By KRISTYN DYRENG
BYU students got out of the research library and laced up their running shoes at the Race Ipsa Ioquitor Thursday morning.
Students ran in the race as part of their Business Law 341 class.
Bill Hansen, a professor in the School of Accountancy, created the five-kilometer race as a class activity for several reasons.
Hansen said he gives his students the opportunity to run in the race because it applies to legal principles the students learn in their business law class.
Hansen said students learn about legal policies such as the validity of release forms and negligence concepts. The race also gives students the opportunity to interact socially and to get some good exercise.
“It’s good for people to be physically challenged as well as academically,” Hansen said.
Race Ipsa Ioquitor, which is named after the business law concept, res ipsa ioquitor, has been a part of Hansen’s class schedule ever since 1990. Hansen said he was influenced to include the race as part of his curriculum because of a race he participated in as a BYU student.
Hansen said that most students have been very enthusiastic about the race. “It’s a chance for them to do something unusual,” Hansen said.
Students are not required to run in the race, but Hansen strongly encourages them to participate. In fact, Hansen said if he can outrun 75 percent of his students, he will give all of them a perfect score on their daily quiz.
