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The Port Townsend Film Festival celebrates its 20th year

October 30, 2019 PC Buccaneer Online Editor Comments Off on The Port Townsend Film Festival celebrates its 20th year

Review by Kyle Vanous With walkable venues all over town and dozens of full narratives, documentaries, and short films to choose from, the 20th annual Port Townsend Film Festival had something for everyone. It was […]

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Articles from 2020

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

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

Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

September 1, 2020 Comments Off on Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

The Journalism Program  is proud of its co-curricular student reporting teams who strive for academic excellence, intellectual rigor and real equity of opportunity across America. The following is an abbreviated list of the awards and […]

2020

Coop Life

December 16, 2020 Comments Off on Coop Life

Chickens said, “Hey friends! Welcome to the coop….” Goat Said, “Hey, social distancing please!” Even the life in the coop is being serious with COVID-19.

2020

Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

November 2, 2020 Comments Off on Award-Winning Poet Tess Gallagher

Tess Gallagher, poet, short story writer, and teacher, is one of Port Angeles’ treasures, with many ties to Peninsula College. https://www.passthebuc.com/2016/11/empathy-is-the-most-important-thing-for-a-writer-to-have-poet-says/ She has been a consistently published writer since the 1960s, and the recipient of […]

2020

Weaver: Connections through time

January 29, 2020 Comments Off on Weaver: Connections through time

Ancient patterns and modern weaving on display in Longhouse “The art of weaving is a profound metaphor for understanding the workings of the universe and our place in it. Through the physical process of weaving, […]

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2020

COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

February 21, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading Viewpoint by Halle Nottage As Coronavirius is rapidly growing and infecting people, it seems as though another disease is rapidly growing and infecting people’s hearts and head’s […]

2020
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    Drama Department Spring Update

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    2020

    The Buccaneer Wednesday February 9, 2020

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    2020

    International Students Recruitment Rebounds

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    2020

    Destroying Community College Stigma

  • 2020

    Josh Wilson of the deli delivered educational materials

  • 2020

    Attention: Deadline coming up for TIDEPOOLS LITERARY MAGAZINE

  • 2020

    Deborah Espinosa Speaks About Effecting Legal Change for Convicts

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    Podcast adds another way of storytelling

  • 2020

    Journalism Under Attack

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    2020

    COVID-2019 is not the only fatal disease spreading

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    2020

    ESports seeks creating a casual club

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    2020

    Fresh start boosts Pirates spirit

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    2020

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

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    NWAC basketball tournament suspended

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

  • 2020

    Sequim: Nash’s Farm Stand

  • 2020

    Makah Whaling Decision Imminent

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    2020

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

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    The Buc goes online for Spring Quarter

  • 2020

    Status of Peninsula College Library

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    2020

    Lady Pirates on their way to success !

  • 2020

    Enjoying the Port Townsend Film Festival from Home

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Webster Scholarship

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    2020

    Wednesday Jan 20,2020 The Buc

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    “The Outside Story” Review

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    Attack of the comedian

  • 2020

    COVID-19 update

  • 2020

    The ASC Candidate Forum Q&A

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    2020

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

  • 2020

    Buccaneer Newspaper Students Recipients of Multiple Awards

  • 2020

    Diablo Lake, North Cascades, Wash. State

  • 2020

    Writer in Residence – David Guterson

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    2020

  • 2020

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

  • 2020

    What’s for Quarantine Dinner

  • 2020

    Port Angeles Food Bank remains open

  • 2020

    Movie Review: Borat as Trickster of our Time

  • 2020

    Last Day to Vote in the 2020 Election!

  • 2020

    Peninsula College Library celebrates National Poetry Month

  • 2020

    Coop Life

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    2020

    Women sign letters of intent

  • 2020

    Weaver: Connections through time

  • 2020

    Young Thespians Take the Big Stage in the Little Theater

  • 2020

    TIDEPOOLS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS

2019
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    Power switch in dorms raises questions

  • 2019

    Chalk Expression

  • 2019

    Snow storm impacts Medical Assisting Info Session

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    2019

    White reclaims the court following injury

  • 2019

    It’s the most magical time of the year!

  • 2019

    Habitat for Humanity collaborates with college summer home building class

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    2019

    Advice from Campus Security on winter safety

  • 2019

    Community shows up for MLK Jr and Hope Memorial

  • 2019

    Peninsula College takes on equity and inclusion

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    2019

    Eating contest with music (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    International student population halved in the last three years

  • 2019

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

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    2019

    Developmental soccer brings new opportunities to local youth

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    2019

    Pirate men win NWAC Championship

  • 2019

    New Medical Office Assisting Program begins fall

  • 2019

    Yolanda Machado is welcomed to PC

  • 2019

    Magician tears the stage

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    2019

    Blacklight Dodgeball (Pirate Pete Week)

  • 2019

    Relatable movie for everyone: ‘Abominable’

  • 2019

    ‘sŋaʔŋáʔant cáwŋən ʔəssaqɬúŋt’ (Pebble Beach Park) passes legislation

  • 2019

    ‘Fashionistas’ narcissist looks into the pool

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Andy Hendrickson does comedy

