Test runs on the press over the past week have allowed Crimson executives to play with the final version of the redesign and acquaint themselves with the newspaper’s new features.

“What the reader sees on Monday...is going to be the product of quite a lot of debate and discussion,” Reason said.

Ongoing implementation of the redesign will be spearheaded by incoming Design Chairs Hayley B. Barna ’05 and Michael R. Conti ’05, who—along with the rest of The Crimson’s 131st Guard—assume their positions at the end of the month.

Both the outgoing and incoming Crimson executives will likely keep well-attuned to reaction among the newspaper’s readership, and initial sentiment may not be as warm as the colors on The Crimson’s new front page, according to George-Palilonis.

“People get attached to their newspapers, and sometimes it’s difficult to get comfortable with change,” George-Palilonis said.

“People get freaked out.”

—Staff writer Zachary M. Seward can be reached at seward@fas.harvard.edu.

DISSECTING THE FRONT PAGE

1. Three inside story teasers above the masthead direct readers’ attention to important or interesting stories inside the newspaper.

2. Story labels will run above stories about recurring topics to help readers locate pieces about issues of interest.

3. Section teasers on the front page will provide information about inside sections and their major stories.

4. Informational graphics will accompany stories where relevant to provide more visual information for our readers and help illustrate the topics at issue in the story.

5. Inside coverage boxes will alert readers to related coverage elsewhere within the paper.

6. Featured stories will run daily, highlighting stories of special interest to our readers.