Terrorism in the online age
The Islamic State, seeking to set up a caliphate in Levant, has been prominent in the headlines over the past months. However, we live in a world where headlines are…
The vast space between the stars
A common misconception is that space is “just space”, however the region between the stars in our universe is known as the “interstellar medium”. This interstellar medium consists of matter…
S-apps-bury’s: less time, more fun!
Sainsbury’s is beginning trials for a new app designed to streamline the shopping process. The app allows users to create a shopping list of items from home and will then…
£3 student bus ticket to be introduced
Negotiations between the Students’ Union and the Brighton & Hove Bus Company have resulted in a £3 student day ticket being introduced. The new discount ticket is £1.70 cheaper than…
UCU suspend marking boycott
The national academic marking boycott has been temporarily called off after talks between trade unionists and employers were organised. The development was announced in a joint statement by the University…
There is no place for Dapper Laughs in our generation
Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault and rape I have never considered myself a feminist, I’ve never held strong views nor have I disregarded those who do; however characters…
Can we call LGBTQ* celebrities role-models?
Growing up, everybody has a role model. You haven’t really experienced being young if you haven’t, at some stage literally felt like someone famous is the greatest person on earth.…
Phone scam targets students
Students are being targeted by a new mobile phone scam, in which victims take out phone contracts before passing the phones onto others. Sold as a simple way to make…
Farage vs. Boyle vs. the Twitterverse
The Twitter “debate”, to use the term loosely, between UKIP leader Nigel Farage and comedian Frankie Boyle has been scrutinised over and over from darkest corners of the internet to…
A letter to management on the marking boycott
Dear Badger, We, the students of the University of Sussex, ask the Vice Chancellor Michael Farthing to protect the academics and staff at the university against the Universities UK proposed…
In defence of the marking boycott
Dear Badger, On the 6th of November UCU announced that lecturers will be taking part in a marking boycott in reaction to the Universities UK proposition which would drastically reduce…
Volunteering will beat the blues
Dear Badger, Before coming to Sussex, I spent three months in Ethiopia doing volunteer work in a school and orphanage in a small town. Living away from home with no-one…
Putting the legal community’s inherent sexism on trial
In a recent article on Stylist.com, the lack of women at the top of the judiciary was discussed and made me wonder what it is that is going so incredibly…
Is Lewes Bonfire racist?
Lewes on Bonfire Night is a truly exciting, unusual, and overall fun evening that I have enjoyed now both years that I have been at Sussex (Despite the squashing between…
Preview: Jon Hopkins, Dome, 4/12
With 2011’s King Creosote collaboration Diamond Mine came haunting yet twee scottish folktronica, with last year’s Immunity came the heft of a Mercury nomination, an artist reaching the peak of…
Why we can't ignore street harrasment
In 2014, many talk about misogyny having gone ‘underground’. We don’t say the overtly terrible things about women that we said in 1950s media. The genders have legal equality, whatever…
The NUS No Platform Policy is regressive censorship in sheep’s clothing
“…Without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the…
MCM London video game preview special
Between 24-26 October the biannual London MCM Comic Con took place, welcoming thousands upon thousands of pop culture enthusiasts who were either looking to try out the latest upcoming game…
I C… Losers – Sugby continues its brilliant form
Facing beautiful playing conditions and with two huge wins under their belt, Sussex women’s rugby stepped up to the plate confident that they would come away with a win against…
“An Earth cousin”: Kepler-186f
Named after NASA’s Kepler space telescope, Kepler-186f was discovered 490 light-years away from Earth. This ground breaking discovery marks the latest planet outside our solar system which is similar enough…