Raised in foster care, her dorm room was the only home she had. A few months later, the woman who Jean M. Celestin was convicted of sexually assaulting found herself homeless after harassment made it impossible for her to stay at Penn State, she said, in an attempt to end her "silence."

"I'm tired of it. I'm tired of being quiet. I'm tired of being silent. I'm tired of letting these people walk all over me. And I'm tired of the negligence from Penn State," she said.

In October of 1999 during her freshman year at Penn State, the woman reported an assault to the police that involved two wrestlers at the time.

Celestin and Nathaniel Parker were charged with rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault and indecent assault. Celestin and Parker did not compete on the wrestling team during the 1999-2000 season, said Brian Siegrist, assistant sports information director.

In October, Celestin was convicted of sexual assault and cleared of the other charges, and Parker was cleared of all charges brought against the men. Yesterday, Celestin was expelled for a two-year period, which prohibits him from being on Penn State property, but allows him a degree if his course requirements are met.

The victim stopped attending classes in October 1999, and officially dropped out of school in December 1999. She said she faced harassment daily, and did not feel comfortable on campus.

She said comments "just to intimidate me" and hang-up phone calls were a few of the reasons she left school.

"When I was failing out of classes there was no point in continuing my education," she said. "I could not walk anywhere on campus without running into them."

She said she requested that Penn State remove the two men in 1999, but the university required a Judicial Affairs hearing that she did not want to subject herself to.

Letters were written from state representatives, she said, requesting the men's removal from campus, but the university maintained that the Judicial Affairs process was necessary.

Steve MacCarthy, university spokesman, said a student could not be banned from campus without standard Judicial Affairs procedures.

After Celestin's conviction, the victim said she thought his removal from campus was guaranteed.

"I was under the assumption that if you were convicted, especially of a sex crime, that you'd be removed," she said.

According to the Judicial Affairs Web site, "students are held responsible for their behavior at the university. Judicial Affairs does not consider it a violation of law (as the court does), they consider it a violation of the University Code of Conduct."

Judicial Affairs resumed pursuing the case this semester and expelled Celestin for two years as a result.

She said the expulsion is a small comfort, but she is still angry with the university for not consulting her during its Judicial Affairs procedures.

"I feel that it wasn't fair that they didn't consult me in all of this," she said.

Now that the university has ruled on Celestin's case, she said that time would draw attention away from the case.

"I'm hoping that after he serves his sentence, and after the break, that things will die down -- that people that will get on with their lives."