Class of '96 tells the story of seven students at Havenhurst College in New England. Although the seven come from different backgrounds, circumstance led them to become friends. The series dealt with the differences, both in personality and social status, of the group of friends, the challenges they faced in their first year of college, and social issues such as racism and sexism.
It's everyone's first day on Campus, and everyone meeting their roommates, getting to know one another and getting settled in. The show revolves around seven people who become friends. Jessica, a rich Jewish girl shares a room with two other girls, Patty, the daughter of a famous actress and Robin, a knockout from Florida. On the other side you have the guys, David, a guy from New Jersey just trying to become a writer and his roommate Stroke, who is just wants to be an entrepreneur. Then you have Whitney a Rich prep who just wants to live up to dad's expectations, but try to live his life as well, who to both him and his dads surprise ends up sharing his dad's old room with Antonio, a black Kid from the inner city and unbeknown to Whitney is a star basketball player and the school top recruit. This is also the episode where David meets Jessica and they start dating.
The athletic director advises Antonio that it would be in his best interest to take easier classes and focus on basketball. A psychological test unsettles Stroke.
A political underclassman intrigues Patty. Meanwhile, Jessica meets a debonair student. Elsewhere, David attends a frat party.
As the gang prepares for midterms, Whitney's drinking gets more and more out of hand. To make matters worse, Whitney's older do-gooder brother George shows up to check on him for his dad. Meanwhile Jessica and David have their own problems to deal with, when a classmate who prepares for the exam in a study session with them, purposely feeds them the test that he has somehow gotten a stolen copy of. Patty and stroke study for their exams together and get a little closer.
Whitney and David receive visits from their girlfriends. Robin tries to date guys at once.
Patty's favorite artist comes to the campus and falls for robin, which causes a fallout between her and Patty.
David falls in love with a visiting journalist and upsets Jessica.
A professor at Havenhearst is accused of being racist and a chauvinist. It pits David and Antonio against each other.
Whitney agrees with a bet to go out with Linda a waitress at the local hang out on campus. In the process of trying to win the bet, she wins his heart.
It's parents' weekend and all the gang's parents are scheduled to arrive, except for Whitney and Antonio, whose parents couldn't make it. So the two guys decide to take a road trip which turns out to be more than they bargained for. Meanwhile, back on campus David's uncle Joe and Jessica's Corporate mogul dad meet for the first time. Patty's actress mother gives her more than she can handle and Robin's parents tell her that they can no longer afford to support her at Havenhurst financially.
An anti-semitic flyer circulates around campus, prompting Jessica to confront her own past. David thinks about joining a frat.
David and Jessica consider reigniting their romance. Patty gets excited about a possible movie role, but Stroke isn't so happy about it. Antonio is upset by a gossip column.
Robin is asked to pose for a men's magazine. Antonio discovers that Janet's father doesn't approve.
Jessica worries about David's devotion when he tutors an attractive girl.
Stroke and David versus Whitney and Antonio in a practical joke battle. But, no one is laughing when Robin begins an affair with a professor.
Stroke is attracted to a woman who is hearing impaired. Antonio and Whitney are on the radio.
Freshman year is over and the gang prepares to leave for summer.
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