Matthew Bowen, a veteran from Shipka's ENGL 407 Space from the previous fall semester is still trying to figure out Shipka and where she is coming from. Little does Matt realize, as the semester grinds on, he will become Shipka's "little Budgie" (yes, a little parakeet on her shoulder). Crystal Gatton turns out to be one person who is making the greatest sense of the spaces but it takes almost fifteen weeks for me to determine this. Gatton becomes a leader within the "Shipka Spaces" in terms of meaning-making but a poor orator. Her need to “blend in” prevents her from being an effective oral communicator, therefore her talents remain buried within her written discourse.