BEHIND THE BARD Daily Arts talks with the writer and director of Shakespeare film Anonymous.' PAGE 8A INSIDE ON IUIUL)I U V(c\Lht \t il Ann Michigan Monday, October 31, 2011 michigandaily.com SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS Students to protest Rep. Eric Cantor 'Si e~ . MARISSA MCCLAIN/Daily Sophomore cornerback Courtney Avery celebrates after coming up with his first-career interception Saturday against Purdue. After a touchdown on the first drive of the game, Purdue didn't score until the final seconds of the fourth quarter. Michigan dominated the Boilermakers, 36-14. No more wondering, Hoke now has his defense House majority leader to speak at League today By CLAIRE GOSCICKI and JENNIFER LEE Daily StaffReporter With U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) traveling to campus today, one party's line will be the picket line. Students and members of local organizations who oppose the House majority leader's political and economic stances are expected to protest Cantor's presence on campus. His visit is sponsored by the Ford School of Public Policy. Cantor has been a member of the House of Representa- tives since 2001 and was elect- ed House majority leader in January. Cantor was originally scheduled to give a talk in Feb- ruary but didn't make it due to inclement weather. Organizations formally involved in the protests of today's event include the Washtenaw Community Action Team, a local labor rights group, and the Uni- versity of Michigan Planners Network, a campus group of Read viewpoints from the College Republicans and.Democrats. >>see Opinion, Page 4A progressive-minded students from the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Plan- ning. Par- ticipants from the Occupy Ann Arbor movement are also expected to be pres- ERIC CANTOR ent. Accord- ing to the Washtenaw Com- munity Action Team's website, the protest will be Halloween- themed and will feature a the- atrical "funeral for the middle class." The group is encourag- ing protesters to come dressed in costume. Architecture and Urban Planning student Elias Schew- el helped organize the protest, which will take place in the Michigan League, where Can- tor is scheduled to speak. Schewel, a member of the Planners Network, said he and others are united bytheir "dis- trust and dislike" of Cantor's policies, one of the most nota- See CANTOR, Page 2A verybody do it together. One. Two. Three. Exhale. The Michigan football team is done with two-thirds of its season. Its sample size is big enough. The team on the field is the team that's going to show up for the remaining four games. And after holding Purdue to 14 points, we know what the defense is. Well, kind of good. f Other than against Notre Dame. (Stop for a second and reminisce on the end of that game one more time, I'll see you on the other side of the sentence) the defense hasn't allowed more than 24 _ points ina game. Michi- gan ranks eighth in the country in scoring defense. Whenever MICHAEL the Wolver- FLOREK ines need a turnover or a stop, the defense has the uncanny ability to deliver - like defensive end Craig Roh stuffing Purdue on 3rd and 2 ina tie game early in the first quarter, or sophomore cornerback Courtney Avery intercepting the Boilermakers on Michigan's 16-yard line to hold onto a five-point lead. So stop holding your breath. The point Michigan fans have been waiting for all season, when the defense reverts back into its historic ineptitude, won't hap- pen. Saturday proved it. The past two years indicated that this game, the one after the Michigan State game, was when everything was supposed to go wrong. The Wolverines were supposed to lose a game they shouldn't have. Instead, the defense gave up just 192 yards through three quarters and less than 100 rushing for the third time this season. Michigan's defense has had plenty of chances to regress. If it hasn't happened by now, it's not happening. Michigan coach Brady Hoke's caveman-like, "DEFENSE BE PHYSICAL," mentality has worked. See FLOREK, Page 5A UNIVERSITY FINANCES CFO Slottow:'U' financial health . is 'quite strong' Record high endowment at $7.8 billion By KAITLIN WILLIAMS Daily StaffReporter University administrators say they're cautiously optimistic about the University's current financial status. The University's endowment grew from $6.5 billion last year to $7.8 billion this year - the highest in its history. Investment returns are at 24.3 percent, according to the the University's 2011 financial report released earlier this month, Timothy Slottow, the Univer- sity's executive vice president and chief financial officer, said in an interview last week that the suc- cess of this year's endowment is the result of years of planning. How- ever, he added that a bit of luck is at play since investment returns vary from year to year, and state funds fluctuate depending on the economy. "We expect there to be volatil- ity," Slottow said. Slottow and his team at the Uni- versity's Office of Investments have seen a decade of year-over-year investment performances. High performance this year is partially due to 49 percent returns on ven- ture capital and private equity investments, Slottow said. Last year, the University had the seventh-highest endowment of all postsecondary institutions. Data comparing multiple universities' endowments is not yet available for this year. University President Mary Sue Coleman said in an interview with The Michigan Daily that she is pleased to enter her second decade leading the-University with the institution in a strong financial position. "My whole-experience here has been making tough choices, mak- ing sure that we continue to invest See FINANCIAL, Page SA A Zombie Walk participant quenches his thirst after the walk from Pinball Pete's to the Michigan Theater on Friday. LEGAL DISPUTE Former Assistant AG Shirvell files lawsuit against Armstrong's lawyer UNIVERSITY FACULTY Ralph Williams to teach at 'U' again English professor coming out of retirement next semester By RAYZA GOLDSMITH Daily StaffReporter Students who never had the opportunity to take a class with the popular English Prof. Ralph Wil- liams will get the chance to do so next semester. Williams, who taught his first class at the University in 1970, will return to the classroom next semes- ter after retiringin April2009. Wil- liams will teach two courses next semester: Apocalypse Now? - Arts of the Apocalypse and a course on author Primo Levi, who wrote about his experiences in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. Williams taught two courses dur- See WILLIAMS, Page 3A Shirvell suing Deborah Gordon for defamation By BETHANY BIRON Daily News Editor Andrew Shirvell, a former Michigan assistant attorney general, has filed a federal law- suit against Deborah Gordon, the attorney representing for- mer Michigan Student Assembly President Chris Armstrong. Shirvell wrote in a press release issued early this morn- ing that he is suing Gordon for "tortuous interference with a business relationship, defama- tion and invasion of privacy." Additionally, he claims - in the lawsuit filed Friday - that Gor- Read Shirvell'scomplaint 0o MichiganDaily.com don aided in the termination from his position on Nov. 8,2010 by falsely influencing the inves- tigation against him within the Department of the Attorney General. "As my complaint makes clear, I have uncovered a significant See SHIRVELL, Page SA WEATHER Y HI: 58 GOT A NEWS TIP? NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM T ERW L:581 Call 734-418-4115or e-mail Weekend Movie Guide: Depp likes'Rum' TOMORROW LO:41 news@michigandaily.com and let us know. MICHIGANDAILY.COM/BLOGS/THE FILTER INDEX Vol CXXIINo.38 2011 TheMichiganDali michqoandaily.com AP NEWS....................3A CLASSIFIEDS...............6A O PIN IO N .....................4A ARTS ........................7A NEWS......................5A SPORTSMONDAY.........1B 4