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. ; 8 See also Precipitation totals in inches Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Miami U.S News & World Report reported that FIU students are among the least indebted college students in the nation and recognized the university as a "best buy" in higher education.The organization also reported FIU for having one of the safest campus in the United States! 1950s to 1970s, Early history A Cracker cowboy 19th century, Chemistry & Physics building Ojus.

The construction of the Tamiami Trail beginning in 1928 and spanning the region from Tampa to Miami altered their ways of life Some began to work in local farms ranches and souvenir stands Some of the people who interacted more with European Americans began to move to reservations in the 1940s These were their bases for reorganizing their government and they became federally recognized in 1957 as the Seminole Tribe of Florida. As of 2010 70.2% of Miami's population age five and over spoke only Spanish at home while 22.7% of the population spoke English at home About 6.3% spoke other Indo-European languages at home About 0.4% spoke Asian languages or Pacific Islander languages/Oceanic languages at home the remaining 0.3% of the population spoke other languages at home in total 77.3% spoke another language other than English; Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible, 10 Education County representation Miami is also the home of many college sports teams the two largest are the University of Miami Hurricanes whose football team plays at Hard Rock Stadium and Florida International University Panthers whose football team plays at Ricardo Silva Stadium. Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually.