According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), women aged 16-24 not only experience rape at a rate four times higher than the assault rate of all women, but 25 percent of these women have been victims of rape or attempted rape since turning 14 years old, around the onset of puberty.

More than two years after the hiring process formally began—and almost two decades after the first conversations about the position—Washington University has finally filled a position that will coordinate sexual assault prevention and education efforts on campus. The news that Kim Webb will lead a new Office of Community Health and Sexual Assault Services next year is long overdue.

Halloween is fun. Battering your girlfriend until her face is swollen and her lips are bloody is not.