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The H-1-N-1 flu has been spreading.  University officials are urging students to stay home if they feel any symptoms.
STAND UP: "Even in the height of the flu season, a lobby like this may be empty due to a new initiative at Texas State."
The Office of the Dean of Students has started a new program to help slow the spread of germs on campus. An online form called the Texas State Influenza Absence Notification may be used by sick students.  It allows them to stay home and not be penalized by attendance policies.
All they have to do is fill out the form online and it will automatically send an e-mail to each of their professors letting them know of their sickness. Students are asked to stay home for five days from the start of their symptoms. And professors are asked to be lenient on absence policies.
The Assistant Dean of Students Vincent Morton says the program has been much needed.
SB: We had five hundred cases come into the health center and Professors and students alike have welcomed the online system.
Some students have taken advantage of the program, but not in a bad way. Texas State Senior Imeleda Vergara says she thinks the online form will benefit the campus.
STAND UP: "So if you enter an empty classroom, don't be alarmed. The online absence form is what's keeping you from getting the flu on campus. For Bobcat Update, I'm Rhe-Anne Cannaday.