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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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The Student Newspaper of the University of North Texas
Benford named mens
basketball head coach
Tyler Owens
Staff Writer
UNT has hired former
Marquette men's basketball
assistant coach Tony Benford,
a 20-year veteran in Division I,
as the 17th head coach of Mean
Green men's basketball.
Benford's hiring comes eight
days after former UNT men's
basketball head coach Johnny
Jones was introduced as the
Louisiana State head coach.
"We are very excited about
the opportunity to add Lony
Benford to the strong group
of coaches at the University
of North Texas," UNT Athletic
Director Rick Villarreal said in
a press release. "In this search
we were looking for a set of
traits that make up a great
coach and a great person, and
Tony Benford fit the bill."
Benford, who has been
called one of the nation's top
assistant coaches by Basketball
Times and Fox Sports, served
as the associate head coach
for the Marquette Golden
Eagles under head coach Buzz
Williams for the last four years.
Marquette has advanced to
the Sweet 16 of the NCAA
Tournament in each of the
last two seasons.
Before arriving at Marquette,
Benford spent time at Nebraska,
Arizona State and New Mexico,
and played college basket-
ball at Texas Tech. While at
Nebraska, he helped recruit
senior
forward
A 1 o n z o
Edwards
before
Edwards
trans-
ferred
to Lon
TONY
BENFORD
...we were
looking for a
set of traits
that make up a
great coach..."
—Rick Villarreal
UNT Athletic Director
Morris College in 2009, then
to UNL in 2010.
"I couldn't be more excited
about the opportunity of
taking over the basketball
program at North Lexas,"
Benford said. "I would like
to thank Rick Villarreal and
President V. Lane Rawlins
for this opportunity, and
Johnny Jones for doing such
a great job in making North
Texas a winner."
Benford will be intro-
duced in a press conference
at 2 p.m. today in the Club
Level of Apogee Stadium.
K.
Photo by Tyler Cleveland/Visuals Editor
Denton Mayor Mark Burroughs listens as fellow candidate Donna Woodfork speaks during a mayoral forum Tuesday, hosted by the Denton Record-Chronicle, the
North Texas Daily and the UNT Mayborn School of Journalism, at Milestone Celebrations. Candidates, including Neil Durrance (not pictured), responded to ques-
tions submitted by the public.
Candidates debate issues facing Denton
Holly Harvey
Senior Staff Writer
Denton mayoral candidates
Mark Burroughs, Neil Durrance
and Donna Woodfork answered
questions Tuesday night to
about 60 people at Milestone
Celebrations on issues such as
candidate residency, gas well
drilling, food trucks and a
possible convention center.
The debate came before early
voting begins April 30-May 8
and Election Day on May 12.
Registered Denton residents can
vote at the Martin Luther King
Recreation Center, the North
Branch Library, North Lakes
Recreation Center and the Denia
Recreation Center.
Durrance said he would focus
his platform on more account-
able politics.
"It's time to restore trust in
city government," Durrance said.
"No more back-door deals."
Burroughs thanked the city
for the allowing him to serve as
mayor and wanted to continue
to push the City ahead.
"We're going to continue
what we've done. We've made
progress despite the recession,"
Burroughs said.
Woodfork said she would
improve communication
between local government and
city residents.
"We need a leader who will
listen, analyze and come up with
win-win situations," she said.
Residency questions
Current mayor Burroughs
and candidate Woodfork both
defended their Denton resi-
dency, which was questioned
after Burroughs sold his Denton
home and Woodfork was evicted
from her apartment.
See DEBATE on Page 2
Photo by Corinne Lorence/Contributing Photographer
Merchandising junior Megan Turner explains her research project on Lolita garments. Turner said she and her partner,
merchandising senior Jayla Moore, researched the Japanese-based garments and were selected to show their project at
the Symposium Event.
College hosts consumer
protection symposium
Nicholas Cain
Contributing Writer
Students gathered in the
University Union's Silver Eagle
Suite on Tuesday to listen to
three guest speakers discuss
how to protect consumers and
brands in the digital age.
The three speakers - Joe
LaRocca of National Retail
Federation, Samir Kothari of
Truaxis and Josh Bourne of
FairWinds Partners - were
part of the UNT College of
Merchandising, Hospitality &
Tourism's 8th Annual Creating
Global Consumer Experiences
Symposium.
"The purpose of this sympo-
sium is to increase under-
standing of the experiences
that consumers have with
products and services across
all touch points and transac-
tions," said Judith Forney, dean
ofCMHT.
Topics covered by the
speakers included privacy poli-
cies and pirating, securing and
protecting brand names, retail
theft and ways for individ-
uals and businesses to protect
themselves.
Sponsored by Target, the
event allowed for students
to interact with the guest
speakers during an open ques-
tion-and-answer panel.
"Target is really excited to
Continue our relationship with
North Texas," said Chris Kahili,
a representative for Target. "We
continue to find great talent at
this campus, so we want to do
our part to make sure we give
back and help in the education
of the university."
In addition to the guest
speakers, merchandising
students displayed projects
they had been working on
throughout the semester.
"Each year, in conjunction
with the symposium, the
College of Merchandising,
Hospitality Management and
Tourism holds a research
competition for undergraduate
and graduate-level merchan-
dising students," Forney
said.
See CMHT on Page 2
City to establish tribute
or fallen area soldiers
Holly Harvey
Senior Staff Writer
A walk of honor comprised
of plaques with the names
and pictures of military
members killed in the
service from Denton County
will open in the next two
weeks in the Spc. Ernest W.
Dallas Jr. Veterans Memorial
Park.
About half of the monu-
ments of the 19 men who
were killed in Operation
Desert Storm and the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan
have been erected, said Jim
Mays, superintendent of
park maintenance for the
city of Denton.
The walk, which was paid
for primarily by donations,
serves to honor the memory
and allows people a place to
grieve and learn about the
lives lost, said Monty Slough,
a Vietnam veteran and the
director of Denton County
Fallen Soldiers Memorial.
"These boys are my
brothers, and they have
a right to be known now,
not 20 years down the road
when nobody cares," Slough
said.
Denton County Sheriff's
Sergeant Phyllis Broomfield
lost her son 2nd Lt. Johnny
Craver in Iraq in 2006 when
an improvised explosive
device (IED) detonated. She
said the walk is a "beau-
tiful place" that allows the
community to see the sacri-
fices her son made.
"It means a lot to us to have
S
Photo by Patrick Howard/Staff Photographer
Phyllis Broomfield's son, 2nd Lt. Johnny Craver, was killed in Iraq on Oct. 13,
2006, and is one of the fallen veterans honored at the Spc. Ernest W. Dallas Jr.
Veterans Memorial Park at 6100 Sun Ray Dr. in Denton.
the walk," Broomfield said.
"I want people to remember
what a brave and honorable
man he was. He volunteered
to go to Iraq, and he loved his
country."
The remains of many
servicemen are located in
various military plots and
private property around the
Dallas-Fort Worth area. The
walk will provide amore conve-
nient place for the families
to go honor their loved ones,
Slough said.
"I don't want the families
to remember their soldier as
a coffin with a flag," Slough
said. "Looking at a tombstone
is depressing, but the idea of
putting a picture in makes you
feel good in the heart."
See MEMORIAL on Page 2
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