30 years of Fortuna Mike “Bam Bam” Finnell leads the Regulators in 1991 ahead of Fortuna Bowl I.
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Fortuna celebrates history of tradition BY SOFIA ENEQVIST
12 to 15 of the friends of the bride-to-be,” wrote Tracy Purmort, 2004 features editor for The BanThirty years ago today, in Volume 36, Issue 5 of ner. “First, the women join in a circle around the The Banner, sports editor Chuck Walker wrote an Fortuna Fountain. With the women in place, the event preview headlined, “Fortuna Bowl I brings men walk up and stand as a group opposite the women, who each held a lit candle. After some football action to Cal Baptist next Monday.” Now 30 years later, students at California Bap- of Rogers’ friends had blown out their candles, tist University will gather to celebrate Fortuna Epler stepped forward and announced his intent Bowl XXIX as a part of the annual Family and Par- to marry her. He then blew out her candle. Following tradition, Epler was thrown into Fortuna ents Weekend. Starting in 1991, Fortuna Bowl was named to top off the night.” Today, the Fortuna statue represents a rich after the Fortuna statue that sits in front of the piece of CBU history and provides W. E. James Building. The Fortuna excitement for students who are statue has been a part of CBU histoparticipating in the annual intramury since its beginning as California ral Fortuna football games. Fortuna Baptist College. Bowl has been a part of Parent and “In 1927, an organization known Family weekend since 2017. as the Neighbors of Woodcraft built Marnie Kavern, director of intraa new home, now CBC, for its elder murals, said Fortuna Bowl’s impact members who could no longer care spans across generations at CBU. for themselves. Set in the midst of a “Fortuna Bowl draws a large flower garden, Fortuna was chosen crowd, not just students and their to add additional beauty to the front Marnie Kavern families but alumni as well,” Kaof the new home,” said a 1970 issue Director of vern said. “In the past, when a legof The Banner. intramurals acy team plays in Fortuna Bowl, we Back when CBU was CBC and have had several alumni come back just a small school of a few hundred people, the statue was used in many campus tra- to support their team. It gives them a connection ditions. A former Fortuna tradition from the mid- to the university long after they have left. That 1960s to early 2000s included a candle ceremony deep of a connection can be admired by current in which men and women gathered to celebrate a students and create a desire to join or replicate couple’s engagement. “The future groom sends out invitations to
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Kia Harlan | Banner The Fortuna statue, built in 1927, stands tall in between the Front Lawn and the W.E. James Building.
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Fortuna Bowl draws a large crowd, not just students and their families but alumni as well.
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Elijah Hickman | Banner The women’s Fortuna Bowl team Bull Rushers celebrates its win against Bombshell in the 2019 championships.
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