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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's P-3C Orion aircraft sits on the tarmac on Sunday after arriving at Royal Australian Air Force Pearce Base to help with search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
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PERTH, Australia — Rain was expected to hamper the hunt Monday for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as a growing number of planes focus on an expanded area of the south Indian Ocean where French radar detected potential debris.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority's rescue coordination center said the search area was expanded from 59,000 to 68,500 square kilometers (22,800-26,400 square miles) on Monday, including a new separate area covered by data provided by France on Sunday.
Two Chinese Ilyushin IL-76 planes joined the search from Perth on Monday, increasing
the number of aircraft from eight on Sunday to 10, AMSA said.
It said the weather in the search area, about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth, was expected to deteriorate with rain likely.
Australian Transport Minister Warren Truss said "nothing of note" was found Sunday, which he described as a "fruitless day."
He said that the new search area based was 850 kilometers (530 miles) north of the previous search zone. He said it was not the same area that had been identified as the most likely place where the aircraft may have entered the sea, "but ... we've got to check out all the options."
Hight 370 vanished March 8 with 239 people aboard while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, setting off a multinational search that has turned up no confirmed pieces and nothing conclusive on what happened to the jet.
We're just, I guess, clutching at whatever little piece of information comes along to try and find a place where we might be able to concentrate the efforts," he added.
A cyclone bearing down on the Australian northwest coast "could stir up less favorable weather." he said.
wooden pallet that appeared to be surrounded by straps of different lengths and colors.
The latest French satellite data came to light on Sunday as Australian authorities coordinating the search sent planes and a ship to try to "re-find" a
"So, we've gone back to that area again today to try and refind it," said Mike Barton, chief of the Australian rescue coordination center. "It's a possible lead," he added.
The pallet was spotted on Saturday from a search plane, but the spotters were unable to take photos of it, and a PC Orion military plane dispatched to locate it could not find it.
Wooden pallets are often used by ships, Barton cautioned. But he said airlines also commonly use them in cargo holds.
An official with Malaysia Airlines said Sunday night that the flight was, in fact, carrying
wooden pallets. The official spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with company policy.
AMSA said it has requested a cargo manifest from Malaysia Airlines.
When Brazilian searchers in 2009 were looking for debris from Air France Flight 447 after it mysteriously plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, they found a wooden pallet. The military initially reported the pallet came from the Air France flight, but backtracked hours later and said the plane had not been carrying any wooden pallets.
Sunday's search was frustrating because "there was cloud down to the surface, and at times we were completely enclosed by cloud" Royal Australian Air Force flight Lt. Russell Adams told reporters.
Nothing of interest was found, he said.
In Paris, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said in an interview with The Associated Press that the satellite radar echoes "identified some debris that could be from the Malaysian Airlines plane."
The spokesman said that these echoes "are not images with a definition like a photograph, but they do allow us to identify the nature of an object and to localize it."
"The French government has decided to increase its satellite monitoring of this zone," Nadal said.
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These potential risks are not limited to the Peace Corps. Women are four times more likely to be victims of unwanted sexual conduct while studying abroad, according to 2012 study by Matthew Kimble of the Department of Psychology at Middlebury College.
In order to help reduce safety risks, the Corps trains volunteers and each volunteer post has a country director responsible for volunteers' safety and creating a safety and security program. At least one medical officer at each post is available 24/7 for emergencies.
"Listen to your gut, it is a two year commitment and don't do anything you're uncomfortable with, but I never felt unsafe," said Szuwalski. "Living in my community,
and everybody is looking out for you. They know you're helping their community grow and they want to keep you there."
Volunteers can be assigned a variety of tasks ranging from educating to creating cleaner water supplies or even helping local businesses. Tasks can depend on experience, as well as which country a volunteer is assigned. When the program was started by President Kennedy in 1961, volunteers went to nine host countries: Chile, Colombia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, St. Lucia, Tanzania and Pakistan. Today there are volunteers in 65 different countries ranging from Peru to Mongolia.
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MACKENZIE OATMAN
Attending her first full-senate meeting as a freshman, MacKenzie Oatman had a realization: Student Senate makes a difference in students' lives.
Oatman had run for freshman senator on a campaign of her face on a Quaker Oatmeal box with the slogan "Vote for Oats." She was impressed when the then-Student Body President opened the first meeting of the year with a long list of accomplishments from the summer.
Oatman, a junior from Overland Park,
describes herself as "your typical KU student."
She's a finance major, a spreadsheet
nerd and a vegetarian.
"I remember taking it all in and thinking, "This is what I want to do for my four years," Oatman said.
"I feel that I can be the student voice," she said. "I've experienced campus in a lot of different ways than just Greek life or just Senate."
The school year had hardly started but Student Senate had already changed policies to improve students' lives.
As a Hawk Link guide, Oatman tutored first-generation and minority students.
Because students pay a fee for programs, she said it was a shame that one of the girls she tutored wouldn't have known about Legal Services for Students if Oatman hadn't thought to give her a ride.
“[Helpping students who didn't] have that support system reminded me how important Student Senate is in connecting students to resources,” Oatman said.
Oatman said students who get involved in organizations have a support base that naturally connects them better to these resources.
Although she was one of those people who signed up for every club and volunteer group's email lists at student orientation, Oatman says she wants to create an infrastructure for organizations to recruit members throughout the school year.
She suggested an email list, a smartphone app or a screen in the Kansas Union with a schedule of meetings and events. She also wants interest surveys at the beginning of each semester and more tabling recruitment opportunities.
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In middle school, a priest interrupted Mitchell Cota during confession and asked. "What are you?"
Cota, a junior from Overland Park, is Hispanic, gay and a first-generation college student. Then, being so noticeably different felt like a crutch. Now, he embraces these traits as a platform
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Cota wants to represent minority groups that have been historically underrepresented. He plans to encourage students from diverse backgrounds to get more engaged in campus groups, wants to bring in more multicultural senators and is concerned about retention of minority students.
"People should celebrate everything about themselves," Cota said.
Over the years, he's changed his major from pre-pharmacy, communications, history, political science and Italian to marketing and international business, and said he therefore knows his way around campus.
He wants to bridge the gap between the Kansas Union and the Sabattini Multicultural Resource Center.
Getting different opinions, especially from minority students, leads to better discussion and decisions that reflect the needs of everyone on campus, he said.
As a freshman, he joined Senate to show he could succeed regardless of his minority status. Now,he advocates for minorities.
"I've been motivated by the idea of inclusivity," Cota said.
Cota said he can use his marketing skills - finding niche markets, asking how to best serve them and creating valuable experiences - to engage the student body.
"Everything is marketing in a sense," Cota said.
After graduation, Cota wants to apply social consciousness to marketing. He said marketing tends to rely on heteronormative stereotypes, like making a pen pink for women. He wants to either start a more conscious marketing firm or to be a corporate social justice coordinator who teaches about diversity.
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