The Badger

Zero-tolerance policies are a knee-jerk reaction to the drug epidemic, and Sussex University’s implementation of this policy will follow in a long line of failed attempts. Prohibition against drugs has…

Last month I received a personal letter from the Home Secretary. It read: Dear Gabriel, I am pleased to offer you a place on the National Police Commissioners Selection Panel.…

Thanks to a joint venture between Sussex Sport and Sport England, students and Staff at the University of Sussex can now enjoy a new sport for just £1 per session.…

There are a million and one things going on during Freshers’ Week, and it’s all too easy to get caught up in the hype and forget that a lot of…

We’re an up and coming club at Sussex, and proved this by winning ‘Most Improved Team’ in 2011. Our ethos is centered around having fun and showing people that cricket…

It’s always seemed to me that Christians are an easy target: their positive outlook deemed weird and out of touch. I certainly found my first real Christian friends (who actually…

The long suffering fans of Brighton and Hove Albion seem to have finally turned a corner on what has been a perilous number of seasons in both the lower leagues…

This year’s Brighton Comedy Festival had a lot to live up to. With last year’s opening ceremony featuring ubiquitous national comedy figures Alan Carr and Michael McIntyre, 2010 had set…

After a brilliant fresher’s week at Sussex, one which saw not only a successful Freshers’ Fair, but also a phenomenal turn out at the sporting trials (roughly 160 people signed…

There’s a new Banksy in town…but this guy works in jam jars. Former KLF rocker turned artist James Cauty is up to his old, extreme tricks. ‘Riot in a Jam…

At the recent UN Security Council meeting, the Palestinians placed a bid to be recognised as a state. This is a remarkable moment in Palestinian history, and is a promising…

We, at the Sussex Canoe Club are a white water kayaking club welcome to all levels of paddlers from complete beginners to experts. We are perhaps, the most popular and…

We’re one of the university’s most successful teams; winning the gold medal of the BUCS trophy competition in the 09/10 season and being quarter-finalists in 10/11. We train twice a…

BESTIVAL “Music, food, costumes and booze, Bestival 2011 had something for everyone. Attendees this year had plenty of chances to reminisce with the likes of Fatboy Slim, The Cure and…

Shakedown Festival began and developed much in the same way as Bambi; legs wobbling to start with, but gathering strength as time went on. On first entrance, the welcoming scene…

There is something about Charleston, former home of artists Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, that makes it a haven for the creative imagination. Perhaps it is the beautiful garden surrounding…

Sussex Creative Writing DPhil student, Sue Eckstein, had her second novel published by Myriad Editions last month. ‘Interpreters’ explores the lives of four generations of a family affected in very…

On the 28 September, a fresher from the University of Sussex fell 20ft from a roof “because he was drunk”. The student was unharmed after his fall and hoisted back…

The Students’ Union (SU) may have fewer things to offer students as its grant suffers with inflation. Each year the university gives a sum of money to the SU, the…

Hundreds of academics have signed a new white paper, ‘In Defence of Public Higher Education’, published 27 September this year, as an alternative to the Government’s planned higher education spending…