Feature Stories         One Week in Manhattan With words and photographs, two alumni in New York City capture the activity, the emotions, and the redefined normalcy of the days following the attacks on America. by Rich Orloff '73 and Naeem Mohaiemen '93         Defining Words Five first-year students share their college application essays.         [cover story] Marriage: For Better? Or Worse? Recent U.S. census figures suggest that marriage rates are falling. Is this truly the case? Alums with and without the legal right to marry weigh in. by Kristin Ohlson         Business Unusual Businessman Tom McMakin reaps a Great Harvest financially, while keeping his values and entrepreneurial spirit intact. By Carolyn Hirschman '84         Plotting the Past Author Tracy Chevalier gave life anew to Johannes Vermeer's most celebrated portrait in Girl with a Pearl Earring. Equally imaginative is her newest effort, Falling Angels, which addresses the social customs that accompanied death in Victorian England. By Joanna Gajewski '93       LETTERS The Male Gender Gap Fisk Singers Evoke Pride Hurray for Teaching Program! Where's the Beef? Daughter Grateful for Memorial Minute Andrew Hoover Lives On   AROUND TAPPAN SQUARE The Business of Cheating Stirs New Solutions Cast a Vote for Alumni Trustee The Survey Says... A Record Year for Legacies A Student's Perspective Distinguished Speakers In Memoriam Oberlin Revisited ALUMNI NOTES: PROFILE Vision of Hope Maestro, If You Please In the Interest of Teenagers ALUMNI NOTES: LOSSES James VanStone '48 BOOKSHELF The Emperor's New Clothes: Biological Theories of Race at the Millennium by Joseph L. Graves, Jr. '77 / Reviewed by James Millette Race and the Writing of History: Riddling the Sphinx The Art of Innovation Human Trials: Scientists, Investors, and Patients in the Quest for a Cure In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits All Americans Crime and Politics: Big Government's Erratic Campaign for Law and Order The Ties That Divide: Ethnic Politics, Foreign Policy, & International Conflict The Ute Indians of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico How Can We Keep From Singing: Music and the Passionate Life Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils Listening to Music Signals from Space: The Chandra X-ray Observatory Ivory Cradle Losing Malcolm: A Mother's Journey through Grief Stone Sky Lifting Signs and Abominations Fireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the Children of Terezin Rhode Island Stained Glass: An Historical Guide Handbook of Early Literacy Research Hermeneutics and Honor: Negotiating Female "Public" Space in Islamic/Ate Societies The Sense of Antirationalism Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929 Scholastic Science Dictionary Web Wisdom: How to evaluate and Create Information Quality on the Web Geology at Indiana University: 1840-2000 Mites of the Honey Bee