Ageed that OP, a current Chicago student, was likely to have a preferred position as between the ethos of Stanford and that of Chicago on these two matters. So what? As this extended discussion has shown, some prefer one, some another.
As for the matter of “innocence”, I take it as a given that Chicago undergrads are a wised-up lot. It’s a highly overrated virtue in any event - fine in a convent or a court of law, not so great if a robust discussion is what you’re after. Maybe that’s another distinction between these schools (joke).