A young Black aspiring writer takes a job as a janitor in a building near Harvard Square where he befriends his retired predecessor and gains a new perspective on life.

As a university professor acts as a sounding board for everyone else’s problems, her own stress mounts to a dangerous peak.

In the dead of winter and feverish with a coke addiction, a young college dropout wanders around her old university's campus and tries to reconnect with her former lesbian lover.

A Stanford undergraduate student in the 1950s attempts to make friends and work out his professional goals. His academic and life path become drastically altered when his Hungarian roommate falls into depression.

Having spent a happy summer in love, a college couple slowly realizes that there is no escaping the harsh realities of life and the expectations of family.

After beginning his time at the University, a young man immediately finds that he is dissatisfied with the mundanity of his school life until his peers discover his skill at snooker.