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2020

TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

March 15, 2021 PC Buccaneer Online Editor 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 […]

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Articles from 2020

2020

COVID-19 update

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19 update

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

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2020

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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2020

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

January 28, 2020 Comments Off on ASC Hosts the fundrasing Filharmonic concert-The Buccaneer, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020- 4-5

ASC Hosts the fundrasing Filharmonic concert Review by Monica Tenneson The Filharmonic took the stage in January in the Port Angeles High School auditorium. The Filharmonic is a Filipino-American, all- men a capella group, based […]

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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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

Journalism Under Attack

September 13, 2020 Comments Off on Journalism Under Attack

Editorial By Sarah Baker It’s been three and a half years since President Donald Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017. His relentless disparagement of the news media began right away, following reports […]

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
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    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

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    2020

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

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    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

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    2020

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    2020

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

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    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

2019
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    2019

    Esports team getting set for next quarter

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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

    It was good, definitely not cheap

  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

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    2019

    Power switch in dorms raises questions

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

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    2019

    Briefly

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

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    2019

    Soccer season unity, losing together, winning together

  • 2019

    Sound Publishing weighs bringing press back to Port Angeles

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

  • 2019

    First Nations Club revived

  • 2019

    Honors Symposium fascinates Pirates

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

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    2019

    Award-winning writer reads new poetry based in Pacific Northwest

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

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    2019

    Dorm managers respond to tenants’ complaints

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    2019

    Festive pumpkins add spice to Halloween events

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

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    2019

    No days off for 2018 NWAC Womens Champions

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury in the PUB

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

  • 2019

    Campus Life

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Coach’s gamble brings Moore from ‘Sin City’

  • 2019

    International PC graduate and Buc alumna checks in

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Peninsula College suffers an $800,000 deficit

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

2018
  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

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    2018

    Council support student representation

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

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

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

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    2018

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

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

2017
  • 2017

    Some figures aren’t so big up close

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

  • 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

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    15th annual Dance for Toys

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

2016
  • 2016

    Campus Stars and Stripes are honored, retired and replaced

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

  • 2016

    Allied Health and Early Childhood Education Center

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

  • 2016

    Freeman snags top rebounder

  • 2016

    Whores plunder booty

  • 2016

    Pirates race to Elite Eight

  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

  • 2016

    PUB Gallery of Art features Northwest artist

  • 2016

    Students make long journey to Denver and back for drama competition

  • 2016

    Gender inequality on and off the field

  • 2016

    Sequim actor building star power in Hollywood

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees honored

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

    Top six Buccaneer Stories of the decade

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    2016

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Pirate women back in the championship game

  • 2016

    Campus Voices – Are you a registered Voter? How do you feel about the upcoming election?

  • 2016

    EMT students crash the frontline of crisis

  • 2016

    PUB set to be smacked with new table tennis court

  • 2016

    Flags of Nations Ceremony

  • 2016

    Trekking the Dungeness

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 2016

    Sequim native takes reins of Nursing Program

  • 2016

    Cast your vote – Opinion/Editorial

  • 2016

    Ross reigns supreme

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    Peninsula’s Got Talent; Movin’ on up!

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates stifle Everett with potent defense

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Benefits for student email

  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

  • 2016

    Level 3 sex offender enrolled at Peninsula

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Pirate Women rout Whatcom, Everett

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

2015
  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Freeman and co. reload with reinforcements

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

    Internet status: it’s complicated

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    New Vice President of Instruction Candidates scheduled for sojourns at PC

  • 2015

    All Academic Team Selected

  • 2015

    Dixon dazzles Dunk Contest with gravity-defying slam

  • 2015

    A tale of two season for Lady Pirates

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    DamNation good film and call to action

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

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    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • 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

    Getting to know PTFF

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    Boogie-woogie all the way

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Pirate women swashbuckle into history at NWAC

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates conquer Cardinals in double overtime

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    NWAC champions regroup

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    Pirate Golf Tourney takes lift, boosts athletic funding

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    Pirate men thwart Warriors upset bid

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    ASC elects new officers for 2015-2016

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Washington State TRIO celebrates anniversary on campus

  • 2015

    Capital under scrutiny of watchful eyes

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    A Tidepools 2015 Sneak Peek

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    VPI search to continue

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