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Omidyar speaks at Tufts, encourages active citizenship

How does one go from Pez dispensers to the cover of Forbes Magazine? Tufts alumnus and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar spoke about his remarkable business journey to a crowd of 150 students and faculty in Cabot on Friday as part of University President John DiBiaggio's Community Forum on Leadership for Active Citizenship. In his address, entitled "New Information Technologies and Civic Engagement," Omidyar praised Tufts for allowing students to pursue their own interests, and touted the Internet as the developing global community and marketplace of the 21st century.