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‘Bee Safety’
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New mobile application creating buzz in agricultural community By Nolan Bauermeister Practicum Contributor
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Oregon State University Extension Services have released a smartphone application that will help farmers and beekeepers keep bees safe from pesticides used in agricultural work.
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A smartphone application entitled ‘Bee Safety’ has been released by the Oregon State University Extension Service to help farmers and beekeepers keep bees safe from pesticides used in agricultural work. The app utilizes research information from a 2013 publication from OSU entitled ‘How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides,’ that provides toxicity ratings for 150 common agricultural pesticides, as well as tips for preventing poisonings and the symptoms of bee poisoning. “The app is based on the preexisting publication” said the publications lead author, Ramesh Sagili, an entomologist and bee researcher at OSU. “It’s a smartphone world, so the stakeholders, the beekeepers and the growers, have been asking us to come up with an app that can be utilized in the field.” Bee Safety is an essential component to agriculture in the Pacific Northwest. According to the Bee Poisoning publication, “Beekeepers in California and Pacific Northwest preform nearly half of the nations commercial pollination, valued at $18 billion dollars.” Accord to Sagili, in Oregon alone there are about 70,000 commercial honey bee hives that pollinate 50 Oregon crops. “There is such a diversity of crops in the Willamette Valley and in the Pacific Northwest, we got different things like berries, cherries and apples, pears, in central Oregon we grow a majority of hybrid carrot seed for the world and bees are essential to that,” said bee expert and toxicologist at Oregon State, Louisa Hooven. Pesticides can have many negative effects on bee populations in the Northwest if not managed properly including excessive death of bees, lack of foraging or defense, hives that lack development and even queenless hives, according to the publication. Honey bee population has been in decline for many years. According to a Greenpeace report, 40 percent of commercial honey bees have been lost in the U.S. since 2006 and 45 percent have been lost in the U.K. since 2010. “There are multiple factors that are contributing to higher losses of honey bee colonies, however the other native bees are still there,” Sagili said. “Bees have their own problem with pests, nutrition, and lack of habitat. Pesticides are a significant stress but it is unfair to say just because of pesticides all bees are declining.” The app came about with the 2013 revision of the Bee poisoning safety publication that was originally published in 2006. The revision was needed due to the fact that many new pesticides had been introduced to the agricultural market and the
It’s a smartphone world, so the stakeholders, the beekeepers and the growers have been asking us to come up with an app that can be utilized in the field. Ramesh Sagili Entomologist and Bee researcher effects on bee populations wasn’t always apparent with the information on the label. “We looked at all the pesticides that were used on pollinated crops in the Pacific Northwest and tried to narrow it down to the ones that were used while bees were pollinating,” Hooven said. “We had to reformat it since it was based on the information that was available at the time, the information on the newer pesticides was spotty.” The pesticide guide accounts for residual toxicity, or how long the harmful effects persist where it is sprayed, something the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the source of pesticide warnings, does not test for. This required additional research on the toxicology of the pesticides as well as collaboration with the University of Idaho and Washington State University who all worked together to publish the document. Both Hooveman and Sagili agree that with more information becoming digitally accessible it only makes sense to make pertinent information more readily available for those that need it in the agricultural feild. With bee populations declining globally they say this is one step to help protect bees worldwide. However they both agree that that best way to protect bees from pesticides is too have good communication between growers and beekeepers. “Bee protection and crop protection are not mutually exclusive, you have to have a middle ground where you can protect bees from pesticides and still use pesticides to stop insects from destroying your crop,” Sagili said. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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Last year’s DAM JAM 2015 saw a large crowd of students and community members come out to the MU quad to watch artist B.o.B perform.
