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Focuses on the impact of the publication of the academic grades of a former student leader on the Long Island University at Brooklyn student newspaper. Replacement of an article that ran about the resignation of a student body president; Violation of the federal privacy standards; Apology of the paper on the incident.

Reports on how Brian Crumley, a photo-agency art director in Brooklyn, New York, unwittingly became the star of his very own Hallmark Shoebox greeting card. Hallmark's use of a photograph in which Crumley posed for a photographer friend in January 2000; Crumley in an Afro hairstyle that goes way beyond "Welcome Back, Kotter".

Presents the author's thoughts on working as a theater critic for `The New York Times' in 1966. The requirements for and responsibilities of his job; Description of where he lived in Brooklyn Heights and his cubicle at 'The Times'; How he became a technological pioneer by asking for an electric typewriter; His opinion of covering opening-night performances; Mention of office politics, with examples of a hero-villain pattern at work; Objection to his practice of reviewing theater from previews.

The article profiles Andrea Chu, a Brooklyn, New York City-based photographer whose clients include Esquire Asia and Time Out New York.

The article reports on the 244-count indictment of the grand jury in a trial against Good Humor Corp. for advertising its ice cream as "the next best thing to love" in Brooklyn, New York City in 1975. The indictment charges Good Humor for record falsification and shipment from a plant in Maspeth, Queens from 1972 through April. It points out that the company will be fined 1.8 million dollars if convicted. Meanwhile, the investigators discover that the plant kept an elaborately coded secret set with true bacteria counts for company use and a false record to show state inspectors.

Reports on the donation of stickers to the Beginning With Children Charter School in Brooklyn, New York City. Inspirational purpose of the sticker; Distinction of the sticker from the stickers available in stores; Generosity of Mrs. Grossman's Paper to produce the stickers.

Presents excerpts from the diary of Gara LaMarche, vice president and director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Institute, on his sabbatical experiences at the Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC), a community-development organization in Brooklyn, New York City. Roots as an activist and advocate; Reason for choosing the FAC; Stories of participants in the FAC program, which provides housing and job training for ex-prisoners.

Presents letters to the editor in response to articles and columns published in previous editions of "The Nation." Response to the column "Subject to Debate," on Brooklyn College professor Timothy Shortell, in the June 27, 2005 edition; Response to the column "Films," featuring a review of the motion picture "Cinderella Man," in the July 4, 2005 edition; Response to the article "Letter From Ground Zero," on the war in Iraq, in the July 4, 2005 edition; Others.

Reports that the Community Preservation Corp. has provided loan to finance the construction of a 39-unit condominium on Underhill Avenue in the northern Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. Construction of elevator buildings; Number of residential and commercial units; Conversion of manufacturing buildings into condominiums.

Joe Zarba announced this past spring that he was retiring after 17 years heading the photography program at Middle School in Brooklyn, New York City. He admits digital photography can be as creative as the film variety. The rise of digital photography, when viewed a hundred years hence, may reveal a shift in creative direction rooted in the algorithm-powered nature of computer work itself. At the same time, Zarba and film loyalists like him concede that digital has the potential to bring the pleasure of printmaking to a lot more people because a lot more people have personal computers than darkrooms. That, for anyone who loves photography, is a good thing.