Five Stars and a Moon: The Legacy Series

Great writing and Hollins have been synonymous for decades, even before the highly acclaimed graduate program in creative writing officially began in 1960. Now, Hollins Theatre celebrates this literary tradition by launching the Legacy Series, showcasing dynamic plays, musicals, and original theatre pieces based on important works by some of Hollins\u27 most recognized writers. Five Stars and a Moon launches the series: five productions spotlighting six authors. · Please join us for these exciting performances created by Hollins\u27 talented students, faculty, and professional guest artists.https://digitalcommons.hollins.edu/performances/1006/thumbnail.jp

Associations between message features and subjective evaluations of the sensation value of antidrug public service announcements.

In 1998, the U.S. Congress stepped up the nation's focus on drug and alcohol abuse by allocating $1 billion to the Office of National Drug Control Policy for mass media-based prevention campaigns and evaluations. We now know some of the key elements of effective media-based antidrug campaigns, including effec

Analysis of consumer‐oriented quality characteristics of raw and boiled plantains in Cameroon: implication for breeding

International audienceThis study aimed at understanding users’ demand for raw and boiled plantains in rural and urban areas in West and Littoral regions of Cameroon. Surveys conducted in eight rural localities consisted of key informant interviews, gender-disaggregated focus group discussions, market and individual interviews. Processing and cooking diagnoses were done with restaurant cooks in urban areas, to know the details of plantain processing and boiling and to understand the quality characteristics of raw plantain that give a most-liked boiled plantain. Local favourite landraces, most cultivated landraces in Cameroon (Batard and Big ebanga) and a new CARBAP/CIRAD hybrid (CARBAP K74) were used. The preference for plantain cultivars was both gender and region-dependent. High-quality plantain should be mature, with big fingers and having a dark green peel colour. The fruit length and girth, pulp pH, dry matter content and firmness were found to be relevant postharvest quality characteristics for plantain breeding improvement