T-Pain to headline DAM JAM 2016 Adieu Caribou, The Colourist to open, tickets on sale today By Cianna Levi and Riley Youngman Practicum Contributor/News Editor
The Memorial Union Program Council announced yesterday that T-Pain will headline the annual DAM JAM music event at Oregon State University this year. The event, which takes place on May 21, will open with performances by the winner of the recent Battle of the Bands contest at OSU, Adieu Caribou, and the Southern Californian band The Colourist. Tickets for DAM JAM go on sale today, and can be purchased in the Student Experience Center at a cost of $7 for students, and $25 for non-students. As DAM JAM draws near, event coordinators Calvin Nguyen and Sarah Sutton are working to prepare for the event. According to Sutton, a member of the MUPC and the co-head of the committee that plans the event, the annual concert is one that invites renowned artists and performers to campus for a night of fun and entertainment. “DAM JAM is an event created by students, for students,” Sutton said. Along with Sutton, Nguyen also volunteers his time to co-head the student committee that is in charge of not only DAM JAM but the Winter Acoustics Series and Battle of the Bands. The committee consists of more than 30 volunteer students and there are dozens
of people who support the pre-production of the event, according to Sutton. Nguyen and Sutton started planning this upcoming DAM JAM in August of last year. The MU Quad will be set up with a huge stage for each set of performers and will be enclosed with security entrances because of the enormous size of the expected crowd. According to Nguyen, having 24,000 undergraduates is one of the hardest parts of creating such a large scale production. Finding performers that the target audience will want and appreciate is a common problem that the staff runs into, according to Nguyen. Nguyen hopes that people will see that he, his partner and staff try their absolute hardest to please everyone. “We’re trying our best to look out for everybody at Oregon State and what they want, because, we’re a part of the big Beaver family too,” Nguyen said. “We want this event to be an amazing experience for every one of the students, but of course, we can’t please everyone with there being thousands of opinions out there. We hope everyone sees that we try our absolute hardest to though.” With the larger event though comes a higher price. Past performers of Dam Jam, such as Mike Posner and Hoodie Allen, can have a concert rate range of up to $75,000, according to Sutton and Nguyen. “The decision has always been made mostly by the Head Event Coordinators, that being Sarah and I,” Nguyen said. “However, when Sarah and I took on this position, we saw that there was this void between the students and
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We’re trying our best to look out for everybody at Oregon State and what they want, beacuase we’re a part of the bigger Beaver family too. Calvin Nguyen Event Co-Coordinator Dam Jam, and that was the students not being able to choose what headliner they want to see at the concert. So this year, we decided to put it in the students’ hands.” In previous years, the staff would implement a middle man that supplied information about which performers would be available, in the price range and best suited for the Oregon State community, according to Nguyen. This year, two polls were released to the students by the staff; one that questioned which genre people would like to hear, and one questioning which five attainable artists out of that genre they would want to perform at DAM JAM. “Once we saw that students wanted rap and hip hop, we selected a list of five potential headliners and released a poll during Winter Term. Over 2,600 students voted,” Sutton said.
“My favorite part of the event is seeing the excitement that everyone gets from just talking, gossiping, and even just thinking about the event. Even in September, eight months out from the event, the energy students had for the event was unbelievable,” Nguyen said. Nguyen enjoys the community aspect of the event, and sees all the hype and even arguments of headliners as a positive aspect of Dam Jam. “The coolest part for me, I think, is how it brings everyone together,” Nguyen said. “No matter if it’s arguing about who would be a better headliner, watching music videos of their music, or getting pumped about what food vendors are going to be there, everyone is having a great time together talking about DAM JAM.” The staff would like to remind attendees to be respectful of all event staff, volunteers and safety personnel during the event. According to MUPC director, Jessica Hammock, Nguyen and Sutton are always hard at work. “They have both been extremely motivated and kept the interest of OSU students in mind with every decision they make,” Hammock said. “I can’t wait to see all their hard work pay off at the concert! It has been an honor to work with both of them.” baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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‘When we register to vote, we win big’ Form must be complete, mailed by Tuesday
Students can register to vote in either the ASOSU offices, in the MU quad from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., or online Tabitha Pitzer ASOSU Director of Government Affairs
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The Associated Students of Oregon State University ASOSU is helping getting students registered to vote for the upcoming elections. The deadline for voter registration for the upcoming May primary is tomorrow. Those that want to vote must have a completed registration form in by that date. Tabitha Pitzer, the ASOSU director of government affairs, explained that students have several different opportunities and resources available to them on campus to register. “Students can register to vote
in either the ASOSU offices, in the MU quad from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (April 26), or online,” Pitzer said. Pitzer said there is a connection between the number of students that register to vote and the amount of attention
