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Campus buzz is returning to Texas Womans University and the University of North Texas this week, as students havestarted to move back on campus. At TWU, students returned on Wednesday and Thursday. Meanwhile, at UNT, members of student organizations have started moving in early with official move-in scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday. For both campuses, however, it is a little crowded,as both have more than 100 students in overflow meaning more students than planned beds caused by students who sign up for housing late. To accommodate late enrollment, both campuses began adding students to rooms, turning them into triples instead of doubles, and have placed students with resident assistants, who typically live alone. The men at the Comfort Inn could be there all semester, and well start tripling them back as we lose some enrollment,Warren said. If theyre a first-time-in-college male, we are still trying toget them on campus, not in a hotel. We get a couple of cancellations every day,and were just trying to find every space we can to get them on campus. A similar situation happened last year for UNT, and most resident assistants had another student in their room, Warren said. With the construction of a new residence hall on the board now, scheduled to open in fall 2015, she said the overflow will be alleviated. Read more: http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20130822-housing-a-crowd.ece