Th e Da il y Te x a n VO L. LXXXIII, NO. 15 (USPS 146-440) THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS A T AUSTIN AT&T proposes historic rate cuts United Press International NEW YORK -American Tele phone & Telegraph Co. said Wednes day it would seek government permis sion to cut it* rates on interstate long distance calls Jan. I by $1.75 billion a year, the largest rate cut in history. An AT&T spokesman said the rate reductions would average 10 to 15 per cent. which is in line with what

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... T has previously estimated the rate reduc tions would amount to when it divests its 22 local operating companies Jan I . Music videos 'hot path' to popular stardom Bill McIntyre, Daily Texan Staff Rodrigo R odriguez, video producer, displays som e o f U s video rq aip an n i which he oses when p otting together a prom otional video for a group. R od rigoet considers his p ieces 'art.* B y J U L IE V O W E L L Daily Texan Staff Making rock music videos is fast becoming the hottest path to stardom for many popular music bands. If a band can get its video on Mu sic Television (MTV) or any of its myriad erf competitors -such as USA Network's Night Right and Ra dio 1990, Home Box Office's Video Jukebox or Cine max's Pop Spotschances are the band will sell more records. UT student Rodrigo Rodriguez, radio-television-film senior, produc es and directs the making of such vi deos in the Austin area. "I want my videos to be works of art," Rodriguez said Wednesday. "Most videos can't seem to get above being highly self-indulgent," he said. "A lot of the MTV videos fall into the 'here we are portraying the rock 'n' roller' category rather than portraying the concept of the song." Rodriguez said videos like "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "Pressure" by Billy Joel and " Burn ing Down the House" by the Talking Heads are art rather than stereotypi cal videos because they illustrate a certain concept. " You need to do artistic video," Rodriguez said. " You need to create things and have a lot of technical knowledge." The first video Rodnguez pro duced was one for the Skunks, a once-popular local new wave band However, the Skunks disbanded be fore the video could be released. " It was a very ambitious project," Rodriguez said. " We cast over 80 people to appear in the video and we filmed it entirely in Austin. We spent about three months editing the video and adding special effects, but unfor tunately it never aired. " With die band breaking up, we were left holding the video bag, so to speak," he said. Rodriguez' second video venture is proving to be more successful. Chinan me, another local new wave group, enlisted Rodriguez' help in the making of a 30-minute video. " This is the first public thing Clhnanine has done since the A tu tía Chronicle Music Awards show last March." Rodriguez said. "This is a 30-minute piece which involves con cert footage as a basis, but some o f the video has been storyboarded and the audio has been totally rem ixed." "We hope to be on B dkniD y in a month or two on USA N efw w t," Rodriguez said. He said he had discussed airing tire video on Night R ight with USA rep resentatives.