Interview: Her And The Colours
Sydney Rae White is a crafty lady with a big fierce voice – a talented musician and an actor. Sydney is the front woman of Her and the Colours together…
Interview: The Wanted
As soon as you hear the words ‘UK’s freshest new boy band’, you might not be too excited to look what’s behind. But The Wanted, five guys with dialects and…
Film review: Wall Street – Money Never Sleeps
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone US, 2010, 133min., 12A In the current climate, most of us would agree that bankers couldn’t be more unpopular. So, from director Oliver…
Live review: Robyn
The cold and dreary night of Thursday 21 October was the date, and Concorde 2 was the place when electro pop sensation Robyn tore up the town with one of…
The music room: Nathan Elliot
Nathan Elliot not only writes and mixes his tunes but also provides guitar, bass and vocals for them. BIMM student Nathan’s obvious commitment to his art shows that Brighton is…
Live review: The Peppermint Beat Band
The Peppermint Beat Band The Hydrant, Brighton 14 October 2010 The Peppermint Beat Band are a Brighton-based rock n’ roll/soul/pop band, who in a flurry of hair and paisley took…
Live review: Tall Ships
Tall Ships Jam, Brighton 28 October 2010 There is a lot to say about crowd reaction at live music events, the general onslaught of mobile phones and people taking photographs…
Failing to learn languages causes more than just embarrassment
There’s nothing quite like that sinking feeling of shame when trying to string together some broken French or German when abroad, and being met with immaculately spoken English. Pity has…
The Lib Dems have sold out? It's a myth
Reading last week’s issue of The Badger it would have seemed to any fair minded person, that Nick Clegg was about to turn up at your door with a cheeky…
Discussion needed on graduate tax
I feel that a serious discussion of the graduate tax should happen as soon as possible. It is NUS backed and yet there is no real debate over it. The…
What would it be like if we didn't have to work?
Being a student is a very costly business. 3 years of tuition is going to cost you around £10k, and a maintenance loan is going to double your debt. Brighton…
Funding cuts are a strange decision
I’m watching Michael Gove at the Conservative conference. He’s saying that every child should have the chance to succeed. I’m struggling to understand how cutting higher education funding is helping…
The importance of flexibility in higher education
As the university recovers from its collective hangover and lectures begin in session, I confess that I still don’t know which degree I’ll end up taking: officially an English student,…
What's criminal about a drink on the beach?
The gay capital of Britain, home of the most radical university, the constituency of the first Green MP, the starting point of a nudist bike ride and served by buses…
Higher fees would be too much to overlook
Boy I’m glad I went to university when I did. I figured pretty early on that the debt was inevitable, but had it been anything up to £45,000 allowed by…
Dirac proven right!
Eighty years ago, the Dirac equation suggested that high-speed electrons should jitter violently. And at last, physicists have found evidence to support this. In 1928, Paul Dirac combined two of…
The Helios Gene Gun: healer or killer?
The helios gene gun is in my opinion the coolest research tool currently available. I hate to be a stereotype, ‘wow, an American saying a gun is cool,’ but there…
The 2010 Nobel Prize Winners
On the 5 October, the winners of this year Nobel Prizes were announced in Sweden and Norway. The prominent individuals were awarded the highest standing honour in their field. In…
The union’s future is in the hands of the students
The University of Sussex Students’ Union could change its charity status if students vote ‘yes’ in a forthcoming referendum which will take place on 16 November, spanning over three days.…
Sussex pays thousands to attract overseas students
The Badger has seen a document which shows that the University of Sussex has signed contracts agreeing to pay commission to “recruitment agents” of up to 15 percent of the…