Residents hooked on Snapple

The "Snapple Lady" may be paying a visit to Hill House, according to several residents with a passion for the beverage. For the past month, students living in a fourth-floor suite of the dorm have been holding a contest that they think will interest Wendy Kaufman, the heavy-set woman with a Brooklyn accent featured in Snapple television commercials. After learning that Engineering sophomore Amy Singh "guzzles Snapple down like there's no tomorrow," the residents decided to see who drinks more -- Singh, or the 34 other students on the floor, Engineering Graduate Fellow Sanjay Udani said. Everyday, Singh and the her suitemates tape a label from each bottle of Snapple they drink on separate walls. Whoever has the most labels at the end of a yet to be determined time wins a free Snapple drink, he said. So far, Singh is winning 84-73, according to Engineering sophomore Mike LaMonaca, who has coordinated the contest. "It started as a joke to see how much she really drinks," he said. "I did not think she would be ahead -- I'm surprised." Some students said they think LaMonaca's contest would be perfect for a Snapple commercial. "We have to write a letter to the Snapple lady," College freshman Tammy Roy said. "I think it's hysterical." Snapple spokesperson Cyndi Ware, a University alumna, said she thinks the contest is "definitely worth a letter," although she could not say for sure whether the company would make a commercial out of it. Ware said, though, that Kaufman would write the students back even if they are not featured in a commercial. Traumatized as a child because Barry Williams -- who played Greg Brady on "The Brady Bunch" -- did not answer her love letter, Kaufman now said she answers all her fan mail. But Singh said, however, that she does not want to be in a commercial. "I would be really embarrassed to be on television," she said. "It's an ongoing joke, and nothing more than that. I don't have any special feelings towards Snapple." Singh's suitemates, however, said they think she is unusually attached to the drink. "I think she's obsessed with one beverage," said College freshman George Mystakas. "Every time you see her, she has a Snapple bottle in her hand. It's just Snapple, Snapple, Snapple." "If you cut her, she would bleed Snapple," added College freshman Brian Erny. "She just relishes each bottle." Singh said she drinks Snapple because she likes it. "I'm pretty limited on what I can drink ," she said. "I don't drink soda because I get really sick from it, I don't drink alcohol [and] I'm allergic to orange juice." And while she said she does not have one favorite, her suitemates have most often spotted her with peach or mint ice tea. Singh said she only participated in the contest as a way to "bond" with her suitemates. College freshman Ferdad Roidad said he wishes Singh would consent to being in the commercial because he is intrigued by Kaufman. "I think the Snapple woman is really an alien," he joked. "But I think she's always very sexy."