Three smokers stood outside LaFollette Complex resembling bellhops Sunday during spring semester move-in.
Residence assistant Angie Williams and sophomores Allison Tourville and Amanda Vaughn held open doors and even lugged a few suitcases as they puffed their cigarettes.
"I feel like I should be asking for tips while I'm standing out here," Tourville said.
Though 6,000 students arrived back on campus, including approximately 150 to 200 new students moving into the residence halls, traffic was light.
Spring move-in is usually less congested than during the fall, Director of Housing and Residence Life Alan Hargrave said. "(When) people have fewer things to carry, there's less of a delay with cars parked for long periods of time."
Many students enlisted family members to help move-in. Williams said she helped an elderly woman carry a heavy load of clothes up to the eighth floor.
"I didn't want grandma to do it," Williams said. "It was too heavy for her. She was dragging and kicking it. I took it from her and put out half of my cigarette."
Williams said the woman's husband sweated a parking ticket in his car. However, cars parked on the sidewalk and in front of meters didn't have any problems. University Police Department received no calls requesting a move.
Hargrave said he expected the peak traffic time to be from noon to 4 p.m.
Sophomore Jenny Bierck pulled in at 1 p.m. and avoided the crowd, she said.
"I figured there would be a lot of people after the Colts game," Bierck said.
Kevin Sprinkle said moving his daughter Candace's couch into LaFollette wasn't difficult, because no one else was moving furniture.
"We're the only ones carrying stuff," Sprinkle said, pointing to his son Cameron. "Everybody's just got clothes."
That's all sophomore Mike Brown grabbed from his Dodge Dakota. Brown made two trips into Noyer Hall, one with a suitcase and one with hangers.
"I didn't bring too much, just Christmas clothes," Brown said.
Bierck and sophomore Joanna Lamott had to make three trips for clothes. Lamott said she forgot how small her dorm room was over break.
"I thought that I had more space," Lamott said. "I got back, and I'm shocked that I still live in a dorm room."
Bierck said that they'll probably have even more luggage next year, when they move into an apartment.
"We're going to need a U-Haul," Bierck said.
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