-San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2011 by Katie Nelson and Jill Tucker
http://bit.ly/h4zNoP

“At one point, my wife was trying to shuffle people on the bus and was the last one outside when the bus started to move, so I literally thrust my arm out the door to grab her,” Sproul said. “Looking back, I really thought it was a mistake to try and get to the airport that day because the streets were the most dangerous place to be.”

-NBC Bay Area, February 2, 2011 by Khalida Sarwari
http://bit.ly/gj2CET

Sproul and his group decided it was time to leave, but even that proved to be difficult. He recalled experiencing “sheer pandemonium” at the airport. “People were yelling, screaming, crying,” he said.

-The San Francisco Appeal, Bay City News, February 11, 2011 by Saul Sugarman
http://bit.ly/eEpat6

The resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today was considered a favorable action by several Bay Area professors and residents who have been affected by recent events in the Middle East. “It’s the best option we could have hoped for,” said Robert Sproul.

-The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2011 by Charles Levinson
http://online.wsj.com (registration required; go to H:\Law School in the News\In the News 2011\News Clips for article)

“There was no way I was going to give up my front-row seat on the revolution to sit in a mall in the suburbs and wait for a plane out of here,” said Mr. Sproul, who sits on the board of Save the Redwoods and speaks wistfully of his desire to see U.S. youths protest income inequality and “unjust wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan.

-KTVU, January 31, 2011 by Amber Lee
http://www.ktvu.com/video/26686306/index.html

Sproul says he took his camera and went outside to join some journalists to see what was going on. “The police were clearly outnumbered by the protesters, so for three hours this went back and forth across the bridge with tear gas and rubber bullets and eventually live ammunition being fired.”