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Four days a week, while Gena Pollack works at Cupcake Construction on Massachusetts Street, she drinks an 8 to 12 ounce cup of coffee between 7 and 8 a.m. Pollack, a senior from Tulsa, Okla., needs her morning brew. Her new favorite coffee is a pomegranate-infused black coffee from Signs of Life, just down the block from her work, but Pollack enjoys switching up where she buys her brew and what flavors she drinks.
She is particular about her coffee too. "If it's bad, then it's going to make me mad," she says. "It's going to ruin my morning."
Because October is Pollack's busiest month with writing papers, taking tests and working at her job 30-35 hours a week, she ends up drinking more coffee to keep her going. Pollack can spend up to $50 a week on coffee, which means at least one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
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Although Pollack loves her coffee, she says she tries to make conscious decisions when drinking it, not only for her bank account, but for her health. Having an increased heart rate from coffee also bothers Pollack often.
America is full of coffee drinkers. Ninety percent of the U.S. adult population consumes coffee, and 81 percent of caffeine consumption comes from coffee, says Michel Lucas, professor in the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.
According to a number of studies, coffee can have several health benefits. Studies have shown that coffee can lower the risk of depression, the amount of pain while exercising, and the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That daily cup of Joe may not be that vice people once thought it was.
Last month, the Harvard School of Public Health released a study that said coffee can reduce the risk of depression in women. This is the largest study that put coffee and depression together, says Lucas, who is also did research for the study.
The study followed 50,739 U.S. women with a mean age of 63 who were free from depression at the start of the study in 1996. It found that women who drank four or more cups of coffee per day reduced their risk of depression by 20 percent. When two to three cups of coffee were drunk, the risk was reduced by 15 percent, Lucas says.
One in five Americans is affected by depression, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Feelings of hopelessness, guilt, loss of interest in activities or hobbies that were once pleasurable, and decreased energy can indicate depression. But women are two times more likely to get depression than men, Lucas says. A common explanation for this is hormonal changes, causing girls to be at a higher risk.
The type of coffee a woman drinks doesn't matter as long as it contains caffeine. "We cannot assume that it is caffeine or coffee, but [the study] suggests that," Lucas says. Other studies have been conducted at Harvard to determine if various caffeinated beverages, such as tea and soda, have the same effect. "We didn't see any relationship with non-coffee sources of caffeine, mainly because the intake is not enough," he says. Decaffeinated coffee shows the same results.
Janani Ganta, a sophomore from Manhattan, says she drinks one coffee during the weekday afternoons when she is the most exhausted. Since Ganta works several 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. security shifts at the residence halls, she is ready to crash halfway through the day. When Ganta has her afternoon coffee she says, "I can actually get through the day. And if I don't have it, I'm just dead. I can't do this."
"Drinking coffee is not bad for your health; it's more of a benefit," Lucas says. Especially if you are already a coffee drinker. The effects have not been studied yet on men or young women. "So, it would be interesting to see if we can observe the same kind of relationship," he says.
Tyler Weiland, a junior from Waterville, says he drinks at least one coffee in the mornings and sometimes another in the afternoon when he needs a “pick-me-up.” “The caffeine helps me get up and get ready for class and stuff like that in the mornings,” he says. Before drinking a coffee, Weiland says he is less talkative and more subdued.
Pollack, Weiland and Ganta each need caffeinated coffee to get them through the day and put them in a good mood. But not only have studies shown coffee and caffeine can help reduce the risk of depression but they can also reduce pain while exercising.
Every afternoon during the school week, Jennifer Farr makes a trip to her apartment
I don't see Berglund wearing a Jayhawk uniform when his legal issues settle. Until then this is Jordan Webb's team, and he needs to find a way to win or his last two years at Kansas may be more difficult than the first two.
I would have to think Berglund is reconsidering a return to Lawrence, given the state of the football team. He had offers from more than 10 schools, and I would have to think one of them would still like to have him.
sidering that this season is pretty much lost.
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Repors have said that Berglund loves Lawrence and this University and is wearing Jayhawk clothes back home. That's all fine and dandy, but Berglund won't come back to Kansas unless he's just looking for a quality education.
in Kansas in December 2007, the program had just wiped itself clean of Mark Mangino, the second most successful coach in the University's history.
When Gill was hired, the program was two years removed from its most successful season ever, in which it gained America's attention and brought home a trophy full of oranges. The freshmen on that team were part of the 50th best recruiting class in the NCAA, according to rivals.com, and seven of those
After Mangino resigned following scrutiny of his conduct with players, Gill was put in charge of a program with a bruised public image.
But just how broken was the football program, besides the black eye that it got from the Mangino drama?
"I came here to try to fix something, and that's what I'm here to do," Gill said.
And it did, as the recruiting class rankings for Kansas improved the following two seasons, though the program took a wild ride of highs and lows. Kansas won a bowl game in 2008, lost its final seven games of the 2009 season, and ended the year with the departure of former coach Mangino.
When Gill arrived at Kansas, he was taking over a program that had just lost its core group of key players — quarterback Todd Reesing, running back Jake Sharp, and receiver Kerry Meier, to name a few.
are a team on the PIC and you figure that will attract pretty big recruits", senior wide receiver Kale Pick said.
But he did inherit a team made up of four top 50 classes, according to rivals.com, and this
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Coach Turner Gill walks out of Memorial Stadium after a tough game against the Oklahoma Sooners. As Gill's second season progresses, he must reevaluate the changes he's aimed to make to the team.
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