Nerd Nite: Science Festival Preview
Music, cake, laughter, quizzes and nerdy science talks – yes, you guessed it. It’s time for this month’s Nerd Nite. As you most probably know, Nerd Nite delights and fascinates…
Someone for someone
Undoubtedly, Internet inevitably plays such a great role in our lives that social parts such dating or flirting has been changed dramatically. Online dating seems to be a rapid tendency…
Why it won't be politics as usual at the next election
It appears that in the run up to the general election in Britain this year, the political landscape is shifting and other parties may play a key role in subduing…
English students timetabled in wrong place for exam
A block of examinations in the January assessment period was delayed by half an hour after English students were timetabled in the wrong location. An unseen examination held on 8…
Brighton and Hove is selfie capital of UK
Brighton and Hove has been named as the selfie capital of the UK by researchers. Per person more selfies were taken in Brighton and Hove than any other city in…
University defends 'Sussex Direct' outages on results day
The University of Sussex has defended the outages of its Sussex Direct site on results day, saying: “extra resources were put in place to deal with the expected demand”. Some…
Union shop combats the tampon tax
The Students’ Union shop has decided to sell sanitary products profit free to counter the five percent tampon tax. Rianna Gargiulo, Students’ Union Welfare Officer, said: “All people with uteruses…
Sussex Five responds to OIA report on "politically motivated" suspensions
Students’ Union Communications officer and member of the now notorious ‘Sussex Five’ Michael Segalov has responded to the Universities ombudsman’s recommendation that the University of Sussex apologise and pay financial…
Spiked rates Sussex as “hostile” to freedom of speech
The University of Sussex and the Students’ Union create a “hostile environment for freedom of speech on campus, according to recent study by Spiked. Released last week in their ‘free…
Students want to create UKIP society
Three University of Sussex students are planning to create a UKIP society on campus. The Students’ Union Societies Committee has recently met with the potential President of the University’s UKIP…
Paris attacks: why some and not others?
The attacks that took place earlier this month in Paris were a tragedy; innocent lives were taken by unjustifiable murderous measures. I was at work when I first heard the…
Does Google Glass have a future?
A couple of weeks ago Google Inc. took Glass off the market. They say it can now graduate from Google, their experimental lab, and continue being developed in its own…
The Five Year Production Line – Life as a medical student Pt. 4
Work hard play hard. Fully accepting the consequences of a heavy night out, Adira lays across her bed, eagerly anticipating the arrival of her mother to collect her for the…
Sussex Direct collapses during clamour for exam results
Frustrated Sussex students have had difficulty accessing their exam results after the University’s ‘Sussex Direct‘ site struggled to function during high demand on February 6 2015. Exam results have been…
Research suggests cancer can be caused by ‘bad luck’
‘Most cancers are caused by bad luck’; the title that has featured in headlines recently. Many news articles have claimed that the risk of getting cancer is due more to…
Race, Selma and Oscar nominations: a need to reevaluate
The 2015 Oscar nominations have come with more than a little controversy. The voters have been criticised; people have been up in arms that Oscar voters are on average 63…
No More Page 3 hasn't won yet
I’m in my final year of university now and to my memory the No More Page 3 (NMP3) campaign has been around for my whole time as a student. I…
4chan Founder Retires
The founder of popular and controversial image board, 4chan, has retired after 11 and a half years. Chris Poole, who uses the alias moot, has retired from running the site…
It's time to talk about mental health
Mental health is misunderstood in our society. Most people who are aware that mental health exists usually think it’s synonymous with mental illness, and see mental illness as something awful…
Anti-leaders debates
Dear Badger, Earlier this month both the BBC and ITV announced they would hold seven-party leader debates involving pretty much everyone who holds a seat in Westminster or the regional…