Institutions of higher learning can uplift society. These short stories are attempting to show how they can improve the quality of life in our society in a dramatic fashion. Psycho Cycle A young psychology student is faced with trying to stop a potential serial killer. His only weapons, his intellect, his personality, and fate. Intellectual Impasse A history professor is torn between exposing local icons as hypocritical monsters or jeopardizing his career by doing so. Veterans Victory A runaway is in the clutches of a crime lord. Standing between her and a life of forced prostitutes is a down on his luck ex-Marine.