
The University Student Union (USU) hosted its annual Matador Nights event on Friday. Rapper E-40 headlined the event, which included a variety of attractions including caricature artists, an airbrush tattoo booth, Tarot card readings, laser tag, carnival games and a variety of other activities. "This was our most successful event," said Hamid Jahangard, 27, USU event manager. "I was watching the amazing performance from the second floor. Rarely have I seen an audience so excited, know and sing all the lyrics during the performance. It just makes everything worth it, knowing that we have these events for the students." With all of the attractions, students could not wait to get in to the event, which started at 9 pm Lines started about half an hour before the event, but stretched through a long maze of guardrails. "We are expecting a lot of people, maybe 4000 to 5000 people," said Jose Trujillo, 23, operations services assistant for the USU and recreation and tourism major. "We've had this event before, but every year it becomes a larger event than before." Christian Zelaya, 30, president of Empire Management Group in affiliation with Power 106 said this is their third Matador Nights at CSUN. "We just aim for a good energy and a good time as we give back to community," Zelaya said. "We want these students to go bananas." Zelaya added that 3800 people were in attendance at last year's Matador Nights and this year they wanted to come close to doubling that number, but aimed <b>...</b>
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