Editing Clemson University (section)

==Public safety and governance==
[[File:CU Gentry Hall Aug2010.jpg|thumb|Gentry Hall houses Clemson University's municipal court]]
Clemson University operates with the Clemson University Police Department and the Clemson University Fire & EMS for public safety needs. Both departments are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Clemson University Fire & EMS has two stations:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.clemson.edu/cusafety/cufd/contact/index.html | title=Contact Clemson Fire Department }}</ref> the headquarters at 1521 Perimeter Road, and a second station at 740 Issaqueena Trail. The Police Department is located at 124 Ravenel Center Place, Seneca.

Clemson University Fire Department provides fire protection to the City of Clemson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clemsoncity.org/Departments/PlanningandCodes/FireandLifeSafety/tabid/281/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Fire and Life Safety|publisher=City of Clemson|access-date=2024-07-22|quote=[...]the Clemson University Fire Department, which provides fire protection for the City of Clemson,[...]}}</ref>

The governing body of the municipal corporation of Clemson University is the university's board of trustees.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c119.php|title=South Carolina Code of Laws Unannotated Title 59 - Education CHAPTER 119 Clemson University|publisher=[[South Carolina House of Representatives]]|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> Clemson University has its own municipal court, which is housed in Gentry Hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clemson.edu/campus-life/municipal-court/index.html|title=Clemson Municipal Court|publisher=Clemson University|access-date=2024-07-22}}</ref> The judge of that court is appointed by the board of trustees, and the Clemson student affairs division manages the court.<ref name=Simontowndiff/> The university may not put in place its own taxes, and purchasing of food and beverage does not come with additional taxes that the City of Clemson levies in its jurisdiction. Additionally, Clemson University has its own policies on the open carrying of alcohol while the municipal code of the City of Clemson explicitly forbids open carrying of alcohol.<ref name=Simontowndiff/>