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and funding that is given to higher education. “When we register to vote, we win big,” Pitzer said. “Last year we registered over 55,000 students across the state of Oregon working with the Oregon Students Association. After that, we saw an unprecedented increase in funding towards higher education. We also saw a 20 percent increase in need based aid.” Pitzer and others are working with the Oregon Student Association with the Vote OR Vote campaign, which is aiming to register 8,000 OSU students by the deadline. Pitzer said the registration process is simple and quick. The short form requires some personal information like an address, identification number as well as making sure the person is a US citizen over the age of 17. Registered voters will have the opportunity to elect several candidates as well as different executive positions in the state
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DEADLINE April 26, 2016 of Oregon. “We are in a really unique election where, not only do we have our presidential primaries, we also decide the governor,” Pitzer said. “The governor gets to appoint trustees who set tuition. Then there are also people like our US Representative Peter DeFazio, who is up for reelection, and our state representative Dan Rayfield is up for reelection. There’s so many different seats that are opening.” According to ASOSU member Candalynn Johnson, there are plenty of reasons as to why
one should re-register. “Another important thing for students to know is that if they moved recently they have to reregister,” Johnson said. According to Jeff Baxter, the ASOSU director of graduate affairs, Oregon handles ballot distribution in a different way than most other states by having mail-in ballots. “Oregon has a really unique system, I think we are one of two states that does ballots entirely by mail,” Baxter said. “It doesn’t matter where you live they will mail your ballot.” After receiving a ballot voters
must mail it back. OSU is one of two schools in Oregon that has a secure ballot drop off box on campus. The dropbox is located on the first floor of the Valley Library near the information desk. Pitzer said that the goal of the such a wide sweeping campaign to push for student voter registration is to allow for everyone to have a chance to register. “We just want to make sure that everyone we interact with has the opportunity to register to vote,” Pitzer said. baro.news@oregonstate.edu
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The weather didnt help this weeknd in rainy Corvallis, Ore. as the Beavers went 1-2 during the Dam Cancer series against No. 10 Washington.
Beavers lose finale of Dam Cancer Series
OSU Softball team nets one Top-10 win in final series before bye week By Josh Worden Senior Beat Reporter
Oregon State and Washington’s three-game series at the OSU Softball Complex this weekend proved to be an evenly matched affair in multiple categories. Washington narrowly edged OSU in hits, 24-19, while OSU’s pitching staff notched 22 strikeouts to Washington’s 17. In the end, the No. 10 Huskies won the most important category by taking the first and third games of the series, but the Beavers won a 3-2 decision on Saturday for its first Top-10 victory of the season and its fourth win over a ranked opponent. The Beavers are now 27-15-1 on the year with two series left, guaranteeing at least a 56.3 percent winning rate on the year and almost certainly a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. In the Washington series, sophomore left fielder Lovie Lopez led the offense by going 5-for-10 including a 3-for-4 effort on Friday. Washington stole a 10-inning win on Friday, 3-2, holding OSU scoreless in extra innings even while OSU got a pair of runners on base with no outs in the ninth inning. Washington’s shortstop Ali Aguilar had her second and third home runs of the series on Sunday en route to the 7-2 win. The Beavers earned Saturday’s win via a pair of solo home runs from freshman third baseman Madison Anthony and freshman right fielder Shelby Weeks to earn the win. “Obviously, that big win the second day was big for us,” said head coach Laura Berg. Though OSU lost the series, getting one win was significant for OSU especially considering Washington is ranked No. 10 in the nation. “I think the team did really good against Washington,” Lopez said. “I mean, they’re ranked No. 10. They’re a tough team, they have tough pitching and I think we performed well. This game was tough but I think we held our
own against them.” “I hope these guys understand that and take confidence in this,” coach Berg said. “We can play with teams like this.” In Sunday’s game, Washington’s torrid hitting was too much to handle for OSU’s pitching staff. Senior Beverly Miller allowed three earned runs and freshman Meehra Nelson gave up four, while the Huskies racked up 13 hits. OSU fought back in the fifth inning, posting two runs on a home run off Lopez’s bat. “I just went up to bat just trying to square the ball up, honestly,” Lopez said of the home run. “I fouled the third pitch off and I was a little late. I was telling myself, ‘Get the barrel where it needs to be and it’ll go.’ It’s funny how this game works. It’s a game of centimeters, not inches.” Washington pitcher Taran Alvelo earned the win in Friday and Sunday’s games, tossing complete games in each and totaling 305 pitches. For OSU, Nelson earned her Pac-12leading fifth save of the season on Saturday while Miller earned her 11th win in a sixinning, two-run outing. Defensively, OSU committed just two errors across the three games. With two series left, OSU is in good position to make the postseason for the first time in three seasons. The Beavers will play a road series against Arizona two weekends from now and the final home games of the regular season against Arizona State the next weekend to improve their stock. “Postseason is always where we want to be at,” Lopez said. “These next couple of series are going to be tough, but if we go out, play with our hearts and give everything we got, I think we’ll be fine.” This weekend, OSU is able to take a week off, its first weekend without any games since the beginning of the season in early February. “I think it’s going to be nice,” coach Berg said of the break. “It’s going to let us slow things down a little bit, get back to the basics, do a JOSHUA LUCAS | THE DAILY BAROMETER little one-on-one time with the kids and let Sophomore designated player Alysha Everett hits a fly ball. them rest and recover.”
