8B - The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - Wednesday, September 5, 2001 After 110 years, Daily still center of activism, debate. By Michael Grass Daily Editorial Page Editor Many of our parents know the name Al Haber. But very few students today have ever heard of him. And those who have probably learned the name in Prof. Matthew Lassiter's history of the 1960s course. Haber was the first president of Students for a Democratic Society - one of the most famous national student activists groups from the 1960s. Haber is still around Ann Arbor, work- ing as a carpenter. Although the issues have changed, Haber is still active. He's involved in the Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice. We all know that Ann Arbor was a hotbed of student activism in the 1960s. Organizations, like the SDS, fed off the highly-political environment in Ann Arbor. They flourished and spread across the nation. Haber at one time lived in an apartment above Cottage Inn on East William Street, right behind 420 Maynard St. - the home of The Michigan Daily. The Michi * foanett~n $~C N ... ...y........u........ ........ Arthu M lle*~ l~.. .~ lekEP4 ... .. ... . ..... .... ... . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . The political debates and discussions that played out in the Daily's library would echo across the nation in later years. Although the Daily was by no means the quintessential birthplace of student activism, it definitely has played a sig- nificant role in developing the political atmosphere that Ann Arbor is known for. The goal to get to the heart of an issue has driven many people who have passed through the doors at 420 Maynard St. Add in a little youthful ambition and journalistic passion and it's easy to see ' ': why the Daily has been just about every- 4 where and has tackled just about every issue. L>O1ON; A Daily reporter traveled to Bombay, India to interview Mahatma.Gandhi in 1924. Another reporter posed as a Little Rock Central High School student and was the only journalist to report from sports Center inside the high school when it was Is activiat forcibly integrated. {t