Clemson University Administrator Stops Man From Praying on Campus “This isn’t a free speech area.”
As usual, headline badly distorts the facts.
Oversimplified, but while there are no restrictions on students performing these types of activities, and because it is a public institution, non students cannot be restricted from campus, the "free speech areas" and commerce areas with required permits was implemented to protect students from just any person selling or pushing any issue, product or belief. First time you have a non student confront students on campus, there will be an outcry for the University to protect them.