The Big Collab: Should Newspapers Encourage Controversy?
By Charlotte Berry and Yesenia Mahe Darlington Why Opinion Sections Thrive by Stirring the Pot Should student newspaper opinion sections stir up controversy? It’s like adding hot sauce to your…
ChatGPT: Essay Friend or Foe?
Written by: Muskaan Marwaha and Jasper White The evolution of learning has taken a pivotal turn with the introduction of artificial tools to assist students in their academic endeavours. The…
Biden and Trump Clash During Chaotic First Presidential Debate
Words by Ewan Vellinga President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden confronted each other in a chaotic first presidential debate on Wednesday, during which they discussed topics including…
Brighton golf courses return to nature
Environmentalists want the golf courses to be "re-wilded", but golfers argue that the courses should remain as they are
General Election Hustings hosted at the University of Sussex
The debate saw local parliamentary candidates from the Brighton area go head to head on issues such as the NHS, housing, trust in politics, local education, and of course -…
The Snowflake Debate
Tallulah Belassie-Page- Millennials, a.k.a ‘Generation snowflake’, the avocado-loving Instagramers responsible for censoring free speech. These are just some of the myths perpetuated by the media about the younger generations, now…
Acting Political: Celebrity Involvement In The Political Landscape
Amid the build up to the US mid-term elections, global megastar Taylor Swift released a political statement via Instagram to her 112 million followers. Swift has previously been known for…
Representing the People: Review
Recognising the centenary of the Representation of the People’s Act and International Women’s Day, The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts invited four alumnae of Sussex University to discuss the…
Big Debate: ‘Is globalism a failed project?’
Proposition Will Cronk Globalism is a wonderful force which does an extraordinary amount of good for an extraordinarily small number of people. The reason I describe it as a wonderful…
The Big Debate: Should Bob Dylan have won the Nobel Prize?
Yes: Miles Fagge (Theatre Editor) I want to start this by stressing that I am not seeking to argue that Bob Dylan necessarily deserved to win this award more than…
The Battle for Brexit
With the upcoming EU referendum viewed as inevitable, it was no surprise when British Chancellor George Osborne kick-started the year by laying down an ultimatum regarding Britain’s relationship with the…
Big winner of cannabis legalisation would be ‘evil corporations’, says Hitchens at campus debate
Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens was defeated by ex-Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker in a cannabis legalisation debate watched by 200 people on the 7th April in Fulton. A…
Students’ Union President debates former Tory MP
Falmer House’s Debating Chamber played host to its first debate in years as Students’ Union President Abe Baldry faced former Conservative Minister Sir Tony Baldry in a debate watched by…
Controversial Mail columnist Peter Hitchens to debate on campus
Author and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens will argue against the legalisation of cannabis in an event jointly organised by the Debating Society and The Badger. The event is…
President of Sussex UKIP society decries Anarchist ‘totalitarianism’
As the president of a UKIP society at what is, in general, a very left-wing university, I’m well aware of the fact that our views are not popular with a…
A lowdown on the ‘three-parent babies’ debate
On February 3, MPs voted in favour of changing the law on a controversial IVF technique to create babies with ‘three parents’. The new law will allow IVF clinics to…
The eternal debate on life after death
YES For sceptics, there will never be enough reliable data, replicated studies, or a representative sample large enough to convince people that life-after-death exists. Neurophysiologist Dr Peter Fenwick states himself…
Debate: Is the threat of Ebola overhyped in Britain?
YES Firstly, it should be stated that there is no doubt that Ebola is real. I am sure we can all recall the outbreak of SARS, mad cow disease and…
Culture and Heritage debated in London
Britain’s culture and heritage was discussed by distinguished arts figures and Sussex academics last Thursday in London. The debate, ‘Preserving our material and cultural legacy’, took place on 19 January…
The Brighton Science Festival 2011
For the pleasure of the geeks and the jocks, the Brighton Science Festival is once again descending upon Brighton. This is the 7th year the festival has run and it…