Lol, no, I don't see that on the parent page I'm on. It wouldn't surprise me to see it though.
It probably is a roommate-finder grab. For pete's sake - LET THE KID FIGURE IT OUT!! There are a bunch of experienced parents who would eventually shut that down and tell them to tell their KID to go to the STUDENT roommate-finder page, that this isn't a parent page issue.
My kid did a random roommate. It was a bad, bad fit. This girl had mental health issues that were difficult to live with. But, ya know what, my kid learned life-lessons from that! It was up to her to navigate it all, not her parents. The roommate did move out, my daughter learned to advocate for herself with the housing department to secure a roommate she knew was transferring to the U in a month's time. It was a unique situation that the website / housing portal didn't address. She couldn't just click a button and make it work, she had to talk to them directly and ask for what she wanted.