Greenies under pressure: Tulane University was ranked among the 50 most stressful colleges in America. The school was ranked 34th on the list compiled by the online magazine The Daily Beast. The rankings were based on tuition costs, academic competitiveness, acceptance rate, crime on campus and prevalence of engineering studies, which is a high-stress major. Stanford was ranked as the most stressful college, followed by Columbia University. See the full report here.
Eunice, Ville Platte facilities join together: Ville Platte Medical Center and Acadian Medical Center of Eunice, which last year announced plans to merge, will make the merger official Thursday when they become two campuses of the newly created Mercy Regional Medical Center. The (Opelousas) Daily World reports that Alan Daugherty, who served as chief executive officer of the Ville Platte hospital, will now head the combined system. Both hospitals, which are 18 miles apart, are owned by LifePoint Hospitals.
