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Week in Review: Speed Cameras, the Purple Line, and the UMd. vs. Duke Showdown

A look at the notable events of the past week.

This week, the UMd. men's basketball team took on Duke University. Though campus police, county police, student organizations and the city of College Park into ensuring that Wednesday night's much-anticipated basketball face-off , they had nothing to worry about. Students licked their wounds after calmly, and the . 

College Park to its growing collection. This one is located on the southbound side of Baltimore Avenue, between the Beltway and UMd. campus. A northbound camera is on its way as well. While we're on the subject, in College Park. 

UMd. President Wallace Loh announced at that the university needed the Purple Line. So far though, disagreements over alignment have stalled any progress toward achieving that goal. 

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Finally, we had some . Did you take us up on any of them? If not, where did you end up watching the big game? 


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