Byrne baby Byrne!
Ed Byrne, Different Class, Corn Exchange, 17/10/08. Ed Byrne’s latest show ‘Different Class’ is an energetic and engaging romp through his unique brand of everyday observational humour, which picks apart…
Cox endears but doesn’t impress
Chris Cox, Control Freak, Pavilion Theatre, 17/10/08 If Derren Brown is the magical community’s pretentious twit, then Chris Cox is their lovable geek.
Meeting discusses critical state of Studentification in Brighton
On Friday 17 October students, established residents and council officials debated the issue of studentification in Brighton. The initial meeting was an opportunity for those living in Brighton to voice…
UNITE for the future
Last Friday 17 October saw UNITE’s second day of strike action. UNITE members include university technical, computing and estates staff. The union have been forced out on strike to protect…
Eubank JNR. packs a punch!
Self-proclaimed Chris ‘thimply the bethst’ Eubank is hoping that his 19 year-old son Chris Eubank Jnr. is about to follow in his footsteps and embark on an illustrious boxing career.…
The wonderful world of Whirling
I’m not really a very religious person. Sometimes it occurs to me that I ought to adopt one of the world’s faiths; you know, just in case – all that…
Where Grandad’s flat cap meets Stella McCartney sportswear
They have their own smell which some might describe as musty. The rails are stuffed with stained second hand cardigans and pre-war nighties donated by the relatives of a belated…
Cambridge condom confusion
Cambridge University Student Union (CUSU) are being forced to recall free condoms given out during fresher’s week after it was realised that they didn’t bear the British Standards Institution, or…
Virgin Media adverts misleading
Lately, the public appear to have been bombarded with a series of Virgin Media advertisements. In fact, even as a student it seems difficult to escape Richard Branson. The Virgin…
Sussex’s £3 million frozen in Iceland
The University of Sussex had £3 million frozen last week as news emerged that the University is one of the twelve UK establishments with money invested in one of the…
Does aid to the third world do more harm than good?
Has any country developed by holding out a begging bowl? Has aid succeeded in bringing one single country out of the ‘third world’? It is true that individual projects have…
Feminism is nothing less than common sense
Plenty of people think that feminism today is verging on irrelevance. The waves of political agitation that saw women gain the right to vote and to work alongside men in…
AMEX and Sussex success
The University of Sussex and American Express came together last month to celebrate five years of an extremely successful Masters programme sponsored by American Express.
Bangor students win vote to fight fees
As reported in last week’s edition of The Badger, students at Bangor University were to hold a referendum on Thursday 16 October on whether to support the Campaign to Defeat…
Street violence in Brighton
“Students wandering home drunk, being loud and drawing attention to themselves render themselves vulnerable.” West Street, 2am on a Friday night: Groups of clubbers emerge onto the streets and wait…
Think global, act local
Your correspondent says the Education Not for Sale campaign “caters to the desires of a relatively small number of people in the developed world,” and suggests we should focus on…
Government plans university mergers
Universities may need to merge to survive the economic downturn, according to the British government. David Lammy, the new higher education minister, has claimed that in the face of economic…
‘Dr Death’ banned from Sussex
Euthanasia expert Philip Nitschke, internationally known as ‘Dr. Death’, was banned from a hotel in Eastbourne last week. He had arranged a ‘suicide workshop’ in the Langham Hotel on the…
NUS backs calls for inquiry into EMA “shambles”
The National Union of Students (NUS) is supporting the Conservative Party’s calls for an inquiry into outstanding grant payments for over 110,000 students across the country. The NUS is intent…
Bosses don’t know restructuring cost
University bosses have admitted they do not know how much their controversial restructuring programme will cost. Senior university managers made the admission when quizzed by staff at an open meeting…