No. 12 Men’s Lacrosse Tops Marquette

Brooke Ackerman Co-Sports Editor

This past weekend, No. 12 Villanova’s men’s lacrosse team (10-3, 5-1 Big East) won in an overtime thriller, 16-15, against Marquette on Senior Day.

Fifth-year midfielder

Austin Fraser was the star of the game, scoring the game-tying goal with 32.8 seconds remaining in regulation, and then scoring the game-winning goal with 2:49 left in overtime to give the Wildcats their third conference win. final timeout to organize the ‘Cats. didn’t just want to isolate one guy, we wanted to get their defense moving, spinning.”

“We wanted to try and run our offense,” Corrado said.

After the timeout, midfielder Matt Campbell missed his shot, but Villanova retrieved the ball to give Fraser the chance to even the score and send the Wildcats into their first extra period of the 2023 season.

“[We told them] to just try and make sure they didn’t do too much,” Corrado said, heading into overtime. “[I said to] make the easy pass, pick up

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Public Safety Blotter

Liquor Underage

April 20, ST. MONICA HALL

A female resident student, under the age of 21, was evaluated for alcohol intoxication and transported to the hospital by VEMS Ambulance.

Liquor Underage

April 20-21, FEDIGAN HALL

A male resident student, under the age of 21, was transported to the hospital for alcohol intoxication by VEMS Ambulance.

Public Drunkenness

April 21, CANON HALL

A resident student, over the age of 21, was evaluated by VEMS Ambulance for alcohol intoxication.

Corrections

Theft of Property/Lost Delivery

April 21, LANCASTER PROPERTY GROUNDS

A female resident student reported a missing package after it was delivered. The amount of the loss is $145.00.

Disorderly Conduct/False

Alarms to Public Safety

April 21, ST. MONICA HALL

A fire alarm pull station was activated within a residential building without a legitimate purpose resulting in the building being evacuated.

Liquor Underage/Public Drunkenness

April 22, MAIN CAMPUS GROUNDS

A female resident student, under the age of 21, was evaluated for alcohol intoxication.

Carry a Fake ID/Liquor Underage

April 23, STANFORD HALL

A male resident student, under the age of 21, was transported to the hospital by VEMS Ambulance for alcohol intoxication.

Criminal Mischief

April 23, SULLIVAN HALL

An RA reported finding a broken chair in a hallway of Sullivan Hall.

Theft of Property/Lost Delivery

April 18, MAIN CAMPUS GROUNDS

A female resident student reported a missing package after it was misdelivered. Approximate total loss was $221.50.

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Writers and Editors, Ethics and Craft Event in Falvey

Katie Lewis Staff Writer

Acclaimed writer and editor Lisa McInerney flew from Galway, Ireland to Philadelphia last Tuesday to hold a lively conversation with 2023 Irish Studies Heimbold Chair Mary O’Donoghue on the topics of writing, editing and translation.

“Writers and Editors, Ethics and Craft” took place at 4 p.m. on April 19th in the Falvey Library Speaker’s Corner. The event was presented by the Center for Irish Studies and was co-sponsored by the Villanova Writing and Rhetoric Program and Falvey Library.

“A literary event like this not only highlights Villanova’s intimate ties to Ireland through the prestige of the Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair of Irish Studies, but offers the Villanova community the enriching experience of closely learning from and dialoguing with some of Ireland’s finest minds,” Center for Irish Studies Acting Director Jennifer Joyce said.

Joyce introduced the speakers during her opening comments.

O’Donoghue, selected by the University as the 2023 Heimbold Chair for the spring semester, is the author of the novel Before the House Burns (The Lilliput Press, 2010) and the poetry collections Among These Winters (Dedalus Press, 2007) and Tulle (Salmon Poetry, 2001). O’Donoghue’s latest short story collection will be published this summer in the Irish literary magazine The Stinging Fly, of which McInerney was appointed editor in 2022.

Apart from editing, McInerney is the author of three novels: The Glorious Heresies, The Blood Miracles and The Rules of Rev - elation. She is also the winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and published in eleven languages.

O’Donoghue initiated the conversation with an anecdote to address the often tense relationship between writers and editors, describing a preferable dynamic as one characterized by mutual trust.

“The job of an editor is ideally undefined and open, depending on each writer’s individual talents, needs and integrity,” O’Donoghue said.

The speakers then led into a discussion of The Stinging Fly literary magazine, which was featured in a New York Times story earlier this month. McInerney discussed her vision for the magazine, including its mission to publish a diverse range of work from new writers and reflect what is currently happening in Ireland.

O’Donoghue and McIner ney also spent time exploring the ethics of literary editing and the characteristics of a good editor as someone who a writer can both trust and expect to refine a work to better fulfill its vision.

“I feel almost cheated when I’m not pushed by an editor,” McInerney said. “The editor’s role isn’t dictatorial and should feel like a second champion of the work, advocating for the story as its own separate entity.”

O’Donoghue followed this idea by emphasizing the impor tance of rewriting not as an at tempt to “fix” a piece of writing, but rather, as a process of discov ery and continuous improvement upon existing ideas.

“A work is never finished, only abandoned,” McInerney said.

O’Donoghue and McIn erney then allowed audience members to ask questions. Topics included the role of cover art in complementing a piece of writing, the process of translating works between English and Irish, and advice on starting a new piece and defeating writer’s block.

“The blank page is the worst thing in the world, but nobody else has this idea, so it’s your responsibility to get it into the world,” McInerney said, noting that she is currently working on her fourth novel.

The conversation’s focus on the craft of writing and the ethics of editing brought in the attendance of numerous students involved in the Writing and Rhetoric Program, which takes the form of either a concentration or a minor.

“The value of an event such as this is that it shows the scope of the program,” Ellen Bonds, professor in the program, said. “Although English and Communication are the two main departments that sponsor the program, there’s so many connections. This particular connection is Irish Studies and literature.”

O’Donoghue and McInerney’s conversation will also be available as a Center for Irish Studies podcast on YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.

“The Conversation with the Heimbold Chair event brings Irish Studies to life for the community,” Joyce said.

The interdisciplinary event proved a valuable experience for all those in the audience, whether interests in writing, Irish Studies or both drew them to the conversation.