November/December 2003 Editor's Note We the People Ordinary Virtues NEH Chairman Bruce Cole talks about cultivating civic life. Eyewitness to History "The Earth Shook, The Sky Burned" From the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 to daily events, more than two centuries of newspaper history are being preserved. By Rachel Galvin Direct from the Front Since the Spanish-American War, correspondents have balanced loyalty to their country with responsibility to inform the public. By Maggie Riechers Imaginging New York Dvoarák in America A century after the composer's death, students discover how he changed classical music in this country. By Scott Ethier End of Colonialism The art of Mestizaje A website and DVD examine the fusion of cultures in Latin American artwork. By Paulette Campbell The Soul of a Free Man The life story of Toussaint-Louverture, Haiti's liberator, is told with other slave narratives on a new website. By Caroline Kim Around the Nation In Focus In the wake of a supertyphoon, Jillette Leon-Guerrero is rebuilding the humanities on Guam. By Hannah Putman