diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index f4af114..5956880 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
 		BlueCloth.new(text).to_html
 	end
 
+	def formatted(text)
+		h(text).gsub("\n", "<br/>")
+	end
+
 	def highlight(name)
 		return {:class => 'highlight'} if (flash[:highlight] == name) 
 	end
diff --git a/app/views/events/index.html.haml b/app/views/events/index.html.haml
index f93f195..988fd8f 100644
--- a/app/views/events/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/events/index.html.haml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
               %div.cmd
                 = action_icon 'edit', 'Editar', edit_course_event_url(@course, event)
                 = action_icon 'trash', 'Excluir', course_event_url(@course, event), :confirm => 'Tem certeza que deseja excluir?', :method => :delete
-              = h(event.description)
+              = formatted(event.description)
               = "Sem descrição" if event.description.empty?
 
         - last_date = event.time
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/news.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/news.html.haml
index 9a17172..87a7760 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/news.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/news.html.haml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   = link_to("Noticias", course_news_index_url(@course))
 
 - @left_panel = render 'courses/_left_panel'
-- @right_panel = render 'courses/_right_panel'
 - @content = yield
 
 = render 'layouts/base' 
diff --git a/app/views/news/index.html.haml b/app/views/news/index.html.haml
index e4e46e7..11822c3 100644
--- a/app/views/news/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/news/index.html.haml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
               .cmd
                 = action_icon 'edit', 'Editar', edit_course_news_url(@course, n)
                 = action_icon 'trash', 'Excluir', course_news_url(@course, n), :confirm => 'Tem certeza que deseja excluir?', :method => :delete
-              = h(n.body)
+              = formatted(n.body)
               = "Sem descrição" if n.body.empty?
   - else
     .box
diff --git a/app/views/news/index.rss.builder b/app/views/news/index.rss.builder
index 705674a..9f37a2a 100644
--- a/app/views/news/index.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/news/index.rss.builder
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ xml.rss(:version=>"2.0") do
 		for news_item in @news
 			xml.item do
 				xml.title(news_item.title)
-				xml.description(news_item.body)
+				xml.description(formatted(news_item.body))
 				xml.pubDate(news_item.timestamp.rfc2822)
 				xml.link(course_news_url(@course, news_item))
 				xml.guid(course_news_url(@course, news_item))
diff --git a/app/views/users/dashboard.html.haml b/app/views/users/dashboard.html.haml
index ccd183f..8e36941 100644
--- a/app/views/users/dashboard.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/users/dashboard.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
             = link_to(h(n.course.full_name), course_url(n.course)) + " &rsaquo;"
             = link_to(h(n.title), course_news_url(n.course, n))
             - unless n.body.empty?
-              %p= h(n.body)
+              %p= truncate(n.body, 300)
 
   .box
     .cmd
diff --git a/app/views/users/dashboard.rss.builder b/app/views/users/dashboard.rss.builder
index 9b5765f..bd577a4 100644
--- a/app/views/users/dashboard.rss.builder
+++ b/app/views/users/dashboard.rss.builder
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ xml.rss(:version=>"2.0") do
 		for news_item in @news
 			xml.item do
 				xml.title(news_item.course.short_name + ": " + news_item.title)
-				xml.description(news_item.body)
+				xml.description(formatted(news_item.body))
 				xml.pubDate(news_item.timestamp.rfc2822)
 				xml.link(course_news_url(news_item.course, news_item))
 				xml.guid(course_news_url(news_item.course, news_item))
diff --git a/app/views/widgets/calendario.html.erb b/app/views/widgets/calendario.html.erb
index 53073d6..f6066fe 100644
--- a/app/views/widgets/calendario.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/widgets/calendario.html.erb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 				<% @events.each do |e| -%>
 				<li style="display: none" class="event_item events_<%=e.time.strftime('%Y_%m-%d')%>">
 					<%= link_to e.time.strftime("%d de %B"), course_event_url(@course, e) %>.
-					<%= h(e.title) %>. <%= truncate(h(e.description), 50) %>
+					<%= h(e.title) %>
 				</li>
 				<% end -%>
 			</ul>