Month: November 2015

Mobile technologies take up a large part of most people’s lives. But in an age of information overload, young people tend to use mobile technologies a lot more for social…

A minute’s silence was held outside Brighton Town Hall on 15 November to commemorate the 129 victims of the Paris terrorist attacks which occurred earlier this month. The event was…

Luqman Onikosi A case for why Sussex University and its Union needs to de-colonise whiteness in their institutions During Black History Month 2015 at Sussex Dr. Alana Lentin delivered a…

Sussex joined the NUS-organised lecture walk-out on 17 November to show solidarity with international students, migrants and refugees. The day began with a demonstration in Library Square, where members of…

Following approval by Brighton and Hove City Council, the taxi service Uber is to shortly begin operating within the Brighton area. Initially, Uber faced lengthy opposition from incumbent taxi firms…

The government’s green paper, “Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice”, sets out a series of reforms which some fear may signal a dramatic shift towards marketisation…

Prince Charles’ proposed link between climate change and ISIS has been sharply criticised by Sussex’s Prof. Jan Selby, who told The Badger the evidence backing Charles’ assertion is “close to…

William Crona delves deeper into the atrocities of last week. Soon after 21.00 GMT on Friday evening, the French capital was subjected to a display of violence and terror in…

Last week the Sussex University Drama Society performed Old Times, a 1970s play by Harold Pinter. Leading up to the performance I had been slightly sceptical at such an ambitious…

A group of young males shouted taunting comments about ISIS outside the on-campus Muslim Student Centre on Friday 20 November. The incident came just one week after 130 people were…

The term ‘champagne socialist’ has fascinated me for a long time. The term is used, usually as an insult, to describe someone who is middle class and acknowledge themselves to…

Yes Is bombing the hell out of an executioner really the ‘right thing to do’? An executioner only acts on orders, and this (unconfirmed) killing won’t stop or even slow…

One of the most anticipated and advertised films of the year has finally made it to our cinema screens. Bond is back. Daniel Craig’s fourth outing as the iconic British…

The Free Education Demonstration, which took place in London last Wednesday, attracted a large turnout of student protesters – around 10,000, including many Sussex students – all there for different…

Barely a month goes by now, when swathes of central London are not shut down for another mass protest by the eternally entitled hordes of middle-class students who have taken…

It’s 2pm on a fairly warm afternoon in June, I’m on my way to the station, meeting friends in Brixton for a rooftop day party. I’m wearing black jeans, a…

Opening with a scene in which the audience finds a smartly-dressed woman, later to be known as Rose, parading round the stage confidently and simultaneously independently, it is initially difficult…

I didn’t really know what to expect when, in place of the standard “alright” or “you having a good night?” lines, Brett Goldstein jumped onto stage to the sounds of…

When living the student lifestyle, it can at times feel like there is no escape from the stress that builds up, with the constant deadlines and career worries. This is…

It has been more than ten years since I first started suffering from depression, when I was first engulfed by the ‘black cloud’. After having my self-esteem ripped away by…