Research & Planning- College Magazine Analysis

I can tell that this is a college magazine as there is a student on the cover. Also some of the text says 'NYC's FRESHMAN FASHION CEO', this shows that the articles are about events in college. The masthead also says 'COLLEGE' which makes the genre of the magazine obvious.
The house style is very simple, it is only two colours- red and black. This could suggest that the editors of the magazine are trying to portray it as your average, simple college magazine. The codes and conventions of a magazine used on this cover eg. bar code, price and issue number.
The cover star of the magazine looks a happy and at ease and this could suggest that the college is also like this