diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 82113a4..96a09bd 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -32,4 +32,31 @@ describe User do
   it "gets an error message after registering banned name" do
     expect { User.make!(:username => "admin") }.to raise_error("Validation failed: Username is not permitted")
   end
+
+  it "shows a user is banned or not" do
+    u = User.make!(:banned)
+    user = User.make!
+    u.is_banned?.should == true
+    user.is_banned?.should == false
+  end
+
+  it "shows a user is active or not" do
+    u = User.make!(:banned)
+    user = User.make!
+    u.is_active?.should == false
+    user.is_active?.should == true
+  end
+
+  it "shows a user is recent or not" do
+    user = User.make!(:created_at => Time.now)
+    u = User.make!(:created_at => Time.now - 8.days)
+    user.is_new?.should == true
+    u.is_new?.should == false
+  end
+
+  it "unbans a user" do
+    u = User.make!(:banned)
+    u.unban!.should be_true
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/blueprints.rb b/spec/support/blueprints.rb
index 8d862ff..6b65736 100644
--- a/spec/support/blueprints.rb
+++ b/spec/support/blueprints.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ User.blueprint do
   username { "username#{sn}" }
 end
 
+User.blueprint(:banned) do
+  email { "banned-#{sn}@example.com" }
+  password { "blah blah" }
+  password_confirmation { object.password }
+  username { "username#{sn}" }
+  banned_at { Time.now }
+end
+
 Tag.blueprint do
   tag { "tag-#{sn}" }
   description { "tag #{sn}" }