B.D. was the quarterback at Walden College in the 1970s who was often frustrated by his friends' differing political views. He believed that America didn't do a good enough job at fighting the Vietcong and thought marijuana led to communism but was always outnumbered by his three friends, moderate liberal Mike Doonesbury (who got along the best with B.D. and often served as a mediator), Mark Slackmeyer who hosted a talk show for the campus radio station and came out as gay after college