Lines ran long and tempers short Monday as thousands of NIU students waited to clear up class schedules, insurance, money and parking problems, although the people behind the windows said it wasn’t so bad.

“I hate it,” said Sue Lombardo, a 21-year-old communications major, as she waited in the add-drop line at the Holmes Student Center. “There should be more teachers so they could open up more classes,” she said.

But the lines didn’t bother J.P. Lutz. “At least it’s air conditioned,” the pre-business major said while standing patiently in the add-drop line.

Lines also sprouted up in the student center as students struggled to pick-up loan checks and cancel or apply for health insurance.

“This is the last time I’ll be doing this and that’s the only thing keeping me going,” said Michael Adams, a bio-politics doctoral candidate, while waiting in line to pick up his loan.

Adams said students were waiting about 40 minutes to pick up their checks.

Despite the long waits for students, office managers say the lines are usual and moving faster than other years.

“Things are going pretty quickly,” said Regina Crosby, student health insurance office manager. She said lines between classes were long but produced a short wait.

“The wait hasn’t been exceptional,” said Cheryl Schaffer, assistant director of financial aid.

Schaffer said lines were shorter because students who previously sought short-term loans to buy books are taking advantage of the university bookstore’s new credit system. The system allows students to charge school-related material and pay about a month later.

But Monday’s heat and humidity made the experiences sticky.

Because of the number of students going in and out of Diversions Lounge, where student health insurance workers were waiving or accepting insurance payments, air conditioning wasn’t able to cool the room.

Tara Mittleman, a sophomore health administration major who was waiting for a refund, said she was upset because she had already spent several hours at add-drop.

The air conditioning wasn’t available at all at the parking permit office, the one line where students waited under the sweltering sun.

“It’s terrible. Lines are long,” said Campus Parking Manager Helen Nodurft. “Students are taking it pretty well.”

Some students were confused altogether as they searched for parking permits at the office’s old location near the University Police. The office moved to the Arndt House just west of the Psychology/Mathematics Building during the summer.