Month: September 2015

When faced with the difficult choice of where to spend your precious free time, looking after a hive of fuzzy critters may not leap out as the obvious choice. However,…

Brighton and Hove Buses have introduced a new ‘express’ route between Brighton and campus after growing pressure on services due to increasing numbers of students coming to the city. The…

The University of Sussex have launched a scholarship that will provide postgraduate funding for two students a year from either Syria, Lebanon or Jordan. The scholarships will cover 20% of…

Fifty-five years ago, Nelle Harper Lee, better known as Harper Lee, published a book that made history, sparked huge controversy and revolutionized the American way. To Kill A Mockingbird gained…

Hell hath no fury like that of the Internet’s scorn, and Lord didn’t the new season of True Detective learn that the hard way. Launched with new characters, location and…

Brighton based improvised comedy troupe Off the Cuff are taking over Otherplace at The Basement this Friday to celebrate their tenth anniversary. This twelve hour event will feature a free…

As I took my seat in The Marlborough Theatre and was greeted with Queen’s ‘I Want to Break Free’ I knew I was in for a good time. However, I…

Coming out as bisexual just over two years ago is probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. Although I was acutely aware of the stigma surrounded…

A typical student is perceived by the wider world as someone who lives in squalor, eats exclusively 17p instant noodles, and has no discernable interests outside of their academic subject,…

Two student anarchists staged a protest against the UKIP Society at Freshers Fair on Wednesday (16th September). At 4pm as the fair was beginning to wrap up, the protesters –…

Stand-up comedian Alfie Moore is bringing his new show, The Naked Stun, to the Dome as part of the Brighton Comedy Festival on the 23rd October. The former police officer…

Michael Farthing is to step down as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex. The process to find his successor is now underway. Farthing, who has been Vice-Chancellor since 2007, will…

As part of a wide-ranging interview that will appear in the next issue of The Badger, Harry Howard talks to Tony Blair’s former Communications Director Alastair Campbell about alcohol and…

While Brighton and Hove Council considers banning smoking on its famous beach, The Badger asks whether the plan ought to, or not, go ahead… Yes – Daniel Green The proposed…

Dear Badger, Less wonderful, more consistent with my own misanthropic tendencies and social anxiety, being a Fresher for me was more about reconciling some sensation of stability than rabid alcohol…

Dear Badger, During my first year at Sussex, I frequently wondered if anyone else spent more time some days commuting to university than actually being there. As a Fresher I…

Dear Badger, Let’s get one thing straight here. Going to university will force you to grow up whether you like it or not (well, for a lot of us anyway).…

Here’s some advice to Freshers; you are about to have the best year of your life. You’re about to start 3 years of drinking every day, going to shitty clubs…

One of the best things you can do when you go to university is cook. Whether it’s learning from the beginning or honing your existing skills, you should definitely take…

Tonight’s opening act Jarlath Regan (whose own twenty-minute set was admirable, culminating in a crowd-pleasing bit concerning health ‘boot-camps’) introduces Marc Maron by noting that everyone in the room owes…