Megan Milliken 
Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy Studies. Hailing from New Orleans, Miss Milliken is interested in economic valuation of environmental services, fiscal responsibility and crawfish recipes.
Posts by Megan Milliken
Humor, Urban »
Wilson Wants It All
When: Through 3/27: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 7 PM,
Phone: 773-251-2195
Price: $15-$29
thehousetheatre.com
Harris students, I think it is time that you and me had a little chat. You haven’t left Hyde Park in three weeks and snowpocalypse is only making matters worse. I’m staging an intervention and demanding that you turn off the West Wing re-runs and head to the Ukrainian Village’s Chopin Theatre immediately after midterms. The House Theatre’s latest Wilson Wants it All is the kind of political drama that a Harris student could really analyze. …
Energy and Environment, Financial and Economic, Headline, Social, Urban »
As my hometown of New Orleans basks in the glow of the Saints’ divinely ordained Super Bowl victory, the rest of the nation is using the opportunity to take stock of the city’s recovery. The pre-Mardi Gras and Super Bowl hoopla coincided with the city’s mayoral election, where Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu won with 64 percent of the vote. While there might be general discomfort regarding the implications of a Landrieu political dynasty (his father was the last white Mayor the city has seen since the 70’s, his sister U.S. …