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If you haven’t guessed it already, the force that can stand in your way is your body’s need for sleep. After the third hour of studying the words from your textbook become blurred and your eyes feel heavy then you lay your head down for just a second, but it’s too late; sleep has already taken you captive.

Students try to avoid this scenario by using various stay awake drugs to keep them from falling asleep, but some of these methods can be harmful to students in the long run.

College is filled with homework, big essays, and late nights studying for exams. College students have to make food choices, develop study habits and make life style judgments. Though all of these new decisions may seem overwhelming for some students; there are many services offered at Missouri Western that can help students with their dilemmas. [...]