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2020

Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

November 27, 2020 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

Review by Emily Matthiessen Tricksters have been part of the human story since the beginning. Anansi, Raven, and Coyote spring to my mind, but you can find tricksters of all forms in mythology across the […]

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Drama Department Spring Update

May 2, 2020 Comments Off on Drama Department Spring Update

By Mike Roggenbuck Peninsula College Drama Department intends to continue as best they can, in light of Stay Home, Stay Safe order. It plans on continuing with Spring production.

2020

Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

November 25, 2020 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 […]

2020

Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

November 25, 2020 Comments Off on Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

Peninsula College photojournalism student Xianyang Deng recently captured this photo of the setting sun at Diablo Lake. Deng says, “In the presence of coronavirus, I have spent three months at home, very boring, and people, […]

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February 20, 2020 Comments Off on

Census: Campaign encouraging participation Continued from page 2 Seeking out individuals and segments of the population that avoid answering the Census has proven to be costly to Census Bureau in time and money. Census.gov has […]

2020

Interview with Andrea Motyka

June 22, 2020 Comments Off on Interview with Andrea Motyka

By Emily Matthiessen At the Buccaneer we are interested in how Peninsula College faculty are responding to the changes COVID-19 has necessitated. Recently, Professor Andrea Motyka participated in an interview on the subject of mathematics. […]

2020

Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

November 3, 2020 Comments Off on Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!
2020

Status of Peninsula College Library

November 8, 2020 Comments Off on Status of Peninsula College Library

Story by Emily Matthiessen Photos by J.L. H’ng The Peninsula College Library remains closed to student traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Samantha Hines, Library Director, the library will be open as soon […]

2020
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    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

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    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

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

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

    Campus Voices: What do you know about the Census? Or why do you think the Census is important?

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

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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

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

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    2020

    Solutions sought out for scheduling conundrum-The Buccaneer, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020

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    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

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

2019
  • 2019

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

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    2019

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

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    2019

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

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    ‘Snowmageddon’ hits the Peninsula

  • 2019

    Campus Life

  • 2019

    Habitat for Humanity collaborates with college summer home building class

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    It’s the most magical time of the year!

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

  • 2019

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

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Award-winning writer reads new poetry based in Pacific Northwest

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What did you do during the blackout?

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

  • 2019

    First Nations Club revived

  • 2019

    Relatable movie for everyone: ‘Abominable’

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    Yolanda Machado is welcomed to PC

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    2019

    Festive pumpkins add spice to Halloween events

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    2019

    Immigrant students are safe at PC

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

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    2019

    Briefly

  • 2019

    Backyard Olympics and Spring Bash loosens students’ stress

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    2019

    White reclaims the court following injury

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

  • 2019

    Writer in Residence Joe Sacco Interview Pt3

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    2019

    Financial aid director

  • 2019

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Favorite Movie Reviews

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

  • 2019

    Sound Publishing weighs bringing press back to Port Angeles

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

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    2019

    Dorm managers respond to tenants’ complaints

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    2019

    Moore’s journey

  • 2019

    Rumble In the Rainforest – April 27

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

  • 2019

2018
  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

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    2018

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

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

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    2018

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

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

2017
  • 2017

    Some figures aren’t so big up close

  • 2017

    Controversy abounds in portrait of series: ‘13 Reasons Why’

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

    15th annual Dance for Toys

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

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    2017

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

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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

  • 2017

    Women march on Washington PC women join millions in civil rights protest that spans the globe

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

  • 2017

    ‘These violent delights have violent ends’ – ‘Westworld’ review

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

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    2017

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

  • 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

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

    Old face, new role; Hughes sheds jersey for coaches’ cap, seeks success on the pitch

  • 2017

    It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore forward Jenise McKnight

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 2017

    Campus Voices: If you were President of the United States (POTUS), how would you handle the trade embargo against Russia in the upcoming months, and would you be worried about a second Cold War?

