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The realities of rural living are a ‘lethal triad’ says expert

November 19, 2019 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on The realities of rural living are a ‘lethal triad’ says expert

The realities of rural living are a ‘lethal triad’ says expert By Sarah Baker Clallam County’s climbing suicide rate, twice as high as King County’s, is not something the community is experiencing by itself. 20 […]

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Articles from 2020

2020

TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

March 15, 2021 Comments Off on TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

PORT ANGELES, WA. – Tidepools Magazine is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 art and writing contest.  Thank you to all who were fearless enough to contribute your creative works. We received so many quality […]

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. […]

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2020

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 […]

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2020

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

Webster Scholarship

June 8, 2020 Comments Off on Webster Scholarship

The home of Esther and Charles Webster is now the site of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center and Webster’s Woods Sculpture Park.Charles Webster was instrumental in attracting President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Port Angeles […]

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2020

Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

Viewpoint by Jamila Lopez The day I witnessed a young black man killed by a white officer, who was  guilty of second degree murder, my life flashed before my eyes. Oscar Grant, a twenty two […]

2020

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

January 29, 2020 Comments Off on Campus Voices: What do you know about the Census? Or why do you think the Census is important?

Campus Voices: What do you know about the Census? Or why do you think the Census is important?       It’s important for the government to know how much money they can spend on […]

2020
  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

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    2020

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

  • 2020

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

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    2020

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

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

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    2020

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

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

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    2020

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

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    2020

  • 2020

    Coop Life

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

2019
  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

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    2019

    Oliveira organizes 5 on 5 tournament

  • 2019

    Yolanda Machado is welcomed to PC

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

  • 2019

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

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Favorite Movie Reviews

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

    Habitat for Humanity collaborates with college summer home building class

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

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    2019

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

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

  • 2019

    Relatable movie for everyone: ‘Abominable’

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    First Nations Club revived

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

  • 2019

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

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

  • 2019

    Rumble In the Rainforest – April 27

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    2019

    Festive pumpkins add spice to Halloween events

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    2019

    Briefly

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

  • 2019

    It was good, definitely not cheap

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    2019

    Dorm managers respond to tenants’ complaints

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

  • 2019

    2018-19 PC Athletes of the Year announced

  • 2019

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    It’s the most magical time of the year!

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

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    2019

    Soccer season unity, losing together, winning together

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What did you do during the blackout?

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

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    2019

    Government shutdown Halts Olympic National Park Recreation & paychecks

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

  • 2019

    St. Petersburg Ensemble encore thrills Port Angeles

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

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    2019

    Stem Club

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    2019

    Power switch in dorms raises questions

  • 2019

    Coach’s gamble brings Moore from ‘Sin City’

  • 2019

    Food Pantry close to launch for hungry and poor students

2018
  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

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    2018

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

  • 2018

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

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

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    2018

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

2017
  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore forward Jenise McKnight

  • 2017

    Planet of the Turtles: Elite few brave deep waters to snag turtles for research

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Indictment of shock-value media

  • 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

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

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

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

  • 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

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

  • 2017

    Some figures aren’t so big up close

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    15th annual Dance for Toys

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

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

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

2016
  • 2016

    Chris Reis drains left-handed buzzer-beating layup

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Math wiz bridges learning gap with innovative methods

  • 2016

    Anderson’s recruiting strategy still working as Pirate women restock

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Flags of Nations Ceremony

  • 2016

    Richards places 8th

  • 2016

    Janet Lucas brings Neil Simon’s story to life

  • 2016

    Campus Voices: What is your favorite Northwest icon?

  • 2016

    First annual Pirate Daze delayed due to storm

  • 2016

    Men’s socccer smited by Tacoma Titans

  • 2016

    ‘Empathy is the most important thing for a writer to have’ poet says

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

  • 2016

    Journalism students’ Olympian journey

  • 2016

    Will seven samurai save the village?

  • 2016

    Women’s soccer clinch division

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

  • 2016

    College students put under the spell of hypnotist Stubbs

  • 2016

    ASC officers announced

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

  • 2016

    Trekking the Dungeness

  • 2016

    Visiting elders wrap up with closing ceremony

  • 2016

    Reload, not a rebuild for men’s soccer

  • 2016

    ESPRIT adresses gender-neutrality on campus

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

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    2016

  • 2016

    Fun Run: Crab Fest

  • 2016

    Impact club partakes in food drive

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Funding cuts impact budget

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Students make long journey to Denver and back for drama competition

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 2016

    Sponsorship bears educational fruit

  • 2016

    Port Townsend Film Festival 2016

  • 2016

    Need a hangout spot?

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    Trustee of the year named

  • 2016

    Blomberg devours competition once again at PC Eating Contest

2015
  • 2015

    Getting to know PTFF

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • 2015

    Boogie-woogie all the way

  • 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

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Pirate men thwart Warriors upset bid

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    Celebrating Building 202

  • 2015

    Cybersecurity students stymie Cyber Defense Competition

  • 2015

    Port Angeles welcomes all genders to Esprit Week

  • 2015

    Rumble in the Rainforest, tremors on the field

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    2015

    ASC elects new officers for 2015-2016

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    Washington State TRIO celebrates anniversary on campus

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    New Vice President of Instruction Candidates scheduled for sojourns at PC

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates silence shoreline; notch 12th shutout

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Freeman and co. reload with reinforcements

  • 2015

    A Tidepools 2015 Sneak Peek

  • 2015

    All Academic Team Selected

  • 2015

    Pirate men drown Dolphies with dastardly defence

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    NWAC champions regroup

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • 2015

    Growing terror surrounds Mali citizens

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • 2015

    Pirate women swashbuckle into history at NWAC

  • 2015

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

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    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • 2015

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

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Allied Health Building Moving Forward

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    New budget has key differences

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

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