**Elise Hartenbach and Natasha Shore**
_From M-I-Z-Z-O-U to M-I-C-K-E-Y_

Last spring, senior Elise Hartenbach and junior Natasha Shore took part in the Disney College Program internship at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. For five months, the two lived and worked in the park. Shore served food at the Pop Century Resort and Hartenbach worked in The Seas with Nemo & Friends as the emcee of “Turtle Talk with Crush.”

Interns like Hartenbach and Shore typically work from the late afternoon into the night, “honing skills in guest relations,” says Hartenbach, a native of St. Louis.

Shore, who is from Lee’s Summit, says the two are both hospitality management majors. Shore is specializing in lodging, and Hartenbach is focusing on conferences and events.

“It was great to be able to work at a company that’s so well-respected around the world,” Shore says.

**Janet Marsh**
_Seeing opportunity through cinema_

Though the movie rental industry faces stiff competition from Netflix, the cinematic experience is still one that captivates Janet Marsh, owner of 9th Street Video on Hitt Street.

Marsh, who lived just outside Pittsburgh in high school, would go into the city to watch films at Carnegie Mellon University. She was enthralled.

“I would have never seen anything like that on TV,” she says. “Our reception at home was really bad, and we didn’t have VCRs back then. You can’t beat the big screen.”

For Marsh, the big screen provides two elements: an escape and an opportunity for an education.

Those opportunities weren’t always present in Columbia.

“When I first got here, (Columbia) was weak in terms of opportunities to see different kinds of films,” Marsh says.

Now, Stephens College has a film program, and the MU School of Journalism will have documentary film program starting in 2015.

“It’s fortunate for a town this size to have these resources,” she says.

Marsh is also a resource for Columbia’s movie aficionados and novices, and she says she’s honest when it comes to recommendations.

“If I have strong feelings about a film, I have to warn them that it would be a really good experience or a really bad experience,” she says. “A good film depends on the person who’s watching.”