You don’t have to but you may learn more about UChicago on the ground level by subscription to the Maroon Newsletter:
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/pages/newsletter/
I definitely have some major disagreements with the Maroon staff at the editorial level but the Maroon does have some interesting scoops on news and personalities.
From the latest newsletter that just comes out today:
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/9/22/whos-university-administrators/
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/9/22/need-hand-health-wellbeing-university/
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2019/9/23/myth-impenetrable-college-clique/