diff --git a/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/edit.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 <% form_for(@announcement) do |f| %>
   <p>
+    <b>Title</b><br />
+    <%= f.text_field :title %>
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
     <b>Body</b><br />
     <%= f.text_area :body %>
   </p>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/index.html.erb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 <table>
   <tr>
+    <th>Title</th>
     <th>Body</th>
     <th>Author</th>
     <th>Published</th>
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 <% for announcement in @announcements %>
   <tr>
     <% @announcement = announcement %>
+    <td><%=h announcement.title %></td>
     <td><%=h announcement.body %></td>
     <td><%=h announcement.author %></td>
     <td><%= in_place_editor_field :announcement, :published, {}, :rows => 1 %></td>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/new.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 
 <% form_for(@announcement) do |f| %>
   <p>
+    <b>Title</b><br />
+    <%= f.text_field :title %>
+  </p>
+
+  <p>
     <b>Body</b><br />
     <%= f.text_area :body %>
   </p>
diff --git a/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb b/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
--- a/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/announcements/show.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
+  <b>Title:</b>
+  <%=h @announcement.title %>
+</p>
+
+<p>
   <b>Body:</b>
   <%=h @announcement.body %>
 </p>
diff --git a/app/views/main/_announcement.html.haml b/app/views/main/_announcement.html.haml
--- a/app/views/main/_announcement.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/main/_announcement.html.haml
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-.announcement{:id => "announcement-#{announcement.id}", :style => "#{'opacity: 0;' if (defined? announcement_effect) and announcement_effect }"}
-  -# .announcement-title
-  -#  .toggles
-  -#    %a{:href => '#', :onclick => "$(\"announcement-body-#{announcement.id}\").hide(); return false;"}
-  -#      [hide]
-  -#    %a{:href => '#', :onclick => "$(\"announcement-body-#{announcement.id}\").show(); return false;"}
-  -#      [show]
-  -#  Announcement Title
-  .announcement-body{:id => "announcement-body-#{announcement.id}"}
-    = markdown(announcement.body)
-    -#.pub-info
-    -#  %p= "#{announcement.author}, #{announcement.created_at}"
-  :javascript
-    Announcement.updateRecentId(#{announcement.id});
-  - if (defined? announcement_effect) and announcement_effect
+.announcement{:id => "announcement-#{announcement.id}", :style => "#{'display: none; opacity: 0' if (defined? announcement_effect) and announcement_effect }"}
+  %div
+    .announcement-title
+      -# .toggles
+      -#  %a{:href => '#', :onclick => "$(\"announcement-body-#{announcement.id}\").blindUp({duration: 0.2}); return false;"}
+      -#    [hide]
+      -#  %a{:href => '#', :onclick => "$(\"announcement-body-#{announcement.id}\").blindDown({duration: 0.2}); return false;"}
+      -#   [show]
+      = announcement.title
+    .announcement-body{:id => "announcement-body-#{announcement.id}"}
+      = markdown(announcement.body)
+      -#.pub-info
+      -#  %p= "#{announcement.author}, #{announcement.created_at}"
     :javascript
-      $("announcement-#{announcement.id}").appear();
+      Announcement.updateRecentId(#{announcement.id});
+    - if (defined? announcement_effect) and announcement_effect
+      :javascript
+        $("announcement-#{announcement.id}").blindDown({duration: 0.2});
+        $("announcement-#{announcement.id}").appear({duration: 0.5, queue: 'end'});
diff --git a/db/migrate/20090815171610_add_title_to_announcements.rb b/db/migrate/20090815171610_add_title_to_announcements.rb
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20090815171610_add_title_to_announcements.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddTitleToAnnouncements < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :announcements, :title, :string
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :announcements, :title
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090426131044) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090815171610) do
 
   create_table "announcements", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "author"
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.boolean  "frontpage",    :default => false
     t.boolean  "contest_only", :default => false
+    t.string   "title"
   end
 
   create_table "configurations", :force => true do |t|
@@ -42,6 +43,18 @@
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
 
+  create_table "grader_messages", :force => true do |t|
+    t.integer  "grader_process_id"
+    t.integer  "command"
+    t.string   "options"
+    t.integer  "target_id"
+    t.boolean  "accepted"
+    t.boolean  "completed"
+    t.integer  "accepting_grader_process_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
   create_table "grader_processes", :force => true do |t|
     t.string   "host",       :limit => 20
     t.integer  "pid"