Koestner was unsuccessful in pursuing criminalcharges against the man in question. She said hewas found guilty in a college hearing, but wassimply ordered him not to enter her dorm for therest of the semester.

She said she was ridiculed and harassed aftershe went public, and she spent her sophomore yearat Cornell.

"I think what attracted us to her is that herdemeanor is really appropriate," said Shar N.VanBoskirk '97, coordinator in the Lyman CommonRoom. "She's very young. She knows what it's liketo be in college. She knows the right way toapproach college students."

Koestner's presentation was cosponsored by theLyman Common Room, the Radcliffe Dean's Office andthe Harvard College Dean's Office.

Koestner said she first approached Harvardabout speaking here nearly three years ago, butwas turned down by administrators.

"The whole idea of rape is that smart womendon't get raped," Koestner said after herpresentation. "There's a lot of resistance amongadministrators and students. On the report card,Harvard does not score very well. There'sdefinitely a lot to be done here."

Koestner spent the day on campus, meeting withthe Administrative Board members in the morningand holding a panel discussion with members ofpeer counseling groups, including Response,Calling It Rape and Aids Education and Outreach,in the afternoon.

Koestner first spoke publicly about herexperience during the summer of 1991, the summerafter the rape. Speaking five or six days a week,she has been to nearly 80 high schools and a dozencolleges.

Koestner said she was nervous about coming toHarvard because she believes her rapist is inmedical school in the Boston area.

"I know he's walking around this very city. Iwas a little afraid to come here," she said. "I'mnot an actress. It hurts still. It's not goingaway.