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

January 28, 2020 Comments Off on Solutions sought out for scheduling conundrum-The Buccaneer, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020

    By: Saki Kambe Solutions sought out for scheduling conundrum The class schedule at Peninsula College “really limits me and I end up taking classes I don’t really want to take just because of […]

2020

Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

November 25, 2020 Comments Off on Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

Peninsula College photojournalism student Xianyang Deng recently captured this photo of the setting sun at Diablo Lake. Deng says, “In the presence of coronavirus, I have spent three months at home, very boring, and people, […]

2020

The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

May 2, 2020 Comments Off on The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

By Mike Roggenbuck Mackenzie Corkill (Reno Nevada) – Sophomore at PC, running for President Favorite book – “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen. Huge Jane Austen fan, loves the writing style and female representation, especially in […]

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2020

ESports seeks creating a casual club

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on ESports seeks creating a casual club

Column by Mike Roggenbuck  The Peninsula College Esports Club has found new life. Those interested in joining the Peninsula College Esports Club should reach out to Coach Charlie Morrow or Mike Roggenbuck to receive an […]

2020

Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

January 29, 2020 Comments Off on Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly,” Martin Luther King, Jr, […]

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NWAC basketball tournament suspended

March 7, 2020 Comments Off on NWAC basketball tournament suspended

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

2020

“The Outside Story” Review

November 25, 2020 Comments Off on “The Outside Story” Review

By Emily Matthiessen Another film my family was able to watch in the Port Townsend Film Festival https://www.ptfilmfest.com/Festivals/Virtual-Festival.html : “The Outside Story” (2020), directed by Casimir Nozkowski, is a gentle tale about a voluntarily housebound […]

2020
  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

  • 2020

    Coop Life

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

  • 2020

    Scholarship applications due extended to May 17

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

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    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    Drama Department Spring Update

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    2020

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

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Interview with Andrea Motyka

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

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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)

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

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

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    2020

    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

  • 2020

    Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

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    2020

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

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    2020

    Fruitvale Station – Living While Black

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

2019
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    2019

    Award-winning writer reads new poetry based in Pacific Northwest

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury outside the PUB

  • 2019

    Coed esports team joins PC Athletic Programs

  • 2019

    International student population halved in the last three years

  • 2019

    Rumble In the Rainforest – April 27

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

  • 2019

    Coach’s gamble brings Moore from ‘Sin City’

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: Netflix series to binge

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

    Campus Life

  • 2019

    Food Pantry close to launch for hungry and poor students

  • 2019

    Relatable movie for everyone: ‘Abominable’

  • 2019

    St. Petersburg Ensemble encore thrills Port Angeles

  • 2019

    Dorms’ Airbnb set for summer and beyond

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Honors Symposium fascinates Pirates

  • 2019

    Annual Women’s Wave arrives in Port Townsend

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

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    2019

    Briefly

  • 2019

    Sound Publishing weighs bringing press back to Port Angeles

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    2019

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

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

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    2019

    No days off for 2018 NWAC Womens Champions

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Captains set sail for Division One schools

  • 2019

    Carbon Pirate wins third place

  • 2019

    Peninsula College takes on equity and inclusion

  • 2019

    Fall ’19 Staff photo

  • 2019

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

  • 2019

    Balls of Fury in the PUB

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    2019

    Esports team getting set for next quarter

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    2019

    Pirate Picks: New Year’s Resolutions 2019

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

  • 2019

    How I feel about guns as an intl’ student

  • 2019

    Peninsula College suffers an $800,000 deficit

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

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    2019

    Immigrant students are safe at PC

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Reliable: The Press holds value

  • 2019

    Joe Sacco Interview Pt 2

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Rollman’s reinstatement brings bright future to the court

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

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    2019

    Elwha rescue brings new revelation

2018
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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Shedding light on the soccer field

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

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    2018

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

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

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    2018

    Over the mountains & though the woods

  • 2018

    Pirates begin league play with mixed results

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

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

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

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    2018

    Campus heads brainstorm expansion

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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

  • 2018

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

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Teatro Milagro ‘bi-mazing’

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

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    2018

    Asian problems part II: Education and economics

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

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    2018

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

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

2017
  • 2017

    Despite loss, Lady Pirates still in first place

  • 2017

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

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    2017

    President Trump sworn in amidst protests

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

  • 2017

    Bittersweet justice

  • 2017

    Men’s Soccer halts

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Some figures aren’t so big up close

