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I would like to look for the best in this situation, but IMO there was probably an ulterior motive for confessing. Fortunately sorority hazing is not a big problem at my campus, but for the one or two organizations that do, the ONLY reasons they would confess would be to avoid a harsher punishment. My guess is that in this case either
(1) they knew someone witnessed the hazing and figured they were going to get turned in anyway, so they hoped that by confessing before they could get turned in, the sentence would be lightened . . . or
(2) they knew that if they confessed to what had happened straight away, they would be spared a more in-depth investigation by either the school or their HQ, which would probably unearth more hazing.
I hope that neither of these is the case at Bama and that the AOPis truly did it because they felt it was the right thing to do. But I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't the case. And Bama's reputation as a campus where sorority hazing is an issue doesn't help them much here either . . .
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