This semester has been one of the craziest, most stressful and most exciting times of my life. The Arrow staff has covered breaking news stories and are proud of the product that we are putting into print and online. We are also in a bit of a transition process.

I am now the editor at the Arrow and Brad Conway has taken over my former position as sports editor. Even though I loved being in charge of our sports coverage, I know that this is going to be a great opportunity for me to grow as a leader while still being able to write about and cover sports.

For those of you that don't know me, I am a junior journalism major and am pursuing a minor in English literature. I'm 20 years old and from Union, Mo.

One of the things that I love so much about the Arrow is that we are all (mostly) Cardinals baseball fans. I have watched games on TV and at Busch Stadium with my family since I was a little kid and was at Game 5 of the 2006 World Series. This year, the Arrow editors watched the "Some Nights you win the World Series" video on YouTube before every playoff game. Even though it didn't help as much as we thought it would, it is awesome and I recommend everyone to take a look at it.

I wrote for the Arrow last year and worked my way to staff writer status. After taking over as sports editor at the beginning of this year, I worked hard to make sure that we had consistent game coverage and used social media to inform readers what was going on. Speaking of social media, follow me on Twitter @ENeierARROW.

I look forward to spending nearly all my time in the office and enjoying time with the staffers and editors. There are things in the paper that can be improved on and we strive to make it the best that we can. Whitney Law, Amity Downing, Nathan Hamilton, Ashley Books, faculty adviser Tamara Zellars Buck and I attended the 2012 College Media National Convention in Chicago over the weekend. We received critiques of the Arrow print edition and website and are excited to implement some of the ideas that were presented to us.

We also have some exciting news. The Arrow website won fifth place in the Best of Show competition at the convention. Be sure to check out the website at southeastArrow.com and let us know what you think. You can also fill out a survey at southeastArrow.com/forms/survey or on the Southeast portal and be entered into a chance to win a $100 gift card to Target.

We are always looking for more reporters, photographers and designers. Right now we are looking for a design assistant to help our design editor with pages each week. Anyone that is interested should email their resume to editor@southeastArrow.com.