For what it's worth, at my college it was taken pretty seriously, and professors absolutely did have the power to fail students for it. The About page sadly do

For what it's worth, at my college it was taken pretty seriously, and professors absolutely did have the power to fail students for it. The About page sadly doesn't say where he teaches beyond "Giant Public University in the South", which is unfortunate because, as cool as this blog may be, I would never want to send any of my hypothetical future children there.