Word: disneyland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deadline for submitting theses approaches, most seniors are putting in multiple all-nighters grappling with esoteric historical, scientific or literary questions. But a few of this year's thesis-writers will spend the next several weeks thinking about Disneyland and gardening...
...because they'll be procrastinating. On the contrary, these seniors, too, will be hard at work--writing theses on such unusual topics as "The Cultural Messages of Disneyland in the 1950s" and "Alexander Pope's Garden at Twickenham...
...think working on my thesis has ever been a pain in the ass, even now, with it due in 10 days," says Lori J. Curcio '89, whose history thesis will examine the "white, middle-class, corporate" environment of Disneyland in the 1950s. As part of her research, Curcio spent a day touring the Anaheim, California theme park...
...Curcio says she will still enjoy visiting Disneyland, "although I'm not going there over spring break...
...monorail tram or take a boat along the canal that runs the mile-long stretch of the resort. Crispy captains in white shorts and knee socks pretend to steer, clanging the ship's bell, but the boat is actually guided by wheels running along a 19-in. groove underwater. "Disneyland changed the way people view entertainment," muses Amy Katoh, who is visiting Hawaii from Tokyo with her husband Yuichi. "And this place will change the way people think about resorts...