Monday, January 25, 2021
Disney Magic not so Magical The experience of Laura Singletary By Sheyenne Mitchell-Brown Laura Singletary received the internship of a lifetime, or at least that’s what Disney led her to believe. Singletary, 24, applied for the internship in February of 2019 to expand her education in engineering and management. She was told not to expect a reply for months after she completed the application, but two weeks later she was interviewed, and by April she had accepted her position as an intern at Disney World. In her interview, she told the company where she wanted to be: engineering. But she learned quickly that what you want is not always what you get. “What I was hired on for was something I honestly didn’t want to do,” Singletary said. Foodservice. Assigned to work and serve the visitors of Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, Singletary decided to make the most out of a poor situation. She got in contact with the parks’ top engineers, or Provided by Laura Singletary Disney named Imagineers, Singletary poses in Star Wars themed park in Disney World and asked if they would let her
shadow them. They agreed. “Multiple times a week, every week, I got to go help with coding in Pandora. And got to do actual engineering with their department,” Singletary said. Singletary said Disney is extremely welcoming to this type of learning, and all employees have access to a hub where they can find the contact information for people working in high-level jobs. So, off she went after every eight to 10-hour shift at her assigned food service job to meet with the Imagineers that would teach her the practical skills for her future career. “It was a really cool opportunity.” The long hours serving food were necessary. With the college program, Singletary said, they had to pay out of their paychecks for rent to live on-site, which was required of them. Rent was $150 a week, Singletary said, and that money bought her a threebedroom apartment to share with six other women and a room to share with one other woman. See Disney on pg. 3
Shorthanded Cowboys fall to No. 2 Baylor at home
Ryan Breeden
It’s difficult to win with only eight players. Especially against the No. 2 team in the country. The Cowboys found that out the hard way today. It was announced OSU would be without both Cade Cunningham and Rondel Walker today, and their absences were certainly felt. The Cowboys made it a game for about 29 minutes, but then a massive Baylor run put the game out of reach, ultimately the Cowboys lost 81-66. “We competed well, it was really just the run that we didn’t do too well stopping,” Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe said. “That was really the difference in the game.” There were a lot of things
File Photo Issac Likekele dribbles in the paint during OSUMBB’s loss to Baylor on January 23, 2021 at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
stacked against the Cowboys this afternoon. They faced a really good team after having not been able to practice for nearly 10 days. The team practiced yesterday with only seven scholarship players, and
Cunningham was just now cleared today. He was in no shape to play today, so Boynton’s message to his team was simple: no no-shows. “With Cade out, other
guys had to have big games,” Moncrieffe said. “I know whether I score a lot or I score a little, I have to dominate the glass.” See Shorthanded on pg. 4