Those involved in the varsity violence should be ashamed
Dear Badger, I like many other students, was shocked and appalled by the violence that took place at Varsity. A day that was meant to be a celebration of sporting…
On the common ground between Sussex and Brighton Universities
We broke a story recently which was picked up by national media outlets: violence breaking out at Varsity. The men’s rugby had to be cancelled, things were thrown – including…
Missing: HM Opposition. Reward offered for safe return
Dear Badger, The word “Democracy” is tossed around a lot these days. Sometimes it produces outcomes that you like, sometimes it doesn’t, but overall it’s a decent idea. But for…
Brexit could see the dissolution of the UK. Is that a bad thing?
Dear Badger, Brexit could well see the dissolution of the UK as we know it, and the hubris of the ruling elite is what will have led is there. For…
Good Night Owls: Students’ Union launches new scheme
Sussex Students’ Union are recruiting volunteers for the “Good Night Owls” scheme. The scheme is part of the SU’s zero tolerance policy and the “Good Night Out” campaign. Student volunteers,…
Peace, bread and graffiti: ‘communist’ vandalism found at Sussex
Graffiti of a “communist” nature was found in Lewes Court car park last week. The graffiti depicts a hammer and sickle and a red star (icons associated with communism). The…
Relieving one’s self is a human right!
Dear Badger, Last night, on the eve of International Women’s Day, I got chucked from the male bathroom in Green Door Store while the female bathroom had an approximately, 45-minute…
Varsity Violence: Rugby halted and bars around campus closed
Glenn Houlihan and Patrick Isitt Varsity 2017 has been marred by outbreaks of violence and crowd trouble at the rugby, which has caused the game to be cancelled at half…
Germaine Greer sparks controversy in Brighton
Content warning: article quotes transphobic views. Controversy sparked over an International Women’s Day talk at Brighton Dome by divisive feminist figure Germaine Greer. Several petitions were launched, urging organisers to…
Human Crufts: The Obsession With Celebrity Children
At the risk of sounding bitter with age (I am a ripe old twenty three years old) I have a request to make. Please, for the love of god, stop…
Travel Diary: Detroit
There is something uneasy about Detroit. It is a feeling that has attached itself to the crumbling brick and glassless windows. It has attached itself to the abandoned, in place…
“Unimpeachable Machismo”: Is Male Contraception More Distant Than Ever?
As sexual equality skulks reluctantly upon us, not yet here but at the very least foreseeable, an oft forgotten issue has reemerged with the news that a contraceptive gel for…
The Imaginary Boundary: a State Between ‘Girl’ and ‘Woman’
It is Monday. I have recently had my hair cut – it was at Bluetit and it was expensive, a birthday present. It is a new seminar group, this being…
Tinder: A Build Up Of Inevitable Disappointment
You have probably re-downloaded it for the seventh or eighth time. Every time you delete it you tell yourself, “never again”. Last time you finally drew the courage to send…
Healing Crystals: Spiritual Enlightenment or Voodoo Tat?
Look around you when you’re next out in Brighton. Inevitably, at some point, you’ll cast your eyes across a shop with a figure of Buddha thrust right in the front…
Jewish Society responds to the Vice Chancellor’s statement
The following statement was sent to The Badger by JSoc, Sussex’s Jewish student society. We are happy to publish it as indeed we are always happy to publish letters written…
I’m Jewish and I refuse to let Tickell speak for me
The following open letter to Sussex’s Vice-Chancellor was sent to The Badger. We are happy to publish it as indeed we are always happy to publish letters written by students…
Swastikas found on Sussex campus
A poster on campus has been defaced by swastikas. The poster, advertising a talk by Yoav and Horit Herman Peled, was titled “the religionization of Israeli society”. Inciting racial hatred,…
Cut the Rent protest: activists occupy Sussex House through sit-in
15 activists from Cut the Rent have occupied Sussex House. Performing a sit-in protest over what they regard as unreasonable actions by the university. The protest took place during a…
Cuts to youth services reversed: campaigners rejoice
Brighton and Hove Council have reversed the decision to cut youth service funding after a campaign led by the young people affected. Council minutes suggested proposed cuts would have been…