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The main campus has hosted the Presidential Debates in 2004. It has also hosted conferences of the [[Clinton Global Initiative]] in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/president_clinton_to_host_third_clinton_global_initiative_university_cgi_u_meeting_at_um/|title=President Clinton to Host Third Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting at UM|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref> UM also hosted three campaign rallies for President Obama during the [[2012 Presidential Election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/10/11/president-obama-to-speak-at-um-on-thursday-2/|title=President Obama Swings Through South Florida|work=CBS Miami|date=October 11, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref>
The main campus has hosted the Presidential Debates in 2004. It has also hosted conferences of the [[Clinton Global Initiative]] in 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.edu/index.php/news/releases/president_clinton_to_host_third_clinton_global_initiative_university_cgi_u_meeting_at_um/|title=President Clinton to Host Third Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting at UM|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref> UM also hosted three campaign rallies for President Obama during the [[2012 Presidential Election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/10/11/president-obama-to-speak-at-um-on-thursday-2/|title=President Obama Swings Through South Florida|work=CBS Miami|date=October 11, 2012|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref>
Until the 1960s, the school was racially segregated for only white students.
==Football team==
==Football team==
The school has had a long and embarrassing history with its football team. In 1935, a group of Miami football supporters tried to hire [[Red Grange]] as coach. However, the move was vetoed by President [[Bowman Foster Ashe]], in part because of the $7,500 salary that Grange had requested,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/umhistory/DisplaySubjects.php?DisplayPages&subject_id=Athletics¤t_page=1|title=University of Miami Legacy Images|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref> and there have been tensions with alumni over the management of the team ever since.
The school has had a long and embarrassing history with its football team. In 1935, a group of Miami football supporters tried to hire [[Red Grange]] as coach. However, the move was vetoed by President [[Bowman Foster Ashe]], in part because of the $7,500 salary that Grange had requested,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scholar.library.miami.edu/umhistory/DisplaySubjects.php?DisplayPages&subject_id=Athletics¤t_page=1|title=University of Miami Legacy Images|accessdate=December 29, 2012}}</ref> and there have been tensions with alumni over the management of the team ever since.