Quote Originally Posted by Ryllharu
1) Not die, as that would tarnish the university's reputation.

2) Fail the course, and provide the university with an extra year's tuition (or at least a summer course).

3) Not get the professor sick, because they like to have office hours so they can demean their students one-on-one, confident that they can do what they want because they have tenure and you can't do jack squat about it.
Option 4 includes showing up to office hours with swine flu, coughing all over the professor, and riding out the rest of the semester confident that he won't punish you for missing classes he himself could not attend.