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The following is part one of a two-part series on steroid use at Iowa State. Carl, the ISU student depicted in this story, declined to be identified by his real name because of legal reasons. He uses the alias ‘Carl’ for mailing and ordering purposes.
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Business:
College dean Hira to retire at end of June Dean of the College of Business Labh Hira has announced that he will retire from his position when his term ends on June 30, according to an ISU news release. Hira, who has been the dean of the College of Business for 11 years, will stay on the ISU faculty as a professor of accounting, the news release stated. During his time as dean, Hira has seen through the completion of the Gerdin Business Building and the creation of a Ph.D. program in business and technology. Hira also served as a co-chair on the ISU Presidential Search Committe, which helped choose Steven Leath to be the new ISU President. “The College of Business has a great story to tell. We should be proud of the many things that all of us, together, have achieved in recent years,� Hira said in the news release. “The college is well positioned for a new dean to build on those accomplishments. The university is fortunate to have such strong leadership in President Geoffroy and Presidential-designate Leath, who I know will conduct a successful search for the position� Keep reading the Daily for more as this story develops. By Daily Staff
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Three years ago, Carl never would have expected his relationship with steroids to go this far. His motivation: sports. “I compete in the sport of powerlifting, where drug use is not only common, but openly accepted as part of the sport,� Carl said. “I figured if everyone else was doing it, why shouldn’t I?� After being exposed to steroids at the age of 19, Carl began his fury of research to learn more about the powers of steroids. “I decided to wait until I was 21 to try them,� Carl said. He said that waiting didn’t make the experience any easier. “I took the syringe out of the box and pulled two millimeters of testosterone enanthate from the vial. I waited trying to work up the courage, and finally I managed to push the needle in slowly. I pushed the plunger until it was gone, and I pulled the needle out. A few droplets of blood came out. I laid on the cold tile for a while before I would stop shaking.� Carl never realized how much his life would change after that moment. Not only would his body begin to change, but his sense of well-being, his lifestyle and his future would be changed forever.
Ecology
Professor goes ape for chimpanzees
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Have you used performance enhancing steroids at any point in your life? Tell us at iowastatedaily.com “Since I’ve been using them, my vascularity increased greatly, I lost fat and gained more muscle,� Carl said. “The steroids are what increases strength and muscle size, and the effects on body composition are great.� Carl struggled with depression prior to his use, but the steroids’ effect on his confidence and selfesteem allowed him to surpass this condition. Carl’s strength performance in the powerlifting meets also excelled since he began using them. “It has taken me three years of use to win my competition,� he said. “But I think it will be another two years before I can win open nationals. I’m willing to do whatever it takes.� Harrison Pope, steroid specialist, psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, said steroids are called anabolic-androgenic because they have two sets of effects. “The anabolic are the muscle gaining effects that cause you to gain muscle mass,� Pope said. “And the androgenic effects are the so-called masculinizing effects which include both physical effects such as hair growth or acne and the psychological effects.� Malhar Gore, physician at Thielen Student Health Center, said steroids’ effect on
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By Leah.DeGraaf @iowastatedaily.com What she looks forward to the most? Spending time alone with her chimpanzees. In the craziness of Jill Pruetz’s life, after all the interviews, classes, lectures, conferences and honors, she cannot wait to get back to Senegal to spend some quality alone time with the African primates she has spent years growing to love. Like many professors at Iowa State University, Jill Pruetz, associate anthropology professor in the College of Liberal Arts and Science, is no ordinary staff member. “Chimps are always at the back of her mind. She always has that pull to be out in the field, and if she could always live with them, she would,� said Daniel Musgrave, graduate student in physical anthropology and advisee of Pruetz. Jill Pruetz has been studying chimpanzees in Africa now for over 10 years. In fact, she and her colleagues just celebrated their 10-year anniversary with a party in Senegal, the western African
Photo: Kelsey Kremer/ Iowa State Daily A group of Occupy Iowa demonstrators gather on Oct. 9 by the West Lawn of the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines to protest government and capitalism.
Photo: Nicole Wiegand/Iowa State Daily Jill Pruetz, associate professor of anthropology, stands flanked by various artifacts from her extensive work with primates. The Smithsonian also is showcasing some of her work
country where her research project has developed into far more than simple observation. While researching savanna chimps in Fongoli, Senegal, Pruetz witnessed for the first time a chimp using a wooden spear to hunt other small primates. “In the past, that was something that had been used to set humans apart from other animals, we hunt with tools and animals do not, so that was a huge thing,� Pruetz said.
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This ground-breaking discovery led Jill Pruetz to being named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2008. Her work is currently being showcased at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., as part of the Human Origins exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History. She contributed one of her spears to this exhibit, and saw her work on display in the museum for the first time last spring.
Students are planning on Occupying Iowa State for noon on Thursday, Oct. 13. Two graduate students at Iowa State, Carol Oliveira and Angie Carter, who are part of the “99 percent� and plan to attend Thursday’s event, believe Occupy Wall Street will be historical. The two said it’s a chance for people to get involved in participatory democracy in a time where many of them are fed up with the election cycle. “I feel really lucky to be in school right now,� Carter said. Carter said that students need to do something at the state level, “especially because this is what we’re going to be dealing with for the rest of our lives.�
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