Able to add to database in MongoDB but not mongoose - node.js

Question

I am learning about Mongoose. I am working along this tutorial and running into a stumbling block with adding entries to my database, run through Heroku MongoDB. I am able to add to the existing collection "test1" when I load the app 'trywithmongodb' but I in my Heroku mLab console I do not see anything added to any collections when I access the page "trywithmongoose". Help? Here is the relevant code for in index.js:
var express = require('express');
var mongoose = require("mongoose");
var mongo = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
app.get("/trywithmongodb", function(request,response){
response.send("Looking at the /trywithmongodb page");
var configDB = require('./config/database.js');
//add to the database
mongo.connect(configDB.url , function(err, db) {
var shorturl = db.collection("test1");
var date = new Date();
var newsitejson={original_url: "accessed at", site_number: date.getHours()+":"+date.getMinutes()}
shorturl.insert(newsitejson)
db.close()
})
});
app.get('/trywithmongoose', function (request, response) {
var configDB = require('./config/database.js');
mongoose.connect(configDB.url);
// grab the user model
var User = require('./app/models/user');
// create a new user
var newUser = User({
name: 'Peter ',
username: 'peter45',
password: 'willbehashed',
admin: true
});
// save the user
newUser.save(function(err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log('User created!');
});
response.send("You are looking at /trywithmongoose");
});
And here's the full file user.js for the schema:
// grab the things we need
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
// create a schema
var userSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
username: { type: String, required: true, unique: true },
password: { type: String, required: true },
admin: Boolean
});
// the schema is useless so far
// we need to create a model using it
var User = mongoose.model('User', userSchema);
// make this available to our users in our Node applications
module.exports = User;