Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover by Ayami Wanasinghe Lawson Hennick and Mike Levine, seemingly average university students, who are not particularly fond of peach or blueberry pie, are the two founders of the web-based company www.booksforschool.ca. It’s not every day that I get to do an interview with two successful entrepreneurs at our very own Lexicon office, while serving them pie. I had quite a few questions, and they willingly obliged. read more... Writer’s Block: Reality or Myth by John Bkila Notice: Inspired by an English Professor at our very own York University. It is a safe assumption that every University/College student will experience the dreaded Writer’s Block multiple times during their post-secondary educational period. It is a secretive epidemic that many people casually dismiss, but it is indeed a problem; and to every problem there is a solution. Before giving the tips to beat Writer’s Block, it is important to list its symptoms so that you can easily identify with others and more importantly yourself. Contrary to popular belief, Writer’s Block is more than just the inability to coherently put together ideas and sentences. It is defined as anything that prohibits the successful completion of a project of sorts. University students usually experience it while writing essays. read more... Album of the Month: William Shatner, Has Been by Glen Drutz You probably think this is a joke. That’s okay; I thought it was a joke, too. Then I listened, and realized something; this has to be one of the greatest jokes of all time. Remember William Shatner? As someone who never jumped onto the Star Trek boat, I can’t say I remember him very well. But I got to know him nonetheless, mostly from the satires made mocking him (everything from Saturday Night Live to Mad TV) and through those really, really bad cameos he continues to make in terrible, terrible movies. So what’s he doing here, pulling our leg? Are we really supposed to take this album seriously? Should we not expect the tackiest, most tasteless release of the year, an album that spits out cheese instead of audio waves? read more...