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This drama examines the personal, political, and racial dilemmas facing a group of college freshmen as they begin their first semester at Columbus University. Malik (Omar Epps) is an athlete attending on a track scholarship who struggles to succeed academically. Fudge (Ice Cube), a "professional student" who has been at Columbus for six years so far, becomes friendly with Malik and challenges his views about race and politics in America, while Professor Phipps (Laurence Fishburne), a professor of political science, mentors Malik and lets him know that he will not be graded on a different standard either because of his race or his ability to run quickly. In Deja (Tyra Banks), Malik finds a girlfriend, a tutor, and a training partner all rolled into one.

Meanwhile, Kristen (Kristy Swanson), a naive freshman from Orange County, California, meets a boy named Billy (Jay R. Ferguson). After both have too much to drink at a beer blast, Billy rapes Kristen, who later involves herself with a campus feminist group to deal with the painful experience. While working with the women's group, Kristen gets to know Taryn (Jennifer Connelly), a strong but understanding lesbian, and she finds herself becoming attracted to her.

Remy (Michael Rapaport) is a confused young man from Idaho who feels lost in the multi-cultural atmosphere of Columbus. He is approached by Scott Moss (Cole Hauser), a member of a group of white supremacists, who take advantage of his sense of being outsider to recruit him to a sinister cause.

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