“Israel and Netanyahu, blow this man’s car up, please, Netanyahu blow up his car.” On November 15, 2025, TikTok user lindaheartemoji posted the first instance of a “please Netanyahu" post, begging the Israeli Prime minister to deal with a trivial...


As eighth graders prepare to enter freshman year, one of the academic choices they have to make is whether to take Conceptual Physics (CP) or Conceptual Physics Enriched (CPE). There’s a placement test, teacher recommendations, and plenty of rumors...


Hidden on the bottom floor of the library, tucked behind a row of bookshelves, is a small room labeled “Writing Center”. The room was designed in 2012 when the library was built as a small classroom where the English Department’s writing center...

A Star Trek poster of Spock, giant metallic slinkies, and a winged pig dangling from the ceiling. These are just a few glimpses into the mind of Physics Teacher Mr. Marcus Milling via his natural habitat: the classroom. But every year, before a single...

Not all math tests are taken in uniform rows of desks, or with bubbled Scantron sheets. On Saturday, April 18, Bishop’s students participated in the highly competitive Stanford Math Tournament (SMT), a national high school mathematics tournament based...
Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, the MV Hondius, a Dutch-flagged cruise ship, carried one of the deadliest diseases on the planet, a hantavirus strain known as the Andes virus. As of May 14, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) affirmed a 38%...
When La Jolla randomly decides it’s summer in March and Bishop’s campus hits 80 degrees by noon, it’s impossible to focus on anything except getting off campus (after school, of course) and cooling down. Suddenly, everyone’s talking about beach...
Five years ago, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) was something many students were only beginning to encounter in search engines, chatbots, or viral online demos. Now it shapes everything from hiring plans, utility forecasts, office software budgets,...


In Brad LaDrido’s (‘26) freshman year, the Bishop’s Squash Team had around 15 players. The following year, Brad became captain and his coach tasked him with building the roster. “I put an ad in the daily bulletin, and there were two people who...

Tuesday, April 15, the Bishop's Swim Team embarked on a mission to make their Senior Night as memorable as possible. Every moment was full of joy and gratitude for the Seniors for the difference they made to the team. Mackenzie Harris (‘29) noted, “the...

The Knights gathered together in front of the dugout, on Wednesday, April 15, receiving final words of motivation and feedback from coaches and captains. In sync, the players reached their hands into the center of the huddle, shouted, “One, two, three,...
View the third episode of The Tower's first-ever broadcast show. NOTE: This episode was released in 2022
View the second episode of The Tower's first-ever broadcast show. NOTE: This episode was released in 2022
View the first episode of The Tower's first-ever broadcast show. NOTE: This episode was released in 2022




Menstrual products, elevators, and tofu in the lunch line. These might not be the first things you think of when we talk about diversity. Now more than ever, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) is under scrutiny, with some questioning...

After a thrilling 2-1 walkoff win over the Dodgers, Luis Arraez stood outside the Padres’ dugout. He was waiting for an interview with Mariluz Cook, the newest addition to the Padres broadcasting team, about his electric game-winning hit at Petco Park....
There’s nothing like a cute accessory for your outfit, or for your bag. I, for one, am a sucker for them. They’re the things that set our sometimes very similar-looking bags apart from one another — in whatever fashion we choose to do so. Perhaps...
A bad hair day can wreck a morning, even an entire day. It’s the canon everything-goes-wrong-day in 2000s teen movies, where the main character stumbles into frame with hair looking like a scraggly, weeping willow tree… or an overgrown shrub. I haven’t...
For many Bishop’s students, the library terrace is the place to sit. Whether it is for studying, talking with friends, or just taking a moment to breathe, it's the go-to spot on campus. But unfortunately, the terrace isn’t always open or available,...

It’s fall, and you know what that means. Trader Joe’s is back with tons of fall paraphernalia, with every item being either pumpkin, maple, or apple flavored (or very commonly, a combination of two). Now, I’m not usually one to go crazy for seasonal...





