Between 500 and 550 students are expected to move into hotels such as the Hyatt, the Hilton and Howard Johnson's in Kenmore Square, like they did last year, said Kevin R. Carleton, Public Relations director at the school.

The students who will try dorm life Hilton-style this fall will move into more traditional housing as other students decide not to continue at B.U. during the fall semester, Carleton said.

In the long run, overcrowding means cost-effective operations for the school because the number of students automatically dwindles to the maximum capacity B.U. can accomodate, Carleton said. "It's sort of like airline overbooking," he said.

Future plans will ease the crowding, although deprive students of the room and maid-service. Carleton said the school plans eventually to convert B.U.'s recent acquisition, the Commonwealth Armory, into recreational facilities, below-grade parking and dormitories that would add some 1600 to 1700 bedspaces. More Beds

But it's good news for another group of B.U. students, who will not be turned out into the streets this fall.

During the past year, the city's Licensing Board has under pressure from neighborhood groups refused to renew B.U.'s license to use some 60 apartment buildings along Beacon Street for student housing, Carleton said.

The case went to the Massachusetts Appeals Court, who overturned the decision last week, Carleton said.

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Carter, who would have been a junior next fall, was probably on academic probation last year, because academically troubled students are usually warned a year before the school dismisses them, according to Greg Feldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Brown Daily Herald.

Under university policy, Carter could apply for readmission after a year's absence, Feldberg said, adding that students must pass seven courses a year to be stay off probation.

According to the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Carter's courseload included Native American literature, feminist frameworks, plant biology and linguistics.

A's for Activism

A friend and classmate of Carter's Alison Buckser told the Journal Carter was "one of the most brilliant people I've ever met" and that if she were dismissed, it would be because she paid more attention to political causes than classes.

During her two years at Brown, Carter participated in Pro-divestment and anti-CIA rallies and was arrested several times.

Last November, Carter was one of 14--including activist Abbie Hoffman--arrested at an anti-CIA protest at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In April, the group was acquitted of misdemeanor charges and several counts of disorderly conduct.

Ironically, Carter said earlier that she decided against travelling to Virginia to protest at the CIA's headquarters because she had exams in two weeks, and needed time to study for her courses.