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Month: April 2010

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UK launches new sixty-second HIV test in Brighton

Superdrug has become one of the first in the country to offer HIV testing in one of their Brighton stores. InstiTest, designed to provide a 99.69 percent accurate HIV reading…

The prejudice that knows no name

As a homosexual indoctrinated into the dogmatic Catholic faith from a very early age, believe me when I say that I understand the considerable and often damaging pitfalls of the…

Objectification: why we object! A response to criticism of the recent motion against the objectification of women on campus

A motion against the objectification of women on campus was passed last week by union council, and has been the subject of recent debate in the Badger. We, as the…

Management gets heavy-handed

Those of you that noticed the fleet of riot vans and police cars surrounding Sussex House last Thursday may have wondered if some disastrous or imminent threat had just been…

'Stop The Cuts' must stay on track

At the time of writing, an occupation of the Arts A2 lecture hall is underway. As of late, occupations have not been a rarity on campus thanks to the Stop…

The occupation served only to divide

I feel as strongly as anybody about supporting those members of staff who are facing redundancy in the light of management’s cuts. I also fully support any student demonstration which…

Backstage at the Theatre Royal

Brighton’s Theatre Royal is one of the oldest continually-working theatrical venues in Britain. There’s been a theatre on this site for more than 200 years, with the original building gradually…

The movement must box-clever

Following the occupation at Sussex House, in which a few senior members of staff effectively held their own occupation within that building by refusing to leave without police escort, a…

Final year students: how you can help stop the cuts? Students should hold off taking part in the National Student Survey until management listens to our concerns

The National Student Survey (NSS) is an annual survey of final year undergraduate students. USSU is asking final year undergraduates not to take part in the NSS in protest at…