diff --git a/archive/2017.php b/archive/2017.php
index bc548dc6a..b33cf4580 100644
--- a/archive/2017.php
+++ b/archive/2017.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ site_header("News Archive - 2017");
 
 <?php
 
-print_news($NEWS_ENTRIES, array("conferences", "cfp", "frontpage", "nofrontpage"), 500, 2017);
+print_news($NEWS_ENTRIES, null, 500, 2017);
 
 /* %s/<a href="\(.*\)"><img src="\/images\/news\/\(.*\)" alt="\(.*\)" width.*><\/a>/<?php news_image("\1", "\2", "\3"); ?>/g */
 site_footer(array('elephpants' => true, 'sidebar' => $SIDEBAR_DATA));
diff --git a/include/layout.inc b/include/layout.inc
index 3602781ac..e6ffbb0b3 100644
--- a/include/layout.inc
+++ b/include/layout.inc
@@ -406,18 +406,15 @@ function print_news($news, $dog, $max = 5, $onlyyear = null, $return = false) {
     $count = 0;
     $news = $news ? $news : array(); // default to empty array (if no news)
     foreach($news as $item) {
-        $vevent = "";
         $ok = false;
 
         // Only print entries in the provided s/dog/cat/ egory
-        // If its a conference, use the hCalendar container
+        // If $dog is null, everything matches
         foreach($item["category"] as $category) {
-            if (in_array($category["term"], (array)$dog)) {
+            if (is_null($dog) || in_array($category["term"], (array)$dog)) {
                 $ok = true;
                 ++$count;
-            }
-            if ($category["term"] === "conferences" || $category["term"] === "cfp") {
-                $vevent = " vevent";
+                break;
             }
         }
         if ($count > $max) {