The male on the front of the magazine represent someone who perhaps has an interest in or goes to the college. His clothes give connotations of someone who if quite interested in fashion and perhaps is quite modern and up to date. He looks relatively happy and he takes up a lot of the front cover, showing his importance. This sign is then anchored by the caption "Dancehall's Bright Future" showing that he is perhaps quite intelligent and is set for a good future. This also relates to the fact that he is holding books, telling us he is most likely a student.
If we continue and look at the actually writing itself, we see that is is mostly white, grey and green standing out on a black and grey background. The writing that is in green immediately draws our attention and is quite strategically used in the masthead and the sub-headings to draw attention to things that students are interested in, such as "Money" and "Friday".
The New York Times College Issue:
The front cover is one big collage of things to do with students, such as ripped paper, post-it notes and many different images. There are many different things happening on the front cover too, showing just how stressful a students life in college can be and the fact that this is used in cooperation with their being many colours used, really emphasizes the stress. I think that the black font for "The College Issue" makes it look quite officially done and makes it look like it could be student work, too, in order to make it more applicable to the readers.
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