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In September 1972 5,667 students entered the new state university the largest opening day enrollment at the time Previously Miami had been the largest city in the country lacking a public baccalaureate-granting institution Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Dade County Junior College (now Miami-Dade College) a typical student entering FIU was 25 years old and attending school full-time while holding down a full-time job Forty-three percent were married Negotiations with the University of Miami and Dade County Junior College led FIU to open as an upper-division only school it would be nine years before lower-division classes were added; Area codes Student activities, Dade County Courthouse built in 1928 is the tallest building built in the 1920s. ! Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State" but severe weather is a common occurrence in the state Central Florida is known as the lightning capital of the United States as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country Florida has one of the highest average precipitation levels of any state in large part because afternoon thunderstorms are common in much of the state from late spring until early autumn a narrow eastern part of the state including Orlando and Jacksonville receives between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually the rest of the state including Miami receives between 2,800 and 3,200 hours annually, In 1996 Miami acquired the AFL team the Sacramento Attack which was renamed as the Miami Hooters (due to its association with the Florida-based Hooters restaurant chain) and it played from 1993 to 1995 in 1996 the association with the chain was completed and the team moved to West Palm Beach and renamed as the Florida Bobcats. . 1.2 1900s to 1930s Class of 1977 Spirit traditions The Everglades Agricultural Area is a major center for agriculture the environmental impact of agriculture especially water pollution is a major issue in Florida today.

! Palm Beach County Broward County, Coral Way Flagami and West Flagler, The Miami accent is based on a fairly standard American accent but with some changes very similar to dialects in the Mid-Atlantic (especially the New York area dialect Northern New Jersey English and New York Latino English.) Unlike Virginia Piedmont Coastal Southern American and Northeast American dialects the "Miami accent" is rhotic; it also incorporates a rhythm and pronunciation heavily influenced by Spanish (wherein rhythm is syllable-timed)! Name Class year Notability References The age distribution is 24.8% under the age of 18 9.1% from 18 to 24 31.0% from 25 to 44 21.7% from 45 to 64 and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older the median age was 36 years for every 100 females there were 93.5 males for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.2 males. . On the morning of September 7 1959 25 African-American students stepped onto the grounds of Orchard Villa Elementary School and Air Base Elementary schools officially ending segregation within the school system By the end of the academic year nearly half the schools in the county had been desegregated when parents were given the option of enrolling their children in any school in the district providing they had the proper transportation Despite this law many schools in Dade County did not become fully integrated until the late 1960s, Education Estimated numbers of Calusa at the beginning of the Spanish occupation ranged from 4,000 to 7,000 the society declined in power and population; by 1697 their number was estimated to be about 1,000 in the early 18th century the Calusa came under attack from the Yamasee to the north They asked the Spanish for refuge in Cuba where almost 200 died of illness Soon they were relocated again to the Florida Keys, Barry University is a private Catholic university founded in 1940 by the Adrian Dominican Sisters Located in Miami Shores Florida a suburb north of Downtown Miami it is one of the largest Catholic universities in the Southeast and is within the territory of the Archdiocese of Miami.