Neon Neon: electro saviours
Neon Neon’s MySpace advertises their genre as “Electro / Pop”. Accordingly, I hoped that this band were going to do me some aural good, but was steeling myself for disappointment…
Safe as Houses? – Gas and electrical safety in rented accommodation
Most students will live in private rented accommodation at some point during their time at University. With all the things to consider when choosing & living in your accommodation, one…
Agonising defeat for Netball 1st
Fireworks came early in an explosive match last Wednesday between Sussex University Women’s 1st team and their Reading counterparts. Reading stole a narrow 32-31 win in a game that went…
Introducing… Bear Hands
Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Bear Hands play a dark, melodic brand of indie with a hint of punk-rock. The band combine spiky, angular rhythm guitar and sparse, mechanical drums…
Stanford Series is a super sham
At the time of my writing this article, the richest prize competed for in team sport had not yet taken place. It was imminent, and the full scale of drama…
Bridging the pay gap
Just over a week ago it was widely publicized in the national press that women working full-time in both the UK and America may as well take an eight week…
‘Warhorse’ wows
Warhorse National Theatre, 30/10/08 This play was a depiction of a First World War horse so brave that it makes London’s ‘Animals in War Memorial’ seem thoroughly inadequate.
SUDS scary stories
Ghost stories in the Meeting House, 31/10/08 The Meeting House is dark except for a circle of tiny candles on the floor. Ghostly music plays in the background. We are…
Bond fires blanks
Review: Quantum of Solace (12A) Director: Marc Forster Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko, Gemma Arterton In an interview with the Sunday Times Culture a couple of weeks ago,…
RSC makes Brighton debut
Romeo and Juliet Theatre Royal Brighton, 23/10/08 Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has captivated many an audience with its highly charged romance, feuding families and violence, and now it is brought…
The View are on fire
I admit it: I was a little nervous about chatting to The View. OK, maybe more than a little. After news of their shambolic appearance in Nottingham just days earlier…
Judgement day is every day at Sussex
The exclusion of certain students from visiting stalls at the Grad fair is nothing other than direct, personal discrimination. The stalls affected included Brighton and Hove Council, Chestnut Tree Children’s…
East Slope: not a actually a ‘slum’
Throwing yourself completely into university life must, to some people, be a bit like diving head first into in to a snake pit. I felt a bit like this whilst…
UK students should study abroad says Higher Education Minister
Higher education minister David Lammy said last Tuesday that students in the UK must be encouraged to spend time studying abroad. Lammy said that he wanted it to become common…
UK students using prescription drugs as study aids
Early morning library users will be familiar with the sight of bug-eyed third years, surrounded by empty cans of energy drink, exhausted after having pulled yet another ‘all-nighter.’ However, The…
Obamania comes to Sussex
US Election results draws excited crowds In the early hours of last Wednesday morning a packed East Slope Bar was sent into raptures as the announcement came through that on…
New international student legislation “appalling”
From the end of this month international students wanting to come to the UK to study will be subject to finger-printing, in a piloting of the biometric identity cards that…
Cello… It’s nice to meet you
The London Philharmonic Orchestra is a an internationally renowned collective of top class musician who play a repertoire that would outstretch the length of the entire REM back catalogue. Yet…
Online CV fraud dupes job seekers
It’s usually the employer concerned about the legitimacy of CVs received, but last week jobseekers were being encouraged to carry out their own research into potential employers before they submit…
Engine Rooms license fiasco
Last week the Engine Room club was barred from being allowed to play pre-recorded music, as the club did not hold the correct license.