After a brief holiday hiatus, the athletic director's video blog returns this week for its sixth installment. In this week's post, Northeastern Director of Athletics and Recreation Peter Roby talks about the emotional toll of losing. He also discusses the importance of community service and the negative message that is sent when community service is used as a sentence in criminal trials. Roby concludes this week's message with heartfelt remarks about late Northeastern professor and friend of athletics Bruce Wallin, who died recently after a short battle with cancer.

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