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Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about 25 miles east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University called "Nassau... College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island"; in 1937, the institution gained independence as Hofstra College, and in 1963, Hofstra College gained university status. The school is noted for a series of prominent Presidential conferences, and hosted the third and final 2008 presidential debate between then Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. It has also been selected as the site of the October 16, 2012, presidential debate. The university organizes a wide range of other international academic conferences , holds an annual Shakespeare festival in its own replica of the Globe Theatre, and has both an arboretum and bird sanctuary. It is widely recognized as a leading university for students with physical disabilities.
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Hempstead is a village located in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 53,891 at the 2010 census. Hofstra University is located on the border between Hempstead and Uniondale. In the fall of 1643, Robert Fordham and John Carman crossed Long Island Sound... by rowboat to negotiate with the local Indians for a tract of land upon which to establish a new community or "town spot". Representatives of the Marsapeague , Mericock , Matinecock and Rekowake tribes met with the two men at a site slightly west of the current Denton Green in Hempstead Village. Tackapousha who was the sachem of the Marsapeague was the spokesman for the other tribes. The Indians sold approximately 64,000 acres , the present day towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, for items worth less than $100 in today's market. This transaction is depicted in a mural in Hempstead Village Hall, reproduced from a poster commemorating the 300th anniversary of Hempstead.
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