Monthly Newsletter

Dates in May 2008 to Remember

May 1st: Rent is due today!Please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe leasing office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please indicate your address on your checks to avoid late fee.

May 2-4th: 34th May Fair Arts Festival. Festivities will be held at Andrews Park in Norman. Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 8: p.m. and Sunday 11:00 a.m.- 5 p.m. Free admission. For more information, please visit May Fair.

May 3rd: Healthy for Friends 5K run. A Route through the Historic streets of Norman, the run starts at 8:00 a.m. at 317 E. Himes, for more information on registration visit www.healthforfriends.org

May 5th: Cinco de Mayo!What is Cinco de Mayo? The fifth of May, commemorates the defeat of the French Army of Puebla in 1862.

May 8th: The Black Crowes in Concert at the Riverwind Casino. For ticket information and time, please visit www.riverwind.com

May 10th: OU Graduation! Congratulations and Good luck to our 2008 Seniors!

May 11th: Happy Mother's Day! All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother!-Abraham Lincoln

Spike Fest 2008

Get ready to bump, set, and hit! Our annual Spike Fest 2008 tournament is just around the corner!Whether you are a pro or just want to have some fun, come out and participate and get to know your neighbors and community. Tournament will begin in June so get your teams ready and begin practicipating. Stay tone for more details about Sign up party and Spike Fest Tournament

Coming Soon!

The Summer Pointe and Springfield pools will be opening Mid-May! Remember, pool hours are from 10 a.m to 10 p.m. everyday. You may bring only one guest per resident and be sure to follow all safetly rules.

Baseball/Softball Schedule

Baseball Schedule
05/02/08 OU at Kansas  Lawrence, Kan. 6:00 PM CT
05/03/08 OU at Kansas  Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 PM CT
05/04/08 OU at Kansas  Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 PM CT
05/09/08 OU vs. Kansas State  Norman 6:35 PM CT
05/10/08 OU vs. Kansas State  Norman 7:00 PM CT
05/11/08 OU vs. Kansas State  Norman 1:00 PM CT
05/16/08 OU vs. Oklahoma State  Tulsa, Okla. 7:30 PM CT
05/17/08 OU vs. Oklahoma State  Oklahoma City 7:35 PM CT
05/18/08 OU vs. Oklahoma State  Oklahoma City 4:00 PM CT
05/21/08 OU vs. Big 12 Championship  Oklahoma City TBA
05/22/08 OU vs. Big 12 Championship  Oklahoma City TBA
05/23/08 OU vs. Big 12 Championship  Oklahoma City TBA
05/24/08 OU vs. Big 12 Championship  Oklahoma City TBA
05/25/08 OU vs. Big 12 Championship  Oklahoma City TBA
05/30/08 OU vs. NCAA Regional Campus Sites TBA
05/31/08 OU vs. NCAA Regional Campus Sites TBA

Softball Schedule

Big 12 Championship Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA
05/10/08 Big 12 Championship Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA
05/11/08 Big 12 Championship Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA
Campus Sites TBA
05/17/08 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites TBA
05/18/08 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites TBA
NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites TBA
05/24/08 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites TBA
05/25/08 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites TBA
08 WCWS Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA

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Dates in April 2008 to Remember

Dates To Remember

April 1st: Happy April Fool's Day! No, it's not a joke, rent is due today. Please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe leasing office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please indicate your address on your check.

April 4th-6th: 32nd Annual Medieval Fair. This event will take place at Reaves Park from 10 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. For more information, call 288-2536. or visit www.medievalfair.org.

April 19th: 89er Day & Parade. Admission is free! For more information, visit www.norman89.com or call 405-217-9611.

April 26th: Norman Music Festival (Inaugural). The festival will take place in Downtown Norman and it's free and open to the public. Noon-11:00 p.m. For more information, please call 405-360-1162.

Medieval Fair

Travel back into Medieval Times and check out the 32nd Annual Medieval Fair held in Norman. The fair is free and filled with entertainment for all ages. Fighting knights, magicians, belly dancers, jousting, games and more. And don't forget to indulge yourself in delicious food. The fair begins on April 4th-7th and and opens from 10 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. If you would like more information, please visit medievalfair.org or you may call 405-288-2536.

