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December 12, 2019 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on Campus Life

Maier Performance Hall was filled with toe-tapping jazz enthusiests Tuesday Dec. 3. If you missed out, the next show “Jingle Jazz”, will be coming up on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in Peninsula College’s […]

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Articles from 2020

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

2020

Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

November 2, 2020 Comments Off on Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

Tess Gallagher, poet, short story writer, and teacher, is one of Port Angeles’ treasures, with many ties to Peninsula College. https://www.passthebuc.com/2016/11/empathy-is-the-most-important-thing-for-a-writer-to-have-poet-says/ She has been a consistently published writer since the 1960s, and the recipient of […]

2020

What’s for Quarantine Dinner

May 2, 2020 Comments Off on What’s for Quarantine Dinner

By Jamila Lopez  Any other weekday morning would be a scurry to get ready for work and school. These days, the pajama parties last until noon. Parents are seen more in their yards playing with their […]

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
  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

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    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

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    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

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    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

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

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    2020

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

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

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    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

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    2020

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

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

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

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    2020

    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

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    2020

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

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

2019
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    Stem Club

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    2019

    No days off for 2018 NWAC Womens Champions

  • 2019

    First Nations Club revived

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

  • 2019

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

  • 2019

    Coed esports team joins PC Athletic Programs

  • 2019

    Backyard Olympics and Spring Bash loosens students’ stress

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

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    2019

    Developmental soccer brings new opportunities to local youth

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

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    2019

    Selfishness has created Climate HELL

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    2019

    Buc staff on suicide and what helps in times of crisis

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    Coach’s gamble brings Moore from ‘Sin City’

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Carbon Pirate wins third place

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What would you do to reduce your carbon footprint & why?

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

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    2019

    Financial aid director

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

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    2019

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

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

  • 2019

    ‘sŋaʔŋáʔant cáwŋən ʔəssaqɬúŋt’ (Pebble Beach Park) passes legislation

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

  • 2019

    Yolanda Machado is welcomed to PC

  • 2019

    Reliable: The Press holds value

  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    It was good, definitely not cheap

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Favorite Movie Reviews

  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

  • 2019

    ‘Snowmageddon’ hits the Peninsula

  • 2019

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

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    2019

    Briefly

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

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    2019

    Campus Voices: In light of the Sequim gun theft, do you feel safe?

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

  • 2019

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

2018
  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

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    2018

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

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

  • 2018

    Women caged, filled with rage

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

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

2017
  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

  • 2017

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

  • 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

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

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    2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore forward Jenise McKnight

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 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

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

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    2017

    Masters Degree at 23

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

2016
  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

  • 2016

    Major League debut for journalism student – Buccaneer managing editor hired to help cover a Seattle Mariners game for the Associated Press

  • 2016

    Halloween dance budget

  • 2016

    Sequim actor building star power in Hollywood

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Students make long journey to Denver and back for drama competition

  • 2016

    Pirate Women rout Whatcom, Everett

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    Peninsula’s Got Talent; Movin’ on up!

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates team proves its passion

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Spring Bash is a smash

  • 2016

    Anderson’s recruiting strategy still working as Pirate women restock

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    American apathy and legislative liability

  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

    EMT students crash the frontline of crisis

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

  • 2016

    CAMPUS VOICES – Who do you support for President of the United States?

  • 2016

    Dare to be different; NW eccentrics

  • 2016

    CAMPUS VOICES – Where do you get your textbooks and why?

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    First annual Pirate Daze delayed due to storm

  • 2016

    Port Townsend Film Festival 2016

  • 2016

    ASC officers announced

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees honored

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

  • 2016

    ‘Deadpool’ defies expectations

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    What is Peninsula College’s role in state government?

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

  • 2016

    Campus Voices: What is your favorite Northwest icon?

  • 2016

    Reload, not a rebuild for men’s soccer

  • 2016

    Comedy Club sets the stage

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    Trustee of the year named

  • 2016

    College students put under the spell of hypnotist Stubbs

  • 2016

    Sponsorship bears educational fruit

2015
  • 2015

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

  • 2015

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

  • 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

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • 2015

    Pirate women’s basketball bounces competition

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

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

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    NWAC champions regroup

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    On the record

  • 2015

    Allied Health Building Moving Forward

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Letter to the Editor – Crystal Tack, ND, LAc: Let’s put an end to fluoridation in Port Angeles – Oct. 13, 2015

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Celebrating Building 202

  • 2015

    ‘Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek’

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates silence shoreline; notch 12th shutout

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

  • 2015

    of Montreal presents: ‘Aureate Gloom’

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Candidates questioned for ASC

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 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

    Port Angeles welcomes all genders to Esprit Week

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

  • 2015

    Health Fair on its way

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    Growing terror surrounds Mali citizens

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates conquer Cardinals in double overtime

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

  • 2015

    Prius leaves Hummer in the dust

  • 2015

    BulletProof Film Highlights Disabled Community

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    The Interview

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Alumni after PC: Jason Trammell

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