It's been quite a quarter for the paper, but we're just getting started.

With as many changes as we've made throughout this quarter, we've catalyzed a sense of excitement in our staff and an increasingly apparent turning of heads in the campus community. Along with renewed excitement comes a contagious desire to continue inciting changes, creating a cycle we believe is still just beginning.

Thanks in part to the more than 4,000 voices that answered our survey in the spring, this quarter's editors took on some great challenges and are leaving the paper far better than they found it.

There were some sweeping changes: A brand new web team was hired to create and maintain an improved and more interactive online presence for The Daily. The calendar — what used to be a disappointingly short section of Page 2 — was given a much larger and more prominent weekly space.

Some changes were to correct very specific issues —moving the crossword off the fold in the middle of the paper, for example.

We began taking additional steps to prevent spelling and grammatical errors. We placed a greater emphasis on stories that run in series. We came up with new ways for readers to submit content, and don't think for a minute we're stopping there.

As editors are selected and goals are set for winter quarter, we're thinking of new ways we can improve the paper, never forgetting the more than 4,000 suggestions we already have.

We're aiming to dramatically increase the amount of "digging" our reporters do to uncover truly interesting stories. By continually finding ways to make our newsroom more efficient, and by providing some very specific training, we can make strides in bringing the readers stories they won't find anywhere else.

We're looking into a myriad of new ideas for Intermission, broadening the scope of the articles to include possible content like the science of food and a sort of arts-based Free Speech Friday.

The Web site will continue to undergo major construction to make it as interactive and intuitive as possible. Podcasts, an expansion into new media we experimented with this quarter, will see growth and maturation in an effort to become a recognized part of The Daily's online experience.

During this whole process, your feedback has been immensely helpful. We just ask that you keep it coming. Keep sending us letters, and finding ways to tell us what you think. Don't worry, we'll keep the crossword off the fold.