  • 2019

    2018-19 PC Athletes of the Year announced

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    2019

    Festive pumpkins add spice to Halloween events

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    2019

    Stem Club

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Win for basketball scrimmage

  • 2019

    Campus Life

  • 2019

    ‘Snowmageddon’ hits the Peninsula

  • 2019

    Peninsula College suffers an $800,000 deficit

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    2019

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

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    2019

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

  • 2019

    Campus Voices: Suicide, Sexual Harassment

  • 2019

    2019-20 ASC leaders selected

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    2019

    The Pirate Food Pantry opens

  • 2019

    Writer in Residence Joe Sacco Interview Pt3

  • 2019

    Carbon Pirate wins third place

  • 2019

    PC Foundation awards 2019 high school graduates $1,000 for college tuition

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    2019

    Government shutdown Halts Olympic National Park Recreation & paychecks

  • 2019

    Rumble In the Rainforest – April 27

  • 2019

  • 2019

    Release The Kraken

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    2019

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

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    2019

    Elwha rescue brings new revelation

  • 2019

    Player returns after terrorist attack

  • 2019

    Backyard Olympics and Spring Bash loosens students’ stress

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    2019

    Abortion bill brings opportunities

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    2019

    Congratulations 2019 President’s Medal recipients

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    2019

    Ennis Creek clean up

2018
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    2018

    Washington bill to “bag” the plastic issue

  • 2018

    Fundraiser aids team

  • 2018

    Talent goes for gold

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    2018

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

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    DSHS program trains pros

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    2018

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

  • 2018

    Free education spurs debate

  • 2018

    ‘I Am Not Your Negro’: an American story

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    2018

    Cultures unite through music and dance

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Pirate Picks: Three skills

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    The student government is no longer elected: Why?

  • 2018

    Winter Village icy-hot new thing in town

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    2018

    Council support student representation

  • 2018

    Lion’s Park ‘Hope’ Sequoia tree on trial

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    2018

    In response to earthquake emergency planning.

  • 2018

    Everything from sleeping bags to school supplies

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    2018

    Racing against time! Puzzle solving with a twist

  • 2018

    Port Townsend welcomes annual film fest

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    2018

    Enrollment falling: new programs considered

  • 2018

    ‘Strength through unity’

  • 2018

    Finding freedom behind bars

  • 2018

    Your hood may determine your future

  • 2018

    Activist bears witness

  • 2018

    Reefer madness

  • 2018

    New Voices Act prohibits censorship of students

  • 2018

    Women caged, filled with rage

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    2018

    US Congressman talked student finance and more in Little Theater

  • 2018

  • 2018

    Are judgemental fans satisfied?

  • 2018

    Inflatable Joust Tournament

  • 2018

    Underdogs over-achieve

  • 2018

    Hate crime leaves silence

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    2018

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

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    2018

    Athletic awards received by students and staff

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    2018

    70 scholarships worth more than $100,000

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    National School Walkout: a quiet morning on the hill

  • 2018

    Now drivers and pedestrians can tell when hell freezes over

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    2018

    Ugly sweater weather

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Welles rises from the grave, curb-stomps Hollywood

  • 2018

    A story like mine:’ abuse too familiar

  • 2018

    Student housing on track for fall opening

  • 2018

    Castro Luna speaks up for the forgotten

  • 2018

    Chew, swallow, chew, swallow

  • 2018

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

  • 2018

    Pete’s Week: history & recap

2017
  • 2017

    ‘Bop to the Top’ with PC Dance Club

  • 2017

    15th annual Dance for Toys

  • 2017

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

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Cami Butler

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Dungeons & Dragons tournament in Keegan Hall

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore forward Jenise McKnight

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    2017

    Is it too much to ask?

  • 2017

    Pirates win again

  • 2017

    Classes cancelled due to winter storm

  • 2017

    Preparing for the ‘big one’

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    2017

    Student housing ready to break ground

  • 2017

    Allied Health building opens to nursing students

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Athletes, coaches, department not jumping into controversy

  • 2017

    Adventure near home – Cape Flattery

  • 2017

    Three cheers for Brianna Reeves

  • 2017

    Fists rising in fall, a surprise encounter with Boston protest

  • 2017

    ‘Let it never happen again’ – Studium Generale

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    One Nation, Forever Divided

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    2017

    Downed enrollment forces Sequim campus closure

  • 2017

    Trump rhetoric warming up cold wars

  • 2017

    Student housing moving forward

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Player profile – Sophomore guard Darrion Daniels

  • 2017

    Playing footie in new cleats

  • 2017

    It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt

  • 2017

    Fake news spreads like wildfire

  • 2017

    Hop, skip and a sail away

  • 2017

    Hot ‘DAMN.’ wears blue in Bompton

  • 2017

    ‘We use your mind, not your back’

  • 2017

    Get jazzy with it

  • 2017

    State’s regrets not to be repeated

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Don’t say we don’t have talent!

