This piece was inspired by Lil Wayne’s song, “Me and My Drink.” I’m not sure which on of his plethora of mixtapes it’s on, but I heard it and I loved it. I couldn’t help but to think of my undergraduate days at SUNY Old Westbury mixing up our famous Kappa Kool- Aid. Some call it Nupe Juice, Kappa Punch or whatever other variation of the combination. Red cups, red hands, sticky red floors and red vomit were the norm on Friday mornings. If you don’t know, Thursday nights are the party nights at Old West.

The Alphas used to make their Jungle Juice and it was actually pretty good. A yellow, citrusy concoction usually mixed by one of my Sands. Jungle Juice is probably our biggest competition as far as taste. It isn’t really as potent and may take you a bit longer to get tipsy off of it. Very good, nonetheless.

Omega Psi Phi has two types of punch that I’m aware of, anyway: Omega Oil and Dawg Water. The Omega Oil is purple and is very Quarter-waterish. There’s no fresh fruit, or anything. You can practically see through it. It’s thin and sweet. The potency is high and you can almost tell where they’re trying to go with it. The Dawg Water is actually very good. It’s clear and tastes like grape. I was very impressed when I tasted it because I was expecting it to taste like shit, honestly. I had it in 2005, and haven’t seen or heard about it since. Maybe it was an old school mix the Que’s on the Yard had, at the time.

Okay, Blue Juice. See, I have mixed feelings about the Blue Juice from the Sigma’s because I’ve had great Blue Juice and I’ve had piece-of-shit Blue Juice. The best Blue Juice I’ve had was from my Homies at Hofstra. Their Juice is royal blue but thin and sweet. The worst Blue Juice I’ve had was at my yard, Old Westbury. The same person normally makes it and it’s terrible. It’s thick, syrupy and just a toothache waiting to happen. The absolute best Blue Juice I’ve ever had was up in Cornell by some Zetas, of course.

Not because I’m a Nupe am I biased against the other Frats but my overall Poison of choice, would be Nupe Juice. I remember one time down at UPenn, the Bros over there made some Juice that tasted like V-8 Splash. Long story short, I was dragged out the Frat house.

Since the good ol’ 04 and ’05 days, folks have transcended their Juices to Nupes making “Hell Shots,” SGRho’s making Poodle Punch and Iota’s making Centaur Piss. So this summer at the 3rd Annual Fraternity Punch-Out (Yep, a shameless plug), pick your poison and don’t get dragged out the Frat House.

Signing off,

Paul Johnson Jr.

Writer/Director

Rainy Days Films, LLC

PaulSJohnson10@yahoo.com / @Paul_Johnson_Jr
Mu Omicron Chapter, SP. 2004 / #3 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.