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Several letters to the editor are presented on topics including technology company Microsoft's update of Windows 10 operating system, free Wi-Fi in hospitals, and Stephen Barrett's Star Letter "Why should my 86-year-old mother use the web just to access the NHS?".

This editorial comments on a speech given by Jon Veach, a starting tailback and captain of the Princeton University Varsity Football team in which the student says he thinks student athletes would get some type of academic credit for the hours of training and learning they do in sports. The author says Princeton has just begun a program for the arts that recognizes that achievement so perhaps it should be extended to the sports field.

Presents the text of a speech given by Gary Walters, director of athletics at Princeton University in New Jersey, at a banquet held for senior student-athletes at the school on May 26, 2005. Praises for the career achievements of his former teammates; Lessons that student-athletes may learn from their Princeton athletics experience.

The article discusses the priority of athletic director Gary Walters to instill character and good values so that experiences of the student-athletes can also give them good education. It notes that the aim is due to the fact that 75 percent of the budget for athletics is from the Princeton University General Fund. The values that students can learn through athletics are noted to include time management, working with the team and setting achievable goals. Walters also notes that he hires coaches who have the commitment to teaching and coaching.