An array of diverse twenty-somethings from different countries, races, and social backgrounds, each with his or her own finance problems, facing harrassment, worries for personal safety, and/or self doubts, must mix with each other upon enrolling at Columbus University. Additionally, campus life seems to causs problems of intense racism for everyone. Students, already under pressure to perform academically, athletically, or socaill, are strained to the breaking point by others' prejudice, their own inexperience, and an atmosphere of misunderstandings.