Students’ Union staff files complaint on sexist language
By Alex Tawse A woman from the Students’ Union accidentally became the centre of a media frenzy this week after a story about her complaint to the Brighton and Hove…
Neurosexology: orgasm, another state of consciousness?
Who said taking part in psychology experiments was boring? Well for one New Scientist reporter, getting involved with one study was orgasmic. Kayt Sukel was asked to stimulate herself while…
Love reduces pain like a painkiller
Love is a profound euphoric feeling, a culturally universal phenomenon. From an evolutionary perspective, candid affection facilitates reproduction, good parental care, and material benefits. It also fulfills our sociality as…
Religious freedom is 'under threat'
A Recent book written by Professor Richard Trigg, called ‘Equality, Freedom and Religion’, has caused some concern in both the religious and secular communities. Professor Trigg writes that: “religious freedom…
Pro-choice group launches intiatives to protect vulnerable women
An anti-abortion group protesting in Brighton have come under attack from pro-choice residents. Abort67 protest outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Clinic on Dyke Road, Brighton, every Tuesday and…
Brighton Picturehouse is UK's favourite cinema
The Duke of York’s Picturehouse in Brighton has been voted as the country’s favorite cinema by visitors to the consumer review site qype.co.uk. The Duke of York’s Picturehouse is an…
Landlords could be penalised for housing Brighton’s students
Brighton & Hove City Council is considering requiring all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in areas with particularly high student populations to be licensed. Currently, landlords owning HMOs only need…
Graduate salaries rise
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has predicted that the average starting salary for a graduate is to rise by four percent to £26,000 this year. This year’s predicted increase…
Growing concern over higher education spending proposal
The grant of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will experience a cut of 13 percent this year. This is because the government will be allocating £5.86 billion…
Business news for Brighton & Hove
Trouble for ‘Big Lemon’ A move from the cities municipal bus service, Brighton and Hove Buses, has led to the removal of one of The Big Lemon’s main routes. From…
Weatherley works to support local pubs
The Conservative MP for Hove and Portslade, Mike Weatherley, helped out at one of Hove’s most popular pubs on Friday night. Weatherley worked the busy Friday night shift at the…
'Islamophobic' media
A letter has been sent the ‘The Guardian’ by supporters of ‘The Alternative Leveson Inquiry’, calling for independent, credible assessors to look into the way the Muslim community is portrayed…
Sussex bucks national trend as staff numbers rise again
A recent National Union of Students (NUS) report has shown that the number of academic staff in universities across the country has fallen by an average of one percent. This…
Visual Arts: 'Gathering' at Fabrica
Upon entering Fabrica, an alternative art exhibition space in the heart of Brighton, I was initially overwhelmed by the vast scale of the building and its eerie atmosphere. As a…
The many myths about the Human Rights Act
In the (limited) free time I have around being Editor-in-Chief of The Badger, I am also in the process of completing a Masters degree in Law and have a particular…
Does Oscar gossip distract from genuine interest in films?
As award ceremonies go, the Oscars are by far the most prestigious. The first Academy Award ceremony was held in 1929, and it would be difficult to find anyone who…
Is downloading detrimental or beneficial?
A great way to open up the music industry – by Luke Labern Living in what is often called ‘the information age’, piracy is something nearly everyone has come into…
Lacuna Coil Interview
With a promise to come back to the Brighton, Lacuna Coil’s Cristiano Mozzati sat down and talked to the Badger about their ‘Trip to the Darkness Tour’ and their upcoming…
My Week with Marilyn
‘My Week with Marilyn’ is the new British drama from director Simon Curtis and stars the up-and-coming actor Eddie Redmayne (The Other Boleyn Girl, Glorious 39) and the American actress…