April showers bring May Flowers

Here are some cool things to know about the month of April...

• April was the second month in the early Roman calendar, but became the fourth when the ancient Romans started using January as the first month. The Romans called the month Aprilis. It may come from a word meanting 'to open', or it may come from Aphrodite, the Greek name for the goddess of love.
• Small animals that hibernate are usually coming out of their burrows in April. The birds fly back northward or they settle down to have their families. The bees and butterflies begin to gather nectar from the first flowers of the season. In some parts of the world, it's planting time. In other parts, it's the harvest season.

Baseball/Softball Schedule

Baseball

04/01/08 OU vs. Dallas Baptist Norman 3:00 PM CT
04/04/08 OU vs. Texas  Norman 6:35 PM CT
04/05/08 OU vs. Texas  Norman 2:00 PM CT
04/06/08 OU vs. Texas  Norman 1:00 PM CT
04/09/08 OU at Wichita State Wichita, Kan. 7:00 PM CT
04/11/08 OU at Texas A&M  College Station, Texas 6:35 PM CT
04/12/08 OU at Texas A&M  College Station, Texas 6:35 PM CT
04/13/08 OUat Texas A&M  College Station, Texas 1:05 PM CT
04/15/08 OUat TCU Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 PM CT
04/18/08 OUvs. Missouri  Norman 6:35 PM CT
04/19/08 OUvs. Missouri  Norman 2:00 PM CT
04/20/08 OUvs. Missouri  Norman 1:00 PM CT
04/22/08 OUvs. TCU Norman 7:00 PM CT
04/25/08 OU vs. Texas Tech at  Lubbock, Texas 6:05 PM CT
04/26/08 OU vs. Texas Tech at  Lubbock, Texas 2:00 PM CT
04/27/08 OU vs. Texas Tech at  Lubbock, Texas 1:00 PM CT
04/30/08 OU vs. Wichita State

Softball

04/02/08 OU vs. OSU at  Stillwater, Okla. 6:30 p.m. CT
04/05/08 OU vs. Missouri  Norman, Okla. 12:00 p.m. CT
04/06/08 OU vs. Missouri  Norman, Okla. 12:00 p.m. CT
04/07/08 OU vs. Arkansas at  Fayetteville, Ark. 4:00 p.m. CT
               OU vs.Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 6:00 p.m. CT
04/10/08 OU vs. Texas Tech Norman, Okla. 5:00 p.m. CT
               OU vs. Texas Tech Norman, Okla. 7:00 p.m. CT
04/12/08 OU vs. Texas A&M at College Station, Texas 2:00 p.m. CT
04/13/08 OU vs. Texas A&M at College Station, Texas 12:00 p.m. CT
04/19/08 OU vs. Iowa State at  Ames, Iowa 2:00 p.m. CT
04/20/08 OU vs. Iowa State at  Ames, Iowa 11:00 a.m. CT
04/23/08 OU vs.  OSU  Norman, Okla. 7:00 p.m. CT
04/26/08 OU vs. Texas  Norman, Okla. 2:00 p.m. CT
04/27/08 OU vs. Texas  Norman, Okla. 12:00 p.m. CT
04/30/08 OU vs. Baylor at Waco, Texas 5:00 p.m. CT

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Dates in March To Remember

March 1st: Rent is due today! Please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe leasing office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please indicate your address on your check.

March 6-9th: OU Opera Theatre Presents The Barber of Seville
By Gioachino Rossini at the Reynolds Performing Arts Center on March 6th-8th, 8:00 p.m. and March 9th, 3:00 p.m. For more information please call 405- 325-4101.

March 9th: Dailylight's Saving Time! Don't forget to set your clock back one hour.

March 15th- 23rd: OU Spring Break 2008

March 17th: The Bricktown St. Patrick's Day Celebration will be Thursday March 17th. The festival will be held outdoors under huge tents on the corner of Sheridan & Oklahoma Ave. in the heat of Bricktown. All ages welcome- Admission is FREE. Festival hours are from noon to Midnight. Come enjoy Green Beer served in souvenir pitchers, soft drinks, green beads, a childrens area, T-shirts, hats, & more. No pets allowed. Lawn chairs and blankest allowed.

