Magazine Project Genre Research: Monmouth University Magazine

Cover Layout: The cover of this magazine consists of 7 different people. Two of them are playing basketball, one of them is the coach and the other four look like teammates on the bench  doing a celebration. The colors on the cover are mostly blue and white and the background is a faded picture of their mascot. The three words in the title are all different sizes and fonts but they are all in white. In the bottom left hand corner of the cover there is a title or statement which has to do with their main article.

Articles Included: The main article is about men's basketball then there are articles on other sports and the on campus things, alumni and a celebration of 40 years.

Advertisements: The advertisements that are included all have to do with the college Monmouth because this is their magazine. There are ads to buy Monmouth gear, books and to register for a golf tournament. There are very few ads and only appear after a couple of articles.

Table of Contents/Article Pictures:  The table of contents shows the article title and the page number that it starts on. The table of contents also has pictures that go with the article. The article pictures usually have at least one or 2 pictures that take on half of a page and then about 5 smaller pictures.

Distribution Number: Spring 2016

Awards Nominated/Won: None

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