  • 2017

    King’s Cult Classic Kills

  • 2017

    Author’s guidelines to Northwest Coast

  • 2017

    Coach of the Year Rodriguez leaves big cleats to fill

  • 2017

    Pirates fall to Bulldogs

  • 2017

    News ASC representatives selected

  • 2017

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

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    2017

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

  • 2017

    Students of Color Conference 2017

  • 2017

    Make porn private again

  • 2017

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

  • 2017

    Bat’s all, folks!

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    2017

    Mental illness: a personal journey

2016
  • 2016

    Visiting elders wrap up with closing ceremony

  • 2016

    Port Townsend Film Festival 2016

  • 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

    Fun Run: Crab Fest

  • 2016

    Life and Legacy of MLK

  • 2016

    ‘Failo 5’: Hunt for the story

  • 2016

    Breaching the waters of sustainability

  • 2016

    Blomberg devours competition once again at PC Eating Contest

  • 2016

    Sequim actor building star power in Hollywood

  • 2016

    Comedy Club sets the stage

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates stifle Everett with potent defense

  • 2016

    The Bookaneer: ‘The Truth is out there’

  • 2016

    Pirate women back in the championship game

  • 2016

    Filharmonics sing for students

  • 2016

    Reload, not a rebuild for men’s soccer

  • 2016

    Women’s soccer clinch division

  • 2016

    Grand opening of Port Townsend campus

  • 2016

    ‘Deadpool’ defies expectations

  • 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

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

  • 2016

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

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    2016

  • 2016

    Spring Bash is a smash

  • 2016

    Math wiz bridges learning gap with innovative methods

  • 2016

    Peninsula’s Got Talent; Movin’ on up!

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    ‘Purple Heart’ parking pushes Peninsula to preeminence

  • 2016

    Mean Halloween scene ‘16

  • 2016

    Impact club partakes in food drive

  • 2016

    Comics by Annie Robertson

  • 2016

    Pirates race to Elite Eight

  • 2016

    ESPRIT adresses gender-neutrality on campus

  • 2016

    LGBT forum scheduled

  • 2016

    Pirate women reach semi-finals

  • 2016

    Funding cuts impact budget

  • 2016

    The tragedy of James Foley & John Cantlie

  • 2016

    Lady Pirates team proves its passion

  • 2016

    Students celebrate cultural diversity in PUB

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    2016

    ‘Find Your Voice’ play submissions

  • 2016

    American apathy and legislative liability

  • 2016

    Human trafficking takes center stage

  • 2016

    Ross reigns supreme

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    2016

  • 2016

    2016 Peninsula College Hall of Fame inductees honored

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Dare to be different; NW eccentrics

  • 2016

    College students put under the spell of hypnotist Stubbs

  • 2016

    Hiking Club comes to fruition

  • 2016

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

  • 2016

    Students subjected to religious harrassment

2015
  • 2015

    Pirates loot NWAC treasure chest

  • 2015

    Rodriguez takes lead of Pirate men

  • 2015

    An inside perspective on Seattle May Day 2015

  • 2015

    Candidates contend for VPI position

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    2015

    Men’s basketball team pursues local talent

  • 2015

    Vandals tag campus with graffiti

  • 2015

    A tale of two season for Lady Pirates

  • 2015

    Makah elder documents tribal life in Longhouse exhibition

  • 2015

    Reviving olde tales of wisdom

  • 2015

    Pirate women’s basketball bounces competition

  • 2015

    An unusual and unaccustomed occurrence

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    A Tidepools 2015 Sneak Peek

  • 2015

    Student cast garners recognition

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

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

  • 2015

    In memory of Peninsula College student Catherine Montantes

  • 2015

    Makah slam poet returns from abroad

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Men claim third at NWAC

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Something for everyone at PTFF

  • 2015

    DamNation good film and call to action

  • 2015

    VPI candidate gains VIP status

  • 2015

    Alumnus manages media at UW Athletics

  • 2015

    Candidates questioned for ASC

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Lipshutz & Lipshutz headed to PUB Gallery of Art

  • 2015

    Leonard Nimoy dead at 83

  • 2015

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

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    2015

    New Vice President of Instruction Candidates scheduled for sojourns at PC

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    2015

    Women’s basketball looking to repeat

  • 2015

    Growing terror surrounds Mali citizens

  • 2015

    UW joins PC with longhouse on campus

  • 2015

    Campus safe but situational awareness encouraged

  • 2015

    Lady Pirates silence shoreline; notch 12th shutout

  • 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

    Let there be advice…

  • 2015

    Men’s basketball finds strength in unity

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    Transportation fee to be decided June 11

  • 2015

    Dixon dazzles Dunk Contest with gravity-defying slam

  • 2015

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

  • 2015

    Port Angeles catches Pirates’ zombie fever at PC Mud Run

  • Buccaneer Online News
    2015

    NWAC champions regroup

  • 2015

    New budget has key differences

  • 2015

    A whale of a tail

  • 2015

    Celebrating Building 202

  • 2015

    Allied Health Building Moving Forward

  • 2015

    April Watkins is first 2015 honors graduate

  • 2015

    BulletProof Film Highlights Disabled Community

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