I’m proud, as a second generation immigrant, to have voted for Leave
As a 21 year old London born Politics student, it’s not often that I am forced to consider my ethnic background when making decisions (politically). My parents immigrated to the…
Brexit Britain: Divided and Conquered
Britain is in a mess. A huge mess. A catastrophic mess. The nation’s fundamental divisions – age, education, income – are strikingly visible. And what a horrifying sight it is.…
Blurred Lines: Sexual assault survivors don’t need protecting from chart music
It’s been three years now since the release of Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ and despite it long disappearing out of the charts and therefore from Przym’s dance floor (thank god),…
Criticism of Sussex University accessibility is unfair
Dear Badger, As a physically disabled student, I read with some laughter your article on the question of access to campus, mainly because it was factually inaccurate and completely misses…
Sussex campus: inaccessible and unacceptable
Image: Tim Brighton – Flickr On the first day back from easter break, Access Sussex— a Student Union campaign to ensure that students with disabilities do not face discrimination on…
The student voice has made itself irrelevant
Friday 11th March. A freshly-purchased bagel plummets to the ground, its owner’s mouth agape with shock, as a motorcade of two black Jaguars and three police cars comes to a…
Why the occupation supporting Luqman Onikosi WAS productive, and why those who think it wasn’t shouldn’t feel afraid to speak out
“Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” John Donne On Friday…
The occupation in support of Luqman Onikosi was counter-productive
On Friday 11th March, I went down to Bramber House to watch a gathering of approximately 200 other students protesting against the Home Office’s decision to deport former Sussex student…
The Co-exist society: For all faiths and none
On 13 November 2015, Europe went into a state of shock at the news of the terrorist attacks in the centre of Paris. The attacks also pointed towards other wars,…
Tributes to Louise Clancy
Louise Clancy was the first friend I ever made in college. She introduced me to many other people who became our family. She was undoubtedly one of the brightest and…
Feminist denial of a cultural factor in Cologne attacks is dishonest and hypocritical
The headline of the recent comment piece by Frida Gustafsson was explicit, obvious and correct: ethnicity had nothing to do with the alleged sex attacks witnessed in Cologne, and other…
Sexual assaults shouldn’t be blamed on ethnicity
Trigger Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault 2016 is here and anti-immigration parties and groups have started it by taking on the issue of sexual assault. Pegida organised…
Big Band Christmas at East Slope Bar
Chris Charles Following a successful and eventful appearance at Montreux Jazz Festival last summer Sussex Universities Big Band (SUBB) took East Slope bar by storm in its first appearance of…
Podemos: Spain’s Presidential elections seen from a Spanish village
Freya Marshall Payne (in Hoyos, Caceres, Spain) This is my first holiday home from university, and I’ve arrived back into a little Spanish mountain village of crooked tile roofs and…
Sussex students take to the streets in Paris for action on climate change
On December 12th, over 20 University of Sussex students took part in the D12 red lines demonstration in Paris to demand that world governments at COP-21 not cross the red…
Sussex University vs Royal Holloway
After a challenging and disappointing cup match against University of Birmingham 1st XV on 25th November, Sussex Women’s Rugby 1st XV played another difficult match against Royal Holloway University of…
The fallacy of race and the reality of racism at British universities
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…
Alastair Campbell: “I am and was a control freak”
In the second and final part of The Badger’s interview with Alastair Campbell, Harry Howard talks to the former New Labour spin-doctor about the media, Thatcherism, Michael Farthing and more.…
Alastair Campbell Talks About Alcohol and Depression
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…
The Big Debate: Should Smoking be Banned on Brighton Beach?
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…