Is Brighton better off with Nancy? Why Labour could be the best option for Brighton’s voters
For years, I resisted the urge to join the Labour Party. Why? It’s not that I wasn’t interested in politics…
Fight now or forever hold your peace
When you say cut-back, we say fight-back. And when we say fight-back we mean it, a mantra weightier than mere…
Why Sussex is supporting LGBT history month
Every February the UK marks and celebrates the contribution that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered individuals have made throughout history.…
Academics and MPs denounce cuts at Sussex
Britain’s higher education system is recognised across the globe as a gold standard, second only to the US. Eighteen of…
Brighton and Sussex students row over no.25 bus
Facebook has become the site of a battle between Sussex & Brighton students. The weapon of choice for both sides…
David Cameron's face is butt of the joke
A group which mocks the Conservative Party’s £500,000 poster campaign has received massive popularity online receiving 90,000 visitors in the…
Oxford University bans Spotify
Oxford University sparked controversy recently when they banned all their campus students from using the popular music-sharing website Spotify, citing…
Pillow fight breaks out in Library Square
The University of Sussex’s Library Square turned into a fluffy battlefield last Monday afternoon as a 40-person pillow fight took…
A rejection of the claims levelled against the campaign to boycott Israeli goods.
Towards the end of last term and throughout the winter holidays, a certain group has made their views clear regarding…
Section 28: seven years on
This LGBT History Month marks the seventh anniversary of the abolition of Section 28, which prohibited schools from discussing LGBT…
The Careers and Employability Centre Speaks
Henry Degnin’s opinions, expressed in ‘I’m talking ‘bout money money’ (Page 8, The Badger, 18.10.2010) raise some very important questions…
Vote for Charlotte, not Charlatans
Let me begin by saying how the recent MP expenses scandal shocked and outraged us all – and rightly so.…
Greens sow the seed for political optimism in Brighton
With the ever growing mistrust of the Labour Party reaching new heights and creeping scepticism over the Conservatives and the…
Brighton and Hove boasts gay-friendly employers
The gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) rights advocacy group, Stonewall, released its yearly Workplace Equality Index earlier this month…
University students only have a 10-minute attention span
University students suffer from a mere ’10-minute attention span’, a recent study suggests. The research, undergone by Olympus Technologies, also…
Gradual Decline
The Badger talks to Sussex comedy group Casual Violence! about black comedy, kitchen-sink dramas and urination Hannah: Okay so I’m…
Welcome to the 'teenies'!
Dear Readers Welcome to the ‘teenies’! Although much of the print and televised news over the Christmas break was dominated…
Mandelson's measures will cause "University meltdown"
Business secretary Lord Mandelson has declared that the government is to cut university funding in England by a total of…
The chemical of motivation
What fascinates and troubles me about the brain is what it wants and desires. I’m always acutely aware of the…