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2020

Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

November 25, 2020 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

By Emily Matthiessen The 21st Port Townsend Film Festival (PTFF) went online this year, out of respect for the COVID-19 situation https://www.ptfilmfest.com/ . My family enjoyed watching a multitude of excellent films from the comfort of […]

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Destroying Community College Stigma

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Destroying Community College Stigma

By Halle Nottage  “You’re going to a Junior College?,” a close friend condescendingly asked me, “like a community college?”. The look on her face was one of doubt and humor, and there was a touch […]

2020

Ex-Buccaneer Sports Editor and Mariners’ Baseball Information Manager Ryan Hueter Interviewed on Todd Ortloff Show

August 14, 2020 Comments Off on Ex-Buccaneer Sports Editor and Mariners’ Baseball Information Manager Ryan Hueter Interviewed on Todd Ortloff Show

Sequim native, Peninsula College graduate, and 2011 Buccaneer Sports Editor, Ryan Hueter, was interviewed by Todd Ortloff of KONP News Radio on Aug 11. Hueter is the Seattle Mariners’s Information Manager, as detailed in this […]

2020

Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

September 1, 2020 Comments Off on Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

The Journalism Program  is proud of its co-curricular student reporting teams who strive for academic excellence, intellectual rigor and real equity of opportunity across America. The following is an abbreviated list of the awards and […]

2020

COVID-19 update

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19 update

By The Buccaneer staff March 19, 10 a.m. The first COVID-19 case was confirmed at Clallam County yesterday, according to the county. One-twenty individuals have tested so far; one tested positive and 42 tested negative, […]

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International Students Recruitment Rebounds

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on International Students Recruitment Rebounds

By Saki Kambe The international students population is coming back at Peninsula College after three years of downturn. The college expects 18 new international students for spring quarter. Sophia Iliakis-Doherty, associate dean of international programs […]

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Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

February 21, 2020 Comments Off on Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit By Halle Nottage One of the most complicated phenomena that Junior College athletics programs face is the fact that they must rebuild their teams each year. Half the team moves […]

2020

Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

        By Saki Kambe An administrative trial in Washington State could dictate whether the Makah Tribe can be the first nation to resume whale hunt, according to the Los Angeles Times. The […]

2020
  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

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    2020

    Hygiene Products Available, That’s on Period – All Restrooms on Campus

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    Coop Life

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    2020

  • 2020

    Don’t let coronavirus cancel your dreams of being your own boss!

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

    Learn About Whales, Culture and Communication Tied to the Marine Environment

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

    Briefly (Veterans Center opening, Casino Night, Student of Color Conference, Women’s soccer scrimmage)

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    Campus Voices: What do you weigh when it comes to voting?

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

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    2020

    Go-live date for the new ctcLink delayed to till May

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

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    2020

    Improv: More opportunities on the Peninsula-Continued from page 5

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    2020

    ASC Hosts the fundrasing Filharmonic concert-The Buccaneer, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020- 4-5

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

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    2020

    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

  • 2020

    Ex-Buccaneer Sports Editor and Mariners’ Baseball Information Manager Ryan Hueter Interviewed on Todd Ortloff Show

2019
  • 2019

    International PC graduate and Buc alumna checks in

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

  • 2019

    Coach’s gamble brings Moore from ‘Sin City’

  • 2019

    2018-19 PC Athletes of the Year announced

  • 2019

    PC Foundation awards 2019 high school graduates $1,000 for college tuition

  • 2019

    Why your friends and neighbors are dying: A widespread epidemic that claims more and more lives every year

  • 2019

    Writer in Residence Joe Sacco Interview Pt3

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

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    2019

    Government shutdown Halts Olympic National Park Recreation & paychecks

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury in the PUB

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    2019

    Esports team getting set for next quarter

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    2019

    Dorm managers respond to tenants’ complaints

  • 2019

    Honors Symposium fascinates Pirates

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

  • 2019

    Habitat for Humanity collaborates with college summer home building class

  • 2019

    International student population halved in the last three years

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: What is one thing you cannot get enough of?

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    2019

    White reclaims the court following injury

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    2019

    A movie you can’t avoid seeing: ‘Birdbox’

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    Coed esports team joins PC Athletic Programs

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

    Buc staff on suicide and what helps in times of crisis

  • 2019

    Reliable: The Press holds value

  • 2019

    St. Petersburg Ensemble encore thrills Port Angeles

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

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    2019

    Award-winning writer reads new poetry based in Pacific Northwest

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    2019

    ‘I Am Here To Testify, Again’ – Studium Generale

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

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    2019

    Immigrant students are safe at PC

  • 2019

    U.S. Senator Patty Murray and FCC Commissioner research ‘Twilight Central’ for broadband

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

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    2019

    No days off for 2018 NWAC Womens Champions

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Do you think the snow is an indicator of climate change?

  • 2019

    Campus Life

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

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    2019

    ‘Good Food~Good Mood’ recipes to make you drool’

  • 2019

  • 2019

    It was good, definitely not cheap

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What do you consider an engaging teaching style?

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    2019

    Campus Voices: Can you speak to how scheduling conflicts may have affected your academic plan?

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    2019

    Abortion bill brings opportunities

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    2019

    Writer in Residence Joe Sacco: Graphic Novelist – Author of ‘The Great War’ and ‘Palestine’

2018
  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Campus Voices: To what lengths do you go to avoid or prevent sexual harrasment?

