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2020

Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

November 27, 2020 PC Buccaneer Online Editor 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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Articles from 2020

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. […]

2020

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

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on Briefly (Veterans Center opening, Casino Night, Student of Color Conference, Women’s soccer scrimmage)

Casino Night Fundraiser tops 2019 by $20K By Monica Minyard The Peninsula college yearly Casino Night happened at 7 Cedars on Friday Feb 26th. According to Rick Ross, associate dean of athletics & student life. It […]

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

The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

May 2, 2020 Comments Off on The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

By Emily Matthiessen The Buccaneer, Peninsula College’s own student-run newspaper, is completely digital this quarter! Saving trees! Providing vital info to the community and the world!

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2020

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 […]

2020

Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

May 2, 2020 Comments Off on Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

By Jamila Lopez  Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Port Angeles Food Bank is open and operating a drive-thru and walk-up distribution open to all Clallam County residents. At this time, you do not need to […]

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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
  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

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    2020

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

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    2020

    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

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    2020

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

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Coop Life

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

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    2020

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

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

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    2020

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

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

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    2020

    Drama Department Spring Update

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

2019
  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

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    2019

    Financial aid director

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

  • 2019

    ‘Snowmageddon’ hits the Peninsula

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

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    2019

    Developmental soccer brings new opportunities to local youth

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury in the PUB

  • 2019

    Food Pantry close to launch for hungry and poor students

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Favorite Movie Reviews

  • 2019

    Coed esports team joins PC Athletic Programs

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    Carbon Pirate wins third place

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

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

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Honors Symposium fascinates Pirates

  • 2019

    Zombies

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    2019

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

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    2019

    White reclaims the court following injury

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

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    2019

    Selfishness has created Climate HELL

  • 2019

    Peninsula College takes on equity and inclusion

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    2019

    Award-winning writer reads new poetry based in Pacific Northwest

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

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    2019

    Elwha rescue brings new revelation

  • 2019

    It’s the most magical time of the year!

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    International student population halved in the last three years

  • 2019

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    2019

    Stem Club

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

  • 2019

    It was good, definitely not cheap

  • 2019

    Habitat for Humanity collaborates with college summer home building class

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

  • 2019

    Community shows up for MLK Jr and Hope Memorial

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

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    2019

    Campus Voices: What did you do during the blackout?

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

    Soccer season unity, losing together, winning together

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Backyard Olympics and Spring Bash loosens students’ stress

  • 2019

    FASHIONISTA’s: The show goes on

  • 2019

    Washington State Supreme Court Justices Deliberate in Port Townsend City Hall

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    2019

    Government shutdown Halts Olympic National Park Recreation & paychecks

2018
  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

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

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    2018

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

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

  • 2018

    Associated Student Council for 2018-19 selected

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    2018

    Council support student representation

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

2017
  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 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

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore forward Jenise McKnight

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    Jalon McCullough

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Pirate Women secure second place in NWAC

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

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

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    2017

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

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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

    It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

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    2017

    Masters Degree at 23

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

  • 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

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

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    2017

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

2016
  • 2016

    Buck finding niche as instructional VP

  • 2016

    Imani Smith’s game-sealing steal.

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

  • 2016

    Whores plunder booty

  • 2016

    Pirates race to Elite Eight

  • 2016

    Students make long journey to Denver and back for drama competition

  • 2016

    Sequim actor building star power in Hollywood

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Anderson’s recruiting strategy still working as Pirate women restock

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Life and Legacy of MLK

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    American apathy and legislative liability

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Flags of Nations Ceremony

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

  • 2016

    Letter to the Editor – Christopher Dahm, Sachi Yamabe – “Isn’t it time to consider the possibility that the root cause of mass shootings may be bigger than gun control and ‘mental illness’?”

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Filharmonics sing for students

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

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    2016

    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

  • 2016

    Peninsula’s Got Talent; Movin’ on up!

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Richards places 8th

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Funding cuts impact budget

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    PUB set to be smacked with new table tennis court

  • 2016

    Blomberg devours competition once again at PC Eating Contest

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

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    2016

  • 2016

    Hiking Club comes to fruition

  • 2016

    Women’s soccer clinch division

  • 2016

    Breaching the waters of sustainability

  • 2016

    Allied Health and Early Childhood Education Center

  • 2016

    Pirate Women rout Whatcom, Everett

  • 2016

    Impact club partakes in food drive

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    Dare to be different; NW eccentrics

2015
  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Rumble in the Rainforest, tremors on the field

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    DamNation good film and call to action

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates silence shoreline; notch 12th shutout

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

  • 2015

    Port Angeles welcomes all genders to Esprit Week

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • 2015

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

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Freeman and co. reload with reinforcements

  • 2015

    Pirate men drown Dolphies with dastardly defence

  • 2015

    The Interview

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    An unusual and unaccustomed occurrence

  • 2015

    Internet status: it’s complicated

  • 2015

    Boogie-woogie all the way

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • 2015

    Pirates unleash offensive explosion

  • 2015

    Hybrid cars rejuvenate at PC Automotive Department

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • 2015

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

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    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • 2015

    Health Fair on its way

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

  • 2015

    of Montreal presents: ‘Aureate Gloom’

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Alumni after PC: Jason Trammell

  • 2015

    Pirate women swashbuckle into history at NWAC

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    VPI search to continue

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

  • 2015

    Candidates questioned for ASC

  • 2015

    Elwha restoration project: Seeking volunteers

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