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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…

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…

You have your parents BMI

Sussex study finds that parents contribute to their child’s BMI by 35- 45% and this increases for children of obese parents Researchers at the University of Sussex have disovered something…

An academic’s response to the Vice-Chancellor

The following open letter to the university Vice-Chancellor was sent to The Badger. We are happy to publish it as indeed we are always happy to publish letters written by…

Reworking Gender Roles Through Performance Art

It seems to be the assumption of many that drama students their days either rolling around on the floor of the ACCA, pretending to be trees or belting High School…

Twenty four hour change made available at York House

Change has been made available at the 24 hour reception at York House after two students campaigned for more cash facilities on campus. The new service at York House was…

Fascist stickers found on campus

Students express outrage at discovery of images depicting British fascist Oswald Mosley Union condemns ‘hate incident’ after stickers found in Falmer House, Fulton and Jubilee University reaffirms commitment to equality…

Largest ever Sussex winter graduation

A record 2,300 degrees and diplomas were awarded at this year’s winter graduation ceremonies. The number is a 20 per cent rise from 2016’s winter graduation, with those graduating mainly…

Commuters to take DfT to court over trains

Rail commuters have launched a legal challenge against the Department of Transport (DfT) for their failure to deal with the ongoing dispute between Southern Rail and workers’ unions. More than…

East Slope, no hope: heating and water fails

Residents of East Slope have suffered from a lack of heating and hot water for the second time in a matter of months. Since January 26, residents have suffered a…

Thousands protest Trump in Brighton

Over 2000 students and residents gathered in central Brighton to protest President Trump’s immigration policy which spilled out into an unplanned march shutting down the city centre, lasting into the…

Hate incident: Nazi imagery found on campus

A sticker containing Nazi imagery has been found at Falmer House. The action has been condemned by the Students’ Union, referring to it as a “hate incident on campus”, whilst…

Students’ Union forced to defend gender inclusive language policy

Sussex’s Students’ Union has been forced to defend their gender inclusive language policy after inaccurate press coverage. The Sun and the Daily Mail both reported on the newly introduced policy,…

Sussex students vote to boycott NSS

Sussex students have voted to boycott the National Student Survey in a Students’ Union referendum. 62% of the 964 students who voted chose to support the Students’ Union’s plans to…

Sussex students vote against renaming President role

Sussex students voted against renaming the title of President in a referendum on the issue this week. 65% of the 866 students that took part in the poll voted to…

Registrar John Duffy resigns

University Registrar John Duffy has resigned and will leave in December. Mr Duffy will be moving to London Met University as Chief Operating Officer. Duffy said: “I am delighted to…

Sussex students support Calais refugees

Yaz Kharroubi Sussex students and Brighton groups collaborated to give food, blankets and suitcases to refugees being expelled from the notorious Calais Jungle. Thousands of people were evicted last week…

JMS: The man, the myth, the building

Author: Hannah Richards Winner of the Crafoord Prize, John Maynard Smith was a world leading evolutionary biologist and geneticist, he had an influential impact on the use of game theory…

Housing headache: over 300 students lose out on accommodation

The University of Sussex has placed 180 students in hotel accommodation. Coming at a time of increasing student numbers following the admissions cap being lifted in 2015, this has affected…

SUDs and SMuTs Q&A

Our Theatre Editor, Miles Fagge, interviews both Dara Meunier-Patterson, the star of SMuTs breath-taking production of Cabaret last term and SUDs member Emma Zambon, who gave a brilliantly chilling performance…