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...biggest coup, however, is attributed to Maria L. Kivisild '69, the first woman elected Undergraduate Association President (UAP) and the first to sit as an officer on M.I.T.'s governing body, the Executive Council...
...Miss Kivisild, whose election was described by The Tech as an "upset," campaigned on a platform demanding the ouster of the "closed group of the chosen few" who had formerly dominated student government. She said she objected to a government "designed to give those with a political bent practice for their future career...
Femininity was not the only handicap overcome by Miss Kivisild. She is the first foreign student (born in Canada) and the first Architectural student elected to the post. She sees her election as a "protest vote", and attributed it to the fact that "no one could connect me with anything political...
...election brought to seven the number of coeds presently heading an M.I.T. activity. Miss Kivisild attributed the increase, three over last year, to the increased number of coeds (200 out of 3700) that now attend M.I.T. Until 1964 when the quota was raised to 50, there were less than 30 admitted per class. Next year approximately 100 women will be admitted to the freshman class...
...Miss Kivisild felt that the larger number resulted in girls with more varied interests. "You no longer need to be a super-scientist," she said...
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