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Energy drinks a vital part of student survival
Marcinda Coil
Issue date: 11/9/06 Section: Opinion
Energy drinks are a necessary resource on college campuses.
Although Bakersfield College offers some vending machines containing this resource, there are not enough energy drink machines to accommodate students.
There is only one machine, located in the Humanities Building, devoted solely to providing student zombies with life.
However, students are often seen depositing money only to find out their special elixir is sold out. It will be a couple of days before that shining red diesel replenishes the life-saving machine.
College campuses should distribute resources that students want and need including energy drinks.
However, energy drinks are being replaced by coke, which the Campus Center used to provide to the many students who wander through the center in search for vending machines.
Thirsty students want to quench their thirst while obtaining the energy needed to race them through the day.
According to many nutritionists' Web sites, the drinks offer this energy because it contains enough caffeine comparable to a cup of coffee or a single-serving size of No-Doz (an over the counter medicine that helps keep people awake).
Although nutritionists' criticize its caffeine content, it is not likely that students are going to drop dead of an overdose. Compare the prices. Energy drinks cost more than soda, so as a result, students only drink ROCKSTAR when it is absolutely necessary to get them through the day.
Not only do energy drinks provide students with energy, the drinks provide nutrients that make it a necessary resource.
According to FactExpert.com, "[I]n energy drinks, each calorie is loaded with something essential and important."
Although nutritionists say that the B vitamins, contained in energy drinks, are useless because people receive their recommended values through food, students do not eat enough food.
Many students are stranded in classes all day long, and that makes getting the time to replenish themselves with nutritious food difficult, so students are lacking in nutition; energy drinks can supply the nutrients busy students need.
When soda nutritional values are compared with the values of energy drinks, soda nutritional values are nil.
Although Bakersfield College offers some vending machines containing this resource, there are not enough energy drink machines to accommodate students.
There is only one machine, located in the Humanities Building, devoted solely to providing student zombies with life.
However, students are often seen depositing money only to find out their special elixir is sold out. It will be a couple of days before that shining red diesel replenishes the life-saving machine.
College campuses should distribute resources that students want and need including energy drinks.
However, energy drinks are being replaced by coke, which the Campus Center used to provide to the many students who wander through the center in search for vending machines.
Thirsty students want to quench their thirst while obtaining the energy needed to race them through the day.
According to many nutritionists' Web sites, the drinks offer this energy because it contains enough caffeine comparable to a cup of coffee or a single-serving size of No-Doz (an over the counter medicine that helps keep people awake).
Although nutritionists' criticize its caffeine content, it is not likely that students are going to drop dead of an overdose. Compare the prices. Energy drinks cost more than soda, so as a result, students only drink ROCKSTAR when it is absolutely necessary to get them through the day.
Not only do energy drinks provide students with energy, the drinks provide nutrients that make it a necessary resource.
According to FactExpert.com, "[I]n energy drinks, each calorie is loaded with something essential and important."
Although nutritionists say that the B vitamins, contained in energy drinks, are useless because people receive their recommended values through food, students do not eat enough food.
Many students are stranded in classes all day long, and that makes getting the time to replenish themselves with nutritious food difficult, so students are lacking in nutition; energy drinks can supply the nutrients busy students need.
When soda nutritional values are compared with the values of energy drinks, soda nutritional values are nil.
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