Pensioner fined for saving energy
Margaret Pracy, a pensioner from Brighton, is being fined 54p a week by British Gas for spending less than £9 a week on her pre paid electricity bills. Margaret already…
Students suspended for impersonating Nazis
Students who were involved in a ‘Nazi style’ sports initiation have been suspended from the University of Gloucester for their actions. The suspended students dressed up in Nazi uniforms and…
Gonzo = journalism’s fad
When a friend recommended Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, I raised a sceptical eyebrow. And this friend of mine (let’s call him Oscar) told me the book was a…
Surf society enjoy Devonshire waves
The sun was still asleep, but fifteen eager surfers were wide awake. Assembling at 6am, there were excited faces in anticipation of the fun to come. The group ranged from…
Sussex students reinvigorate dystopic classic
With the words ‘apocalyptic’ and ‘disaffected’ in the synopsis, I arrived for the performance of Have I None expecting yet another Danny-Boyle-pre-’Slumdog’-esque doomy social commentary offering no glimpse of human…
Campus has its own Big Brother?
The head of Security at the University of Sussex has been praising the University’s excellent security system to the security magazine SMT Online. Sussex campus spans 280 acres and like…
Facebook 50 times more popular than journals
Figures have revealed the web surfing habits of Sussex students. Facebook was the most popular website, accounting for nearly 50 times as much web traffic as the academic journal sites…
Anger over university bosses vetting scientific research
Sussex scientists have accused University management of impinging on academic freedom after a new centralised vetting procedure was introduced for research funding applications. Many academics were said to be furious…
Design degree improvements
As tutors to our final year Product Design students, we could not fail to take notice of the headline article in the Badger of 23rd February. Although we are proud…
Graphic novel review – Savage Volume 1: Taking Liberties
In my days of youth, people took the piss out of me relentlessly for reading comic books, and I can’t say that I blame them. There is no way around…
State of the Union
In the past couple of weeks I am sure you have read about several allegations made against the Union: It is not representative; it disregards students’ opinions; it is too…
Double standards and legitimate criticism
Should there be freedom to criticise religion or does doing so automatically make it racism? Good question. Most of us are aware that people are sensitive to religious criticism to…
A response: underage sex and teenage pregnancy
I do not wish to pepper this article with any claims that could be seen to be taking a stance of arrogant moral authoritarianism, and claims of what is right…
Celebrities dance away their dignity for charity
When it comes to celebrities doing stupid stuff for charity, the BBC’s programming has in the past been a bit hit and miss. We’ve seen the good (the brilliantly camp…
Train turmoil could terminate
At least two groups are publicly campaigning for improvements to the rail services in Sussex. Sussex Rail Action and Save Our Service are both striving to get Southern to improve…
Drunks lead university to withdraw support for RAG
Senior management at Galway University in Ireland have withdrawn their support for the long-running tradition of RAG (Raising and Giving) week after 42 arrests, all related to RAG events, were…
Free education demo despite NUS ‘fairer funding’
Despite the NUS dropping its campaign for free education and taking up a more moderate stance of fairer funding, Wednesday 25 February saw a free education rally in London which…
Sensationalism in British media
“…Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned…” – George Monbiot, The Guardian, 06 Dec…
Two Sussex students fight in the library
A brief scene of chaos occurred in the library last week as a fight broke between two students. It appears the fight started when one student was staring idly into…
Facebook privacy row
Facebook was forced to reverse a decision to introduce new terms and conditions which would have allowed the website to retain all users’ messages, actions and updates – even after…