Away at college, Nick and his roommate, Brock, get involved in campus politics and a campaign to save an old clubhouse. However, the sequence of events may be more than they can handle, with dire consequences.
Nick goes away to college, a fictional Ivy League-style school known as Balfour. His roommate, stuck-in-the-1940s Brock, takes Nick under his wing and gets him involved in campus politics and a campaign to save the old clubhouse, the Coatroom. As Brock's political actions become increasingly fascist, the consequences are disastrous for all sides involved.