Last night, Ashleigh & I stayed up to watch the women’s gymnastics individual all-around competition. After watching the U.S. struggle and receive a silver medal in the team, I was a little worried for the two U.S. competitors, Nastia Luikin and Shawn Johnson.
Nastia Luikin killed it. She displayed a dominating performance, sticking landings and showing the world how a gold medal winner should perform. Shawn Johnson did well too, performing strongly and earning the silver medal, giving the U.S. the top two medals.
Oh yeah… some dude named Phelps is doing well too.
A pump broke at Lake Thunderbird, causing the city of Norman to urge residents to cut down on their water consumption. The pump is expected to be fixed by tomorrow.
NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander has discovered perchlorate in the Martian soil. Perchlorate is a highly reactive salt found naturally on Earth and is most abundant in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
According to The Norman Transcript, a new Starbucks store will be opening in the OU Memorial Union on October 1. Starbucks only recently announced the closings of 600 stores nationwide, so this announcement comes as a bit of a surprise, especially with the recently opened Campus Corner store remaining.
The new Union store will be a franchise, owned by OU, with proceeds returning to Starbucks. The new coffee shop will replace STA Travel near Crossroads.
