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LGBTQ Comment Series, part 3: Gender identity

In recent and recurring news, there have been parents choosing to raise their child without a specified gender, and with that have come many people who oppose it. The two…

LGBTQ Comment Series, part 2: Gay is not a choice

Growing up as LGBTQ is not easy for any of us. We live in a world where it is expected for us to be heterosexual, and the gender we were…

LGBrighTon: acceptance and pride

Brighton has long been associated in my memory as the seaside town. My family would visit Brighton once or twice a year, since my early childhood. My earliest memory would…

Lana Del Rey: Born to Die

It seems hard to believe that a mere five months have passed since Lana Del Rey put the dreamy, unabashedly nostalgic clip for ‘Video Games’ onto YouTube, leading to a…

Charity’s ‘sleep-out’ to focus on homelessness

As part of the Worthing Churches Homeless Projects, nearly 80 people spent a cold night in a school playground to focus attention on Brighton’s homelessness issue. Participants used cardboard boxes…

Barack Obama will win this year – as he deserves to

It may have gone relatively unnoticed, but last Friday, 20 January, marked three years to the day since Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. You…

The only way is Media

The statistics show that both domestically and aggregately, the number of students undertaking media related subjects is falling. However, those who do proceed with such a degree are finding jobs…

Alumni pave the way to Arts A

A freshly laid paving slab on the pathway outside the Arts A building reads: ‘Real knowledge is knowing what you do not know’. This statement and others are part of…

Winners announced in union officer elections

An intense week of election campaigns has culminated in the election of a new team of full-time Students’ Union (SU) sabbatical officers for the next academic year. Snowy scenes on…

Joker

Audio is the perfect venue for dubstep. There is something about being in a smoky underground club with like minded individuals raving to heavy bass. Previous producers and DJs to…

Nuclear power: the future of green energy?

BY Tom Hodgen Electricity is a huge part of most of our day-to-day lives. Without it we would not have lights, telephones, TV, internet, computers (Facebook!), mobile phones, and the…

Students’ Union staff files complaint on sexist language

By Alex Tawse A woman from the Students’ Union accidentally became the centre of a media frenzy this week after a story about her complaint to the Brighton and Hove…

Neurosexology: orgasm, another state of consciousness?

Who said taking part in psychology experiments was boring? Well for one New Scientist reporter, getting involved with one study was orgasmic. Kayt Sukel was asked to stimulate herself while…

Love reduces pain like a painkiller

Love is a profound euphoric feeling, a culturally universal phenomenon. From an evolutionary perspective, candid affection facilitates reproduction, good parental care, and material benefits. It also fulfills our sociality as…

Religious freedom is 'under threat'

A Recent book written by Professor Richard Trigg, called ‘Equality, Freedom and Religion’, has caused some concern in both the religious and secular communities. Professor Trigg writes that: “religious freedom…

Pro-choice group launches intiatives to protect vulnerable women

An anti-abortion group protesting in Brighton have come under attack from pro-choice residents. Abort67 protest outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Clinic on Dyke Road, Brighton, every Tuesday and…

Brighton Picturehouse is UK's favourite cinema

The Duke of York’s Picturehouse in Brighton has been voted as the country’s favorite cinema by visitors to the consumer review site qype.co.uk. The Duke of York’s Picturehouse is an…

Landlords could be penalised for housing Brighton’s students

Brighton & Hove City Council is considering requiring all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in areas with particularly high student populations to be licensed. Currently, landlords owning HMOs only need…

Graduate salaries rise

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has predicted that the average starting salary for a graduate is to rise by four percent to £26,000 this year. This year’s predicted increase…

Growing concern over higher education spending proposal

The grant of The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will experience a cut of 13 percent this year. This is because the government will be allocating £5.86 billion…