Early in the process, we realized color photographs did not fit in the general design of the paper. In a bold move we made a decision to redesign, and over the summer of 1995 several editors went through the process of giving the paper a new look. The flag was redesigned, a new logo adopted, and dark maroon lines were placed at the top and bottom of page one. Only with those changes did color photos finally have a place in The Pelican. The Times, in addition to suffering from an identity crisis, is also suffering from design problems.
Color photographs look bizarre in such a distingushed journal.
But that is where the line should be drawn. It is disconcerting enough that the paper employs these pictures let alone change the entire design of the front page. Imagine The New York Times with a new flag and colored lines on page one. In speaking for the majority of St. Paul's students, The Pelican respecfully asks Mr. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of The New York Times to call off his paper's new marketing strategy. The Times will not be able to capture America's visual readers with color photos alone, and further attempts to do so will only alienate the paper's most faithful readers.