Capuano urges responsiveness

United States Congressman Michael Capuano, who represents Medford and Somerville, among other towns in Massachusetts' Eighth Congressional District, spoke to students this past Friday on how government affects people and how people should view themselves as citizens. Invited by University President John DiBiaggio to speak at his Leadership for Active Citizenship forum, this is the first time Capuano has come to Tufts since he took office at the beginning of last year. One of the major themes of the congressman's speech was that people, in general, do not recognize the role that government plays in their lives and therefore do not coexist with it as well as they could. He noted that he understands this mentality well, since it represented a portion of his own life.