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The Buccaneer October 18, 1965.

October 18, 1965 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on The Buccaneer October 18, 1965.

Peninsula College Opens With an increase in students, an expanded curriculum and additional buildings (some still under construction) Peninsula College is beginning its fifth year of operation and the second at its present location. Peninsula, […]

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Articles from 2020

2020

Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

November 27, 2020 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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Women sign letters of intent

January 28, 2020 Comments Off on Women sign letters of intent

Women sign letters of intent By Monica Tenneson The Peninsula College Women’s Soccer team had their athletic signing on Friday Jan. 20, 2020, where Kayla Alcott, Sam Oliveira and Halle Nottage were the first female […]

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

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Hygiene Products Available, That’s on Period – All Restrooms on Campus

By Monica Minyard The Rainbow Alliance Club is hosting a Sanitary Drive from March 3rd -13th. Students and faculty can drop off any sanitary hygiene products at the ASC Office in the Pirate Union Building. […]

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NWAC basketball tournament suspended

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on NWAC basketball tournament suspended

By Halle Nottage In a unique, frustrating turn of events, the entire NWAC basketball tournament on both the men’s and the women’s side has been postponed due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak. The NWAC tournament […]

2020

Coop Life

December 16, 2020 Comments Off on Coop Life

Chickens said, “Hey friends! Welcome to the coop….” Goat Said, “Hey, social distancing please!” Even the life in the coop is being serious with COVID-19.

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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

Writer in Residence – David Guterson

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Writer in Residence – David Guterson

By Emily Matthiessen   David Guterson, an award-winning author, will be Peninsula College’s Writer-in-Residence in May 2020. “I’m looking forward to being near the Olympic Mountains, which I love and spent a lot of time […]

2020
  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

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

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    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

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

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  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

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    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

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

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

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    2020

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

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    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

2019
  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

  • 2019

    Sound Publishing weighs bringing press back to Port Angeles

  • 2019

  • 2019

    First Nations Club revived

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

  • 2019

    Community shows up for MLK Jr and Hope Memorial

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    2019

    Selfishness has created Climate HELL

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    2019

    Oliveira organizes 5 on 5 tournament

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

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    2019

    Developmental soccer brings new opportunities to local youth

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

  • 2019

    Zombies

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    2019

    Briefly

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    2019

    Government shutdown Halts Olympic National Park Recreation & paychecks

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    2019

    Soccer season unity, losing together, winning together

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

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    2019

    Elwha rescue brings new revelation

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

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    2019

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

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Esports team getting set for next quarter

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    2019

    Stem Club

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    2019

    White reclaims the court following injury

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

    Immigrant students are safe at PC

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

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    2019

    No days off for 2018 NWAC Womens Champions

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Moore’s journey

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What did you do during the blackout?

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    Peninsula College takes on equity and inclusion

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    International PC graduate and Buc alumna checks in

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

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    2019

    Financial aid director

2018
  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    ‘We don’t go home to families, we depend on each other’

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

    Women caged, filled with rage

  • 2018

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

2017
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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 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?

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 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

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

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    2017

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

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

2016
  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

    Chris Reis drains left-handed buzzer-beating layup

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Top six Buccaneer Stories of the decade

  • 2016

    Breaching the waters of sustainability

  • 2016

    What is Peninsula College’s role in state government?

  • 2016

    Need a hangout spot?

  • 2016

    Campus Stars and Stripes are honored, retired and replaced

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    EMT students crash the frontline of crisis

  • 2016

    Mean Halloween scene ‘16

  • 2016

    In the pursuit of freedom of expression: Marina Shipova’s Digital Publishing class praised by student authors at Studium Generale

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

  • 2016

    Will seven samurai save the village?

  • 2016

    Allied Health and Early Childhood Education Center

  • 2016

    Freeman snags top rebounder

  • 2016

    Filharmonics sing for students

  • 2016

    Life and Legacy of MLK

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Ross reigns supreme

  • 2016

    ASC officers announced

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    2016

    Celebrating the recovery of P.C. alum Christian Manzanza, survivor of Belgian terrorist attack.

  • 2016

    Journalism students’ Olympian journey

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Buck finding niche as instructional VP

  • 2016

    PUB Gallery of Art features Northwest artist

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Trekking the Dungeness

  • 2016

    American apathy and legislative liability

  • 2016

    Hiking Club comes to fruition

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

  • 2016

    Impact club partakes in food drive

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    PUB set to be smacked with new table tennis court

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Star Wars sequel shatters expectations, yet leaves much to be expected

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    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    ‘If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball’ -Patches O’Houlihan in ‘Dodgeball’

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Level 3 sex offender enrolled at Peninsula

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

2015
  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Port Angeles welcomes all genders to Esprit Week

  • 2015

    Makah slam poet returns from abroad

  • Photo by Jasin Boland
    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    ASC elects new officers for 2015-2016

  • 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

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Pirate men thwart Warriors upset bid

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

  • 2015

    Pirate women’s basketball bounces competition

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Health Fair on its way

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Internet status: it’s complicated

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    NWAC champions regroup

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

    An unusual and unaccustomed occurrence

  • 2015

    Dixon dazzles Dunk Contest with gravity-defying slam

  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Prius leaves Hummer in the dust

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Candidates questioned for ASC

  • 2015

    Pirate Golf Tourney takes lift, boosts athletic funding

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    of Montreal presents: ‘Aureate Gloom’

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    Getting to know PTFF

  • 2015

    Pirate women swashbuckle into history at NWAC

  • 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

    VPI candidate gains VIP status

  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

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