March 21st: 35th Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Andrews Park. For more information please call 307-9320.

Daylight Savings Time

Daylight saving time (DST), time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. The amount of daylight on a given day of the year at a given latitude is fixed, but over the year the hours of sunrise and sunset vary from day to day. During the summer months, the sun rises earlier and sets later and there are more hours of daylight. If clocks and other timepieces are set ahead in the spring by some amount (usually one hour), the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by those clocks. This provides more usable hours of daylight for activities that occur in the afternoon and evening, such as outdoor recreation. Daylight saving time can also be a means of conserving electrical and other forms of energy. In the fall, as the period of daylight grows shorter, clocks are set back to correspond to standard time.

Basketball Schedule

Men's Basketball

03.01.08 OU vs. Texas A&M (1:00 p.m.)

03.05.08 OU vs. OSU @ Stillwater ( 7:00 p.m.)

03.08.08 OU vs. Missouri ( 2:30 p.m.)

03.13.08 BIG 12 Championship @ Missouri (TBA)

03.14.08 BIG 12 Championship @ Missouri (TBA)

03.15.08 BIG 12 Championship @ Missouri (TBA)

03.16.08 BIG 12 Championship @ Missouri (TBA)

Women's Basketball

03.02.08 OU vs. Texas ( 12:30 p.m.)

03.06.08 OU vs. Texas A&M @ Texas ( 7:30 p.m.)

03.11.08 BIG 12 Championship "First Round" @ Missouri (TBA)

03.12.08 BIG 12 Championship "Second Round" @ Missouri (TBA)

03.13.08 BIG 12 Championship " Semifinal Round" @ Missouri (TBA)

03.15.08 BIG 12 Championship " Championship Game @ Missouri ( 6:00 p.m.)

03.22.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "First Round" (TBA)

03.23.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "First Round" (TBA)

03.24.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "Second Round" (TBA)

03.25.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "Second Round" (TBA)

03.29.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "Regional Sweet 16" (TBA)

03.30.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "Regional Sweet 16" (TBA)

03.31.08 NCAA Championship Tour. "Regional Elite 8" (TBA)

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Did you know...

*According to the Georgian calendar, March is the third month of the year. Also in the early Roman calendar, it was the first month and was called Martitus. The ancient Romans later made January 1 the beginning of the year, and March became the third month on the calendar. March has always had 31 days. Its name honors Mars, the Roman God of war.

*The winter ends with March, and in comes Spring. Spring in the northern half of the world begins with March 19, 20, or 21. It’s the day when the sun is directly over the equator.

Dates in February 2008 to Remember

February 1st:

• Rent is due! Please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe leasing office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please indicate your address on your check.
• Do you think you have what it takes to be this year's Sports Trivial Bowl champ? Then join  the 6th Annual Sports Trivia Bowl held at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. Join the fun with team challenges, all sports categories and lots more. For information please contact 405-366-8095.

February 2nd:

• For all you chocolate lovers, the 26th Chocolate Festival is finally here! Over 30 different local restaurants will be preparing there most delicious, mouth watering, chocolate deserts just for you! This event will be held at the Norman North High School. The festival begins at 11:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m. For more information on tickets, please  call 405-4523.
• Now you don't have to go all the way to Louisiana to experience Mardi Gra. This year the Mardi Gra fun will be celebrated in Norman at sundown. For more information please call  405-360-0892.

February 14th:

• Happy Valentine's Day

10 Things you didn't know about chocolates

1.Talk about sweet ceremonies! The Maya drank liquid chocolate during weddings, engagements, baptisms and even funerals! Whoever thought there was something ceremonial about chocolate!

2.Some chocolates may cost you but did you know that Cacao or chocolates beans were used as currency by Aztec and Maya tribes? If we had that today we would be eating out of our wallets!

3.Here’s another fact. Not just 10 or 50 but chocolate remarkably has over 500 flavors in it! No wonder it tastes so good.

4.Heard of Mexican Emperor Montezuma? He drank liquid chocolate before getting busy in his harem. Since chocolate make you feel good, it is considered an aphrodisiac.

