A former Rutgers University student who was abused by her boyfriend says that she is angry at the college for allowing him to stay on campus.

Allysa Ruhlen created the movement #WhileWeWait to bring attention to her feelings that Rutgers did not have her back.

She say that in December 2017, she was moving to off-campus housing along Louis Street in New Brunswick and was getting help from her boyfriend, Alex Chrysanthopoulos. She says that during that time they got into an argument and he became abusive.

"He like threw me onto the bed and put his hands around my neck,” Ruhlen says.

She says that Chrysanthopoulos bit her twice before she was able to call police.

Chrysanthopoulos was convicted of domestic violence and a restraining order was put into place.

But Ruhlen says that she still feared for her safety because Chrysanthopoulos was still able to attend the school. She called the experience debilitating and says that she found herself searching through crowds looking for him.

“I was just searching to make sure I was safe,” she says.

Ruhlen petitioned the Title-IX Office to remove Chrysanthopoulos from campus, but nothing happened.  A case was opened but so far nothing has been done to punish a student who is a convicted domestic abuser.

"It just boggled my mind that the court system went faster than the Rutgers system,” Ruhlen says.

She says that she would soon learn that other women victimized by assault had the same experience. She says that often victims don't know if their attacker is on or off campus.

"It turns out all of these cases are kind of backlogged. And it is exposing a greater issue of lack of resources,” she says.

Ruhlen is pushing for more communication between the schools and victims as well as more resources to close these cases faster in order to better protect their students.

A spokesperson for Rutgers says in a statement, "Confidentiality and privacy requirements prevent us from discussing the specifics of any student complaint. Rutgers–New Brunswick Student Affairs officials are communicating with Ms. Ruhlen and are reviewing the concerns she raised."