CHUMASH BLESSING

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers CHUMASH BLESSING- University President Richard Rush, left, watches as Julie TumamaitStenslie of the Chumash tribe uses sage and drops of water to bless the first courtyard in Santa Cruz Village, the new student housing complex at California State University Channel Islands, during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sunday. Classes started at CSUCI on Monday. In addition to a new bookstore and a Town Center with restaurants and shops, the recently completed $28million student housing facility is just of many changes on the local campus.