An Injection of Common Sense?
When the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse began its heroin “shooting gallery” pilot project four years ago, critics argued that it would result in a proliferation of drug dealing…
Students switch off to win lifetime supply of ice cream
Students living on campus this academic year are being urged to take part in the government-sponsored “Student Switch Off” campaign. The University of Sussex is one of the thirty-three universities…
Black History Month celebrated on campus features special guest talk
Black History Month is taking place on campus this October and will be marked by the return of former University of Sussex student Linda Bellos, activist and ex-politician, who established…
Lemonheads' timetable bonus
The Big Lemon is back with a bigger and better timetable this year. The eco-friendly bus, which runs on biodiesel (cooking oil), is aimed at providing cheap and efficient transport…
Informatics head unassigned
As the new academic year once again roles round, at least one school at the University of Sussex is left without a head. At the time The Badger went to…
Library refurbishment grant bonus
The library has announced a refurbishment project, planned to start with preliminary works in November. The main project will begin in December of this year and is intended to be…
Family Guy banned in drugs crackdown
Family Guy, synonymous with a talking dog, awkward teenagers, and a baby that wants to take over the world, hardly the first thing you would ban when taking a hard-line…
Sussex students win top science awards
Two students from Sussex have won prestigious Science prizes at the annual Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) awards. The SET awards provide a showcase for educational excellence by publicly recognizing…
Badgeronline upgrade
Hello Badger-online readers, We are due to upgrade the WordPress version to include lots of new facilities, including security fixes. During this time, we may need to go offline in…
Noah and the Whale – The First Days of Spring
I’m more than slightly hesitant to confess that, up until now, Noah and the Whale had completely passed me by. It’s funny, because as their second release began to rouse…
Single reviews – 05/10/09
Japanese Voyeurs – Dumb ‘Be careful what you Google for!’, warn Japanese Voyeurs: either you’ll find links to dubious far-eastern ‘adult-orientated’ sites, or the myspace page of the band themselves…
The Temper Trap capture Brighton's imagination – 29/09/09
The Temper Trap are a band on the brink of big things. Their dreamily melodic single Sweet Disposition featured in the successful recent indie comedy (500) Days of Summer and…
Sutherland steals the show
I was admittedly not in the most receptive of moods to listen to poetry that evening. I was tired from working all day and, because of the short notice nature…
Performance listings pick of the week
Tues 6th Oct (campus) AUDITIONS – West Side Story – Mandella Hall, 2pm or 5pm For more information see http://ussu-smuts.webs.com/ Tues 6-10th Oct (Brighton) The Hypochondriac – The Royal Theatre,…
Comedy goes coastal
Now in the eighth year, the Magners Brighton Comedy Festival is set to be the biggest and funniest festival yet. Britain’s premier event solely devoted to comedy, is this October…
Pass me a pillow, man
It’s never an encouraging sign when you start to a wish that a play would hurry along or, as I did, nearly doze off. There is potential for The Pillow…
Labour party conference meets mass protest
Labour’s annual Brighton conference drew an estimated 1500 protestors last Sunday. A contingent of Sussex University students joined ranks with trade union groups, anti-capitalist marchers and unemployed members of the…