She wakes in the morning, brews a pot of coffee, drinks one cup and pours the rest into a thermos that she will carry with her to morning classes.Around noon, she meets with some friends for lunch and another shot of caffeine at her favorite coffee shop just off campus. Then, when she’s ready to hit the books for an evening cram session, the coffee pot is once again called upon to provide her with enough energy to stay awake until the early morning hours.Maybe not every coffee drinker on campus has this type of addiction to caffeine. But according to staff in coffee shops around campus, students drink a lot of coffee. Seven area coffee shops surveyed go through a total of 175 pounds of coffee grounds each day.Consuming coffee is routine according to workers in some of the shops.”Ninety-five percent of our customers are regulars,” said Scott Morse, owner of Brenen’s.Most coffee drinkers on campus have their own story behind the habit. Reasons for coffee drinking are flavor, caffeine, or the social atmosphere of coffee shops, while others use a combination of these.”There are some people that come in and right away you know what they are going to get,” said Bill Elliot, a worker at Arabica.Cheryl Gordon, a senior in Jewish studies, said her coffee fetish stems from her senior year in high school.”I started going to coffee shops more – a few times a week,” said Gordon. “Now they call me ‘coffee queen.'”Since coming to college, Gordon said she drinks more coffee than she ever did in high school.”It’s more available, and I’m more tired.” Gordon said. “I drink a lot during finals.”Jen Gold, a junior in child and family studies/elementary education, is also a big fan of coffee shops, and prefers specialty drinks.”I get a headache if I don’t get enough caffeine,” she said.Robert Aston, a junior in nursing, averages three cups a day. He said if he doesn’t get enough caffeine, he doesn’t feel alert. But when he has too much, Aston said he experiences jitters and headaches.”I live on coffee,” said Aston. “I have my own machine and I use it everyday.”However, he doesn’t completely avoid the trendy coffee shops.”I wanted to study in a coffee shop last night, but there weren’t any tables open,” he said.Although each of the campus area coffee shops has a unique atmosphere, they share one common sight – studying students.”During the evenings, customers are primarily studying,” Morse said. “During the day, students come in between classes. Or, like today, small classes will meet here.”Susan Willauer, a registered nurse, is an advice nurse at the Student Health Center. She sees the correlation between students studying and drinking coffee.”We frequently get students, during finals weeks especially, who think there is something seriously wrong with them,” Willauer said. “Then, after talking to them, we discover that they haven’t eaten anything in 18 hours but have had 10 cups of coffee.”Common side effects of too much caffeine are a higher pulse, fluctuating blood pressure, and the jitters, Willauer said. Some people, though, become addicted and don’t feel the effects. However, these people may experience withdrawal symptoms if they don’t get enough caffeine.It’s hard to be specific about the effects of caffeine because individuals can have very different tolerance levels, said Wayne Johnson, associate professor from the department of human nutrition and food management.Someone may experience side effects when they go without coffee, but the addiction is not too tough to break, Johnson said.Caffeine seems to be relatively harmless when used in moderation – around two cups of coffee a day. In higher doses, caffeine can cause symptoms associated with anxiety, according to the Journal of the American Dietetics Association.