5.Those gory scenes in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, was all chocolate syrup! Although the scene finishes in about 45 seconds, it took 7 days to get that shot done perfectly! Now that’s a sticky plot!

6.Napoleon was great in many ways. Did you know he took chocolate along with him during his military campaigns. Now that was a clever move as chocolate gives you added energy and restores carbohydrates

7.For all those of you out there dreaming about those chocolate bars, dream away! You can’t blame chocolate for raising your blood cholesterol. Chocolate has changed the way we eat, romance and live. But don’t go overboard as too much of a good thing can be bad!

8.Chocolate can be lethal to dogs. Theobromine, an ingredient that stimulates the cardiac muscle and the central nervous system, causes chocolate's toxicity. About two ounces of milk chocolate can be poisonous for a 10-lb puppy.

9.The word 'Chocolate' comes from the Aztec word, 'cacahuatl' or ‘xocolatl’. This means 'bitter water'

10.US consumers eat 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate annually, representing nearly half of the world's supply.

Cupid's Love Story

Cupid is the most famous of Valentine symbols. He is known as a mischievous, winged child armed with bow and arrows and is famous for piercing hearts. The arrows signifies desire and emotions of love. Cupid aims those arrows at Gods and Humans, causing them to fall deeply in love.
Cupid has always played a role in the celebration of love and lovers. In ancient Greece he was known as Eros the young son of Aphrodites, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Romans he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.

There is a very interesting story about Cupid and His mortal Bride Psyche in Roman mythology. Venus was jealous of the beauty of Psyche, and ordered Cupid to punish the mortal. But instead, Cupid fell deeply in love with her. He took her as his wife, but as a mortal she was forbidden to look at him. Psyche was happy until her sisters persuaded her to look at Cupid. As soon as Psyche looked at Cupid, Cupid punished her by leaving her. Their lovely castle and gardens vanished too. Psyche found herself alone in an open field with no signs of other beings or Cupid. 

As she wandered trying to find her love, she came upon the temple of Venus. Wishing to destroy her, the goddess of love gave Psyche a series of tasks, each harder and more dangerous then the last. For her last task Psyche was given a little box and told to take it to the underworld. She was told to get some of the beauty of Proserpine, the wife of Pluto, and put it in the box. During her trip she was given tips on avoiding the dangers of the realm of the dead. She was also warned not to open the box. But temptation overcame Psyche and she opened the box. But instead of finding beauty, she found deadly slumber.

Cupid found her lifeless on the ground. He gathered the deadly sleep from her body and put it back in the box. Cupid forgave her, as did Venus. The gods, moved by Psyche's love for Cupid made her a goddess.

Valentine's Trivia

The time has come again to celebrate Valentine's Day. To keep things interesting, this month we are going to see how creative  you can be. How many words do you see in " Happy Valentine's Day ". The person who forms the most words from this phrase will receive a mini fridge. There are no rules, so start writting. Please e-mail your answers to leasing@oig.biz. Be sure to include your name, apartment number and phone number in your e-mail. Good luck!

Basketball Schedule

Basketball Schedule 

Men's Basketball

02.02.08 OU vs. Texas A&M @ Texas (3:00 p.m.)

02.06.08 OU vs. Texas (6:00 p.m.)

02.09.08 OU vs. Colorado @ Colorado (3:00 p.m.)

02.13.08 OU vs. Iowa State  (7:00 p.m. )

02.16.08 OU vs. Texas Tech @ Texas (3:00p.m.)

02.19.08 OU vs. Baylor (7:00 p.m.)

02.23.08 OU vs. Texas @ Texas (2:30 p.m.)

02.27.08 OU vs. Nebraska @ Nebraska (7:00 p.m.)

Women's Basketball

02.03.08 OU vs. Texas @ Texas (1:00 p.m.)

02.06.08 OU vs. Missouri @ Missouri (6:30 p.m.)

02.09.08 OU vs. Colorado (7:00 p.m.)

02.12.08 OU vs. Texas A&M (7:00 p.m.)

02.17.08 OU vs. Baylor @ Texas (12:30 p.m.)

02.20.08 OU vs. Kansas State @ Kansas (7:00 p.m.)

02.23.08 OU vs. OSU (1:00 p.m.)

02.27.08 OU vs. Texas Tech @ Texas (7:00 p.m.)

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Dates in January 2008 to Remember

January 1st: Rent is due! Even though the first falls on a holiday, rent is still due on or before today; please leave your check or money order at the Summer Pointe office. If the office is closed, you may drop your check through the night drop at the front door. Please be sure to indicate your address on your check.

