University Apparel: The Face of Brighton
Photo: Jim Holden The faces of Brighton and Hove have been crowned. One of the biggest model hunts in the South East has been back for a second year this…
Gauguin: I'd go again
Gauguin Until 16 January 2011 The Tate Reviewing the latest Gauguin exhibition presents an interesting dilemma: to illuminate the exhibition under the harsh spotlight of feminist and post-colonial discourses or…
Film Matters: 22/11/2010
Some may be delighted, some may be disappointed but whether you like it or not, The Hangover 2 is currently in production. The first film, for those four people who…
Live review: Live and Lyrical
Lily Allen, what have thou wrought? Her particular brand of confessional, hook-laden song-writing has cast a long shadow over the last decade of female musicians, more recently adapted by the…
Books you should have read: American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
Ellis’ chronicle of three years in the life of Wall Street yuppie-cum-psycho killer Patrick Bateman isn’t for everyone. In fact, 7 out of every 10 readers will probably consider flushing…
Notes from the underground: The Warehouse Project
Friday nights line up at the Warehouse Project, kindly arranged for us by Resident Advisor was headed up by acts from very different decades of electronic music; representing early nineties…
The music room: Red Kyte
This energetic Brighton five-piece stole the show at the Pav Tav last Wednesday night providing a riotous yet light-hearted support to Hertford band, Proceed. Reminiscent of You Me at Six…
The Conservatives aren't getting tough, they're just being cruel
Over the summer, I made the conscious decision to stop squandering my money on junk and chose to bridge the gap between my second and third years of study by…
Success for Diwali celebrations
On Saturday 6 November, Mandela Hall saw host to a night of Indian culture as 250 people attended in celebration of Diwali; the festival of light. The night commenced with…
Inquest reveals that student felt "lonely"
An inquest into the suicide of University of Sussex International Relations student, Christopher Hatton, has indicated that he was suffering from depression. East Sussex coroner, Alan Craze, stated that the…
Militant feminist outbursts are unnecessary
Poring through The Badger last week, I came across a response to Dino Kazamia’s critique of The Social Network, in my opinion a masterful film from a director who has…
NUS London demo: Sussex students join fight for the future of education
Aaron Porter, the President of the National Union of Students (NUS), announced it as “the biggest student demonstration this century”. It is estimated that over 50,000 people attended, students and…
Cine-City: the Badger previews Brighton's Film Festival
There’s no better way to spend a wintry evening than curled up in a comfy chair in Britain’s oldest cinema watching the best that the coming season of films has…
Survival of the fittest?
Hang on a minute, let’s dissect that often misquoted statement. Coined by Herbert Spencer in 1864 it often causes confusion when talking about one process of evolution: Natural selection. To…
An argument for pragmatism
Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past two months will have been aware of the students march in London last Wednesday. It is of course a…
Bonfire tradition leaves a sour taste
I worry that there is something a bit masochistic in the first question that I asked friends who attended the Lewes Bonfire night – ‘Did you see David Cameron and…
An injection of common sense?
Recreational drug use and Sussex’s radical, free-thinking reputation seemingly go hand-in-hand – but do rumours of drug problems among students justify the panic? ‘Get a grip’, argues one student… The…
Funding for campus allotment
The University of Sussex’s allotment, located near Brighthelm student residences will be possibly receiving a £20,000 funding to further develop the site. This is part of an ongoing project of…
Notes from the underground: 15/11/2010
There’s one date in the calendar I look forward to more than my own birthday, Christmas Eve and the last day of term combined: 5 November. Bonfire Night in Lewes…
Union Statement on National Demonstration
Due to the misrepresentation of our previous statement in the press, the Students’ Union has decided to release a new statement confirming its position. Yesterday was a day when students…