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The group stands by these issues, but there are those who still find fault in their words because the band makes a profit from its political statements. Although Morissette.O'Ri dan and Steffani represenia range of women in rock field, women in yond musical genres. For years, Salt-N- other female rappers suchas Queen Latifa and MCLytel® shown the public a positives of women and the strugglesl have overcome. In the country genre,lejit such as Dolly Partonamf Judds have paved the way IP *3 tosewnq DMtct'. It seems the rise of women in music is never without some sort of inherent controversy. Whether they sing about love gone wrong or social issues, women entertainers face the backlash of the public. Alanis Morissette has become a household name, and her position on Billboard’s Top 10 for the past 15 months proves her popularity. But a myriad of individuals ex ist to apply the title “Male-Bash ing Songstress” to her fame. Her U.S. release of “You Ough- ta Know” sparked the Morissette craze and started many minds thinking about male-hate lyrics. But if one recalls from, say a day or so ago, any Nine Inch Nails song, people would realize men have been female-bashing for far longer. With a song like "Closer” and Trent Reznor screaming “I wanna f--kyou like an animal,” disen chantment with the female gen der is obvious. The problem is, now that women in music have reached a high point, it is easier to accuse them of having vengeance- filled lyrics. So another woman entertainer writes about social issues — poverty, domestic violence and drug usage. The Cranberries, led by Do- Many critics who praised the group’s second album turned their heads away from the politi cal topics addressed on their lat est release. They claim no one wants to lis ten about the ills of the world, es pecially from a group that was not heavily political from its start. O’Riordan wrote what she felt, and instead of getting good marks for recognizing problems, she and her band suffered from harsh critiques. What is a woman in today’s music industry supposed to do, sing about cooking her husband’s favorite dish as he comes home from a hard day of work? That is unlikely. Take Gwen Steffani, for exam ple, the lead singer for the band No Doubt. Her popular single “Just A Girl” goes on about the way men pic ture women in the massive scope of life — something pretty to look at, but not someone talk to or think of as an equal. In the song, however, Steffani clears up the confusion of female stereotyping by saying, “I’ve had it up to here.” With groups like No Doubt that are privileged to have a skilled woman as the lead singer, the rise of women in music will increase, and women will continue to voice opinions accompanied by guitar strums and drum beats. Whether they sing about love gone wrong or social problems, women enter tainers face the backlash of the public. Shania Twain and 14-year LeAnn Rimes. With so many femaleaccmi plishments, in many sic, it is obvious thatwomeni sicians are doing somethingr The formula theyhavefoi for making music andspeato out on the way the livesofw have changed is notcomplei but is closer now than it ever As far as male bashing and male bashing in music, nosucl entity exists. There is only the misunder standing between the sexes, that barrier is keeping comm cation lines crossed. Women make music and wl they express their feelings through the lyrical word, no m man or woman, hastherighfio judge them by what theydeci to say. rar* The Batt/ Too we eej it* wn had To «t(LE SaMGO/Oe A BIT MoKC CStWU ICK OUT THIS 4 P SCARF I FOUN M MALL, MOM Natarajan Continued from Page 3 man experience. I still keep in touch with a lot of my fish.” But Natarajan reached beyond clubs and organi zations in extending his Aggie circle of friends. Be fore long, he began popping up at parties, too. It’s not a party unless Ranjan is there, regular Ag gie partygoers began to say., “I don’t know how that happened,” he said. “I guess it stems from the fact that I love to socialize, and if someone invites me, I’m going to make a point to at least show up. As more and more people kept inviting me, I kept showing up at more places and people were saying, ‘Gosh, this guy’s everywhere.’” There was just one thing people could not figure out: Natarajan does not have a car. How could he get so many places without one? “Almost everybody tells me to write a book on how I got around without a car for seven years at A&M,” Natarajan said. Hayes said she has pictures of every night she went out with Natarajan — but they never brought a camera. “Ranjan would ask people lie saw with a camera to take pictures of us, and then lie would give them his phone number so he could get the negatives,” she said. “He's an Aggie by all definitions. I've never heard him say a bad thing about anybody." Brian Sallee Long-time friend of Natarajan Natarajan’s love for Aggie traditions grew with his circle of friends, he said. “Howdy,” the word that has built bridges between Natarajan and so many others, is one of his favorites. “I wish more people would say it now,” he said. And in 1994, Natarajan experienced Aggie tradi tion and spirit in a special and unique way. A group of his friends noticed that Natarajan, who had contributed so much to the University, did not have an Aggie ring. They secretly pitchedim buy him one in appreciation for his service to A&ll Natarajan said the surprise further showediii tiie love and togetherness the Aggie family shares. “I was so excited, but it was a humblingexpti 1 ence,” he said. “It makes me wonder, haveithanfe < them enough?” But his friends say Natarajan deserves tea Sallee said Natarajan is an exceptional perso:^ terrific Aggie. “He’s an Aggie by all definitions,” Sallee saii'l never heard him say a bad thing about anybody Today Natarajan is flying from EasterwooM ■■ port to California to work and to finish hisdoclo research. He said the time has come to “moveoi and find new challenges. Natarajan hopes to meld his electricalandaf cult ural engineering experiences in I which is nestled in the Silicon Valley, the home companies famous for computer andtechnolt! cal innovations. Natarajan said he wants to come back to A&U some point to see the friends and thee loves. He said he might even like tobevicepK dent of Student Affairs someday. But this depends on where life takes him, hed These final days in Aggieland have beenalittles Natarajan said, as he remembers his experiencesli But Natarajan’s friends say they will not to him. Sallee said he will always recall howNataii loved to go out of his way to meet and helpothff “I’ll remember how many Aggies’ touched,” Sallee said. Natarajan said he will never forget the Af! he has met, and offered a parting invitationH ==- Aggie family: “If you ever need anything in San Jose, I up,” he said. Editor’s Note — In talking with RanJenNstH about what makes his experience at A&M said that he was the first Indian that many«' friends had ever met. He said he knew what ^ getting into at A&M, but that if even 10 percent people here would talk to him, he’d have 4,000M No one has ever actually counted, but it is safe to say that Ranjan will be missed at AS more than 4,000 students, faculty and staff. 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