The student-government association at Abilene Christian University voted to oust its president in a closed meeting on Wednesday night, saying he had failed to fulfill the duties of the office and to adhere to ethical standards of conduct, according to the Abilene Reporter News. Of the 32 students who participated in the impeachment hearing, the newspaper said, 25 voted in favor, five opposed, and two abstained.

Complaints about the president, Daniel Paul Watkins, which were raised by several students, included accusations that he failed to perform the required 20 hours of work each week as an executive officer, that he was often late to meetings, and that he had spoken disrespectfully to one professor and had called others derogatory names.

Mr. Watkins was at the center of national news reports last fall, when he reported finding a noose on his office chair. University officials said none of the accusations against Mr. Watkins were related to the noose report, which the campus police are still investigating.

He told the Associated Press today that he had not decided whether to challenge his impeachment. He denied having been disrespectful to anyone and said he had missed work or been late after breaking his leg last fall. “It feels like there’s a concerted effort to get me out of office for whatever reason,” he said. —Charles Huckabee

Update (3/6, 3:30 p.m.): An official at Abilene Christian University writes to say that Mr. Watkins was not the first black president of the student government, as this blog post originally reported.