[1] Visiting artists have included Karen Finley (2001),[2] The Yes Men (2003),[3] Tao Lin (2009),[4] Chris Kraus (2012),[5] and Antoine Catala (2014).
[6] RAW was conceived by professors David Schiff and Maeera Schreiber in 1990 as a weekend that would highlight the visual and performing arts at the college.
It originally began as a weekend, but soon grew into a weeklong annual festival celebrated in February or March.
The Title IX complaint alleged that the piece constituted sexual harassment and lacked artistic merit.
The 2001 discussion revealed that several community members supported the claim that it lacked artistic merit and demonstrated indecency, and senate discussed the possibility that RAW would be placed under administrative control, such that the administration would "elect student coordinators and manage RAW funds.