diff --git a/app/models/announcement.rb b/app/models/announcement.rb
--- a/app/models/announcement.rb
+++ b/app/models/announcement.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 class Announcement < ActiveRecord::Base
+
+  def self.find_published
+    Announcement.find(:all,
+                      :conditions => "(published = 1) AND (frontpage = 0)",
+                      :order => "created_at DESC")
+  end
+
+  def self.find_for_frontpage
+    Announcement.find(:all,
+                      :conditions => "(published = 1) AND (frontpage = 1)",
+                      :order => "created_at DESC")
+  end
+
 end