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The Orwells on digging what they do and alternative careers

Chicago garage rockers, The Orwells are fronting Illinois’s punk revival alongside bands like Twin Peaks, and are in the unique position of releasing a third album whilst still in their…

Mine Creatures

NASA astrobiologists find new extremophile in a Mexican mine, the big question is how did they get there? Currently on the terrestrial channel “Dave”, former WWE favourite “Stone Cold” Steve…

So left we’re right (but wrong)

Dear Badger, As ironic, tongue-in-cheek, edgily aesthetic right-wing vaporwave stickers are plastered around our campus, it’s time to address the deep, varied roots of the problem. It’s Trump. It’s Milo…

The top 10 Foo Fighters songs

The Foo Fighters are one of the biggest bands in the world. With eight albums to their name, multiple Grammys under their belt and having sold 20 million albums worldwide,…

We need to talk about right wing opinions

Dear Badger, A few weeks ago a poster advertising a meeting for faculty members entitled “dealing with right wing attitudes and politics in the classroom”, appeared on campus. This has…

Results for SU election announced

The results are in for this year’s Students’ Union election, which saw 20 candidates standing to be the voice of the student body at Sussex. Turnout for the elections was…

Live At Leeds Festival announces final additions

The final batch of acts have been added to this year’s Live At Leeds Festival. Frightened Rabbit, AJ Tracey and VANT lead the final additions and demonstrates the strength of…

Footballers and boxers share a risk of dementia

Footballers may be at increased risk of dementia due to the brain trauma caused by repeatedly heading the ball In an average game of football a player heads the ball…

Rambert at the Theatre Royal Brighton

Leading UK contemporary dance company, Rambert, stunned audiences at the Theatre Royal Brighton on March 1 with a trio of strikingly innovative performances. The curtain opens on a lone man…

Free Trade is Fair Trade

After WW2 the world was ravaged by conflict. Everyone was in agreement, this could not be allowed to happen again. To rebuild, humanity needed to learn how to work together.…

There is no impartiality or accountability in modern news media

Every paper you glance at the front cover of, every article that’s shared on Facebook, every headline and every paragraph and every word is biased. Most sources of information no…

Go Green Week: a full range of campaigns

Fossil Free Sussex staged a protest urging the university to make good on its promise to divest. The University committed to divest in April 2015 but no further action has…

The Big Debate: We need to privatise the NHS

In Favor Fraser Coppin When the words “privatization” and “NHS” are uttered in the same sentence, it’s not uncommon to see a look of horror and disgust on the faces…

NSS yes: Engineering students brush off boycott

Engineering students have chosen not to boycott the National Student Survey (NSS), a University spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson said: “students within the Engineering department are choosing not to boycott the…