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The Oregon State baseball team took two of three games to win the season series against the Utah Utes in Salt Lake City over the weekend. The Beavers won the first two games but were unable to complete the sweep. With the two victories, the Beavers (26-10, 8-7 Pac-12) move into third place in the Pac-12 standings, one game behind the Utes (1422, 9-6) and the Washington Huskies. In the series opener, the top of the Beavers lineup provided the spark for the offense. Sophomore leftfielder Christian Donahue and freshman second basemen Nick Madrigal went a combined 7-for-10 and scored five runs. Junior catcher Logan Ice drove in three runs in the Beavers 10-4 victory over the Utes. Senior Travis Eckert got the nod on Friday and earned his fifth win of the season after scattering eight hits and four runs in eight innings of work. Due to expected thunderstorms in the weather forecast in Salt Lake City, the final game was moved from Saturday to Friday, the Beavers and the Utes played a doubleheader on Friday. The first game of the doubleheader on Friday was scoreless through the first six innings of play in game one, until freshman designated Trevor Larnach RBI double broke the scoreless tie. Sophomore right fielder Jack Anderson drove in two more runs in the eighth inning. That was more than enough offense for pitcher Luke Heimlich. Heimlich tossed a career high 8 1/3 innings, surpassing his previous career high of 7 2/3 innings two weeks ago against Arkansas State. The sophomore lefthander took a shutout into the ninth inning before giving up a solo home run. Heimlich earned his fifth win of season after allowing six hits while striking out four Utah batters in the Beavers 7-2 victory. The Utes were able to jump out on junior right hander Jake Thompson in the final game of the series, scoring five of their seven runs in the first two innings. Thompson’s day was done after allowing five runs on three hits and three walks in 1 1/3 innings of work.
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The team huddles around catcher Logan Ice. The Beavers would battle back. Sophomore designated hitter Michael Grettler hit his first career home run in the fourth inning, after nearly missing a grand slam in his first at bat. Donahue had his second multi-hit of the series finishing 3-for-5 on the day with a run and an RBI. As a team, Oregon State collected 12 hits and drew seven walks, but could not drive them in, leaving 14 runners on base. After the fourth inning, the Beavers could not manage a run, losing 7-6. The Beavers will travel south to take on the Oregon Ducks in a nonconference matchup in Eugene on Tuesday, before returning home for a three-game series against the Stanford Cardinal opens on Friday. On Twitter @brathbone3
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ust when it seems like the primary elections cannot get any crazier, we see a longtime GOP supporter admit that he supports … wait, a Clinton? Hillary Clinton and Koch Industries C.E.O. Charles Koch made news headlines across the Internet over the weekend after footage surfaced of a Koch ABC interview where he admitted that Clinton would be a better choice over some of the other Republican frontrunners.
