Walk past Einstein’s or Jazzman’s and the distinct aroma of coffee wafts to your nose. Whether black or loaded, coffee and other caffeinated products have become a necessity for students in college.
Our campus is no different, helping to support the findings of a recent poll claiming
For those of us who let the alarm go off three or four times before sliding out of bed in the morning know how our bodies ache for an eight-hour slumber.
Without a cup of tea or coffee there would be no hope for the rest of the day.
Caffeine has become a staple in many of our diets because of the stimulating affects it has on our nervous systems.
Coffee, tea, energy drinks, sodas, chocolate and caffeine pills serve to boost our energy throughout the day.
Students develop a caffeine dependency on the belief that it will give energy boosts without requiring a lifestyle change.
In fact, it’s easy to see why many students have a hard time not taking a cup of coffee to class just to stay awake, even when the affect is temporary and more caffeine will have to be taken in a few hours.
College students’ cravings for caffeine are encouraged by its availability. Every dining area serves caffeinated drinks and there are vending machines in most classrooms and dorm buildings.
There are also close to 30 locations where students can satisfy a caffeine fix within walking distance of campus.
Starbucks and other coffee houses are open late to accommodate study habits. Walgreens and other stores sell liters of soda at cheap prices. The availability of caffeine makes it hard to turn away from.
At one point and time throughout every student’s college’ career they use caffeine to get through all-nighters and exams.
In this way, I’m not sure if caffeine use on our campus has anything to do with
Caffeine and college seem to be synonymous wherever you go. Students depend on chocolate for comfort, coffee and tea to wake up in the morning, energy drinks and soda for quick doses of sugar to make it through multiple classes, work, papers and exams in one day.
Without it, what would happen to us? Even more students would sleep in class (minus the ones that already do) and the rest would be a grumpy mess.
Two-hour classes would become unbearable and exams would be impossible.
Caffeine has turned out to be the savior for attention spans and finding the edge when maximum production is necessary. All of us have turned to it for guidance and wisdom before our brains malfunction.
Caffeine has become an integral part of our lives, telling us our bodies aren’t as young as they used to be and sadly, getting up for cartoons is no longer possible.
Caffeine, then, is the only way to cope.
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