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‘Sociology illuminates what we take for granted’

November 12, 2014 PC Buccaneer Online Editor 1

By Jonathan Mitchell The new sociology teacher at Peninsula College this year is Tara Martin Lopez. Lopez’s Mexican-American heritage is very important to her. Growing up in New Mexico, her relatives would use Spanish as […]

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Articles from 2020

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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

Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

May 3, 2020 Comments Off on Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

By The Buccaneer Staff  Visit the PC Library’s first online display, celebrating National Poetry Month! Be sure to click on the tab for local poets and events, and thanks to Port Book and News for […]

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

February 20, 2020 Comments Off on Go-live date for the new ctcLink delayed to till May

Go-live date for the new ctcLink delayed to till May By Saki Kambe Although it was planned that ctcLink launches March 9 for the third deployment group, due to State Board’s inability in providing adequate […]

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February 20, 2020 Comments Off on

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

2020

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

August 14, 2020 Comments Off on Ex-Buccaneer Sports Editor and Mariners’ Baseball Information Manager Ryan Hueter Interviewed on Todd Ortloff Show

Sequim native, Peninsula College graduate, and 2011 Buccaneer Sports Editor, Ryan Hueter, was interviewed by Todd Ortloff of KONP News Radio on Aug 11. Hueter is the Seattle Mariners’s Information Manager, as detailed in this […]

2020
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    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

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    Drama Department Spring Update

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    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

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    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

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    Destroying Community College Stigma

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

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

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    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

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    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

  • 2020

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

  • 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

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

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

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

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

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    2020

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

2019
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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    International student population halved in the last three years

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: New Year’s Resolutions 2019

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

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    2019

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

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

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    2019

    Developmental soccer brings new opportunities to local youth

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

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    2019

    Esports team getting set for next quarter

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    2019

    Power switch in dorms raises questions

  • 2019

    Food Pantry close to launch for hungry and poor students

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What did you do during the blackout?

  • 2019

    Talented Pirates fascinate audience with hidden passions

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

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    2019

    Dorm managers respond to tenants’ complaints

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

  • 2019

    Honors Symposium fascinates Pirates

  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    It’s the most magical time of the year!

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Yolanda Machado is welcomed to PC

  • 2019

    Coed esports team joins PC Athletic Programs

  • 2019

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Peninsula College suffers an $800,000 deficit

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

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    2019

    Soccer season unity, losing together, winning together

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Reliable: The Press holds value

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    2019

    Financial aid director

  • 2019

    Zombies

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

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    2019

    Elwha rescue brings new revelation

  • 2019

    Writer in Residence Joe Sacco Interview Pt3

  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

  • 2019

    St. Petersburg Ensemble encore thrills Port Angeles

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    2019

    Stem Club

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    2019

    Buc staff on suicide and what helps in times of crisis

2018
  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

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    2018

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

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

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    2018

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

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

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    2018

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

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

2017
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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

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    2017

    Masters Degree at 23

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

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    2017

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

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    Some figures aren’t so big up close

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Indictment of shock-value media

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

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

2016
  • 2016

    Hiking Club comes to fruition

  • 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

    Math wiz bridges learning gap with innovative methods

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    2016

    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Benefits for student email

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    Cast your vote – Opinion/Editorial

  • 2016

    ‘Deadpool’ defies expectations

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

  • 2016

    Peninsula’s Got Talent; Movin’ on up!

  • 2016

    Trustee of the year named

  • 2016

    PUB Gallery of Art features Northwest artist

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Ross reigns supreme

  • 2016

    EMT students crash the frontline of crisis

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 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

    Breaching the waters of sustainability

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates stifle Everett with potent defense

  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Women’s soccer clinch division

  • 2016

    Funding cuts impact budget

  • 2016

    Level 3 sex offender enrolled at Peninsula

  • 2016

    Spring Bash is a smash

  • 2016

    Imani Smith’s game-sealing steal.

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Visiting elders wrap up with closing ceremony

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees honored

  • 2016

    The Bookaneer: ‘The Truth is out there’

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Pirate Women rout Whatcom, Everett

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

  • 2016

    Port Townsend Film Festival 2016

2015
  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    All Academic Team Selected

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    A tale of two season for Lady Pirates

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Students connect, get creative ahead of finals

  • 2015

    Beauty runs deep in Princess Angeline

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Health Fair on its way

  • 2015

    Capital under scrutiny of watchful eyes

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    VPI search to continue

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

  • 2015

    Rumble in the Rainforest, tremors on the field

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates conquer Cardinals in double overtime

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

    DamNation good film and call to action

  • 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

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

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • 2015

    Pirate men thwart Warriors upset bid

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Growing terror surrounds Mali citizens

  • 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

  • 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?

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    On the record

  • 2015

    Forest Storytelling Captivates Campus

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    Cybersecurity students stymie Cyber Defense Competition

  • 2015

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

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