Well, Mr. Koch—I’m not a huge fan of what you do and who you support, but I have to agree with you on this one. Hillary, however, was not too thrilled about the official-unofficial endorsement. Her official campaignmanaged Twitter account had this to say: “Not interested in endorsements from people who deny climate science and try to make it harder for people to vote.” Some might say she’s saying this to pander. And I’m not going to lie—this was my first “what if” thought. Koch industries has actually donated funds to a handful of Democratic Senate and House representatives, according to 2008 donation information from OpenSecrets.org. Funny enough, Clinton received a small chunk in the sum of $3,500 from Koch Industries. Though this is nothing compared to other politicians. Wisconsin’s GOP Governor Scott Walker, for instance, received $43,000 during the 2010
election, according to a Feb. 18, 2011 article from Mother Jones. The story goes on to mention how a Koch Industries PAC donated more than $1 million to what’s known as the Republican Governors Association. More specifically, Bloomberg News reported that these governors have famously done everything in their power to “take away bargaining rights of state workers.” Clearly, Koch Industries has a thing for big money and doesn’t care much for labor unions—this is probably why they often side with the right. That’s what makes this Clinton selection odd for multiple reasons. Many anti-Clinton voters would likely see this as an excellent opportunity to say that Clinton represents big money and Wall Street interests. With that in mind, the Hillary Campaign probably realize how bad this would look. I honestly want to give Clinton the benefit of the doubt, considering she’s likely—assuming if Bernie Sanders cannot win the Democratic primary—
the left’s only hope from keeping Trump away from the White House. Other sides of the so-called “pander-verse” have just gotten … weird. For instance, heard the so-called “hot sauce” story? Apparently Clinton keeps hot sauce on her person everywhere she goes, according to an April 19 article from TIME. In addition, she’s been into this personal craze since her own time as First Lady in the White House. The so-called “con” is that she’s attempting to somehow “grab onto the African-American experience” and pander votes in this demographic, as listed in an April 18 article from Salon. The column, titled “If Clinton is pandering with this latest food revelation, it’s the most impressive suck-up ever,” further illustrates the absurdity of these “pandering” points with the premise of time travels. That’s right—Hillary wants to wind up in the Oval Office so bad that she specifically altered the space-time continuum to make it only seem like she’s a fan of hot sauce.
Prince’s death shock to boomers By Lewis W. Diuguid Kansas City Star
Baby boomers will remember what we were doing Thursday and where we were when we got the news that Prince had died. For many it likely arrived as an alert on a smartphone. Even the Google homepage logo was purple with purple rain falling all around it. CNN ran endless stories on the pop music icon who died unexpectedly at age 57. His iconic high energy hits included “Purple Rain,” “Kiss,” “1999.” CNN reported that Prince Rogers Nelson was found unresponsive Thursday morning in an elevator at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minn. First responders attempted CPR, but he was pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m. Prince had been hospitalized about a week ago after his show in Moline, Ill. His private plane made an emergency landing to get the singer medical treatment. He suffered dehydration and was getting over the flu. He canceled some concert dates and was recovering at his Minneapolisarea home. Prince produced some of the music that became the sound track for baby boomers’ lives, including “Little Red Corvette,” “Delirious,” “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy” and “Let’s Pretend We’re Married.”
