School administration, well-known for its belief in proactive safety measures, has for some time been instituting several projects which some consider to be a direct result of past Merman sightings. The residential college system was created specifically so that freshmen would roam campus in large packs to avoid a possible attack. The alcohol policy was tightened after a drunk student claimed to have been attacked and severely injured by her while walking home from Frat Row. The school ordered the blandest food possible for this WILD so that it wouldn't attract her. But with all these security measures, she still comes back.
School administrators deny the allegations.
The alcohol policy is a general health and safety measure, and is in no way related to that student's drunken anecdote. The residential college system is intended to build community, and has nothing to do with this 'Merman' craze. Mr. Westover also believes that the Meramec Merman is somehow related to the Monsanto Corporation, and that the school is covering up the truth. Monsanto has a lot of fish farms at their facilities, and I think they've been doing some genetic experiments there. She must have escaped and found her way one the school's campus.