Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.

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• About rush at UVA in the aftermath of the Rolling Stone article? —Aimee Levitt

• That the final place in the quarterfinals of soccer’s Africa Cup of Nations has been decided by drawing of lots—Guinea progressing and Mali eliminated from the tournament—after the two teams finished the group stage with only ties and tied on all other tiebreakers? —John Dunlevy