After being sent packing by his freedom-fighting Libyan soul brothers, UCLA math major Chris Jeon — seen in this video surrounded by slack-jawed Arab Springmates — is out of harm's way and heading back to the U.S. This according to a tweet from The National's Bradley Hope:

Al Jazeera English's Evan Hill tweeted an update about UCLA math major Chris Jeon, who tried to spend his summer vacation fighting with Libyan rebels:

Journalists reporting on Libya's civil war have stumbled upon 21-year-old UCLA math student Chris Jeon, who has joined the Libyan rebels because "It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels."