New Kid in Town

California State University-Channel Islands opened its doors last month as the nation's newest public university. But without an academic reputation, how did it woo faculty members? How is it that the college already has alumni? And what does Don Henley have to do with it all?

The short answers: the Internet, public relations, and not much.

The sprawling, 670-acre campus of CSUCI, pronounced "sushi," is in Camarillo, an hour west of Los Angeles. Its centerpiece is a 70-year-old

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