"PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Brown University President Ruth Simmons... has asked the Brown community to push for ending discrimination against transgender individuals, whom the military still does not allow to serve." http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/10/20/brown_president_backs_continued_ban_on_rotc/ (http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/10/20/brown_president_backs_continued_ban_on_rotc/)