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

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    2018

    Esports may come to PC: Could be either a sport or a club

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

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    2018

    Asian problems, part I: I’m not friends with fetishism

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

  • 2018

    Head ‘In The Clouds’: Where are we in the digital paradigm?

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    Hordes of gourdes haunt the PUB; Zombie “thriller” flash mob

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    State goals, and a New Year’s declaration from Jeff Sessions discussed with the press in Olympia

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

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    2018

    ‘Having friends is the only way to get through college’

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Women caged, filled with rage

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

  • 2018

    K-Pop krazy: Korean music invades U.S.

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    2018

    How may the WA ban on plastic bags affect your life?

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

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    2018

    Fans ‘fall out’ after Bethesda burns: A review of ‘Fallout 76’ and more of Bethesda’s shortcomings

2017
  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    ‘Thanks for pissing people off’ An anonymous Muslim student and the Director of International Programs share their thoughts on President Donald J. Trump’s immigration ban

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

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    2017

    Pirate women No.1 in region, No. 8 in nation

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

  • 2017

    ‘To be among the whales is something I’ll never forget’

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    ‘I am one with the force, the force is with me’ – ‘Rogue One’ review

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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

  • 2017

    ‘This is my design’ – trust, obesssion, and violence

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    2017

    Campus Voices: What do you think of the Boy Scouts of America inviting girls to join their organization?

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    Campus Voices – What repercussions do you think we might face in lieu of President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily halting immigration from seven Muslin-majority countries as well as closing borders indefinitely?

  • 2017

    What do you think the NFL protests during the national anthem are about?

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    ‘I chose the Egyptian dream: the dream to make a TV show, and then be called an infidel by the end’

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

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    2017

    Masters Degree at 23

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

    Bloodied but unbowed: despite fractures and ruptures, homegrown talent won’t stop fighting

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    2017

    C.A.R.E Team cuts a path to troubled students

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    Gym locker room restoration project in process, student housing to follow

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

2016
  • 2016

    Gender inequality on and off the field

  • 2016

    Breaching the waters of sustainability

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    Freeman snags top rebounder

  • 2016

    Webcam perched on Keegan Hall rooftop live streaming construction of Allied Health

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    Pirate women back in the championship game

  • 2016

    Comedy Club sets the stage

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 2016

    Whores plunder booty

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    Chris Reis drains left-handed buzzer-beating layup

  • 2016

    Pirates felled by Lane, 76-59, in title game

  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

    Impact club partakes in food drive

  • 2016

    ‘The Sea is a Restless Whore,’ a PC production

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    2016

    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

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    2016

  • 2016

    Allied Health and Early Childhood Education Center

  • 2016

    Halloween dance budget

  • 2016

    Pirate Women rout Whatcom, Everett

  • 2016

    Sponsorship bears educational fruit

  • 2016

    Port Townsend Film Festival 2016

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    2016

  • 2016

    Need a hangout spot?

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates team proves its passion

  • 2016

    Math wiz bridges learning gap with innovative methods

  • 2016

    Gym equipment upgrade – Through a yet-to-be-determined funding source

  • 2016

    From Whaler to Pirate; Michels braves the open sea of academia

  • 2016

    Flags of Nations Ceremony

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates stifle Everett with potent defense

  • 2016

    PUB Gallery of Art features Northwest artist

  • 2016

    Spring Bash is a smash

  • 2016

    Top six Buccaneer Stories of the decade

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    Smartest student swoops scholarly star status

  • 2016

    Dare to be different; NW eccentrics

  • 2016

    Remember, there is no ‘I’ in ‘Team America’ – ‘Team America: World Police’ review

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    American apathy and legislative liability

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    On set with Peninsula College alumnus Sam Towers for a new Comedy Central pilot

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

  • 2016

    Imani Smith’s game-sealing steal.

  • 2016

    Richards places 8th

  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

2015
  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    CAMPUS VOICES – What do you think about security cameras on campus and why?

  • 2015

    VPI candidate gains VIP status

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • 2015

    Candidates questioned for ASC

  • 2015

    A tale of two season for Lady Pirates

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

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    2015

    On the record

  • 2015

    Beauty runs deep in Princess Angeline

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    CAMPUS VOICES – How would you feel about arming campus security and/or faculty to protect students in the case of an active shooter?

  • 2015

    Port Angeles City Council to decide on water fluoridation after nonbinding user survey

  • 2015

    New budget has key differences

  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    The Interview

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

    Internet status: it’s complicated

  • 2015

    Pirate men thwart Warriors upset bid

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Cybersecurity students stymie Cyber Defense Competition

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Journey of the ‘tenured’ student: A decade of learning

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Alumni after PC: Jason Trammell

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates silence shoreline; notch 12th shutout

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Reactions to Pasco shooting

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • 2015

    Students connect, get creative ahead of finals

  • 2015

    An unusual and unaccustomed occurrence

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    CAMPUS VOICES – In light of the Polar Pioneer in the harbor, do you support arctic oil drilling? Why or why not?

  • 2015

    To fluoridate or not to fluoridate? That is the question — UPDATE: Port Angeles water fluoridation in a toss-up. Citizens to make binding decision in late 2017

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    CAMPUS VOICES – How do you feel about our own Ferguson in Pasco, Washington?

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    ASC elects new officers for 2015-2016

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Forest Storytelling Captivates Campus

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    CAMPUS VOICES – What do you think could help curb police brutality?

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

    Prius leaves Hummer in the dust

  • 2015

    Makah slam poet returns from abroad

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    What mask do you live in? Magic of Cinema sheds light on male gender role

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

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