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

    Indictment of shock-value media

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

2016
  • 2016

    Letter to the Editor – Christopher Dahm, Sachi Yamabe – “Isn’t it time to consider the possibility that the root cause of mass shootings may be bigger than gun control and ‘mental illness’?”

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Level 3 sex offender enrolled at Peninsula

  • 2016

    Pirates race to Elite Eight

  • 2016

    Richards places 8th

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

  • 2016

    Gender inequality on and off the field

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

  • 2016

    Actors shed light on dark subject, put a stop to human trafficking

  • 2016

    Freeman snags top rebounder

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Campus Stars and Stripes are honored, retired and replaced

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    2016

    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

  • 2016

    ‘Deadpool’ defies expectations

  • 2016

    Dare to be different; NW eccentrics

  • 2016

    College students put under the spell of hypnotist Stubbs

  • 2016

    Allied Health and Early Childhood Education Center

  • 2016

    An analysis of the 2016 election results President-elect Trump on the horizon

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    Find commonality in diversity at 26th annual Students of Color Conference

  • 2016

    Spring Bash is a smash

  • 2016

    Sponsorship bears educational fruit

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    Halloween dance budget

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    New Voices Act champions freedom of speech at Washington State Legislature

  • 2016

    Men’s socccer smited by Tacoma Titans

  • 2016

    Filharmonics sing for students

  • 2016

    Math wiz bridges learning gap with innovative methods

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

  • 2016

    Run for your lives; Zombies invade campus; ASC presents: ‘The Running Dead’

  • 2016

    Whores plunder booty

  • 2016

    Reload, not a rebuild for men’s soccer

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    ESPRIT adresses gender-neutrality on campus

  • 2016

    Life and Legacy of MLK

  • 2016

    Smartest student swoops scholarly star status

  • 2016

    Reis to the rescue: Buzzer-beater derails Edmonds, wins over Whatcom and Everett lift Pirates into first place

  • 2016

    Top six Buccaneer Stories of the decade

  • 2016

    Cast your vote – Opinion/Editorial

  • 2016

    Buck finding niche as instructional VP

  • 2016

    Trustee of the year named

  • 2016

    Campus Voices – Should Guantanamo Bay stay open or be closed? Why?

  • 2016

    The Bookaneer: ‘The Truth is out there’

  • 2016

    Pirate men succumb to a storm of shots, Peninsula falters in final minutes; ousted by no. 4 seed Chemeketa in NWAC playoff opener

2015
  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    Dixon dazzles Dunk Contest with gravity-defying slam

  • 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

    CAMPUS VOICES – Do you think PC athletes would stand up against racism like the Missouri football team did?

  • 2015

    Pirate women swashbuckle into history at NWAC

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    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    Boogie-woogie all the way

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Rumble in the Rainforest, tremors on the field

  • 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

  • 2015

    New budget has key differences

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

  • 2015

    Pirate Golf Tourney takes lift, boosts athletic funding

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    VPI search to continue

  • 2015

    Elwha River researchers return to PC campus for bi-yearly restoration update

  • 2015

    Pirate women’s basketball bounces competition

  • 2015

    Getting to know PTFF

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates conquer Cardinals in double overtime

  • 2015

    A Tidepools 2015 Sneak Peek

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

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    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • 2015

    Bill Osmundson, DDS, MPH: Vote “No” Fluoridation – Oct. 10, 2015

  • 2015

    Celebrating Building 202

  • 2015

    The Interview

  • 2015

    Capital under scrutiny of watchful eyes

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Makah slam poet returns from abroad

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    Beauty runs deep in Princess Angeline

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    Washington State TRIO celebrates anniversary on campus

  • 2015

    Oil rig finds safe haven as Earth Week flies by – PC celebrates Earth Week, the highlights

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Reactions to Pasco shooting

  • 2015

    Hiestand sheds light on free speech in Little Theater for First Amendment Day

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

    of Montreal presents: ‘Aureate Gloom’

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