Math major thought a rebel holiday would be 'sick'
(NEWSER) - It's a vacation package you can't find on Travelocity: Sun, sand—and firing heavy weapons in a revolution. But that's the summer trip that UCLA math major Chris Jeon , 21, is enjoying, reports the Christian Science Monitor . “At spring break I told my friends a 'sick' vacation would be to come here and fight with the rebels,” he said. So Jeon bought a one-way ticket from Los Angeles to Cairo, then traveled by land to Libya, where he has been traveling for two weeks with the rebels in his blue basketball jersey, black-and-white Converse sneakers, and camouflage pants. More»