public Relations Club took a trip to Minnesota.