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

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    2017

    ‘Upward Bound’

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opening set for Spring in Spring’17

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

    15th annual Dance for Toys

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

    Student scientists welcomed to the jungle

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    2017

    Masters Degree at 23

  • 2017

    ‘Sometimes science is more art than science’

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

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

  • 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

    One Nation, Forever Divided

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

  • 2017

    Estate Sale

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Lady Pirates come up short

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    Pirate Pete Week

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

2016
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    2016

    Annual Pirate Pete Week Preview

  • 2016

    Men’s socccer smited by Tacoma Titans

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    Richards places 8th

  • 2016

    Mean Halloween scene ‘16

  • 2016

    Sixth straight Final Four

  • 2016

    Pirate Casino Night fundraiser a resounding success

  • 2016

    Top six Buccaneer Stories of the decade

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Honor’s Capstone projects

  • 2016

    ASL events slated on campus

  • 2016

    Honors: Captstone catches college’s eye

  • 2016

    PUB set to be smacked with new table tennis court

  • 2016

    Raising awareness about sexual assault

  • 2016

    Flags of Nations Ceremony

  • 2016

    Sponsorship bears educational fruit

  • 2016

    Women’s soccer clinch division

  • 2016

    Halloween dance budget

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 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

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

  • 2016

    Soccer star California Dreaming

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Gender inequality on and off the field

  • 2016

    First annual Pirate Daze delayed due to storm

  • 2016

    Mankiller film illustrates power of persistence

  • 2016

    Can I get some dip with that salsa?

  • 2016

    Imani Smith’s game-sealing steal.

  • 2016

    Janet Lucas brings Neil Simon’s story to life

  • 2016

    Red hot Raku

  • 2016

    PUB Gallery of Art features Northwest artist

  • 2016

    Students make long journey to Denver and back for drama competition

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    ‘Deadpool’ defies expectations

  • 2016

    X-Men Apocalypse Review

  • 2016

    Benefits for student email

  • 2016

    2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees honored

  • 2016

    Comedy Club sets the stage

  • 2016

    Campus Stars and Stripes are honored, retired and replaced

  • 2016

    Ross reigns supreme

  • 2016

    Trustee of the year named

  • 2016

    New Voices Act champions freedom of speech at Washington State Legislature

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    2016

  • 2016

    Pirates race to Elite Eight

  • 2016

    Sequim native takes reins of Nursing Program

  • 2016

    Singer-songwriter shines at Juan De Fuca Fest

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Cast your vote – Opinion/Editorial

  • 2016

    Funding cuts impact budget

2015
  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Reactions to Pasco shooting

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • 2015

    Beauty runs deep in Princess Angeline

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    New budget has key differences

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    ASC elects new officers for 2015-2016

  • 2015

    Celebrating Building 202

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Anderson and Pirate women restock with star talent

  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Dave Shargel

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    On the record

  • Photo by Jasin Boland
    2015

    ‘San Andreas’ brings destruction, but shows its faults

  • 2015

    Getting to know PTFF

  • 2015

    Pirate Golf Tourney takes lift, boosts athletic funding

  • 2015

    Washington State TRIO celebrates anniversary on campus

  • 2015

    Boogie-woogie all the way

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    New Vice President of Instruction Candidates scheduled for sojourns at PC

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Forest Storytelling Captivates Campus

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

    Capital under scrutiny of watchful eyes

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    Shakespeare shakes campus

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    A Tidepools 2015 Sneak Peek

  • 2015

    The Interview

  • 2015

    of Montreal presents: ‘Aureate Gloom’

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Freeman and co. reload with reinforcements

  • 2015

    Pirate men drown Dolphies with dastardly defence

  • 2015

    Rumble in the Rainforest, tremors on the field

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • 2015

    Growing terror surrounds Mali citizens

  • 2015

    Writers in Residence comes full circle

  • 2015

    Building something out of nothing

  • 2015

    Dixon dazzles Dunk Contest with gravity-defying slam

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    PC alumna helps children at Olympic Medical Center

  • 2015

    An unusual and unaccustomed occurrence

  • 2015

    Pirate women’s basketball bounces competition

  • 2015

    Internet status: it’s complicated

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