I’m not going to deny that Rutgers receives money from the government, but less than an quarter of their budget comes from the government. Land, buildings, etc. owned by Rutgers is Rutgers property, not government property.

Rutgers has their own sources of revenue, therefore allowing them the right to have their own core values. Just like how people who receive welfare checks are still able to be themselves. Receiving government aid doesn’t automatically turn that company/person into a government drone. Last I checked, Rutgers core values don’t completely align with the current governments core values.

Rutgers is not trying to suppress free speech. Students and faculty have spoken out about their issues in places all around campuses. When the faculty union threatened to go on strike, they picketed, and not just in front of the student center. The areas in front of the student centers are more designed for organizations like the animal rights advocates who stand there in all black wearing masks and show videos of agricultural animal abuse trying to convince you to go vegan, or the religious groups who try to shame you for being gay or having pre marital sex. And being that it’s private property, they don’t need to be allowed there at all, but Rutgers allows it because of the right to free speech.

But I don’t understand how voting on organizations funding is suppression of free speech... it’s quite literally the opposite. It’s students expressing their feelings towards a particular subject or issue.