January 4th: Boys II Men in concert at the Riverwind Casino. Show begins at 8 p.m. Admission is $25 and for VIP $30. For more information please call 405-322-6464 or visit www.riverwind.com

January 14th: OU Spring Semester 2008 Begins

New Year's Around the World

Ever wonder how the New Year is celebrated in other countries. Here are just a few of the many New Year's traditions around the world.

CHINESE

• The Chinese New Year "Yuan Tan" takes place between January 21 and February 20. For many families, it is a time for feasting, visiting relatives and friends, but in the city a spectacular procession takes place. The celebrations are based on bringing luck, health, happiness, and wealth till the next year.There are street parades where thousands of people line the streets to watch the procession of floats in the New Year parade.Chinese people believe that evil spirits dislike loud noises so they decorate their houses with plastic firecrackers. The loud noises are intended to frighten away evil spirits and bad luck that the spirits might bring.The feast on New Year is always big for the first day of the year. If the New Year falls on the year of any particular animal the Chinese try not to eat that animal’s meat.

SWITZERLAND

• In Switzerland people celebrate Old Sylvester's Day on 13 January according to the Julian calendar. People go through the streets dressed in costumes and hats representing good and evil spirits. In Switzerland people believe good luck comes from letting a drop of cream land on the floor New Years Day. This was said to bring a year of overflowing abundance.

LATIN AMERICA

• When the clock strikes midnight they eat 12 grapes one with every toll to bring good luck for the next 12 months of the New Year. Sometimes the grapes are washed down with wine. Theater productions and movies are interrupted to carry out this custom.

RUSSIAN

• In Russia Santa is replaced with Grandfather Frost. He looks much like Santa Claus but arrives on New Year's Eve with his bag of toys. He wears blue instead of red. Father Frost can punish any evil doer by freezing them. Often kids dance around the tree, tell rhymes to Father Frost then receive their presents. They have large decorated trees in the centers of the major cities. The most formal New Year's celebration is party held at the Kremlin. As many as 50,000 attendance tickets are sold in the weeks before the annual event. The Russian meal on New Year's is primarily meat and potato dishes.

EUROPE

• In Europe the custom of first-footing is practiced. This is where the first person to enter the house after midnight must be male and is supposed to bring good luck to the household. The visitor is also supposed to bring a gift such as money, bread, or coal, this are suppose to ensure the family will have plenty of these in the coming year.

SRI LANKA

• In Sri Lanka they celebrate the New Year on 13 or 14 April because they use the Hindu calendar to set the date for the festival.They clean their houses during the days leading up to the New Year, they might even paint their houses and they also make several types of sweets to be eaten on New Year's Day.No food is cooked and there are no lights or fires lit on the night before New Year.

INDIA

• The Indian New Year festival is called Diwali and is a festival of lights. The festival is celebrated differently in the various districts of India.The Hindus of the north, Diwali is the end of the old year and the start of the new. For three days in late October early November every town and village shines and glows with thousands of lights. Their homes are decorated with little oil lamps known as diwa. These little lights are found in temples, houses, along window ledges and along garden paths. In cities electrical lights are used to light up buildings. These are used to drive out evil and is replace evil with goodness.Diwali is also a religious festival. Hindus believed in the god Prince Rama. He lost his kingdom and his wife was stolen away by a demon named Ravana. After many battles with the demon helped by the monkey warrior Hanuman, overcame Ravana and rescued his wife. The Hindus celebrate the happy ending of this story. They recall the sadness and triumph of Rama, and of him being crowned King. Good winning over evil, light over darkness.

M&M winner

This year in our M&M contest, we had 44 participants and one lucky winner!The total number of M&M was 3544.Congratulations to Rachel for winning this year's M&M contest. She has won a gift certificate of $50 to the Sooner Fashion Mall. Thank you all for participating!