diff --git a/app/views/news/_news.rhtml b/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
index e48e5041..1b1d35b1 100644
--- a/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <p><%= link_to h(news.title), :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news %><br />
-<% unless news.summary.empty? %><%=h news.summary %><br /><% end %>
+<% unless news.summary.blank? %><%=h news.summary %><br /><% end %>
 <em><%= news.author.name %>, <%= format_time(news.created_on) %></em><br />
 <%= news.comments_count %> <%= lwr(:label_comment, news.comments_count).downcase %><br /></p>