UO E-clips, April 24

Somehow, hockey found an audience (The Oregonian): Here's a sentence you don't get to type every day: Good news for the NHL. I don't mean snarky good news like, "Hey, Montreal rioted after the Canadiens beat Boston, proving someone cares." I mean actual good-from-a-business-point-of-view, good-for-the-sport news. At least a little. …. "What would it look like if you took out the outdoor game?" said Paul Swangard, hockey fan and managing director of the University of Oregon's Warsaw Sports Marketing Center.

Celebrating the life of Bin Linder (Oregon Daily Emerald): Inspired by the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a socialist political party that ruled Nicaragua in the 1980s and helped some of the nation's poorest people, Ben Linder of Portland moved to Nicaragua after graduating from the University of Washington in 1983. A mechanical engineer, he worked on hydroelectric projects to provide energy to schools, clinics and farms. On April 28, 1987, Linder, then 27, was killed by two Contras, rebels who opposed the Sandinista Movement. His autopsy showed that he was injured by a grenade and shot in the head. Tonight in the EMU's Fir Room, Linder's life will be celebrated when Margaret Randall reads from "Stones Witness," her latest book.