Seven Days comics IRV

by Staff (03/01/06).

One hundred seventy-four people voted in the Seven Days Comics Contest. They ranked 10 entries in reverse order of preference -- 1st=worst; 10th=best -- in an electoral exercise with a dual purpose: to demonstrate Burlington's new system of Instant Run-off Voting, and to single out a winner, er, loser, that we could strip from the paper.

Seven Days' globe-trotting staffers unload their excretory adventures

by SEVEN DAYS STAFF
(10.23.02)

The need to let it all out is universal. Handy terms like pakhana or shayrooteem will help you find the facilities when you get that sinking feeling in Islamabad or Tel Aviv. But tracking down the local rest area doesn't necessarily yield a porcelain throne.

Gift alternatives for today's younger set

by ROGER NAYLOR
(12.4.02)

Remember the terrorist attacks? They were all over the news, remember? We were numb for a while, and then we vowed to change our priorities once and for all and focus on what's truly important in life.

But that was before we discovered deep-fried Twinkies and "American Idol" and the "Anna Nicole Show," and we were totally going to vote in that midterm election but by then we were caught up in the Winona trial.