Like Michael Jackson, Prince died way too soon. Jackson was 50 when he died June 25, 2009. Again, baby boomers will remember where they were and what they were doing when Jackson died. Jackson, from the time he was a preteen singing with the Jackson Five, also helped produce the sound track that we baby boomers grew up with, danced to and had fun playing in the background as we enjoyed the company of others. Both African-American artists—Prince and Jackson—were born in 1958. Each defied the boxes the music industry normally would have put their music in. Their artistry was crossover writ large —too big for R&B, pop or soul containers. Prince sold more than 100 million records during his career and won the Academy Award in 1985 for Best Original Song Score with “Purple Rain.” There has never been another performing artist like Prince. Expect his music to be sold out in stores and played for days. It will help people of all ages, but especially boomers, remember the good times and mourn the loss of another great musician. Lewis W. Diuguid is a member of The Kansas City Star’s Editorial Board. Kansas City Star
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Or, you know, she could just be a hot sauce enthusiast. It’s like we’re losing site of the real issues at hand (again), which is why this election continues to get more and more ridiculous. It seemed like we were well on track with problems related to voter disenfranchisement, healthcare reform, income inequality and foreign policy. You know, the kind of things presidential candidates should probably worry about. Right now, if we’re not careful, these constant disagreements on what appears to be a series of huge non-issues could place us closer to the reality of a Trump presidency. And, as it stands, that’s a lot scarier than someone allegedly faking hot sauce interests or switching their stance on who they accept money from. The opinions expressed in Bassinger’s column do not necessarily reflect those of The Daily Barometer staff. baro.forum@oregonstate.edu
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Coachella honors Prince By Gerrick D. Kennedy Los Angeles Times
As dusk fell on opening day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival’s second, and final, weekend Friday, the dozens of palm trees that frame the Empire Polo Club began to glow purple. Regardless of which act was playing on the festival stages, it was hard not to take in the sight of the purple trees blowing in the wind — one of many tributes to Prince, who died Thursday. As expected, the barrier-breaking icon’s presence was felt across the festival he once headlined. During Mavis Staples’ early-afternoon set, the revered soul singer briefly paused when she heard the faint sound of the bass line of “Kiss” ring out from a nearby tent. She continued on before deciding to share her memories of the singer. “Yesterday I lost a dear friend. He was my son ... my angel ... . I’m talking about Prince,” Staples told the audience. “I was on (his label) Paisley Park for seven years. “During that seven years, I adopted him. “He was the most beautiful spirit I ever met. He was a gentleman ... . He was respectful.” Staples then told the crowd a funny story of the first time she met Prince, when he attended a concert of her family’s group, the Staple Singers, at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. “I told my sister, ‘Look, I’m gonna play it cool.’ (But) here comes Prince coming toward me in a white suit, a Lucite chain and white boots ... and I just screamed. Cool went out the window.” After telling the “kids” in the audience to go look up her Prince-produced records _ “The Voice” and “Time Waits for No One” _ she led the crowd through a moment of silence for “our dear friend” before singing a few lines of “Purple Rain” a cappella, which opened a rollicking take of “Wade in the Water.” The tributes continued throughout the day. Brooklyn rapper Joey Badass told the audience at his main stage set that Prince was one of his “favorite musicians of all time” as the artist’s unpronounceable love symbol flashed on a video screen. Close to the gates of the festival, a planter below the poster for the 2008 event (the year Prince headlined) was turned into a shrine. It was strewn with purple ribbons, purple flowers and a pink-
and-purple sign with “Nothing compares to you” written in glitter. Later in the day, when rising alternative-R&B singer Gallant was joined by surprise guest Jhene Aiko, the duo performed a brief but touching version of “Diamonds and Pearls.” After the performance, Aiko told The Times the duet was off the cuff and unrehearsed. And later, Gallant popped up with Sufjan Stevens to tackle “Purple Rain.” After the palm trees turned purple — they remained that way for hours before slowly transitioning to their usual rainbow hue — the allwhite “Tower of Twelve Stories” art instillation, a full-scale section model of a skyscraper, turned a pale shade of purple. Midway through her set, Ellie Goulding dropped to her knees and with just a slight piano, sang an arresting take of “When Doves Cry,” which she seamlessly intertwined with her ethereal synth-pop hit “Lights.” Without prompting, the thousands of fans taking in her set joined in on the refrain of the Prince standard song as the vibrant graphics that flashed behind her disappeared, instead capturing her in black and white. Electronic duo Jack U ended its sweltering set with a short Prince mash-up, pumping out “Let’s Go Crazy” loud enough to reach L.A. and sending a burst of confetti over the audience during a frenetic remix of “I Wanna Be Your Lover” as images of Prince flashed on the screen. Even headliner LCD Soundsystem got in on the tributes, tackling “Controversy” as lights washed the stage in purple. But the most poignant tribute came in the form of Prince him-self. Before LCD Soundsystem came on, the main stage went dark and Prince’s voice rang out before video of his seminal cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” recorded during his 2008 headlining set at Coachella, filled the massive video screens. Between Prince’s voice echoing across the field and the purple palm trees swaying under the wind, revelers felt his presence. But soon his voice faded, and the lighted trees transformed into myriad colors, a reminder that the Purple One is indeed gone. Los Angeles Times
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