Medway-Sydenham residence at night, Nov. 22, 2020.Liam McInnis / GAZETTE Western will not offer residence spots to upper-year students next fall and will suspend all live-in residence soph positions. According to an email sent to students Tuesday, the move will allow the university to guarantee beds for all incoming first-year students as âuncertainty associated with the variants of concern and the rollout of vaccinesâ hampered their ability to predict the need for social distancing in buildings next fall. Western University said they still plan to run a residence orientation program in the fall, with hopes âresidence sophs live off-campus and still provide peer mentorship, academic support and lead residence Orientation Week activities.â