When Paul finds out that no one at Don Carey cares much about anything, he tries to motivate them by nominating Mike Otis, a reclusive man of mystery, for student council president.

Paul's friend Sheldon takes a role in boosting Mike's reputation, attributing a round of much-needed facility repairs to him.

Paul and Sheldon publish a newsletter, The Otis Report, which praises Mike and criticizes the school staff, and distribute it in the halls while wearing masks and speeding past on roller skates.

It is of such high quality that it is entered in a science fair, but the judges disqualify Mike after learning that the work is not his; the students react so badly that Don Carey is banned from the event.

An announcement that Mike likes basketball leads to massive turnout at an away game, which Don Carey wins by one point, resulting in a joyous riot and much destruction.