Jack Carthrage is an aspiring journalist with a passion for botany. He has been cut off financially by his family and starts dealing weed to make ends meet. One of his roommates, Brandon Morrow, is your average hard working engineering major with a passion for piracy and illegal hacking. His other roommate, Andrew Stearns, is a Poly-Sci major studying to be a lawyer with short temper and at times unpleasant attitude. The problem for these three however, is that the WAU administration has brought in a new position to crack down on illicit activities at the university. Dirty Gold follows these three main characters through their classes, parties, college life, relationships, and their unique and sometimes unlawful lifestyles while they struggle against the new administration.