Activities
JBA has many activities throughout the day. From 7 until 9 in the morning, students can choose to participate in morning activities like laundry, jogging, and just hanging around the lounge. Afternoon and evening activities include going to the campus recreation center, soccer, American football/football, basketball, swimming at the aquatic center, watching movies, JBA handball, and Ultimate (sport), and trips to local restaurants and shops, such as Dairy Queen. Some activities are JBA traditions, such as dodge ball and capture the flag. Although activities held in the morning and afternoon are optional, students must partake in evening activities. Once a session there are special activities like Water Olympics (Slip n’ Slide, mud volleyball, and more), Carnival (where students can play games run by staff, eat snow cones, and put fellow students in "jail"), Assassins (students have a target and must “kill” them with a sock), “Halloween”, dances, and a trip to Beach Ottumwa. These events take the place of evening activities that day, with the exception of Assassins which usually spans 3 to 5 days. In past years there have been other traditions such as emo Tuesday and the team skit competition. Also there are 3 dances where you can dance or hang out in the lobby and play risk or other games.
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