Williams College Professors Profiled on new WCFM Show

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WCFM Williamstown, the Williams College radio station, now features a new weekly show profiling the college’s professors. The show, called “Faculty in Focus,” airs every Monday, from 5PM to 6PM. It features two live interviews with two different professors, each one a half-hour in length. The show aims to paint a vivid picture of professors in detailing their professional careers and experiences within the Williams College community. Matt Piven, a Williams senior from Baltimore, MD, hosts the show. WCFM Williamstown is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a 91.9 mHz. The station is also available through a wide variety of streaming outlets, such as iTunes and Winamp. More information on how to listen through streaming audio is available at WCFM’s website, http://wcfm.williams.edu . The station makes all shows available for download from an FTP site in MP3 format. Visit ftp://wcfm.no-ip.org and use the login “DJ” and the password “WCFM”. Look for “Faculty in Focus” and download it to your hard drive any time before the next show airs on the following Monday. “Faculty in Focus” is also podcasting from the following address: http://drm.williams.edu/cdm4/pcpod/feeder.php?id=DASIJDP. WCFM Williamstown broadcasts from the basement of Prospect House in Williams College’s Greylock Quad. Featuring around 60 hours per week of original programming, the station features a wide variety of musical genres, in addition to sports and talk radio. All community members above the age of 18 are invited to DJ at the station. Everyone who is interested in completing the station’s training program should contact Veda Igbinedion at 07vli@williams.edu. Calendar of “Faculty in Focus” shows for the Fall 2006 semester: October 30th Paul Gallay, Environmental Studies Duane Bailey, Computer Science November 6th Charles Dew, History Ed Epping, Art Studio November 13th Jay Pasachoff, Astronomy Donald Beaver, History of Science November 20th Meredith Hoppin, Classics D.L. Smith, English November 27th Bernie Rhie, English David Kaiser, Leadership Studies December 4th Paul Karabinos, Geosciences David Eppel, Theatre Note: The first professor listed will be interviewed at during the top half of each hour.
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North Adams Man Indicted on Murder, Arson Charges

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Darius Hazard was arraigned in Berkshire Superior Court on Thursday on two counts of first-degree murder related to deaths of his parents last November. 
 
Hazard, 44, pleaded not guilty to the charges and to a third charge of arson of a dwelling house.
 
He is being held without bail at the Berkshire County House of Correction, where he has been housed since Nov. 25. 
 
Hazard is accused of assaulting his parents, Donald Hazard, 83, and Venture Hazard, 76, on Nov. 24, 2025, and setting fire to the family on Francis Street. 
 
The bodies of his parents were discovered in the home by firefighters. 
 
North Adams Police said Hazard allegedly confessed to the assaults and the arson when he was taken into custody that day.
 
Hazard was initially arraigned in Northern Berkshire District Court on Nov. 26 and was to appear for a pretrial hearing on March 3. That hearing was postponed but he was indicted March 23 on the felony charges and his case removed to Berkshire Superior Court. 
 
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