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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
LONDON, ONT. -- Less than a week after a COVID-19 outbreak at Essex Hall was declared over, there is another outbreak at the Western University residence. The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is reporting a small number of cases at the residence. But the outbreak, declared on Sunday, had students at the residence packing up and moving out a day later. The main campus, however, looked like a ghost town of sorts, after Western announced a shift to online learning last week. Part-time student and Western library employee Rachael Edwards said she’s concerned for students living in congregate settings. “I’m worried for other students. All that and just how they’re dealing with it because I know it’s not easy to be in a residence and cooped up.”
MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ONT. -- Less than a week after a COVID-19 outbreak at Essex Hall was declared over, there is another outbreak at the Western University residence. The Middlesex-London Health Unit declared a new outbreak at the residence on Sunday with approximately five cases. That leaves six residences at Western in outbreak, with other active outbreaks at Elgin Hall, Ontario Hall, Saugeen-Maitland Hall, Medway-Sydenham Hall and Delaware Hall. Just a handful of residences at the school, Lambton Hall, Perth Hall, Alumni Hall and London Hall, remain outbreak free. There are also several community outbreaks associated with Western. One outbreak is among facilities staff at the school, another was associated with a gathering of business students and a third with a series of parties in early March.
Article content A group of upper-year Western University students forced to move out of their school-owned apartment complex say they now face “uncertainty” in finding living quarters next year. The students, who hold leases at the soon-to-be converted Lambton Hall, are asking university officials to reconsider their decision to fill it with first-year students or leave room for upper-year tenants. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ousted students urge Western University to reverse apartment rejig Back to video “The university is failing to consider the uncertainty existing tenants will face in finding living accommodation this late in the year,” reads a letter addressed to Western’s housing management and signed by eight current Lambton Hall residents.
Article content In a year turned upside-down by the COVID-19 pandemic, nothing is for sure. But Western University and two of its three affiliated colleges say they hope to return to regular classes at their London campuses this fall. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or A study in hope: Western University eyes fall return of face-to-face learning Back to video “We expect to return to face-to-face instruction, and more of the on-campus experiences we all love, this coming September,” Western president Alan Shepard said in a recent online update. Shepard said he knows how fall classes will be taught has been “top of mind” for current scholars and new students still considering Western as an option.
A former Western University upper-year student apartment complex will become a residence for first-year students to deal with a surge in enrolment and…