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Bebo. MySpace. Hi5. Friendster. Facebook. YouTube. Flickr. Twitter. Tumblr. Instagram. Some of these are dead; some of these are dying; some of these still have many more years to serve.…
Save Luqman: University fails to comment on enforcement of Home Office orders on Campus
Recent Sussex MA student Luqman Onikosi is fighting the Home Office’s decision to deport him to Nigeria following their rejection of his leave to remain application, which was made on…
Period Pride celebrated on campus
The first National Period Pride Day was declared by NUS on Thursday and the University of Sussex took part in a unique way. A section of Room 76 was dominated…
The Arts Appreciation Argument
Even those of us who cannot write a novel, hold a note or put oil to canvas, can enjoy and appreciate an artist’s interpretation of the world around them. Through…
Spot On Spotify
Taylor Swift, Adele and Neil Young. These are just a handful of high profile artists that have chosen to remove all, or parts, of their discography from music streaming services…
Empty Lot – Tate Modern
At a first glance, the instillation sculpture appears as an abstract collection of meaningless triangular shapes. The instillation in London’s Tate Modern – which sees a collection of triangular lots…
Pundek’s Pick of the Week
So, we’re in that shoulder season between Winter and Spring where the days are getting longer, but not much warmer. It’s all very confusing. However, here are two TV shows…
Why Our Words Matter: Nicole Lachance explores why our everyday lousy language needs to be re-evaluated
As humans of this world, we are constantly communicating with one another. Whether it is with eyes, machines, media, hands or words, we are always conveying and translating meaning to…
EXCLUSIVE: Sussex head of sport ‘would love to offer’ free access to sports facilities
Sussex University’s head of sport, Karen Creffield, has told The Badger that she would “love to be able to provide” free access to sports facilities to all students. Creffield, who…
Peter Kyle MP: Labour’s New Politics drives me up the wall
Local MP Peter Kyle has launched an attack on the Labour leadership at a Sussex campus Q&A on February 4. The Badger has acquired a recording of the event which…
Sussex students support junior doctors in strike
Students from Brighton Sussex Medical School (BSMS), alongside other activist groups, attended a picket outside the Royal Sussex County Hospital on 10 February in part of a nationally coordinated protest…
Student to make ‘full recovery’ after hit and run at Old Steine
A Sussex Masters student has been discharged from hospital following a hit-and-run in Brighton just over a fortnight ago. Dave Duce, a 21-year-old Masters student, was left seriously injured having…
The Jungle
Rebecca Pearson Temperatures of below 5 degrees, mud up to your ankles and the putrid smell of faeces and slightly gone off meat combined; bad for even a single day,…
Shake Your Tail Feather – The Albatross 3rd and Main
Oliver Young When Simon David Eden’s directorial debut, The Albatross 3rd and Main, opened its world premiere in Brighton’s very own Emporium Theatre, I was not entirely sure about the…
Sussex Sour Apples – the Oscars
A few weeks ago one could have been forgiven for thinking this years awards season was fairly light-weight. In the previous two or three years we’ve seen a strong group…
The Politics of Student Life
A selective study of student politics at The University of Sussex from its beginnings to the present day. Whether facing down tanks in Tiananmen Square or police gunfire at Kent…
Sussex restricts free speech, survey claims
The University of Sussex has ‘some of the most stringent, broad restrictions on speech and expression’ in the country, according to a university free speech survey. Spiked’s 2016 Free Speech…
Fascism in the UK
Seventeen people were arrested and several injured following clashes between a far-right anti-immigrant demonstration and an anti-fascist counter demonstration in Dover on January 30th. Hundreds of anti-fascist protesters went to…
Students don’t want a wealthy Vice-Chancellor, says survey
The Students’ Union has released a report summarising the values that Sussex students say they want to see in the next Vice-Chancellor. The report is based on a consultation conducted…