Some Western students aren’t letting swine flu infect their way of life.

Teachers and other campus employees are trying to get students to take measures to prevent an outbreak of swine flu on campus. While some are following suggested precautions, others haven’t been changing their habits.

Associate English Professor Kelly Reames said she changed the attendance policy for her classes. Her new policy encourages students not to come to class if they are sick, so they don’t spread their illness to others, she said.

Reames said she decided to change her policy because Provost Barbara Burch sent an e-mail to faculty asking them to have more lenient policies for attendance and make-up work.

Associate History Professor Patricia Minter said she talked to her classes and told them not to come to class if they might be contagious.

“I have a young child at home, so I’m not playing,” Minter said. “I would go to a hotel if I thought I was infected.”

Other campus employees are also encouraging healthy habits.

Bowling Green senior Tony Huynh is a lab consultant at the computer lab in Mass Media and Technology Hall.

“They’ve been wanting us to promote using hand sanitizer and wiping down the computers,” Huynh said.

Both hand sanitizer and wipes are sitting out at the lab consultant’s desk, he said.

He said he’s noticed a lot of people use the hand sanitizer, but not as many using the wipes.

Hodgenville freshman Rachel Humphries, who works at Fresh Food Company, said hand sanitizer dispensers have been installed at the Fresh Food entrance along with a sign promoting healthy habits.

Humphries said people have been using the hand sanitizer regularly.

“Nobody wants to get swine flu,” she said.

But some students aren’t concerned about getting sick.

Louisville freshman Shelby Overstreet said she’s known two people who have contracted swine flu, but she hasn’t been changing her habits to prevent getting sick.

“I wash my hands, so what more can I do?” Overstreet said. “I haven’t gotten sick thus far.”

Houston sophomore Alejandro Benito, said he’s been washing his hands more than usual, but other than that, he doesn’t think he needs to be doing anything to keep from getting sick.

Benito’s friend, Josh Mauser, a sophomore from Nashville, said he isn’t worried about a swine flu outbreak on campus.

“I’ll care when someone on campus dies,” he said.