CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 29 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:

It's been 25 years since UVA's Center for Politics was created with the hope of addressing the lack of civility in politics, as well as insufficient civic education and citizen participation. To celebrate, the center is hosting a slate of programs April 5-7. (Illustration by John DiJulio, University Communications)

The University of Virginia Center for Politics, formed in the raucous political environment of the late 1990s and forged by rancorous partisanship into a respected source of political analysis and civic education, turns 25 years old this week.

Center officials are celebrating the anniversary April 5-7 witha slate of programs, speech...